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Robert Kates

Tracked direct giving

$14,800

Connections

7

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Robert Kates

$12K
15 transactions across 4 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Robert Kates directed $5K to ACTBLUE across 5 contributions between May 2023 and July 2024.

May 2023 – Jul 2024individual

Robert Kates directed $5K to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT across 5 contributions between May 2023 and September 2024.

May 2023 – Sep 2024individual

Robert Kates directed $2K to GIFFORDS PAC across 4 contributions between January 2023 and October 2024.

Jan 2023 – Oct 2024individual

Robert Kates directed $1K to TEAM KENNEDY.

Feb 2024individual
$12K tracked across 4 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Robert Kates’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
8 paths across 8 counterparties
$845modeled estimateattributed to Garcia, Mike
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$845modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→Garcia, MikemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $500

$610modeled estimateattributed to Michael Lawler
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$610modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $500

$353modeled estimateattributed to Juan Ciscomani
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$353modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→Juan CiscomanimediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$336modeled estimateattributed to Don Bacon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$336modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→Don BaconmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$319modeled estimateattributed to Donald J. Trump
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$319modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumOppose24A

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

$231modeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$231modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOppose24A

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

$177modeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$177modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$172modeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$172modeled estimateRobert Kates→GIFFORDS PAC→Mondaire JonesmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

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

$3K attributed (modeled estimate) across 8 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$1,500May 11, 20232024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$1,500May 11, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jul 31, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jan 13, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Mar 9, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$1,000Jan 13, 20242024
TEAM KENNEDY$1,000Feb 21, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$1,000Mar 9, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$1,000Jul 31, 20242024
GIFFORDS PAC$500Jan 30, 20232024
GIFFORDS PAC$500Sep 6, 20232024
GIFFORDS PAC$500Apr 23, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Sep 10, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Jul 16, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Sep 10, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 13, 20242024
OUR GREAT TASK$250Jul 16, 20242024
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$250Sep 10, 20242024
GIFFORDS PAC$250Oct 16, 20232024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 16, 20232024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$250Sep 10, 20242024
GIFFORDS PAC$250Oct 13, 20242024
ACTBLUE$200Sep 10, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$200Mar 10, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$200Sep 10, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$200Sep 11, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toGIFFORDS PACDonated $2,000 to GIFFORDS PACSource
Donated toOUR GREAT TASKDonated $250 to OUR GREAT TASK, INC.Source
Donated toTEAM KENNEDYDonated $1,000 to TEAM KENNEDYSource
Donated toKAINE FOR VIRGINIADonated $250 to KAINE FOR VIRGINIASource
Donated toHARRIS VICTORY FUNDDonated $200 to HARRIS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toACTBLUEDonated $5,950 to ACTBLUESource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $5,150 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource