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Ellen Butler

Tracked direct giving

$41,780

Connections

22

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Ellen Butler

$18K
15 transactions across 10 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Ellen Butler directed $5K to ACTBLUE across 3 contributions between March 2023 and December 2023.

Mar 2023 – Dec 2023individual

Ellen Butler directed $4K to ALTMAN FOR CONGRESS across 3 contributions between November 2023 and September 2024.

Nov 2023 – Sep 2024individual

Ellen Butler directed $3K to FETTERMAN FOR PA across 2 contributions between December 2023 and October 2024.

Dec 2023 – Oct 2024individual

Ellen Butler directed $1K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND.

Jan 2024individual

Ellen Butler directed $1K to GIFFORDS PAC.

Mar 2024individual

Ellen Butler also gave to 5 other entities totaling $5K.

$18K tracked across 10 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Ellen Butler’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

$3K
modeled estimate
10 paths across 10 counterparties
$797modeled estimateattributed to Garcia, Mike
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$797modeled estimateEllen Butler→GIFFORDS PAC→Garcia, MikemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $360

$553modeled estimateattributed to Michael Lawler
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$553modeled estimateEllen Butler→GIFFORDS PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $360

$404modeled estimateattributed to Donald J. Trump
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$404modeled estimateEllen Butler→GIFFORDS PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $360

$349modeled estimateattributed to Juan Ciscomani
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$349modeled estimateEllen Butler→GIFFORDS PAC→Juan CiscomanimediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $360 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$324modeled estimateattributed to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$324modeled estimateEllen Butler→HARRIS VICTORY FUND→HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $500 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$304modeled estimateattributed to Don Bacon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$304modeled estimateEllen Butler→GIFFORDS PAC→Don BaconmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $360 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$209modeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$209modeled estimateEllen Butler→GIFFORDS PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $360 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$179modeled estimateattributed to AHMED FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$179modeled estimateEllen Butler→ACTBLUE→AHMED FOR CONGRESSmediumcorporate

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

Plus 2 additional chains totaling $316.

$3K attributed (modeled estimate) across 10 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$1,800Nov 13, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,800Dec 23, 20232024
ALTMAN FOR CONGRESS$1,800Nov 13, 20232024
FETTERMAN FOR PA$1,800Dec 23, 20232024
SUMMER LEE FOR CONGRESS$1,000Mar 15, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000Mar 28, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jun 12, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000Sep 22, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Sep 23, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000Oct 25, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jan 5, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jan 10, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jan 22, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Mar 15, 20232024
EHASZ FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jan 10, 20242024
CHRIS DELUZIO FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jan 5, 20242024
ALTMAN FOR CONGRESS$1,000Mar 28, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$1,000Jan 22, 20242024
CORI BUSH FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jun 12, 20232024
MICHELLE VALLEJO FOR CONGRESS$1,000Sep 23, 20232024
FETTERMAN FOR PA$1,000Oct 25, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$1,000Jan 28, 20242024
ALTMAN FOR CONGRESS$1,000Sep 22, 20242024
GIFFORDS PAC$1,000Mar 25, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Feb 27, 20232024
GEOFFREY GRAMMER FOR U.S. CONGRESS$500Feb 27, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Apr 19, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500May 6, 20232024
ACTBLUE$500Feb 27, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Feb 28, 20242024
CORI BUSH FOR CONGRESS$500Feb 27, 20232024
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS$500Aug 29, 20242024
TRYGVE HAMMER FOR CONGRESS$500Feb 28, 20242024
Rudy Salas For Congress$500Apr 19, 20242024
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$500Aug 22, 20242024
SIGNORELLO FOR SENATE$500May 6, 20232024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$500Nov 10, 20232024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$500Nov 10, 20232024
ACTBLUE$360Dec 31, 20232024
TAMMY MURPHY FOR SENATE$360Dec 31, 20232024
GIFFORDS PAC$360Dec 7, 20232024
ACTBLUE$250Aug 7, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Apr 29, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 7, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Sep 7, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 8, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Dec 7, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 15, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Nov 7, 20242024
KRISTEN LYERLY FOR CONGRESS$250Oct 15, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toHARRIS VICTORY FUNDDonated $3,000 to HARRIS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toGIFFORDS PACDonated $1,360 to GIFFORDS PACSource
Donated toRudy Salas For CongressDonated $500 to RUDY SALAS FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toACTBLUEDonated $17,710 to ACTBLUESource
Donated toFRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNDonated $250 to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNSource
Donated toFETTERMAN FOR PADonated $2,800 to FETTERMAN FOR PASource
Donated toJEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSDonated $750 to JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toBob Casey For Senate Inc.Donated $250 to BOB CASEY FOR SENATE INCSource
Donated toMICHELLE VALLEJO FOR CONGRESSDonated $1,000 to MICHELLE VALLEJO FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toBELL FOR MISSOURIDonated $250 to BELLFORMISSOURISource
Donated toCORI BUSH FOR CONGRESSDonated $1,500 to CORI BUSH FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toSIGNORELLO FOR SENATEDonated $500 to SIGNORELLO FOR SENATESource
Donated toSUMMER LEE FOR CONGRESSDonated $1,000 to SUMMER LEE FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toTRYGVE HAMMER FOR CONGRESSDonated $500 to TRYGVE HAMMER FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toCHRIS DELUZIO FOR CONGRESSDonated $1,000 to CHRIS DELUZIO FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toGEOFFREY GRAMMER FOR U.S. CONGRESSDonated $500 to GEOFFREY GRAMMER FOR U.S. CONGRESSSource
Donated toKRISTEN LYERLY FOR CONGRESSDonated $250 to KRISTIN LYERLY FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toALTMAN FOR CONGRESSDonated $3,800 to ALTMAN FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toEHASZ FOR CONGRESSDonated $1,000 to EHASZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toTAMMY MURPHY FOR SENATEDonated $360 to TAMMY MURPHY FOR SENATESource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $2,500 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource
Donated toAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEDonated $1,000 to AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESource