Meta Platforms
CA · US
Social Media
Tracked direct giving
$85,998,617
LDA reported lobbying spend
$585,000
Connections
12
Coalition view
Meta Platforms operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with Meta Platforms PAC. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).
Combined direct giving + IE support
$86,724,917
Combined tracked receipts
$214,026
Combined lobbying spend
$930,000
How money flowed from Meta Platforms
Meta Platforms directed $45.0M to American Technology Excellence Project. Meta Platforms opposes American Innovation and Choice Online Act.
Meta Platforms directed $20.0M to Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across (Meta) California. Meta Platforms opposes American Innovation and Choice Online Act.
Meta Platforms directed $6.0M to California Leads across 2 contributions between December 2025 and August 2026. Meta Platforms opposes American Innovation and Choice Online Act.
Meta Platforms directed $3.0M to HARRIS VICTORY FUND. Meta Platforms opposes American Innovation and Choice Online Act.
Meta Platforms directed $2.5M to Jobspac, A Bi-Partisan Coalition Of California Employers across 2 contributions between May 2026 and May 2026. Meta Platforms opposes American Innovation and Choice Online Act.
Meta Platforms also gave to 7 other entities totaling $6.2M.
Where Meta Platforms’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
smallest single documented leg $11K
smallest single documented leg $900
smallest single documented leg $36K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
Lobbying Activity Detail
Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.
Top Lobbying Issues
Lobbying Firms Retained
Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings
Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.
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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.
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retained | MASON STREET CONSULTING, LLC | Hired MASON STREET CONSULTING, LLC to lobby on Tech / AI | Source |
| Retained | AVOQ, LLC | Hired AVOQ, LLC to lobby on Tech / AI | Source |
| Retained | MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC | Hired MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC to lobby on Tech / AI | Source |
| Retained | ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC | Hired ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC to lobby on Tech / AI | Source |
| Lobbied on | Kids Online Safety Act (S.1409, 118th Congress) | LDA filing: lobbied on Kids Online Safety Act, period 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30), reported amount $45,000 | Source |
| Retained | JEFFRIES STRATEGIES LLC | Hired JEFFRIES STRATEGIES LLC to lobby on Kids Online Safety Act | Source |
| Coalition with | Tech and AI industry | Meta Platforms is a leading social media and AI company | Editorial |
| Funded research at | New America | Meta donor to New America | Editorial |
| Opposed | American Innovation and Choice Online Act | Meta Platforms opposed the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA, S.2992). | Source |
| Has as instrument | Meta Platforms PAC | Meta Platforms PAC is the political arm of Meta Platforms | Editorial |
| Employed | Mark Zuckerberg | CEO and controlling shareholder of Meta Platforms | Editorial |
| Has investor | Tommy Tuberville | purchase of Meta Platforms Inc (META) | Source |