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Michael W Sonnenfeldt

NY

FEC individual contributor; employer at time of contribution: SELF.

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$305,100

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Michael W Sonnenfeldt

$305K
11 transactions across 5 counterparties
sum of 11 tracked donations shown

Michael W Sonnenfeldt directed $269K to DSCC across 6 contributions between November 2017 and October 2024.

Nov 2017 – Oct 2024individual

Michael W Sonnenfeldt directed $16K to WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024.

Sep 2023individual

Michael W Sonnenfeldt directed $10K to NADLER VICTORY FUND.

Jun 2024individual

Michael W Sonnenfeldt directed $7K to KAINE FOR VIRGINIA across 2 contributions.

May 2023individual

Michael W Sonnenfeldt directed $3K to PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS.

Sep 2024individual
$305K tracked across 5 counterparties (sum of 11 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Michael W Sonnenfeldt’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
15 paths across 15 counterparties
$25Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$25Kmodeled estimateMichael W Sonnenfeldt→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $15K

$22Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$22Kmodeled estimateMichael W Sonnenfeldt→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $21K

$21Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$21Kmodeled estimateMichael W Sonnenfeldt→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $20K

$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$10Kmodeled estimateMichael W Sonnenfeldt→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$9Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$9Kmodeled estimateMichael W Sonnenfeldt→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $14K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$988modeled estimateattributed to Yadira Caraveo
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$985modeled estimateattributed to Matt Cartwright
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 7 additional chains totaling $885.

$97K attributed (modeled estimate) across 15 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$108,700May 15, 20232024
DSCC$41,300May 15, 20232024
DSCC$35,500May 20, 20192020
DSCC$33,900Nov 2, 20172018
DSCC$30,200Oct 29, 20242024
DSCC$19,800Oct 29, 20242024
WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024$15,800Sep 11, 20232024
NADLER VICTORY FUND$10,000Jun 18, 20242024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$3,300May 12, 20232024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$3,300May 12, 20232024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 27, 20242024