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GIFFORDS

DC · US

Tracked direct giving

$3,188,930

LDA reported lobbying spend

$761,500

Connections

3

The Money Trail

How money flowed from GIFFORDS

$3.2M
3 transactions across 1 counterparty
sum of 3 tracked donations shown

GIFFORDS directed $3.2M to GIFFORDS PAC across 3 contributions between August 2024 and October 2024.

Aug 2024 – Oct 2024corporate
$3.2M tracked across 1 counterparty (sum of 3 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where GIFFORDS’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

$3.0M
modeled estimate
11 paths across 11 counterparties
$1.0Mmodeled estimateattributed to Donald J. Trump
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1.0Mmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $89K

$553Kmodeled estimateattributed to Juan Ciscomani
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$553Kmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→Juan CiscomanimediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $89K

$512Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$512Kmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $35K

$482Kmodeled estimateattributed to Don Bacon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$482Kmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→Don BaconmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $27K

$258Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$258Kmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $23K

$53Kmodeled estimateattributed to Garcia, Mike
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$53Kmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→Garcia, MikemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $61K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$38Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael Lawler
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$38Kmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$11Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$11Kmodeled estimateGIFFORDS→GIFFORDS PAC→Mondaire JonesmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $14K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 3 additional chains totaling $3K.

$3.0M attributed (modeled estimate) across 11 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

LAWLaw Enforcement/Crime
$1.2M
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$1.2M
FIRFirearms/Guns/Ammunition
$1.2M
HCRHealth Issues
$990K
EDUEducation
$990K
HOMHousing
$990K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$990K
SUNNYSIDE STRATEGY$162K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

S. 2155H.R. 2670

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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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
GIFFORDS PAC$2,000,000Oct 8, 20242024
GIFFORDS PAC$1,100,000Oct 18, 20242024
GIFFORDS PAC$88,930Aug 22, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Lobbied onNational Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670)LDA filing: lobbied on NDAA FY2024, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $80,000Source
Lobbied onEconomic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection ActLDA filing: lobbied on Dodd-Frank Rollback, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $100,000Source
RetainedSUNNYSIDE STRATEGYHired SUNNYSIDE STRATEGY to lobby (3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2024)Source