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Mel Orchard

Tracked direct giving

$11,000

Connections

17

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Mel Orchard

$10K
15 transactions across 12 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Mel Orchard directed $2K to ACTBLUE across 3 contributions between January 2024 and May 2024.

Jan 2024 – May 2024individual

Mel Orchard directed $2K to JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED across 2 contributions between January 2024 and May 2024.

Jan 2024 – May 2024individual

Mel Orchard directed $1K to CARTWRIGHT FOR CONGRESS.

Apr 2024individual

Mel Orchard directed $1K to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT.

Oct 2023individual

Mel Orchard also gave to 7 other entities totaling $3K.

$10K tracked across 12 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Mel Orchard’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

$2K
modeled estimate
15 paths across 15 counterparties
$404modeled estimateattributed to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$404modeled estimateMel Orchard→HARRIS VICTORY FUND→HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$184modeled estimateattributed to Amy Klobuchar
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$184modeled estimateMel Orchard→JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED→Amy Klobucharmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$167modeled estimateattributed to GILLIBRAND FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$156modeled estimateattributed to TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$156modeled estimateattributed to LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$154modeled estimateattributed to KAINE FOR VIRGINIA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$153modeled estimateattributed to Elissa Slotkin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$153modeled estimateMel Orchard→JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED→Elissa Slotkinmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$150modeled estimateattributed to ROSEN FOR NEVADA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$150modeled estimateMel Orchard→JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED→ROSEN FOR NEVADAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 7 additional chains totaling $886.

$2K attributed (modeled estimate) across 15 paths·Up to 1 hop 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
ACTBLUE$1,000Jan 30, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000May 13, 20242024
JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED$1,000Jan 30, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$1,000Jul 7, 20232024
JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED$1,000May 13, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$1,000Oct 24, 20232024
CARTWRIGHT FOR CONGRESS$1,000Apr 23, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$1,000Oct 24, 20232024
ACTBLUE$250Feb 15, 20242024
KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA$250Jan 31, 20242024
ROSEN FOR NEVADA$250Jan 31, 20242024
MONTANANS FOR TESTER$250Feb 15, 20242024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$250Mar 29, 20242024
GILLIBRAND FOR SENATE$250May 19, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Feb 15, 20242024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$250May 19, 20242024
LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER FOR SENATE$250May 19, 20242024
MAGGIE FOR NH$250Feb 15, 20242024
TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE$250Jan 31, 20242024
ELISSA SLOTKIN FOR MICHIGAN$250May 19, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toELISSA SLOTKIN FOR MICHIGANDonated $250 to ELISSA SLOTKIN FOR MICHIGANSource
Donated toMAGGIE FOR NHDonated $250 to MAGGIE FOR NHSource
Donated toHARRIS VICTORY FUNDDonated $1,000 to HARRIS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toJUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZEDDonated $2,000 to JUSTICE 2024Source
Donated toGILLIBRAND FOR SENATEDonated $250 to GILLIBRAND FOR SENATESource
Donated toCARTWRIGHT FOR CONGRESSDonated $1,000 to CARTWRIGHT FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toROSEN FOR NEVADADonated $250 to ROSEN FOR NEVADASource
Donated toKAINE FOR VIRGINIADonated $250 to KAINE FOR VIRGINIASource
Donated toTAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATEDonated $250 to TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATESource
Donated toFRIENDS OF MARIADonated $250 to FRIENDS OF MARIASource
Donated toDEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDDonated $1,000 to DCCCSource
Donated toLISA BLUNT ROCHESTER FOR SENATEDonated $250 to LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER FOR SENATESource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $1,000 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource
Donated toMONTANANS FOR TESTERDonated $250 to MONTANANS FOR TESTERSource
Donated toACTBLUEDonated $2,500 to ACTBLUESource
Donated toAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Donated $2,000 to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Source
Donated toKLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTADonated $250 to KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTASource