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Sam Brown

Tracked receipts exceed tracked giving by

$23,700

Tracked direct giving

$4,300

IE supporting this entity

$28,000

IE opposing this entity

$26,500

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The Money Trail

How money flowed to Sam Brown

$59K
4 transactions across 4 counterparties

NRSC spent $28K supporting Sam Brown.

Sep 2024independent expenditure

Sam Brown directed $3K to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN.

Mar 2024individual

Sam Brown directed $1K to COLIN ALLRED VICTORY FUND.

Sep 2024individual
$59K tracked across 4 counterparties
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded Sam Brown

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

$9K
modeled estimate
4 paths across 2 counterparties
$4Kmodeled estimatefrom Ted Cruz
2024 cycle3 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$2Kmodeled estimateTed CruzNRSCSam BrownmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $28K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTed CruzNRSCSam BrownmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $28K documented end-to-end

$1Kmodeled estimateTed CruzNRSCSam BrownmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $28K documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimatefrom John Thune
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$4Kmodeled estimateJohn ThuneNRSCSam BrownmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $28K documented end-to-end

$9K attributed (modeled estimate) across 4 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Dark Money Spending

Election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors. Dark money flows through 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar entities that are not required to reveal their funders. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

Dark Money Targeting This Entity

FilerAmountTypeSupport/OpposeDate
NRSC$28,000Form 5 IESupportingSep 19, 2024
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$26,500Form 5 IEOpposingOct 21, 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 because 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 Given

RecipientAmountDateCycle
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Mar 27, 20242024
COLIN ALLRED VICTORY FUND$1,000Sep 5, 20242024

Donations Received

DonorAmountDateCycle
NRSCIE support$28,000Sep 19, 20242024
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Spent to oppose$26,500Oct 21, 20242024