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PAYPAL, INC.

CA · US

PayPal is a technology company that enables digital and mobile payments.

tech ai

Tracked direct giving

$20,438

LDA reported lobbying spend

$4,235,000

Connections

6

PAC Chain Attribution

Where PAYPAL, INC.’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

$6K
modeled estimate
33 paths across 33 counterparties
$360modeled estimateattributed to VERN BUCHANAN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$300modeled estimateattributed to RON ESTES FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$298modeled estimateattributed to MOORE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$287modeled estimateattributed to CITIZENS FOR WATERS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$260modeled estimateattributed to CLEAVER FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$246modeled estimateattributed to MIKE KELLY FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$234modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$234modeled estimateattributed to JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

Plus 25 additional chains totaling $4K.

$6K attributed (modeled estimate) across 33 paths·Up to 3 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

FINFinancial Institutions/Investments
$7.2M
TRDTrade
$6.9M
BANBAN
$6.9M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$6.8M
SMBSmall Business
$6.6M
IMMImmigration
$6.1M
LBRLabor/Employment
$6.1M
SCIScience
$500K
CSPConsumer Protection
$338K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$6.1M
MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC$700K
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC$410K
ERIS GROUP$233K
GRAYROBINSON PA$105K
CAPITOL CHAMBERS STRATEGIES$90K

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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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.

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
RetainedFRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLCHired FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC to lobby on GENIUS ActSource
RetainedGRAYROBINSON PAHired GRAYROBINSON PA to lobby on Crypto / Digital AssetsSource
Lobbied onGENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S.394)LDA filing: lobbied on GENIUS Act, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $50,000Source
RetainedMINDSET ADVOCACY, LLCHired MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedCAPITOL CHAMBERS STRATEGIESHired CAPITOL CHAMBERS STRATEGIES to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedERIS GROUPHired ERIS GROUP to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2024)Source