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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER | VETS RISING | — | PAC | $500 | 1 | $18,043 |
| — | COOK INLET REGION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CIRI PAC) | — | PAC | $500 | 1 | $7,500 |
| NONE | VERBICA FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $461 | 1 | — | |
| — | WARRIOR DIPLOMAT PAC | — | PAC | $460 | 1 | $0 |
| — | SIERRA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE | Party committee | $443 | 1 | $1,643 | |
| NONE | DEMOCRATS WORK FOR AMERICA, INC | — | Super PAC | $438 | 1 | $65,816 |
| — | PLACER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE | PAC | $435 | 1 | $58,455 | |
| NONE | BETHANY MANN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $431 | 0 | — | |
| WESTERN UNITED DAIRIES | WESTERN UNITED DAIRIES PAC - FEDERAL | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $400 | 1 | $500 |
| NONE | ALISO NIGUEL DEMOCRATIC CLUB | — | PAC | $400 | 1 | $23,425 |
| — | SARE FOR SENATE | Senate campaign | $400 | 1 | — | |
| OHIO REPUBLICAN PAC | OHIO REPUBLICAN PAC | — | Super PAC | $372 | 1 | $2,196 |
| NONE | MARK PUKITA FOR US SENATE 2022 | Senate campaign | $360 | 1 | — | |
| NONE | DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS OF THE DESERT | — | PAC | $355 | 1 | $6,132 |
| — | BO FOR OREGON | House campaign | $349 | 1 | — | |
| — | BROOKE MCGOWAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA | House campaign | $322 | 1 | — | |
| CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY | RIVERSIDE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE (FED) | Party committee (qualified) | $313 | 3 | $24,990 | |
| NONE | LINEBERGER FOR US CONGRESS | House campaign | $302 | 0 | — | |
| LANDUS COOPERATIVE | LANDUS COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | PAC | $300 | 1 | $9,879 |
| NONE | SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATIC CLUB - FEDERAL | Party committee | $300 | 1 | $1,749 | |
| NONE | MARTELL BIVINGS FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $300 | 1 | — | |
| GREATER COLUMBUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | GREATER COLUMBUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEADERSHIP PAC (DBA THE COLUMBUS CHAMBER FEDERAL PAC) | — | PAC | $300 | 1 | $357 |
| NONE | EDDIE SPEIR FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $295 | 0 | — | |
| DEBBIE DINGELL MAJORITY FUND | DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $275 | 1 | — | |
| — | TEXAS DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | — | Super PAC | $269 | 1 | $0 |
| DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF NEW MEXICO - FEDERAL | Party committee (qualified) | $259 | 1 | $173,182 | |
| — | OHIO RIGHT TO LIFE SOCIETY, INC. PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $250 | 1 | $995 |
| — | HER BOLD MOVE ACTION | — | Hybrid PAC | $250 | 1 | $30,056 |
| — | COMPASSION & CHOICES ACTION NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CCAN PAC) | — | PAC | $250 | 1 | $234 |
| — | LAURA GILLEN VICTORY FUND | — | PAC | $250 | 1 | $25,674 |
| NONE | VICTORIA4TENNESSEE | House campaign | $250 | 0 | — | |
| — | LOCAL DEMOCRACY PROJECT | — | Hybrid PAC | $250 | 1 | $36,963 |
| NONE | MOTHER FUNDERS PAC | — | Hybrid PAC | $250 | 1 | $7,065 |
| NONE | MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE NOW | — | Hybrid PAC | $250 | 1 | $4,364 |
| SNEED | BALANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY PAC (BAC PAC) | — | PAC | $250 | 2 | $1,777 |
| COLEMAN VICTORY FUND | CAREY COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $250 | 1 | — | |
| FAB FOUR PAC | MAD 4 PA PAC | House campaign | $249 | 1 | — | |
| NONE | MARK ROBERT GORDON FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $243 | 1 | — | |
| SHP VICTORY FUND | SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $241 | 3 | — | |
| NONE | VENTOURAS 4 US | House campaign | $239 | 1 | — | |
| — | PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PAC | — | Super PAC | $224 | 12 | $160,558 |
| JONATHAN NEZ HOUSE VICTORY FUND | JONATHAN NEZ FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $211 | 1 | — | |
| NONE | DEMOCRATS FOR THE FUTURE | — | PAC | $210 | 21 | $2,220 |
| — | HOOSIER PAC | — | PAC (multicandidate) | $201 | 1 | $-7 |
| TEAM RAJA VICTORY FUND | FRIENDS OF RAJA FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $200 | 1 | — | |
| NONE | KELLY THOMPSON FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $200 | 2 | — | |
| MOULTON LEADERSHIP FUND | SETH FOR MASSACHUSETTS, INC | Senate campaign | $168 | 1 | — | |
| MCCLELLAN VICTORY FUND | MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | $168 | 1 | — | |
| — | VALLEY 47 VICTORY FUND | — | PAC | $150 | 1 | $0 |
| NONE | LAKE EFFECT CHANGE PAC | — | PAC | $149 | 1 | $19 |
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.