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JACOBSEN, MELANIE

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Tracked direct giving

$186,300

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from JACOBSEN, MELANIE

$186K
9 transactions across 7 counterparties
sum of 9 tracked donations shown

JACOBSEN, MELANIE directed $100K to DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2024.

Jan 2024individual

JACOBSEN, MELANIE directed $52K to DSCC across 2 contributions between February 2020 and August 2022.

Feb 2020 – Aug 2022individual

JACOBSEN, MELANIE directed $12K to VICTORY NOW FOR CASEY.

Mar 2024individual

JACOBSEN, MELANIE directed $10K to DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERAL.

Nov 2024individual

JACOBSEN, MELANIE directed $7K to KAINE FOR VIRGINIA across 2 contributions.

Mar 2024individual

JACOBSEN, MELANIE also gave to 2 other entities totaling $7K.

$186K tracked across 7 counterparties (sum of 9 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where JACOBSEN, MELANIE’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

$88K
modeled estimate
38 paths across 38 counterparties
$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Dave Min
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$4Kmodeled estimateJACOBSEN, MELANIE→DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2024→Dave Minmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to DON DAVIS FOR NC
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to CHRIS PAPPAS FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to NIKKI FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

Plus 30 additional chains totaling $60K.

$88K attributed (modeled estimate) across 38 paths·Up to 3 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
DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2024$100,000Jan 12, 20242024
DSCC$36,500Aug 11, 20222022
DSCC$15,000Feb 26, 20202020
VICTORY NOW FOR CASEY$11,600Mar 6, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERAL$10,000Nov 2, 20242024
GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA$3,300Jun 28, 20242024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$3,300Mar 28, 20242024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$3,300Nov 24, 20232024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$3,300Mar 28, 20242024