The Lacuna Project

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Exhibit 919

Dataset: FEC contributions by organizations to super PACs 2012-2024, matched to IRS EO BMF

Exhibit 919 ยท Dataset

Dataset: FEC contributions by organizations to super PACs 2012-2024, matched to IRS EO BMF

Source: indivYY.zip filtered to entity_tp ORG or single gifts of $1M+; recipients committee types O, V, W; donor names normalized and matched to IRS EO BMF (eo1-eo4.csv). Match is by name only and is approximate; paired-c4 totals use exact organization names.

Source
Lacuna derivation from FEC bulk files and IRS EO BMF
Date
run 10 November 2026
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
Accessed
2026-11-10
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Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Saved summary: research/politics/money-without-names.fec-run.json (sha256 2841ae3b6feed3453281622a96712ff4e2236e9c0fdd55870d818a0ba9986d46). The url is the FEC bulk-data landing page, not a document.

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Finding POL-5.5
Primary record Itemized contributions to super PACs and hybrid PACs from organizations whose names approximately match an IRS 501(c)(4) record (derived from FEC bulk files and the IRS exempt-organization master file) were $12 million in 2012, $13 million in 2014, $13 million in 2016, $91 million in 2018, $453 million in 2020, $126 million in 2022 and $969 million in 2024.
Finding POL-5.6
Primary record Super PACs aligned with each party received itemized transfers from a paired 501(c)(4). In 2024 One Nation gave $36 million to Senate Leadership Fund and American Action Network gave $43 million to Congressional Leadership Fund; Majority Forward gave $82 million to Senate Majority PAC, House Majority Forward gave $47 million to House Majority PAC, and Future Forward USA Action gave $266 million to Future Forward PAC, 48 percent of that super PAC's receipts.