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John R Bradford, III

Federal candidate, office H, state NC

Tracked direct giving

$1,601,740

Tracked donations to candidate

None in tracked data

IE for this entity (not received)

$530,840

Connections

2

Independent expenditures are paid by outside groups to ad and mail vendors. None of that money reached this entity's committee, and none of it is counted as a receipt.

The Money Trail

How money associated with John R Bradford, III flowed

John R Bradford, III is the giver in some of these trails and the recipient in others. Each sentence names who gave and who received.

$1.6M
5 transactions across 2 counterparties
sum of 5 tracked donations shown

John R Bradford, III directed $1.6M to BRADFORD FOR CONGRESS across 4 contributions between December 2023 and February 2024.

Dec 2023 – Feb 2024pac
$1.6M tracked across 2 counterparties (sum of 5 tracked donations shown)·1 policy outcome
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded John R Bradford, III

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

$7K
modeled estimate
13 paths across 10 counterparties
$2Kmodeled estimatefrom Coinbase, Inc.
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$983modeled estimateCoinbase, Inc.→Fairshake→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$834modeled estimateCoinbase, Inc.→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$872modeled estimatefrom HOROWITZ, BEN
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$455modeled estimateHOROWITZ, BEN→Fairshake→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$417modeled estimateHOROWITZ, BEN→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$872modeled estimatefrom Marc Andreessen
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$455modeled estimateMarc Andreessen→Fairshake→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$417modeled estimateMarc Andreessen→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$834modeled estimatefrom COINBASE INC
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$834modeled estimateCOINBASE INC→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$834modeled estimatefrom Ripple Labs Inc.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$834modeled estimateRipple Labs Inc.→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$834modeled estimateA16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$240modeled estimatefrom Jump Crypto
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence
$240modeled estimateJump Crypto→Fairshake→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$131modeled estimatefrom Phil Potter
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence
$131modeled estimatePhil Potter→Fairshake→Defend American Jobs→John R Bradford, IIImediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 2 additional chains totaling $235.

$7K attributed (modeled estimate) across 13 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Outside Spending and Dark Money

Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

Outside Spending About This Entity

Every independent expenditure and electioneering communication in the tracked filings that names this entity, by any filer. Most filers here are super PACs that disclose their donors. Only the non-committee nonprofits among them are dark money.

FilerAmountTypeSupport/OpposeDate
Defend American Jobs$523,783Form 5 IESupportingFeb 23, 2024
Defend American Jobs$7,057Form 5 IESupportingFeb 27, 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. 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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Election Results

YearOfficeStatePartyResultTotal RaisedTracked direct PAC giving
2024US HouseNCResult not sourced$2,046,259—

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
BRADFORD FOR CONGRESS$1,000,000Dec 29, 20232024
BRADFORD FOR CONGRESS$350,000Feb 16, 20242024
BRADFORD FOR CONGRESS$250,000Dec 14, 20232024
BRADFORD FOR CONGRESS$1,740Dec 8, 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
Defend American JobsSpent to support$523,783Feb 23, 20242024
Defend American JobsSpent to support$7,057Feb 27, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Advocated for byDefend American JobsIndependent expenditures totaling $2,095,130.00 across 4 filingsSource
Affiliated withBRADFORD FOR CONGRESSBRADFORD FOR CONGRESS is the principal campaign committee of John R Bradford, III (FEC committee C00859884, designation P; candidate H4NC08090).Source