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Michael Painter

Tracked direct giving

$13,300

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Michael Painter

$13K
3 transactions across 2 counterparties
sum of 3 tracked donations shown

Michael Painter directed $10K to SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC across 2 contributions between June 2023 and April 2024.

Jun 2023 – Apr 2024individual

Michael Painter directed $3K to BRAD KNOTT FOR CONGRESS.

Jan 2024individual
$13K tracked across 2 counterparties (sum of 3 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Michael Painter’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$519
modeled estimate
4 paths across 4 counterparties
$147modeled estimateattributed to MEUSER FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopLow confidence
$147modeled estimateMichael Painter→SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC→MEUSER FOR CONGRESSlowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$141modeled estimateattributed to JONI FOR IOWA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$121modeled estimateattributed to TAMMY FOR ILLINOIS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopLow confidence
$121modeled estimateMichael Painter→SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC→TAMMY FOR ILLINOISlowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $4K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$111modeled estimateattributed to IOWANS FOR ZACH NUNN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $4K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$519 attributed (modeled estimate) across 4 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this
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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC$5,000Apr 30, 20242024
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC$5,000Jun 6, 20232024
BRAD KNOTT FOR CONGRESS$3,300Jan 30, 20242024