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James H. Simons

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Tracked direct giving

$6,065,200

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from James H. Simons

$6.1M
11 transactions across 2 counterparties
sum of 11 tracked donations shown

James H. Simons directed $5.5M to HOUSE MAJORITY PAC across 2 contributions between December 2023 and May 2024.

Dec 2023 – May 2024individual

James H. Simons directed $565K to DSCC across 9 contributions between May 2015 and October 2021.

May 2015 – Oct 2021individual
$6.1M tracked across 2 counterparties (sum of 11 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where James H. Simons’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

$5.2M
modeled estimate
76 paths across 50 counterparties
$244Kmodeled estimateattributed to Austin Theriault
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$244Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$224Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mazi Melesa Pilip
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$224Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Mazi Melesa PilipmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $6K

$218Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$218Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $7K

$501modeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→GIFFORDS PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOppose24A

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

$211Kmodeled estimateattributed to Laurie Buckhout
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$211Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Laurie BuckhoutmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $1K

$191Kmodeled estimateattributed to Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$183Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.mediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

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

$188Kmodeled estimateattributed to John S. Duarte
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$188Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John S. DuartemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$186Kmodeled estimateattributed to Ryan Mackenzie
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$176Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Ryan MackenziemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

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

$180Kmodeled estimateattributed to John James
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$180Kmodeled estimateJames H. Simons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John JamesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $3.6M.

$5.2M attributed (modeled estimate) across 76 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$3,500,000May 3, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$2,000,000Dec 14, 20232024
DSCC$106,500Jun 12, 20192020
DSCC$104,000Jun 12, 20192020
DSCC$101,700Oct 31, 20172018
DSCC$100,200Jan 7, 20162016
DSCC$36,500Oct 21, 20212022
DSCC$35,500Jun 12, 20192020
DSCC$33,900Oct 31, 20172018
DSCC$33,400May 27, 20152016
DSCC$13,500Oct 21, 20212022