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David Sacks

White House AI and Crypto Czar. Co-founded Craft Ventures. Sold over $200M in crypto-related holdings (Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, Coinbase shares, Robinhood shares, Multicoin Capital, Blockchain Capital stakes) before taking office. Retained hundreds of tech/AI/crypto investments.

Tracked direct giving

$8,548,230

Connections

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from David Sacks

$8.5M
15 transactions across 13 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

David Sacks directed $5.0M to Trump Victory Fund. David Sacks advocates for Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve.

Jun 2024individual→ Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve no recorded vote

David Sacks directed $2.0M to MAGA Inc. David Sacks advocates for Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve.

Jul 2024pac→ Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve no recorded vote

David Sacks directed $1.0M to Trump Inaugural Committee (2025). David Sacks advocates for Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve.

Dec 2024individual→ Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve no recorded vote

David Sacks directed $400K to TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC across 2 contributions between May 2024 and September 2024. David Sacks advocates for Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve.

May 2024 – Sep 2024individual→ Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve no recorded vote

David Sacks directed $75K to TEAM MORENO. David Sacks advocates for Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve.

Sep 2024individual→ Executive Order: Crypto Strategic Reserve no recorded vote

David Sacks also gave to 8 other entities totaling $57K.

$8.5M tracked across 13 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)·1 policy outcome
PAC Chain Attribution

Where David Sacks’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

$1.9M
modeled estimate
8 paths across 7 counterparties
$1.6Mmodeled estimateattributed to Kamala Harris
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1.6Mmodeled estimateDavid Sacks→MAGA Inc→Kamala HarrismediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $6K

$251Kmodeled estimateattributed to Donald J. Trump
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$251Kmodeled estimateDavid Sacks→MAGA Inc→Donald J. TrumpmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $3K

$33Kmodeled estimateattributed to Joseph Biden JR
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$33Kmodeled estimateDavid Sacks→MAGA Inc→Joseph Biden JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $3K

$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$8Kmodeled estimateDavid Sacks→TEAM MORENO→BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATEmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $8K

$175modeled estimateDavid Sacks→WINRED→BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATEmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $17K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Sacks→SMITH VICTORY→JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

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

$557modeled estimateattributed to Jacky Rosen
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence
$557modeled estimateDavid Sacks→TEAM MORENO→NRSC→Jacky RosenmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$535modeled estimateattributed to Elissa Slotkin
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence
$535modeled estimateDavid Sacks→TEAM MORENO→NRSC→Elissa SlotkinmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $75K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1.9M attributed (modeled estimate) across 8 paths·Up to 2 hops 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
Trump Victory Fund$5,000,000Jun 15, 20242024
MAGA Inc$2,000,000Jul 10, 20242024
Trump Inaugural Committee (2025)$1,000,000Dec 20, 20242024
TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC$250,000May 29, 20242024
TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC$150,000Sep 19, 20242024
TEAM MORENO$75,000Sep 10, 20242024
WINRED$16,600Nov 29, 20232024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$6,600Mar 19, 20242024
RON DESANTIS FOR PRESIDENT$6,600Jun 30, 20232024
BYRON DONALDS FOR CONGRESS$6,600Aug 12, 20242024
SMITH VICTORY$6,600Nov 28, 20232024
TEAM DESANTIS 2024$3,830Jan 23, 20242024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$3,300Mar 19, 20242024
BYRON DONALDS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Aug 12, 20242024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$3,300Mar 29, 20232024
JUSTIN AMASH FOR SENATE$3,300Mar 19, 20242024
BLAKE MASTERS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Nov 29, 20232024
BLAKE MASTERS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Nov 29, 20232024
BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE$3,300Jun 28, 20242024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$2,300Mar 29, 20232024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$750Apr 14, 20232024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$250Mar 31, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Invested inCrypto industryDavid Sacks held over $200M in crypto-related investments (Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, Coinbase, Robinhood, Multicoin Capital, Blockchain Capital). Divested before taking office but retained hundreds of tech/AI/crypto investments.Source
Advocated forExecutive Order: Crypto Strategic ReserveDavid Sacks was appointed Trump's AI and Crypto Czar in December 2024 and helped shape the Executive Order establishing a Crypto Strategic Reserve.Source
Shaped policyAI Executive Order 14110As AI and Crypto Czar, David Sacks advises the Trump administration on AI executive policy direction, replacing the Biden AI Executive Order 14110 framework.Source
Employed byPresident's Working Group on Digital Asset MarketsDavid Sacks chairs the White House Crypto Council as AI and Crypto CzarEditorial
Worked forCraft VenturesDavid Sacks co-founded Craft Ventures, which held significant crypto investmentsEditorial
Appointed byDonald J. TrumpTrump appointed David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto CzarSource