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:

Organization Committee Candidates
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
JJF MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. JJF MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, AKA FITZWAY FEDERAL PAC PAC $1,000 1 $8,798
AMERICAN CONCRETE PUMPING ASSOCIATION PAC - PUMPPAC AMERICAN CONCRETE PUMPING ASSOCIATION PAC - PUMPPAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $18,843
TRANSYSTEMS CORPORATION PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $0
WESTERN IOWA ENERGY WESTERN IOWA ENERGY LLC PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $15,270
OUTDOOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $4,262
SOUTH TEXANS' PROPERTY RIGHTS ASSOCIATION FEDPAC PAC $1,000 1 $6,934
PHYSICIANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $35,462
POLYENGINEERING, INC. FRIENDS AND EMPLOYEES OF POLYENGINEERING, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC $1,000 1 $188
HEALTH EDUCATION AND LEARNING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HEALPAC)-FEDERAL PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $23,008
THE BILL KEATING COMMITTEE Democratic House campaign $1,000 1
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ACCP-PAC) PAC $1,000 1 $109,304
ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION PAC (ORGANIC PAC) PAC $1,000 1 $4,334
NONE GRASSROOTS EAST - FEDERAL PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $17,396
NONE BONAMICI FOR CONGRESS Democratic House campaign $1,000 1
AMERICA NOW PAC $1,000 1 $13,841
PRESENTEPACPLUS POWERPACPLUS Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $96,909
HISPANIC 100 FED PAC PAC $1,000 1 $10
ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESS Democratic House campaign $1,000 3
COMMUNITY PAC PAC $1,000 1 $14,104
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM GOVT AFFAIRS SERVICES HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SERVICES PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $150,626
MARK DESAULNIER FOR CONGRESS Democratic House campaign $1,000 2
MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MAXIM HEALTHCARE PAC) PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 2 $100,740
DOLD EAGLE PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $31,183
MURRAY PLUMBING & HEATING CORPORATION MURRAY PLUMBING & HEATING CORPORATION PAC PAC $1,000 1 $8,096
OKLAHOMANS FOR AL GREEN KEEP AL GREEN IN CONGRESS Democratic House campaign $1,000 1
BARON HILL FOR INDIANA Democratic Senate campaign $1,000 1
FC COMPASSUS LLC FC COMPASSUS LLC PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 3 $48,223
NONE JIMMY PANETTA FOR CONGRESS Democratic House campaign $1,000 1
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH SUBURBS PAC $1,000 1 $8,211
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RADON SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS, INC. (AARST) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RADON SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS, INC. (AARST) RADON PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $11,916
CASTEN FOR CONGRESS Democratic House campaign $1,000 1
NONE SMALL MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA PAC PAC $1,000 1 $18,720
ANDY LEVIN FOR CONGRESS Democratic House campaign $1,000 1
GLENFARNE ENERGY TRANSITION LLC GLENFARNE ENERGY TRANSITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC $1,000 1 $4,583
AMERICAN CRAFT SPIRITS ASSOCIATION AMERICAN CRAFT SPIRITS ASSOCIATION PAC PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $13,963
PRA GROUP INC. PRA GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PRA PAC) PAC $1,000 1 $58,950
NATIONAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENING ASSOCIATION NATIONAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENING ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC PAC $1,000 1 $19,485
TEAM TIMMONS UPSTATE SC PAC PAC $1,000 1 $3,421
BICE VICTORY COMMITTEE BICE FOR CONGRESS Republican House campaign $1,000 1
PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICIANS INC Republican PAC $1,000 1 $592,422
TEAM MORRISEY BLUE AND GOLD FUND PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $448,802
NONE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE FOR MODEL AVIATION INC PAC $1,000 1 $243
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE PAC Hybrid PAC $1,000 1 $5,642
MIJENTE PAC Hybrid PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $174,840
PRIME AE GROUP PRIME AE GROUP FEDERAL PAC PAC $1,000 1 $34,660
NONE ALPHA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $10,364
NATIONAL MENTOR HOLDINGS, INC. THE NATIONAL MENTOR HOLDINGS, INC. FUND (THE SEVITA PAC) PAC (multicandidate) $1,000 1 $78,828
CCHN GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. COMMUNITY CARE HEALTH NETWORK, LLC/MATRIX MEDICAL NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MATR PAC $1,000 1 $15,350
NONE OUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONA PAC Hybrid PAC $1,000 1 $859,302
KISH BANK KISH BANK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAC $1,000 1 $51,100

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.

Registrant (lobbying firm)Total reportedClientsBill mentionsFilings
BALLARD PARTNERS $63,920,000 369 12 764
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $56,450,000 1 1077 3
BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $43,115,000 364 36 777
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $42,280,000 378 363 780
LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $40,000,000 1 24 2
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD $35,930,000 321 250 655
MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC $32,010,000 186 49 375
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $31,530,000 376 338 784
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $30,040,000 1 160 2
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $28,400,000 341 479 711
CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $25,950,000 135 15 299
INVARIANT LLC $24,840,000 214 359 432
CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC $22,587,558 158 0 340
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $21,583,000 1 554 4
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $19,570,000 1 136 2
THORN RUN PARTNERS $19,490,000 266 155 557
CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. $16,020,000 184 194 376
CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $15,440,000 177 769 367
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $14,840,000 1 35 2
THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $14,540,000 1 18 2

Source: Senate LDA filings.