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Derek Kaufman

CT

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

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$410,233

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Derek Kaufman

$392K
15 transactions across 12 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Derek Kaufman directed $94K to JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between February 2023 and February 2024.

Feb 2023 – Feb 2024individual

Derek Kaufman directed $72K to DSCC across 2 contributions between February 2020 and June 2022.

Feb 2020 – Jun 2022individual

Derek Kaufman directed $50K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND.

Sep 2024individual

Derek Kaufman directed $50K to EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between November 2019 and January 2020.

Nov 2019 – Jan 2020individual

Derek Kaufman directed $43K to DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUND.

Nov 2023individual

Derek Kaufman also gave to 7 other entities totaling $83K.

$392K tracked across 12 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Derek Kaufman’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

$97K
modeled estimate
22 paths across 21 counterparties
$14Kmodeled estimateattributed to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$14Kmodeled estimateDerek Kaufman→HARRIS VICTORY FUND→HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $50K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$11Kmodeled estimateattributed to JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $24K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $7K

$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to TORRES FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $574

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to JAKE AUCHINCLOSS FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $512

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $500

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $500

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to SHARICE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $500

Plus 13 additional chains totaling $38K.

$97K attributed (modeled estimate) across 22 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
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND$52,900Feb 26, 20232024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$50,000Sep 21, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUND$42,900Nov 3, 20232024
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND$41,300Feb 25, 20242024
DSCC CHAIR VICTORY FUND$39,500Mar 23, 20212022
DSCC$36,500Jun 22, 20222022
DSCC$35,500Feb 26, 20202020
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND$25,000Jan 10, 20202020
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND$25,000Nov 21, 20192020
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERAL$15,000Apr 15, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND$10,000Jul 28, 20242024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$6,600Jun 20, 20232024
DEMOCRATS FOR EDUCATION REFORM$5,000Mar 14, 20242024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$3,300Mar 29, 20242024
JACKY ROSEN VICTORY FUND$3,300Mar 19, 20242024
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 3, 20242024
Jake Auchincloss$3,158Nov 3, 20232024
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez$3,158Nov 3, 20232024
Lauren Underwood$3,158Nov 3, 20232024
Mary Sattler Peltola$3,158Nov 3, 20232024
CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE$2,500May 16, 20242024