AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE
VA · US
Tracked direct giving
$5,000
LDA reported lobbying spend
$4,370,000
Connections
6
Coalition view
AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with American Sugar Alliance PAC. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).
Combined direct giving + IE support
$5,000
Combined tracked receipts
$0
Combined lobbying spend
$7,600,000
Where AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE’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
smallest single documented leg $1K
smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $5K (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)
smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $500
Plus 13 additional chains totaling $4K.
Lobbying Activity Detail
Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.
Top Lobbying Issues
Lobbying Firms Retained
Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings
Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.
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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.
| Recipient | Amount | Date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL FARMERS UNION PAC (NFU) | $5,000 | Jan 30, 2023 | 2024 |
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lobbied on | US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I) | LDA filing: lobbied on Sugar Program (Farm Bill), period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $40,000 | Source |
| Retained | COMBEST, SELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC | Hired COMBEST, SELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC to lobby on Sugar Program (Farm Bill) | Source |
| Lobbied on | 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar Provisions | LDA filing: lobbied on Farm Bill Sugar Provisions, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $40,000 | Source |
| Instrument of | Sugar industry | American Sugar Alliance is the umbrella lobbying coalition for the US sugar industry | Editorial |
| Has as instrument | American Sugar Alliance PAC | American Sugar Alliance PAC is the political arm of the American Sugar Alliance | Editorial |
| Employed | Ryan Weston | Chairman of the American Sugar Alliance | Editorial |