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Irwin Jacobs

CA

FEC individual contributor; employer at time of contribution: NOT EMPLOYED.

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$1,386,882

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Irwin Jacobs

$1.3M
15 transactions across 9 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Irwin Jacobs directed $1.0M to HOUSE MAJORITY PAC across 5 contributions between September 2023 and June 2024.

Sep 2023 – Jun 2024individual

Irwin Jacobs directed $150K to DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND across 2 contributions between May 2024 and May 2024.

May 2024 – May 2024individual

Irwin Jacobs directed $99K to SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between March 2023 and February 2024.

Mar 2023 – Feb 2024individual

Irwin Jacobs directed $25K to DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

Aug 2025individual

Irwin Jacobs directed $9K to DC DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.

Mar 2023individual

Irwin Jacobs also gave to 4 other entities totaling $30K.

$1.3M tracked across 9 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Irwin Jacobs’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

$998K
modeled estimate
85 paths across 50 counterparties
$56Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mazi Melesa Pilip
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$56Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Mazi Melesa PilipmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $6K

$222modeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Mazi Melesa PilipmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $53K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$45Kmodeled estimateattributed to Austin Theriault
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$44Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $19K

$1Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$41Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$39Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $13K

$2Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Tom BarrettmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$39Kmodeled estimateattributed to Laurie Buckhout
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$38Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $14K

$1Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$36Kmodeled estimateattributed to John S. Duarte
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$33Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John S. DuartemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $13K

$3Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→John S. DuartemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$36Kmodeled estimateattributed to Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$32Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.mediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $19K

$2Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.mediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→VOTER PROTECTION PROJECT→Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.mediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $72K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$34Kmodeled estimateattributed to Ryan Mackenzie
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$32Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $24K

$2Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→VOTER PROTECTION PROJECT→Ryan MackenziemediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $73K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$279modeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$32Kmodeled estimateattributed to John James
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$32Kmodeled estimateIrwin Jacobs→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John JamesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $14K

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $679K.

$998K attributed (modeled estimate) across 85 paths·Up to 2 hops 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
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$275,000Sep 27, 20232024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$225,000Sep 18, 20232024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$200,000Jun 6, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$150,000Jun 14, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$150,000May 30, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$75,000May 30, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$75,000May 31, 20242024
SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND$52,900Mar 15, 20232024
SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND$46,300Feb 2, 20242024
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$25,000Aug 5, 20252026
IDAHO STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$8,994Mar 16, 20232024
DC DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE$8,994Mar 16, 20232024
WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$8,994Mar 16, 20232024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$6,600Jun 16, 20232024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$5,000Apr 29, 20242024
SCHIFF FOR SENATE$3,300Mar 2, 20232024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 13, 20232024
Jamaal Bowman$3,300Dec 6, 20232024
JOANNA WEISS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Dec 14, 20232024
Delia C. Ramirez$3,300Dec 18, 20232024
YASSAMIN ANSARI FOR CONGRESS$3,300Dec 5, 20242024
EMILY RANDALL FOR CONGRESS$3,300Dec 5, 20242024
FRIENDS OF DAN KILDEE$3,300Sep 15, 20232024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$3,300Apr 14, 20232024
SCHIFF FOR SENATE$3,300Nov 15, 20232024
ANDREA SALINAS FOR OREGON$3,300Sep 22, 20232024
FRIENDS OF JAHANA HAYES$3,300Sep 19, 20232024
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Dec 14, 20232024
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Dec 12, 20242024
LUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Nov 22, 20242024
Mary Sattler Peltola$2,900Sep 27, 20232024
Yadira Caraveo$2,900Sep 18, 20232024
Delia C. Ramirez$2,900Dec 18, 20232024
GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESS$2,900Aug 22, 20232024
SUMMER LEE FOR CONGRESS$2,900Dec 14, 20232024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$2,900Sep 13, 20232024
ANDREA SALINAS FOR OREGON$2,900Sep 22, 20232024
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$2,900Sep 27, 20232024
THE MAJORITY RULES$500Jan 5, 20242024
LEADERS WE DESERVE$500Jan 5, 20242024
SUMMER LEE FOR CONGRESS$400Dec 14, 20232024