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Thomas W Smith

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Tracked direct giving

$3,146,900

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Thomas W Smith

$3.1M
15 transactions across 11 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Thomas W Smith directed $1.1M to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND across 2 contributions between September 2020 and October 2024.

Sep 2020 – Oct 2024individual

Thomas W Smith directed $1.0M to Congressional Leadership Fund.

Aug 2024individual

Thomas W Smith directed $500K to TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC across 2 contributions between August 2024 and August 2024.

Aug 2024 – Aug 2024individual

Thomas W Smith directed $300K to GROW THE MAJORITY.

Mar 2024individual

Thomas W Smith directed $200K to AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION.

Apr 2023individual

Thomas W Smith also gave to 6 other entities totaling $89K.

$3.1M tracked across 11 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Thomas W Smith’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

$1.3M
modeled estimate
60 paths across 50 counterparties
$82Kmodeled estimateattributed to Elissa Slotkin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$82Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Elissa SlotkinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $13K

$74Kmodeled estimateattributed to Bob Casey
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$74Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Bob CaseymediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $13K

$67Kmodeled estimateattributed to Sherrod Brown
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$67Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Sherrod BrownmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K

$55Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tammy Baldwin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$55Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Tammy BaldwinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K

$49Kmodeled estimateattributed to Derek Tran
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$49Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $10K

$47Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$47Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $13K

$45Kmodeled estimateattributed to Curtis Hertel JR
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$44Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $10K

$486modeled estimateThomas W Smith→GROW THE MAJORITY→NRCC→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $274K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$41Kmodeled estimateattributed to Susan Wild
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$41Kmodeled estimateThomas W Smith→Congressional Leadership Fund→Susan WildmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $7K

$217modeled estimateThomas W Smith→GROW THE MAJORITY→NRCC→Susan WildmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $300K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $841K.

$1.3M attributed (modeled estimate) across 60 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
Congressional Leadership Fund$1,000,000Aug 22, 20242024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$1,000,000Oct 9, 20242024
GROW THE MAJORITY$300,000Mar 31, 20242024
TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC$250,000Aug 2, 20242024
TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC$250,000Aug 5, 20242024
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION$200,000Apr 21, 20232024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$50,000Sep 23, 20202020
WINRED$20,000Apr 8, 20252026
WINRED$15,000Mar 24, 20252026
WINRED$12,000Dec 15, 20252026
TEAM RICK SCOTT$10,000Jan 6, 20232024
DC REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCOUNT$10,000Aug 5, 20242024
OKLAHOMA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL$10,000Aug 5, 20242024
TEAM MACE$6,600Feb 10, 20232024
JOHN BOLTON PAC$5,000Jan 16, 20242024
JOHN BOLTON PAC$5,000Jan 16, 20242024
PAUL JUNGE FOR CONGRESS-GTM NF MI08$3,300Mar 31, 20242024