Entity DossierOrganization

Chevron

Tracked giving exceeds tracked receipts by

$7,850,000

Second-largest US oil company. Revenue of $200 billion (2023). Active in opposing climate liability lawsuits and supporting LNG exports.

energy fossil fuelssanctioned

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$7,850,000

Tracked donations to candidate

Connections

Coalition view

Chevron operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with Chevron Corporation PAC (Chevron Employees PAC). Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).

Combined tracked giving

$7,850,000

Combined tracked receipts

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Chevron

$13.4M

15 transactions across 5 counterparties

Chevron directed $5.0M to Congressional Leadership Fund across 5 contributions between September 2023 and August 2024. Chevron advocates for EPA Methane Rule Rollback.

Sep 2023 – Aug 2024individual→ EPA Methane Rule Rollback no recorded vote

Chevron directed $2.4M to American Enterprise Institute across 2 contributions. Chevron advocates for EPA Methane Rule Rollback.

Jan 2010individual→ EPA Methane Rule Rollback no recorded vote

Chevron directed $2.4M to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND across 4 contributions between March 2018 and October 2018. Chevron advocates for EPA Methane Rule Rollback.

Mar 2018 – Oct 2018individual→ EPA Methane Rule Rollback no recorded vote

Chevron directed $2.0M to Trump Inaugural Committee (2025) across 2 contributions. Chevron advocates for EPA Methane Rule Rollback.

Dec 2024individual→ EPA Methane Rule Rollback no recorded vote

Chevron directed $1.6M to The Heritage Foundation across 2 contributions. Chevron advocates for EPA Methane Rule Rollback.

Jan 2015individual→ EPA Methane Rule Rollback no recorded vote

$13.4M tracked across 5 counterparties·2 policy outcomes

PAC Chain Attribution

Where Chevron’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

$2.6M

modeled estimate

856 paths across 50 counterparties

$109Kmodeled estimateattributed to Derek Tran

2024 cycle27 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$13Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.5M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.5M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.5M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.3M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $750K documented end-to-end

+ 15 more paths

$108Kmodeled estimateattributed to Suozzi, Thomas R.

2024 cycle10 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$51Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Suozzi, Thomas R.mediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.5M documented end-to-end

$33Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Suozzi, Thomas R.mediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.3M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Suozzi, Thomas R.mediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $386K documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Suozzi, Thomas R.mediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $257K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Suozzi, Thomas R.mediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $68K documented end-to-end

+ 5 more paths

$100Kmodeled estimateattributed to Curtis Hertel JR

2024 cycle26 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$10Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.4M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.4M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.4M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.4M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

+ 15 more paths

$93Kmodeled estimateattributed to Don Davis

2024 cycle28 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$8Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Don DavismediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.3M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Don DavismediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.2M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Don DavismediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Don DavismediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1000K documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Don DavismediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $741K documented end-to-end

+ 15 more paths

$87Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones

2024 cycle30 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$8Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.3M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.3M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $915K documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $659K documented end-to-end

+ 15 more paths

$83Kmodeled estimateattributed to George Whitesides

2024 cycle20 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$10Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→George WhitesidesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.5M documented end-to-end

$10Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→George WhitesidesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.5M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→George WhitesidesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.5M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→George WhitesidesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.0M documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→George WhitesidesmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.0M documented end-to-end

+ 15 more paths

$78Kmodeled estimateattributed to Amish Dr. Shah

2024 cycle28 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Amish Dr. ShahmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $976K documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Amish Dr. ShahmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $996K documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Amish Dr. ShahmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $997K documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Amish Dr. ShahmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $730K documented end-to-end

$5Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→Amish Dr. ShahmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $757K documented end-to-end

+ 15 more paths

$77Kmodeled estimateattributed to HERTEL, CURTIS

2024 cycle18 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

$10Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→HERTEL, CURTISmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.4M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→HERTEL, CURTISmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.4M documented end-to-end

$9Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→HERTEL, CURTISmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.4M documented end-to-end

$8Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→HERTEL, CURTISmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $1.1M documented end-to-end

$5Kmodeled estimateChevron→Congressional Leadership Fund→HERTEL, CURTISmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $750K documented end-to-end

+ 13 more paths

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $1.8M.

$2.6M attributed (modeled estimate) across 856 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

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Donations Given

Recipient	Amount	Date	Cycle
Congressional Leadership Fund	$1,500,000	Sep 20, 2023	2024
American Enterprise Institute	$1,200,000	Jan 1, 2010	2010
Trump Inaugural Committee (2025)	$1,000,000	Dec 13, 2024	2024
The Heritage Foundation	$800,000	Jan 1, 2015	2016
Congressional Leadership Fund	$750,000	Jun 7, 2024	2024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND	$700,000	Mar 6, 2018	2018
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND	$700,000	Mar 31, 2017	2018
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND	$500,000	Oct 30, 2018	2018
Congressional Leadership Fund	$500,000	Aug 14, 2024	2024
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE	$100,000	Jun 26, 2024
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE	$100,000	Oct 5, 2023

Relationships

Type	Connected To	Details	Source
Funded research at	The Heritage Foundation	Corporate donor to Heritage energy and environment program	Editorial
Funded research at	American Enterprise Institute	Corporate donor to AEI	Editorial
Funded research at	Hoover Institution	Corporate donor to Hoover Institution	Editorial
Coalition with	Fossil fuel industry	Chevron is the second-largest US oil company and a leading API member	Editorial
Advocated for	EPA Methane Rule Rollback	Chevron lobbied for rolling back the EPA Methane Rule consistent with the oil and gas industry position.	Source
Opposed	EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule	Chevron opposed the EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule.	Source
Has as instrument	Chevron Corporation PAC (Chevron Employees PAC)	Chevron PAC is the political arm of Chevron Corporation	Editorial