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August A. Busch III

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Tracked direct giving

$1,831,731

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from August A. Busch III

$1.8M
15 transactions across 8 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

August A. Busch III directed $500K to SHOW-ME STRONG PAC across 2 contributions between May 2023 and August 2024.

May 2023 – Aug 2024individual

August A. Busch III directed $250K to TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC.

Jul 2024individual

August A. Busch III directed $250K to PROJECT RESCUE AMERICA across 2 contributions between October 2023 and March 2024.

Oct 2023 – Mar 2024individual

August A. Busch III directed $250K to PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024 across 2 contributions between March 2023 and June 2023.

Mar 2023 – Jun 2023individual

August A. Busch III directed $210K to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND across 3 contributions between November 2017 and December 2020.

Nov 2017 – Dec 2020individual

August A. Busch III also gave to 3 other entities totaling $350K.

$1.8M tracked across 8 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where August A. Busch III’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

$83K
modeled estimate
58 paths across 41 counterparties
$14Kmodeled estimateattributed to KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $11K

$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to SCALISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to BANKS FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $13K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to CISCOMANI FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $13K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to VALADAO FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $16K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $12K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $19K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $14K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $18K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to KEN CALVERT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $13K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 33 additional chains totaling $41K.

$83K attributed (modeled estimate) across 58 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
SHOW-ME STRONG PAC$250,000May 5, 20232024
TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC$250,000Jul 24, 20242024
SHOW-ME STRONG PAC$250,000Aug 29, 20242024
PROJECT RESCUE AMERICA$125,000Oct 11, 20232024
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024$125,000Mar 16, 20232024
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024$125,000Jun 9, 20232024
PROJECT RESCUE AMERICA$125,000Mar 31, 20242024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND$100,000Nov 17, 20232024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$100,000Apr 15, 20202020
GROW THE MAJORITY$100,000Jul 19, 20242024
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM PAC$100,000Sep 6, 20232024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$60,000Dec 17, 20202020
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$50,000Nov 8, 20172018
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND$25,000Mar 13, 20232024
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM PAC$25,000Jun 30, 20232024
BANKS VICTORY FUND$12,500Mar 30, 20242024
CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Jun 9, 20232024
ZINKE FOR CONGRESS$3,300Jun 9, 20232024
CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS$1,315Jun 9, 20232024
ZINKE FOR CONGRESS$1,315Jun 9, 20232024