Fundraising Committee Master Thread

[Wonkish1]

Here is a master thread for the fundraising race of all the national party committees. Everything from the national committees down to the national committees for state legislative races. If there is enough disclosure we'll also cover the major outside groups.

Hopefully this thread will be useful for folks who want to the current numbers in 1 spot and for those that want to see how the numbers are changing since other sites replace last quarters numbers with this quarters numbers. Also as this thread fills up folks will finally be able to input key areas into graphs and chart the trends.

Here are the 2008 and 2010 numbers for the big 3 on each side.

08 DNC
Raised:                   $277,847,035
Spent:                   $275,224,051   
Cash On Hand:   $6,367,736

08 RNC
Raised:                   $444,842,306
Spent:                   $322,906,725
Cash On Hand:   $17,759,135

08 DSCC
Raised:                   $162,791,453
Spent:                   $162,558,225
Cash On Hand:   $296,595   

08 NRSC
Raised:                   $94,424,743
Spent:                   $93,786,078
Cash On Hand:   $748,578

08 DCCC
Raised:                   $176,204,612   
Spent:                   $176,518,249   
Cash On Hand:   $491,852

08 NRCC
Raised:                   $118,324,756   
Spent:                   $118,226,373
Cash On Hand:   $759,850


10 DNC
Raised:                   $229,592,109
Spent:                   $228,368,267
Cash On Hand:   $7,591,543   

10 RNC
Raised:                   $198,791,545
Spent:                   $215,764,418
Cash On Hand:   $786,263

10 DSCC
Raised:                   $129,543,443
Spent:                   $129,086,445
Cash On Hand:   $753,595

10 NRSC
Raised:                   $84,513,719
Spent:                   $68,099,551
Cash On Hand:   $0

10 DCCC
Raised:                   $163,896,053
Spent:                   $163,582,280
Cash On Hand:   $805,624

10 NRCC
Raised:                   $133,779,119
Spent:                   $132,098,663
Cash On Hand:   $2,538,302

[Wonkish1]

Here are just the big three for each side in the most recent filing period 7/31/11

DNC 7/31/11 filing
Total Receipts                                                           $64,662,816
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $22,939,838
Contributions From Individuals                           $39,183,138
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $1,379,871
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $50,657,151
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $4,582,381
Refunds To Individuals                                           $176,306
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $6,000,000
Beginning Cash                                                   $6,116,435
Ending Cash                                                           $20,122,099
Debts Owed By                                                   $11,199,437
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $0
Independent Expenditures Made                           $0
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $682,283
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


RNC 7/31/11 Filing
Total Receipts                                                           $43,373,983
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $427,914
Contributions From Individuals                           $41,645,796
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $732,626
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $36,491,950
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $566,491
Refunds To Individuals                                           $12,941
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $1,000,000
Beginning Cash                                                   $725,654
Ending Cash                                                           $7,607,688
Debts Owed By                                                   $16,995,896
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $5,000
Independent Expenditures Made                           $0
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $1,723
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


DSCC 7/31/11 filing
Total Receipts                                                           $26,201,056
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $726,372
Contributions From Individuals                           $19,529,228
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $5,697,093
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                                $17,740,280
Transfers To Affiliates                                          $249,319
Refunds To Individuals                                           $111,892
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $6,792,249
Beginning Cash                                                   $753,595
Ending Cash                                                           $9,214,371
Debts Owed By                                                   $1,857,750
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $129,300
Independent Expenditures Made                           $0
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $71,048
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


NRSC 7/31/11 filing
Total Receipts                                                           $24,259,012
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $1,359,816
Contributions From Individuals                           $18,385,489
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $4,215,770
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $20,229,375
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $13,650
Refunds To Individuals                                           $79,747
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $6,500,000
Beginning Cash                                                   $118,316
Ending Cash                                                           $4,147,952
Debts Owed By                                                   $0
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $215,500
Independent Expenditures Made                           $0
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $0
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


DCCC 7/31/11 filing
Total Receipts                                                           $37,697,032
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $857,788
Contributions From Individuals                           $26,669,268
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $3,565,731
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $30,432,971
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $194,992
Refunds To Individuals                                           $64,079
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $11,000,000
Beginning Cash                                                   $805,624
Ending Cash                                                           $8,069,685
Debts Owed By                                                   $4,000,000
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $34,097
Independent Expenditures Made                           $873,141
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $97,543
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


NRCC 7/31/11 filing
Total Receipts                                                           $37,378,751
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $4,584,205
Contributions From Individuals                           $21,583,103
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $10,762,368
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $28,629,148
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $153,600
Refunds To Individuals                                           $92,311
Refunds to Committees                                           $35,000
Loan Repayments                                                   $7,750,000
Beginning Cash                                                   $2,538,302
Ending Cash                                                           $11,287,905
Debts Owed By                                                   $2,750,000
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $15,150
Independent Expenditures Made                           $679,527
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $82,770
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0

[Wonkish1]

RGA
Raised:              $22,167,912
Spent:               $4,992,324
Cash on Hand:  Unknown

DGA
Raised:              $11,011,055
Spent:               $3,726,177
Cash on Hand:  Unknown

RSLC*
Raised:              $6,035,852
Spent:               $3,837,291
Cash on Hand:  Unknown

DLCC
Raised:              $1,618,400
Spent:               $1,368,191
Cash on Hand:  Unknown

DAGA
Raised:              $1,603,466
Spent:               $866,094
Cash on Hand:  Unknown

DLGA
Raised:              $314,500
Spent:               $209,732
Cash on Hand:  Unknown

*= RLCC, RAGA, RLGA and RSCC are all contained with in the RSLC so the money raised and spent by the RSLC reflects all 4 of those organizations combined.

[Wonkish1]

527 that has raise the 2nd most this cycle:

This is why you don't trust 22 your old kids with millions of dollars



Apparently the college republican's attempt at creating a "GOP facebook" failed miserably hence the huge expenditures in previous years. Can't imagine they have much cash on hand.

[King]

527 that has raise the 2nd most this cycle:

This is why you don't trust 22 your old kids with millions of dollars



Apparently the college republican's attempt at creating a "GOP facebook" failed miserably hence the huge expenditures in previous years. Can't imagine they have much cash on hand.

[Wonkish1]

Top 20 527 Fundraisers

Committee                                                         Total Receipts               Expenditures
Citizens United   (R)                                                   $3,928,367                $3,547,431   
College Republican National Cmte(R)                   $2,752,173                $2,290,560       
EMILY's List(D)                                                           $1,760,646                $824,667   
ActBlue(D)                                                           $1,559,482                $1,449,981   
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund(D)                                   $1,534,776                $1,643,572   
GOPAC(R)                                                                   $1,008,032                $1,072,901
Progressive Change Campaign Cmte(D)                   $966,280                        $729,325   
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers(D)                   $957,623                        $814,981   
Plumbers/Pipefitters Union(D)                                   $595,994                        $333,373   
National Education Assn(D)                                   $551,555                        $59,408   
Tim Scott for Congress(R)                                   $545,599                        $227,978       
Foundation for the Future(D)                                   $500,000                        $743,152       
National Federation of Republican Women(R)           $327,222                        $323,601   
United Food & Commercial Workers Union(D)           $300,000                        $249,806   
Republican National Lawyers Assn(R)                   $291,350                        $117,820       
Democracy for America(D)                                   $260,074                        $201,131   
United Brotherhood of Carpenters(D)                   $253,175                        $1,898   
Laborers Union(D)                                                   $252,736                        $246,470   
The Movement Fund(R)                                           $250,000                        $20,067       
Ironworkers Union(D)                                           $222,002                        $268,693   

[Wonkish1]

This will get more interesting as more filings get listed on here so we can track the changes and how the money game is shaping up even with the outside groups.

I'll tell you one thing though. It's a b*tch trying to get a handle on how the Unions operate. I think there can be little doubt they are the real pro's. They've got PAC's, 527s, 501(c)'s, that don't have to report, "political education funds", etc. Plus you can tell by looking at it that they are pro's at moving the money around. And every dollar you do actually see in those PAC's and "political education funds" you know there is tons more sitting in the 501(c) accounts, so do you even post an amount that is way less than what you know they are actually holding?

[Yelnoc]

This will get more interesting as more filings get listed on here so we can track the changes and how the money game is shaping up even with the outside groups.

I'll tell you one thing though. It's a b*tch trying to get a handle on how the Unions operate. I think there can be little doubt they are the real pro's. They've got PAC's, 527s, 501(c)'s, that don't have to report, "political education funds", etc. Plus you can tell by looking at it that they are pro's at moving the money around. And every dollar you do actually see in those PAC's and "political education funds" you know there is tons more sitting in the 501(c) accounts, so do you even post an amount that is way less than what you know they are actually holding?

That is quite the conundrum.  Is even possible to link 501(c)'s to specific Unions or is there no way to find this out?

[Wonkish1]

This will get more interesting as more filings get listed on here so we can track the changes and how the money game is shaping up even with the outside groups.

I'll tell you one thing though. It's a b*tch trying to get a handle on how the Unions operate. I think there can be little doubt they are the real pro's. They've got PAC's, 527s, 501(c)'s, that don't have to report, "political education funds", etc. Plus you can tell by looking at it that they are pro's at moving the money around. And every dollar you do actually see in those PAC's and "political education funds" you know there is tons more sitting in the 501(c) accounts, so do you even post an amount that is way less than what you know they are actually holding?

That is quite the conundrum.  Is even possible to link 501(c)'s to specific Unions or is there no way to find this out?

Most of the money will stay in their 501(c)s. And you can pick them out. They just say "not reporting donors", "partial donors", etc., but don't actually give you any donor or fundraising information. Then you look on the other site and its just 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0. Which is to be expected with 501(c)s.

The only weird thing is that at least when you look at the Chamber they just have their 501(c). When you look at American Action Network again they just have their 501(c). You look at a union and they've got 10 orgs(not including non federal ones) and only 2 of those are reporting anything. You can't match up which of the other 8 are big players or not or if they all are. The PAC's are tiny which is ideal when you want to funnel money to candidates. And you don't have a clue what the hell these "political education groups" are. You know a few million in fundraising means that its a big player, but you know their 501 accounts are 10 if not 100 times bigger, so its a waste of time to post their "political education" account because it wont tell you anything. Most of the expenditure, fundraising, organizing, etc. will occur outside of it.

[Wonkish1]

Here are some big groups that will likely be big players in the coming election and *still report* donations.


American Crossroads(SPAC)(GOP)
Through 06/30/2011
Total Receipts                                                           $3,929,381
Contributions From Individuals                           $3,902,698
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $0
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $1,406,368
Refunds To Individuals                                           $0
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $0
Beginning Cash                                                   $758,335
Ending Cash                                                           $3,281,349
Debts Owed By                                                   $0
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Independent Expenditures Made                           $690,366
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                        $0

Crossroads reports its SuperPAC contributions, it also has a 501(c)4 that doesn't report its contributions. Last election cycle it spent an amount equal to about 80% of its SPAC expenditures through that 501(c)4

That means that a good guess what Crossroads Grassroots Strategies(501c4) has could be
Total Receipts       ~$3,100,000


America's Families First Action Fund(SPAC)(Dem)----weak start for a big player in 2010
Through 06/30/2011
Total Receipts                                                           $160,374
Contributions From Individuals                           $0
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $0
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $67,501
Refunds To Individuals                                           $0
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $0
Beginning Cash                                                   $70,213
Ending Cash                                                           $163,086
Debts Owed By                                                   $0
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $50,000
Independent Expenditures Made                           $0
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $0
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0

Plus I thought the bolded part was illegal for SuperPAC's.


House Majority PAC(SPAC)(Dem)------Also very weak start for what is supposed to be the biggest Dem SPAC going into 2012
Through 06/30/2011
Total Receipts                                                           $985,000
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $0
Contributions From Individuals                           $735,000
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $250,000
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $714,210
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $0
Refunds To Individuals                                           $0
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $0
Beginning Cash                                                   $0
Ending Cash                                                           $270,790
Debts Owed By                                                   $30,777
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $0
Independent Expenditures Made                           $593,604
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $0
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


Republican Majority PAC(SPAC)(GOP)
Through 06/30/2011
Total Receipts                                                           $1,301,111
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $0
Contributions From Individuals                           $1,300,285
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $0
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $1,289,578
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $0
Refunds To Individuals                                           $0
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $0
Beginning Cash                                                   $38,582
Ending Cash                                                           $50,115
Debts Owed By                                                   $4,714
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $3,850
Independent Expenditures Made                           $708,150
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $0
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


Priorities USA(SPAC)(Dem)---Better than the others-expected to be 2nd biggest Dem SPAC
Through 06/30/2011
Total Receipts                                                           $3,161,535
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $0
Contributions From Individuals                           $2,661,535
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $500,000
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $1,336,771
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $0
Refunds To Individuals                                           $0
Refunds to Committees                                         $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $0
Beginning Cash                                                   $0
Ending Cash                                                           $1,824,764
Debts Owed By                                                   $0
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $0
Independent Expenditures Made                           $96,555
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $0
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0

Majority PAC(SPAC)(Dem)
Through 06/30/2011
Total Receipts                                                           $1,082,407
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $0
Contributions From Individuals                           $811,431
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $260,000
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $180,267
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $0
Refunds To Individuals                                           $0
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $0
Beginning Cash                                                   $174,489
Ending Cash                                                           $1,076,629
Debts Owed By                                                   $0
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $0
Independent Expenditures Made                           $65,383
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $0
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0


American Bridge 21st Century(SPAC)(D)
Through 06/30/2011
Total Receipts                                                           $1,562,775
Transfers From Affiliates                                           $0
Contributions From Individuals                           $1,440,025
Contributions From Other Political Committees   $100,000
Total Loans Received                                           $0
Total Disbursements                                           $667,131
Transfers To Affiliates                                           $0
Refunds To Individuals                                           $0
Refunds to Committees                                           $0
Loan Repayments                                                   $0
Beginning Cash                                                   $0
Ending Cash                                                           $895,644
Debts Owed By                                                   $199,373
Nonfederal Transfers Received                           $0
Contributions Made To Other Committees           $0
Independent Expenditures Made                           $0
Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                   $0
Nonfederal Share of Expenditures                           $0

All of these except I believe Republican Majority have 501(c)4 counterparts for non disclosed donors. The Dem PACs are new so we can't speculate on 501(c)4 performance because we don't have an example from last cycle like we do with Crossroads. So its anybodies guess how much anonymous donations they are getting, but the apparently the news reports say its not pretty.

[Wonkish1]

Now their should be SuperPAC numbers for each of the following but there aren't for some reason. They are really good at making you scratch your head
1)SEIU
2)NEA
3)American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees
4)AFL-CIO
Not like it matters anyway because these organizations will be primarily using their 501(c)5 status to engage in all the political spending they want. It does beg the question why they even have SPACs. My guess is that they are used exclusively to take 501(c)5 money and direct it towards more aggressive ads under the SPAC structure. Ads that would maybe cross the line  if they were reported spent by a 501(c)5 and not an SPAC. If that is the case there is nothing illegal about that. We will be sure to be kept in the dark in how much money they have available though.


These are 501(c)4's(only) created exclusively for elections that don't have to report so we have no clue how much they raised.
1)American Action Network(GOP)
2)American Future Fund(GOP)
3)Americans For Job Security(GOP)
4)60 Plus Association(GOP)
5)Americans for Tax Reform(GOP)
There could be more on the Dems side, but we wont know until they start spending. 501(c)4's created exclusively for elections pop out of nowhere when the elections get going. Since Dems are creating this year we wont know until later if they are focused creating 501(c)4 only groups or are sticking with the combo's like at the top.

These are Organizations have spent a lot on electioneering, but aren't created solely for electioneering. Some have SPACs, but realistically most of their money is going to sit in 501(c)4
1)Chamber of Commerce(GOP)
2)NRA(GOP)
3)Club for Growth(GOP)
4)Emily's List(Dem)
5)League of Conservation Voters(Dem)

And I left off those groups that who did spend a lot last cycle, but not on electioneering. In a future post I'll show you examples of that.

Granted I just picked some arbitrary line for the major groups, but here is the current total from all of above.

              501(c)               SuperPAC
Dem         11                        11
GOP         10                         3
And this is because Dems are utilizing more dual structures than the GOP are.

Also I'll show you a couple more very big GOP SuperPACs in another post, but they are very different in purpose than whats listed above.

[Wonkish1]

So does anybody even care that I'm posting this or am I wasting my time?

[tmthforu94]

I'm reading through this now, great stuff! It's obvious you put a lot of work into this.

[Yelnoc]

So does anybody even care that I'm posting this or am I wasting my time?

You're not going to get many responses to an informational thread.  I suggest PMing Mr. Morden and asking for a sticky.  The thread deserves it