Money
Who paid: FEC committees ranked by total committee-to-candidate contributions given. Counts and sums only.
How this money flows — and what each column means
Federal law bars corporations, unions, and nonprofits from giving candidates money out of their own treasuries. What they can do is sponsor a committee — and the committee moves the money:
- Funding organization
- The actor at the start of the flow — what the FEC calls the committee's "connected organization": the corporation, union, or association that sponsors the committee and whose employees or members fund it. When a committee has a bland name, this column says who is actually behind it. (Super PACs use the field loosely — often naming an affiliated committee instead of a sponsor; candidate committees usually name none.)
- Committee
- The FEC-registered entity that legally raises and spends. Every row in this table is one. Committees are the vehicle, not the actor.
- Party
- Self-declared at FEC registration. Candidate and party committees declare one; most PACs deliberately do not — that is the dash.
- Type
- What the committee is legally allowed to do. A regular PAC gives directly to candidates under per-election caps. A Super PAC raises unlimited money but may only spend independently — it can never hand money to a candidate. Hybrid PACs run both models from separate accounts; campaign committees belong to a single candidate.
- Total given & Recipients
- Itemized committee-to-candidate contributions in our data, and how many distinct candidates received them. Click a committee to see exactly who.
- Cash on hand
- The committee's own reported balance at the close of its last reporting period, taken from its FEC summary filing — not a total of the itemized contributions beside it. A dash means no summary filing is on file for this committee.
Full definitions in the methodology glossary.
4307 committees.
| Funding organization | Committee | Party | Type | Total given | Recipients | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYRON DONALDS VICTORY FUND | PROVEN CONSERVATIVES PAC - FEDERAL | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $5,000 | 1 | $22,780 |
| CONSUMER DATA INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION | CONSUMER DATA INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PAC | — | PAC | $5,000 | 2 | $4,936 |
| NONE | THE NEXT 50 ENTERPRISE FUND | — | PAC | $5,000 | 1 | $9,995 |
| — | BLUE WARRIORS | — | Hybrid PAC | $5,000 | 5 | $0 |
| REVEAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | REVEAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. PAC | — | PAC | $5,000 | 1 | $5,500 |
| NONE | THE ROOSEVELT INITIATIVE | — | PAC | $5,000 | 1 | $-5,000 |
| EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS | JOE MITCHELL FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $5,000 | 3 | — | |
| — | CENTINEL PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS PAC (A.K.A. CENTINEL PAC) | — | PAC | $5,000 | 1 | $30,760 |
| — | GOD BLESS AMERICA PAC | — | PAC | $5,000 | 5 | $4,595 |
| — | CLEARED TO LEAD PAC | — | PAC | $5,000 | 1 | $6,033 |
| NONE | PA COMMUNITY PAC | — | PAC | $5,000 | 1 | $0 |
| NONE | KEYSTONE FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC | $5,000 | 2 | $10,498 |
| — | FORGIE VICTORY FUND | Hybrid PAC | $4,995 | 1 | $0 | |
| — | SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,975 | 10 | $4,440 |
| NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE | NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND | — | Super PAC | $4,942 | 3 | $126,941 |
| — | MICHIGAN OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION PAC MOGA-PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,800 | 1 | $0 |
| DNC WI STATE PARTY VICTORY FUND | DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERAL | Party committee (qualified) | $4,763 | 2 | $1,242,949 | |
| GRAND CANYON EDUCATION, INC | GCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GCE PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,748 | 1 | $51,762 |
| — | COMMITTEE TO ELECT DAVID FLIPPO | House campaign | $4,708 | 0 | — | |
| — | RURAL FREEDOM NETWORK | — | Super PAC | $4,703 | 5 | $45,896 |
| LA PAC | CONGRESSMAN WAXMAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE | House campaign | $4,610 | 4 | — | |
| LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION | LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 3 | $62,029 |
| — | KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN EMPLOYEE PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 3 | $7,156 |
| TENNESSEE ROAD BUILDERS ASSOCIATION | TENNESSEE ROAD BUILDERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 2 | $5,884 |
| — | SMITHFIELD FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, (HAMPAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 3 | $28,500 |
| — | ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS NEW YORK STATE CHAPTER FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 2 | $9,049 |
| — | MASS PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 2 | $1,821 |
| — | BOND DEALERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $15,208 |
| NOVOLEX HOLDINGS, LLC | NOVOLEX HOLDINGS, LLC RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT FUND (NOVOLEX PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 2 | $29,350 |
| NONE | ELIZABETH COLBERT BUSCH FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $4,500 | 1 | — | |
| CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION | CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 5 | $8,857 |
| NUMOTION-UNITED SEATING AND MOBILITY, LLC | NUMOTION (UNITED SEATING & MOBILITY LLC) PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 4 | $11,509 |
| GPA MIDSTREAM ASSOCIATION | GPA MIDSTREAM ASSOCIATION/GPSA ASSOCIATION PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $37,200 |
| WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION | WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION PAC (WISPA PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 3 | $68,975 |
| GROTHMAN | 1848 PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $10,743 |
| — | PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 3 | $29,613 |
| — | VALENT U.S.A. LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 5 | $0 |
| OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION | OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 4 | $113,534 |
| KANSAS CAV PAC | CHAMPION AMERICAN VALUES | — | Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 3 | $510,162 |
| GEORGIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, INC. | GEORGIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, INC. FEDERAL IMPACT FUND | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 2 | $53,754 |
| — | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INDEPENDENT MUSIC PAC) | — | PAC | $4,500 | 5 | $3,000 |
| NONE | DEMOCRATIC VALUES | — | Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) | $4,500 | 6 | $115,548 |
| CLECO CORPORATION | CLECO FEDERAL PAC, CLECO CORPORATION | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $20,303 |
| — | AS MAINE GOES PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $8,232 |
| NONE | PRIZEPICKS PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 3 | $25,914 |
| — | DOCTOR'S ORDERS | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $19,979 |
| — | ELECT EVERY DEMOCRAT PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 3 | $386,686 |
| NONE | AMERICAN HARDWOOD LUMBER PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $0 |
| OBERACKER VICTORY | SPICY PETE'S LEADERSHIP FUND | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $243 |
| — | BLUE DEMS PAC | — | PAC | $4,500 | 2 | $29,043 |
Hover any column header for what it means. A dash means the committee reports nothing for that field to the FEC — most PACs report no party. "Super PAC" committees raise unlimited money for independent spending but cannot give to candidates directly. Definitions live in the methodology glossary.
Source: FEC bulk data (committee-to-candidate contributions).
Top lobbying registrants
Lobbying firms ranked by total reported lobbying spend, grouped by registrant. These figures come from filings made under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) — the 1995 law that requires paid lobbyists to file public quarterly reports naming their client, the issues (often specific bills) they lobbied on, and their total spend for the quarter (glossary). Campaign money and lobbying spend are separate channels: the committees above are FEC campaign contributions (money to candidates); the registrants below are lobbying income/spend (money to influence legislation). This platform does not yet link an FEC committee to a lobbying registrant — entity resolution to bridge the two is not built, so read neither total as flowing into the other.
Honesty note: each amount is a gross sum of per-quarter lump sums a registrant reported (roadmap §3.2). The filings name which bills were lobbied on, but never how much of the money went to any one bill, and never whether the filer supported or opposed it.
Source: Senate LDA filings.