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John W. Childs

Tracked direct giving

$1,566,300

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from John W. Childs

$1.6M
11 transactions across 5 counterparties
sum of 11 tracked donations shown

John W. Childs directed $750K to Congressional Leadership Fund across 3 contributions between December 2023 and July 2024.

Dec 2023 – Jul 2024individual

John W. Childs directed $275K to SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024 across 4 contributions between December 2023 and November 2024.

Dec 2023 – Nov 2024individual

John W. Childs directed $250K to PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024.

Jul 2023individual

John W. Childs directed $250K to SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND across 2 contributions between March 2023 and September 2023.

Mar 2023 – Sep 2023individual

John W. Childs directed $41K to REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

May 2023individual
$1.6M tracked across 5 counterparties (sum of 11 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where John W. Childs’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

$756K
modeled estimate
82 paths across 50 counterparties
$42Kmodeled estimateattributed to SCALISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $56K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $24K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$36Kmodeled estimateattributed to Derek Tran
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$36Kmodeled estimateJohn W. Childs→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $26K

$36Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$36Kmodeled estimateJohn W. Childs→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $10K

$34Kmodeled estimateattributed to Curtis Hertel JR
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$33Kmodeled estimateJohn W. Childs→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K

$342modeled estimateJohn W. Childs→SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND→NRCC→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $125K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$259modeled estimateJohn W. Childs→SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024→NRCC→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $125K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$31Kmodeled estimateattributed to Susan Wild
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$31Kmodeled estimateJohn W. Childs→Congressional Leadership Fund→Susan WildmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $44K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$122modeled estimateJohn W. Childs→SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND→NRCC→Susan WildmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $125K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$114modeled estimateJohn W. Childs→SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024→NRCC→Susan WildmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $125K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$30Kmodeled estimateattributed to George Whitesides
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$30Kmodeled estimateJohn W. Childs→Congressional Leadership Fund→George WhitesidesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $29K

$370modeled estimateJohn W. Childs→SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND→NRCC→George WhitesidesmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $125K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$316modeled estimateJohn W. Childs→SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024→NRCC→George WhitesidesmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $125K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$27Kmodeled estimateattributed to Will Rollins
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$27Kmodeled estimateJohn W. Childs→Congressional Leadership Fund→Will RollinsmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $22K

$26Kmodeled estimateattributed to Josh Riley
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$26Kmodeled estimateJohn W. Childs→Congressional Leadership Fund→Josh RileymediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $10K

$139modeled estimateJohn W. Childs→SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND→NRCC→Josh RileymediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $125K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $494K.

$756K attributed (modeled estimate) across 82 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
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024$250,000Jul 26, 20232024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Dec 21, 20232024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Jul 9, 20242024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Mar 27, 20242024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND$125,000Mar 30, 20232024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024$125,000Dec 28, 20232024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND$125,000Sep 29, 20232024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024$100,000Apr 5, 20242024
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$41,300May 9, 20232024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024$25,000Nov 19, 20242024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024$25,000Oct 1, 20242024