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ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC)

DC

Tracked direct giving exceeds tracked direct receipts by

$19,500

tech ai
Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$24,500

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Tracked receipts

$5,000

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The Money Trail

How money associated with ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) flowed

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) is the giver in some of these trails and the recipient in others. Each sentence names who gave and who received.

$30K
11 transactions across 8 counterparties
sum of 11 tracked donations shown

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) directed $5K to SCHATZ FOR SENATE across 2 contributions.

Oct 2024pac

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) directed $5K to PEOPLE FOR BEN across 3 contributions between May 2023 and October 2023.

May 2023 – Oct 2023pac

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) also is connected by money to 3 other entities totaling $7K.

$30K tracked across 8 counterparties (sum of 11 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC)’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

$21K
modeled estimate
6 paths across 6 counterparties
$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to PEOPLE FOR BEN
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to SCHATZ FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $4K

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $3K

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to Ben Ray Luján
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $2K

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to Marc A. Veasey
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $2K

$21K attributed (modeled estimate) across 6 paths·Up to 0 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Connected Government Contracts

Companies that ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) holds stock in, is employed by, or receives donations from (through a corporate PAC) that also receive federal awards. Figures are each company's total federal obligations over the fiscal years this tracker holds FEC data for, as reported by USASpending.gov.

Received contributions from a PAC of

Received direct contributions from a PAC affiliated with this company

$4.8B

federal obligations FY2015–FY2025

Defense: $3.8BState: $316.6MHomeland Security: $269.9M+5 more

Stock disclosures from Senate EFD / House Financial Disclosures. Contract data from USASpending.gov. Contributions and contracts are separate records. Neither is shown as a cause of the other, and a connection does not imply wrongdoing.

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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$4,000Sep 10, 20182018
SCHATZ FOR SENATE$4,000Oct 22, 20242024
FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE$3,500Dec 17, 20242024
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS$3,000Jun 8, 20232024
PEOPLE FOR BEN$2,000Oct 10, 20232024
Ben Ray Luján$2,000May 30, 20232024
PEOPLE FOR BEN$2,000May 30, 20232024
Marc A. Veasey$2,000Jun 21, 20242024
PEOPLE FOR BEN$1,000Oct 10, 20232024
SCHATZ FOR SENATE$1,000Oct 22, 20242024

Donations Received and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Badged rows are independent expenditures other groups paid to vendors for or against this entity. That money did not reach its committee.

DonorAmountDateCycle
MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC$5,000Aug 4, 20262026

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received donation fromMICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC$15,000.00 across 3 contributionsSource