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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NONE | BARRIER TO ENTRY PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $1,000 | 1 | $1,199 |
| NONE | RANA ABDELHAMID FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $1,000 | 0 | — | |
| — | TENNESSEE ACTION GROUP | — | Hybrid PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $1,380 |
| — | CARAVEO FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $1,000 | 1 | — | |
| — | FRIENDS OF JAZZ LEWIS | House campaign | $1,000 | 0 | — | |
| — | FOUSHEE FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $1,000 | 1 | — | |
| — | CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, INC. - PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $89,581 |
| NONE | BECCA BALINT FOR VERMONT | House campaign | $1,000 | 10 | — | |
| COBALT ADOVCATES | COBALT ADVOCATES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $4,385 |
| DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUND | MARIE FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $1,000 | 1 | — | |
| NONE | BUILT TO WIN PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $3,126 |
| — | TREMCO CPG INC. PAC, DBA TREMCO PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $18,360 |
| — | CAPITOL LINCOLN CLUB-FEDERAL | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $5,273 |
| — | LONGLEAF PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $3,651 |
| MAGAZINER | SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 2 | $6,843 |
| AMERICAN CARBON ALLIANCE | AMERICAN CARBON ALLIANCE PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $13,938 |
| — | ARKANSAS ASPHALT PAVING ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $15,581 |
| MANNION VICTORY FUND | MANNION FOR NEW YORK | House campaign | $1,000 | 1 | — | |
| NONE | NINETY3 PAC | Hybrid PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $7,595 | |
| — | THIS WE'LL DEFEND PAC | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $17,620 | |
| — | WILL OF THE PEOPLE PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $0 |
| — | MEANINGFUL ACTION TOWARDS TOMORROW PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $0 |
| — | MUST WIN. CAN WIN. | — | Hybrid PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $2,781 |
| — | TOGETHER FORWARD | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $15,493 |
| NONE | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAED PAC) | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $11,780 |
| — | LA LUZ | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $3,980 |
| — | CITIZENS TRUST BANK -POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $10,100 |
| ORCHARD THERAPEUTICS NORTH AMERICA | ORCHARD THERAPEUTICS NORTH AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $1,000 | 2 | $4,000 |
| ZETA GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. | ZETA GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. EMPLOYEE PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $104,180 |
| NONE | FRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT PHYSICIANS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CARE PAC INC. | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $6,707 |
| NONE | YURINA GIL FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $1,000 | 1 | — | |
| — | MARC FOR JERSEY | House campaign | $1,000 | 1 | — | |
| NONE | AMERICAN MEAT PRODUCERS PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $46,989 |
| NONE | IMPEACHMENT PAC | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $545 |
| HANWHA DEFENSE USA INC. | HANWHA DEFENSE USA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $8,980 |
| ELUSYS THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ELUSYS THERAPEUTICS INC. PAC (A.K.A. ELUSYS AMERICAN BIODEFENSE PAC) | — | PAC | $1,000 | 1 | $4,000 |
| — | ALABAMA NURSING HOME ASSOCIATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ANHA PAC) | — | PAC | $986 | 1 | $-987 |
| NONE | PROTECTING AMERICA'S FUTURE | — | Super PAC | $969 | 1 | $77,556 |
| AMY KLOBUCHAR VICTORY COMMITTEE | KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA | Senate campaign | $946 | 1 | — | |
| THE EMPOWERMENT FUND | RASHIDA TLAIB FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $858 | 1 | — | |
| — | POPULAR DEMOCRACY PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $790 | 1 | $183,238 |
| — | TOMORROW'S JOBS | — | Hybrid PAC | $776 | 2 | $0 |
| NONE | RPG PAC | — | PAC | $750 | 2 | $452 |
| — | COURAGE TO ACT | PAC | $750 | 4 | $54,609 | |
| NONE | PATEL FOR PA | House campaign | $750 | 2 | — | |
| — | ACADEMY OF MANAGED CARE PHARMACY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMCP PAC) | — | PAC | $750 | 2 | $5,993 |
| MEITHEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | MEITHEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $750 | 1 | $120 |
| NONE | CHANGE FOR MONROE | — | Super PAC | $748 | 1 | $265 |
| DEMOCRATIC GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND | NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC PARTY - FEDERAL | Party committee (qualified) | $728 | 1 | $932,395 | |
| NONE | CARE IN ACTION PAC | — | Super PAC | $725 | 1 | $918,925 |
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.