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William H Gates III

WA

FEC individual contributor; employer at time of contribution: BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION.

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$112,900

Connections

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from William H Gates III

$80K
15 transactions across 15 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

William H Gates III directed $15K to DSCC.

May 2016individual

William H Gates III directed $5K to HMS SCRAP PAC.

Oct 2023individual

William H Gates III directed $5K to COMMON VALUES PAC.

Oct 2023individual

William H Gates III directed $5K to GIDDY UP PAC.

Oct 2023individual

William H Gates III directed $5K to SHORE PAC.

Oct 2023individual

William H Gates III also gave to 10 other entities totaling $45K.

$80K tracked across 15 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where William H Gates 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

$8K
modeled estimate
44 paths across 31 counterparties
$958modeled estimateattributed to BILL FOSTER 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)

$517modeled estimateattributed to MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA
2024 cycle4 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$175modeled estimateWilliam H Gates III→ATHENA PAC→MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$504modeled estimateattributed to PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle3 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$258modeled estimateWilliam H Gates III→ATHENA PAC→PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$465modeled estimateattributed to KAPTUR FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle3 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$189modeled estimateWilliam H Gates III→HMS SCRAP PAC→KAPTUR FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$164modeled estimateWilliam H Gates III→ATHENA PAC→KAPTUR FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$439modeled estimateattributed to ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$357modeled estimateattributed to TITUS 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)

$357modeled estimateattributed to Dina Titus
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$357modeled estimateWilliam H Gates III→TRUEDEM LEADERSHIP FUND→Dina Titusmediumpac

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

$334modeled estimateattributed to GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$175modeled estimateWilliam H Gates III→GIDDY UP PAC→GALLEGO FOR ARIZONAmediumpac

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

$159modeled estimateWilliam H Gates III→OCEANS PAC→GALLEGO FOR ARIZONAmediumpac

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

Plus 23 additional chains totaling $4K.

$8K attributed (modeled estimate) across 44 paths·Up to 1 hop 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
DSCC$15,000May 9, 20162016
TRUEDEM LEADERSHIP FUND$5,000Oct 19, 20232024
THOMPAC$5,000Nov 6, 20232024
GIDDY UP PAC$5,000Oct 19, 20232024
COMMON VALUES PAC$5,000Oct 19, 20232024
HMS SCRAP PAC$5,000Oct 19, 20232024
MAKING A REAL CHANGE PAC$5,000Nov 10, 20232024
TOGETHER EVERYONE REALIZES REAL IMPACT PAC AKA TERRI PAC$5,000Oct 23, 20232024
LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PAC$5,000Oct 19, 20232024
ATHENA PAC$5,000Oct 19, 20232024
SHORE PAC$5,000Oct 22, 20232024
OCEANS PAC$5,000Oct 19, 20232024
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
GARRET GRAVES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
CITIZENS TO ELECT RICK LARSEN$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
KAPTUR FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
THOM TILLIS COMMITTEE$3,300Oct 23, 20232024
THOM TILLIS COMMITTEE$3,300Oct 23, 20232024
DELBENE FOR CONGRESS$2,900May 19, 20222022
CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE$400Oct 19, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Funder ofATHENA PACGATES, WILLIAM H III donated $5,000 to ATHENA PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial