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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | AMERICANS FOR LEGISLATING EXCELLENCE PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $3,500 | 4 | $23,966 |
| MEMBERS FOR COMMON GROUND | ADRIANO ESPAILLAT FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $3,500 | 1 | — | |
| EAST TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND | VOLUNTEER ISSUES PAC INC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $10,308 |
| CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION | WATERFOWL PAC - FEDERAL | — | PAC | $3,500 | 4 | $1,074 |
| — | BIG SKY VALUES | Hybrid PAC | $3,500 | 2 | $520,749 | |
| — | SAVE AMERICA STOP SOCIALISM PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $3,500 | 1 | $0 |
| MILLS | RESTORE AMERICA'S VOICE PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 2 | $9,269 |
| NORMAN | CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY FUND | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $24,382 |
| OGLES | IT MATTERS WHO LEADS PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $1,516 |
| MOLINARO VICTORY COMMITTEE | RED HOOK PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $3,204 |
| NONE | KBA PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $9,744 |
| NONE | FUTURES PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $15,432 |
| MICHIGAN CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION | MI CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (MI CORN PAC) | — | PAC | $3,500 | 5 | $14,719 |
| NONE | HONOR PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 2 | $1,861 |
| EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS | ROB FOR PA | House campaign | $3,500 | 1 | — | |
| — | ADAMANT PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $0 |
| BRANDON GILL VICTORY FUND | RIGHT TEXAS | — | Hybrid PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $59,025 |
| — | SUPERIOR CREDIT UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SCU PAC) | — | PAC | $3,500 | 2 | $37,393 |
| EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY | EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY EMPLOYEE PAC - FEDERAL | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $14,000 |
| FURMAN VICTORY FUND | COMMANDER PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $5,757 |
| NONE | LET'S GET IT DONE PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $144 |
| NONE | STATE DEMOCRATS COMMITTEE | — | Hybrid PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $22,153 |
| SM ENERGY COMPANY | SM ENERGY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $3,500 | 2 | $16,530 |
| NONE | LEVEL UP PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $4,493 |
| — | DEMS 2025 | — | Hybrid PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $0 |
| — | NATIONAL OILSEED PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION PAC (NOPA PAC) | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $3,100 |
| — | COOPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA | Senate campaign | $3,500 | 1 | — | |
| CAIN | FOREVER TEXAS PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $3,250 |
| — | OUR SERVICE YOUR FUTURE PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $0 |
| — | TORCHLIGHT PAC | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $79,931 | |
| — | VAST, INC. PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 3 | $27,919 |
| — | ONERD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $3,500 | 2 | $32,310 |
| MURPHY | ALABAMA FOREVER | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $42,859 |
| — | GENERAL MATTER PAC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 3 | $38,247 |
| — | ENSURING MANUFACTURING PROSPERITY IN AMERICAN COMPANIES (EMPAC), WEBCO INDUSTRIES, INC. | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $16,463 |
| — | CCI PAC - CRYPTO COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION INC | — | PAC | $3,500 | 1 | $22,545 |
| AL PARTY VICTORY FUND | STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF ALABAMA | Party committee (qualified) | $3,480 | 1 | $232,129 | |
| NONE | PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $3,454 | 5 | $244,366 |
| — | DRAFT STEVE STOCKMAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $3,449 | 1 | $0 |
| KENTUCKIANS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH | NEW POWER PAC | — | Super PAC | $3,426 | 2 | $6,939 |
| OHIO GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION | OHIO GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SSF) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $3,400 | 9 | $13,472 |
| GOOD | VA CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUND | — | PAC | $3,300 | 1 | $5,375 |
| ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO. | ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ROSEBURG PAC) | — | PAC | $3,300 | 1 | $42,700 |
| — | HAWAII OPERATING ENGINEERS INDUSTRY STABILIZATION FUND SSF | — | PAC | $3,300 | 1 | $759,591 |
| — | UBCS PAC | — | Super PAC | $3,275 | 1 | $25,279 |
| NONE | FOOTWEAR DISTRIBUTORS & RETAILERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $3,250 | 2 | $9,057 |
| — | ERNST VICTORY IOWA | — | PAC | $3,245 | 1 | $0 |
| COWAN VICTORY COMMITTEE | FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN | House campaign | $3,245 | 1 | — | |
| DOLLARS FOR DEMOCRATS | SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATIC PARTY - FEDERAL | Party committee (qualified) | $3,200 | 2 | $143,772 | |
| — | SONOMA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY | Party committee (qualified) | $3,186 | 3 | $87,562 |
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.