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Ronald S. Lauder

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$7,013,200

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Ronald S. Lauder

$7.0M
10 transactions across 7 counterparties
sum of 10 tracked donations shown

Ronald S. Lauder directed $5.5M to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND across 3 contributions between October 2020 and October 2024.

Oct 2020 – Oct 2024individual

Ronald S. Lauder directed $1.0M to Congressional Leadership Fund.

Oct 2024individual

Ronald S. Lauder directed $300K to ELISE VICTORY FUND.

Jan 2024individual

Ronald S. Lauder directed $150K to EMPOWERING BLACK AMERICANS PAC.

Jul 2024individual

Ronald S. Lauder directed $57K to GROW THE MAJORITY across 2 contributions between August 2024 and October 2024.

Aug 2024 – Oct 2024individual

Ronald S. Lauder also gave to 2 other entities totaling $7K.

$7.0M tracked across 7 counterparties (sum of 10 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Ronald S. Lauder’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

$531K
modeled estimate
60 paths across 50 counterparties
$50Kmodeled estimateattributed to ELISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$50Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→ELISE VICTORY FUND→ELISE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $6K

$29Kmodeled estimateattributed to Elissa Slotkin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$29Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Elissa SlotkinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $61K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$26Kmodeled estimateattributed to Bob Casey
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$26Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Bob CaseymediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$25Kmodeled estimateattributed to Derek Tran
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$25Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $10K

$24Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$24Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $13K

$21Kmodeled estimateattributed to Susan Wild
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$20Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→Congressional Leadership Fund→Susan WildmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $7K

$183modeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→ELISE VICTORY FUND→NRCC→Susan WildmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $111K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$20Kmodeled estimateattributed to Sherrod Brown
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$20Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Sherrod BrownmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $44K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$18Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tammy Baldwin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$18Kmodeled estimateRonald S. Lauder→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Tammy BaldwinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $28K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $319K.

$531K 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
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$3,500,000Oct 15, 20202020
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$1,500,000Oct 26, 20202020
Congressional Leadership Fund$1,000,000Oct 16, 20242024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$500,000Oct 16, 20242024
ELISE VICTORY FUND$300,000Jan 30, 20242024
EMPOWERING BLACK AMERICANS PAC$150,000Jul 30, 20242024
GROW THE MAJORITY$50,000Oct 16, 20242024
GROW THE MAJORITY$6,600Aug 31, 20242024
RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDA$3,300Nov 2, 20242024
ZINKE FOR CONGRESS$3,300Oct 16, 20242024