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Karen Binder

Tracked direct giving

$7,000

Connections

9

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Karen Binder

$6K
15 transactions across 9 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Karen Binder directed $3K to ACTBLUE across 6 contributions between April 2024 and October 2024.

Apr 2024 – Oct 2024individual

Karen Binder directed $1K to GIFFORDS PAC.

Jul 2024individual

Karen Binder directed $750 to JOHN AVLON FOR CONGRESS across 2 contributions between April 2024 and August 2024.

Apr 2024 – Aug 2024individual

Karen Binder directed $300 to TED CRUZ FOR SENATE.

Oct 2024individual

Karen Binder also gave to 4 other entities totaling $1K.

$6K tracked across 9 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Karen Binder’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

$2K
modeled estimate
8 paths across 8 counterparties
$595modeled estimateattributed to Garcia, Mike
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$595modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→Garcia, MikemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$407modeled estimateattributed to Michael Lawler
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$407modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$328modeled estimateattributed to Donald J. Trump
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$328modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$265modeled estimateattributed to Juan Ciscomani
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$265modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→Juan CiscomanimediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$224modeled estimateattributed to Don Bacon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$224modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→Don BaconmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$154modeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$154modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$118modeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$118modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$114modeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$114modeled estimateKaren Binder→GIFFORDS PAC→Mondaire JonesmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2K attributed (modeled estimate) across 8 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
ACTBLUE$1,000Jul 29, 20242024
GIFFORDS PAC$1,000Jul 29, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Aug 23, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Apr 4, 20242024
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$500Aug 23, 20242024
JOHN AVLON FOR CONGRESS$500Apr 4, 20242024
TED CRUZ FOR SENATE$300Oct 16, 20242024
WINRED$300Oct 16, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Jul 21, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 8, 20232024
ACTBLUE$250Aug 8, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 5, 20242024
THE PAC FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE$250Oct 5, 20242024
JOHN AVLON FOR CONGRESS$250Aug 8, 20242024
GOROFF FOR CONGRESS$250Oct 8, 20232024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$250Jul 21, 20242024
ACTBLUE$200Jul 29, 20242024
WINRED$200Oct 17, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toDNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEDonated $500 to DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEESource
Donated toGOROFF FOR CONGRESSDonated $250 to GOROFF FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toWINREDDonated $500 to WINREDSource
Donated toTED CRUZ FOR SENATEDonated $300 to TED CRUZ FOR SENATESource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $250 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource
Donated toTHE PAC FOR AMERICA'S FUTUREDonated $250 to THE PAC FOR AMERICA'S FUTURESource
Donated toJOHN AVLON FOR CONGRESSDonated $750 to JOHN AVLON FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toGIFFORDS PACDonated $1,000 to GIFFORDS PACSource
Donated toACTBLUEDonated $3,200 to ACTBLUESource