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Heather Podesta

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Tracked direct giving

$353,900

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Heather Podesta

$330K
15 transactions across 8 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Heather Podesta directed $148K to DSCC across 4 contributions between February 2017 and February 2023.

Feb 2017 – Feb 2023individual

Heather Podesta directed $83K to DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND across 2 contributions between February 2023 and March 2024.

Feb 2023 – Mar 2024individual

Heather Podesta directed $75K to HOUSE MAJORITY PAC across 2 contributions between December 2023 and January 2024.

Dec 2023 – Jan 2024individual

Heather Podesta directed $8K to GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA across 2 contributions.

Jun 2024individual

Heather Podesta directed $5K to EQUALITY PAC.

Jul 2024individual

Heather Podesta also gave to 3 other entities totaling $12K.

$330K tracked across 8 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Heather Podesta’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

$107K
modeled estimate
76 paths across 50 counterparties
$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mazi Melesa Pilip
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$7Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Mazi Melesa PilipmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$7Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$7Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$6Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$6Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$6Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$6Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to John S. Duarte
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John S. DuartemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to Austin Theriault
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to David Schweikert
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateHeather Podesta→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→David SchweikertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $66K.

$107K attributed (modeled estimate) across 76 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
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$50,000Jan 19, 20242024
DSCC$41,300Feb 24, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Mar 14, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Feb 7, 20232024
DSCC$36,500Jun 10, 20222022
DSCC$36,500Feb 25, 20212022
DSCC$33,900Feb 28, 20172018
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$25,000Dec 29, 20232024
EQUALITY PAC$5,000Jul 15, 20242024
GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA$4,600Jun 5, 20242024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Sep 9, 20242024
GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA$3,300Jun 5, 20242024
CITIZENS FOR WATERS$3,300May 31, 20232024
EQUALITY PAC$2,500Feb 28, 20232024
OHIO VICTORY 2024$2,500Jan 5, 20242024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$2,500Jul 22, 20222022
CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE$2,500Dec 6, 20242024
OHIO VICTORY 2024$2,500Mar 1, 20232024
Joseph D. Morelle$2,500Jul 27, 20232024
JOE MORELLE FOR CONGRESS$2,500Jul 27, 20232024
LICCARDO FOR CONGRESS$2,000Jul 16, 20242024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$2,000Nov 1, 20232024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$1,600Jun 5, 20242024
DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESS$1,500Nov 13, 20232024
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY$1,000Feb 6, 20232024
SINEMA FOR ARIZONA$1,000Feb 24, 20232024
BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS$1,000Nov 13, 20232024
DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESS$1,000Oct 19, 20232024