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DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Tracked direct receipts exceed tracked direct giving by

$60,959

Political action committee.

Tracked direct giving

$106,695

View FEC cycle totals

Tracked receipts

$167,654

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Connections

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The Money Trail

How money flowed to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

$98K
15 transactions across 10 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

DAVIDSON VICTORY FUND directed $43K to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE across 4 contributions between March 2023 and June 2024.

Mar 2023 – Jun 2024pac

UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) directed $10K to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE across 2 contributions between December 2023 and September 2024.

Dec 2023 – Sep 2024pac

AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) directed $10K to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE across 2 contributions between June 2023 and August 2024.

Jun 2023 – Aug 2024pac

Amos Goldhaber directed $5K to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.

Jul 2024individual

ARMSTRONG, BRIAN directed $5K to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.

Apr 2024individual

DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE also received from 5 other entities totaling $25K.

$98K tracked across 10 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE’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

$1K
modeled estimate
9 paths across 9 counterparties
$343modeled estimateattributed to JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$343modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATElowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$249modeled estimateattributed to BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$249modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATElowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$209modeled estimateattributed to REGGIE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$209modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→REGGIE FOR CONGRESSlowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$156modeled estimateattributed to MERRIN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$156modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→MERRIN FOR CONGRESSlowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$110modeled estimateattributed to MIKE GARCIA FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$110modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→MIKE GARCIA FOR CONGRESSlowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$110modeled estimateattributed to YOUNG KIM FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$110modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→YOUNG KIM FOR CONGRESSlowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$110modeled estimateattributed to VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$110modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESSlowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$105modeled estimateattributed to THE PAT HARRIGAN COMMITTEE
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsLow confidenceCross-cycle
$105modeled estimateDEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC→DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→THE PAT HARRIGAN COMMITTEElowdate order unverifiedpac

smallest single documented leg $975 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 1 additional chain totaling $104.

$1K attributed (modeled estimate) across 9 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
BARRY MOORE FOR CONGRESS$5,000Jan 9, 20242024
MERRIN FOR CONGRESS$5,000May 2, 20242024
VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS$5,000Sep 18, 20242024
COUGHLIN FOR CONGRESS$5,000Oct 3, 20242024
OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE CENTRAL & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE$5,000Oct 10, 20242024
BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE$5,000Feb 13, 20242024
DREW JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS-GTM NF NV03$5,000Oct 22, 20242024
PATRIOTS FOR PERRY$5,000Mar 18, 20242024
YOUNG KIM FOR CONGRESS$5,000Sep 18, 20242024
REGGIE FOR CONGRESS$5,000Jan 26, 20242024
MIKE GARCIA FOR CONGRESS$5,000Sep 18, 20242024
TED CRUZ FOR SENATE$5,000Oct 7, 20242024
PATRIOTS FOR PERRY$5,000Mar 18, 20242024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$5,000Mar 31, 20242024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$3,300Mar 29, 20242024
BRANDON GILL FOR TEXAS$3,300Jan 26, 20242024
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC$3,020Mar 20, 20232024
ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESS$2,500Mar 18, 20242024
THE PAT HARRIGAN COMMITTEE$2,500Feb 29, 20242024
Sonza For Congress$2,500Feb 29, 20242024
FRIENDS OF RICK BECKER$2,500Mar 18, 20242024
MOONEY FOR CONGRESS 2022$2,000Jan 5, 20232024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$1,700Sep 13, 20242024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$1,700Mar 29, 20242024
BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE$1,700Apr 25, 20242024
BLAINE FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
HOUCHIN FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
SCOTT FITZGERALD FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
MONICA FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
MIKE FLOOD FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
NORMAN FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
GARBARINO FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
FRIENDS OF BILL POSEY$1,000Feb 23, 20232024
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC$975Apr 3, 20232024

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
DAVIDSON VICTORY FUND$13,159Jun 30, 20242024
DAVIDSON VICTORY FUND$10,000Mar 27, 20232024
DAVIDSON VICTORY FUND$10,000Mar 18, 20242024
DAVIDSON VICTORY FUND$9,800Oct 23, 20232024
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)$5,000Aug 24, 20232024
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)$5,000Mar 22, 20242024
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000Dec 8, 20232024
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000Mar 7, 20242024
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.$5,000Nov 15, 20242024
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.$5,000Dec 22, 20232024
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)$5,000Dec 22, 20232024
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC)$5,000Sep 6, 20242024
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC)$5,000May 8, 20232024
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)$5,000Oct 16, 20242024
MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTITUTE PAC$5,000Sep 3, 20242024
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000Dec 26, 20242024
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES PAC$5,000Dec 22, 20232024
ARMSTRONG, BRIAN$5,000Apr 9, 20242024
Amos Goldhaber$5,000Jul 7, 20242024
UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$5,000Dec 31, 20232024
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC)$5,000Jun 1, 20232024
UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$5,000Sep 30, 20242024
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC)$5,000Aug 1, 20242024
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES PAC$5,000Dec 31, 20242024
Yong Hun Kim$4,000Dec 31, 20232024
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PAC$3,995Mar 13, 20232024
THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500Jun 30, 20242024
ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC$2,500Sep 30, 20232024
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (MORPAC)$2,500Sep 27, 20242024
ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC$2,500Dec 31, 20232024
Jim Jordan$2,000Sep 4, 20242024
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HBI-PAC)$2,000Sep 13, 20242024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$1,700Sep 13, 20242024
Richard Sheard$1,000Jul 11, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Received donation fromAmerican Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)$15,000.00 across 3 contributionsSource
Received donation fromDean PhillipsDonated $5,000 to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESource
Received donation fromJim JordanDonated $2,000 to DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESource