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William Mac Deford

Tracked donations to candidate

None in tracked data

IE for this entity (not received)

$52,881

Connections

1

Independent expenditures are paid by outside groups to ad and mail vendors. None of that money reached this entity's committee, and none of it is counted as a receipt.

The Money Trail

How money flowed to William Mac Deford

$53K
5 transactions across 1 counterparty
sum of 5 tracked donations shown

UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC spent $53K supporting William Mac Deford across 5 contributions between May 2024 and May 2024.

May 2024 – May 2024independent expenditure
$53K tracked across 1 counterparty (sum of 5 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded William Mac Deford

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

$34K
modeled estimate
19 paths across 19 counterparties
$24Kmodeled estimatefrom William Deford
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$24Kmodeled estimateWilliam Deford→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $8K

$2Kmodeled estimatefrom Malcolm Fraser
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateMalcolm Fraser→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

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

$1Kmodeled estimatefrom LIEBERMAN, STEPHEN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1Kmodeled estimateLIEBERMAN, STEPHEN→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $288

$1Kmodeled estimatefrom William Buffett
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1Kmodeled estimateWilliam Buffett→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $250

$1Kmodeled estimatefrom Jean Beasley
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1Kmodeled estimateJean Beasley→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$879modeled estimatefrom Kriss Hart
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$879modeled estimateKriss Hart→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$710modeled estimatefrom Margrit Messenheimer
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$710modeled estimateMargrit Messenheimer→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$615modeled estimatefrom Norman Spieler
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$615modeled estimateNorman Spieler→UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC→William Mac DefordmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $750 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 11 additional chains totaling $3K.

$34K attributed (modeled estimate) across 19 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Outside Spending and Dark Money

Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

Outside Spending About This Entity

Every independent expenditure and electioneering communication in the tracked filings that names this entity, by any filer. Most filers here are super PACs that disclose their donors. Only the non-committee nonprofits among them are dark money.

FilerAmountTypeSupport/OpposeDate
UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC$16,283Form 5 IESupportingMay 21, 2024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC$12,424Form 5 IESupportingMay 28, 2024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC$8,612Form 5 IESupportingMay 15, 2024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC$7,836Form 5 IESupportingMay 24, 2024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC$7,725Form 5 IESupportingMay 23, 2024

Money spent by non-disclosing organizations on ads and communications referencing this candidate. These dollars do not flow to the candidate's committee.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates. QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

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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
UNITEDEMOCRATS PACSpent to support$16,283May 21, 20242024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PACSpent to support$12,424May 28, 20242024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PACSpent to support$8,612May 15, 20242024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PACSpent to support$7,836May 24, 20242024
UNITEDEMOCRATS PACSpent to support$7,725May 23, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Affiliated withDEFORD FOR CONGRESSDEFORD FOR CONGRESS is the principal campaign committee of William Mac Deford (FEC committee C00836478, designation P; candidate H4SC01305).Source