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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ACTION CAN'T WAIT PAC | — | PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $4,081 |
| NONE | ESSHAKI FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $3,000 | 2 | — | |
| — | SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $3,000 | 1 | $165,926 |
| — | PA UNITED FEDPAC | — | PAC | $3,000 | 1 | $4,907 |
| — | SUMMIT UTILITIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SUMMIT PAC) | — | PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $110,015 |
| BRECHEEN | BLESSING OF LIBERTY | — | PAC | $3,000 | 1 | $3,418 |
| DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP 2024 | NICK MELVOIN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $3,000 | 2 | — | |
| — | BLUE AMP ACTION PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $0 |
| MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP. | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP. PAC (MSG-FEDPAC) | — | PAC | $3,000 | 1 | $75 |
| AMERICAN COALITION FOR RURAL ENGAGEMENT INC. | AMERICAN COALITION FOR RURAL ENGAGEMENT, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $27,578 |
| — | ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC. | — | PAC | $3,000 | 2 | $13,775 |
| NONE | PARKER FOR THE PEOPLE | — | PAC | $3,000 | 1 | $13,695 |
| — | PONDEROSA PAC | — | PAC | $3,000 | 1 | $15,610 |
| NONE | LOVE AMERICA UPHOLD FREEDOM PAC | — | Super PAC | $3,000 | 1 | $516,022 |
| GREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | GREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FEDERAL ECONOMIC ALLIANCE | — | PAC | $3,000 | 2 | $-1,000 |
| AMERICAN VICTORY FUND | REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CAUCUS FUND | — | PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $6,696 |
| LAURA FRIEDMAN | TURNOUT FOR DEMOCRACY | — | PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $11,814 |
| NONE | NORTH STAR PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $9,955 |
| — | PEACE DEMOCRATS | — | PAC | $3,000 | 3 | $4,508 |
| BRANDON HERRERA VICTORY COMMITTEE | BECAUSE REAL AMERICANS NEVER DOUBT OUR NATION | — | PAC | $3,000 | 1 | $12,150 |
| — | INDIANA DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL VICTORY COMMITTEE | Party committee (qualified) | $2,860 | 1 | $193,999 | |
| NONE | OHIO ERIE PAC | — | PAC | $2,765 | 3 | $5,945 |
| NONE | LINCOLN REAGAN COMMITTEE | — | Hybrid PAC | $2,750 | 2 | $-1,750 |
| NONE | GET OUT THE VOTE PAC | — | Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) | $2,700 | 6 | $40,179 |
| NATIONAL RENTAL HOME COUNCIL | NATIONAL RENTAL HOME COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $2,689 | 2 | $1,755 |
| — | ASIAN AMERICANS FOR CHANGE FUND | — | Super PAC | $2,640 | 1 | $164,212 |
| — | EHASZ FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $2,546 | 0 | — | |
| NONE | END THE OCCUPATION | — | Hybrid PAC | $2,513 | 2 | $4,209 |
| TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 745 | TEAMSTERS LOCAL 745 DRIVE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $293,379 |
| — | DARIGOLD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FKA NORTH PACIFIC DAIRY | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $35,894 | |
| DNC VICTORY FUND | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | Party committee (qualified) | $2,500 | 1 | $1,150,495 | |
| — | NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LUDPAC) | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 2 | $22 | |
| CONTRACTORS OF IOWA; ASS'D GEN'L | IOWA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PAC/ ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF IOWA | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $18,152 |
| NONE | PACEG COMMITTEE | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $14,406 | |
| — | OMEGA PROTEIN INC. PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 2 | $5,823 |
| NONE | AGPAC OF THE ARIZONA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 2 | $32,787 | |
| — | PEACE ACTION PAC/ FKA SANE/FREEZE PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $62,225 |
| BANCFIRST CORPORATION | UNITED COMMUNITY BANKERS PAC (BANCFIRST CORPORATION) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $68,596 |
| RENASANT BANK | RENASANT BANK EMPLOYEES' VOLUNTARY POLITICAL COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 2 | $48,355 |
| — | SUFFOLK COUNTY PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC (SCPBA FEDERAL PAC) | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $170,496 |
| — | STOLL KEENON OGDEN FED PAC | — | PAC | $2,500 | 1 | $1,338 |
| LEGGETT & PLATT INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | LEGGETT & PLATT INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $20,581 |
| FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION | FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 2 | $271,788 |
| — | GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $0 |
| DALLAS ENTREPRENEURS - SESSIONS 2018 FUND | DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $331 |
| — | POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE AMERICAN TRAIN DISPATCHERS ASSOCIATION | — | PAC | $2,500 | 2 | $2,020 |
| — | POWERS, PYLES, SUTTER & VERVILLE PC PAC | — | PAC | $2,500 | 3 | $15,462 |
| — | EB4C PAC | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 2 | $0 | |
| — | TACO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $328,023 |
| PECKHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. FEDERAL PAC | PECKHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $2,500 | 1 | $170,124 |
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.