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Ben Meng

Tracked direct giving

$48,989

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Ben Meng

$49K
5 transactions across 4 counterparties
sum of 5 tracked donations shown

Ben Meng directed $21K to GUS BILIRAKIS VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between March 2023 and April 2024.

Mar 2023 – Apr 2024individual

Ben Meng directed $20K to APL VICTORY FUND.

Apr 2023individual

Ben Meng directed $7K to Trump Victory Fund.

Nov 2023individual

Ben Meng directed $1K to CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS.

Oct 2024individual
$49K tracked across 4 counterparties (sum of 5 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Ben Meng’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

$20K
modeled estimate
7 paths across 6 counterparties
$18Kmodeled estimateattributed to ANNA PAULINA LUNA FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $750

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

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to BRIAN JACK FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

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

$641modeled estimateattributed to DANIEL WEBSTER FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

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

$280modeled estimateattributed to GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

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

$230modeled estimateattributed to LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

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

$122modeled estimateattributed to GREG STEUBE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence
$122modeled estimateBen Meng→APL VICTORY FUND→APL PAC→GREG STEUBE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

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

$20K attributed (modeled estimate) across 7 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
GUS BILIRAKIS VICTORY FUND$20,000Mar 29, 20232024
APL VICTORY FUND$20,000Apr 14, 20232024
Trump Victory Fund$6,600Nov 13, 20232024
CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS$1,389Oct 16, 20242024
GUS BILIRAKIS VICTORY FUND$1,000Apr 29, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Funder ofAPL VICTORY FUNDMENG, BEN donated $20,000 to APL VICTORY FUND (QPQ tracked total)Editorial