Israel Lobby
Pro-Israel PACs, lobbying organizations, and think tanks. AIPAC, United Democracy Project, DMFI, and J Street.
Tracked receipts of sector PACs
$146,797,951
Direct giving to candidates
$7,026,081
IE supporting candidates
$9,783,186
IE opposing candidates
$24,004,719
Transfers to other committees
$9,289,661
LDA reported lobbying spend
$14,001,658
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors outside the sector gave $147M in tracked direct contributions to the 5 sector PACs tracked here, led by United Democracy Project, AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, J Street PAC.
IIThose PACs gave $7M directly to candidates; spent $10M in independent expenditures supporting candidates; spent $24M against candidates; transferred $9M to other committees ($51K of it to other PACs in this sector). The top tracked candidates by direct giving plus IE support were Sarah Elfreth, Wesley Bell, Jimmy Gomez.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 3 policy outcomes, including Antisemitism Awareness Act (H.R.6090); Ukraine Security Assistance Supplemental; National Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670).
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Top sector PACs (5 tracked)
| # | Name | Direct to candidates | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Democracy Projectpac | $0 | $10M |
| 2 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $7M | $0 |
| 3 | J Street PACpac | $93K | $0 |
| 4 | DMFI PACpac | $74K | $0 |
| 5 | Pro-Israel America PACpac | $500 | $0 |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Direct contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Koumperson | $7M |
| 2 | Jonathon Jacobsonperson | $6M |
| 3 | Bernard Marcusperson | $4M |
| 4 | Haim Sabanperson | $4M |
| 5 | Helaine Lernerperson | $3M |
| 6 | Paul Elliott Singerperson | $3M |
| 7 | David Zalikperson | $3M |
| 8 | Marc Rowanperson | $3M |
| 9 | KRAFT GROUP LLCorganization | $2M |
| 10 | Linda Rubinperson | $2M |
Top candidates by sector PAC money
| # | Name | Direct from sector PACs | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Elfrethperson | $0 | $4M |
| 2 | Wesley Bellperson | $0 | $3M |
| 3 | Jimmy Gomezperson | $0 | $1M |
| 4 | George Latimerperson | $0 | $793K |
| 5 | SCALISE FOR CONGRESSpac | $491K | $0 |
| 6 | Deb Fischerperson | $373K | $0 |
| 7 | KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSpac | $306K | $0 |
| 8 | TONY GONZALES FOR CONGRESSpac | $303K | $0 |
| 9 | RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDApac | $280K | $0 |
| 10 | NORMA TORRES FOR CONGRESSpac | $245K | $0 |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antisemitism Awareness Act (H.R.6090) legislation · passed | 4 |
| 2 | Ukraine Security Assistance Supplemental legislation · enacted | 1 |
| 3 | National Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670) legislation · enacted | 1 |
Methodology
Sector PACs are the PAC-typed entities tagged israel_lobby minus candidate, party and leadership committees (excluded by FEC designation and name rule). Every dollar figure counts only donation rows that pass the standard exclusions (no conduit memos, self-transfers, unverified name matches, quarantined or superseded rows). Direct contributions, independent expenditures supporting, independent expenditures opposing, transfers to other committees and LDA lobbying are reported as separate figures and never added together. Receipts count donors outside the sector only, so a super PAC funding its own affiliated committees is not counted twice. Lobbying amounts cover every issue on each LDA filing. Numbers reflect QPQ Tracker rows only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete.