PTThe Paper Trail Project

Federal election money

Campaign Finance

Paper Trail connects organizations to affiliated political committees only where that relationship is documented, then follows those PACs’ FEC-reported contributions to recipient committees and politicians.

2025–2026 cycle

3,917

PACs tracked

63,526

Itemized contributions

525

Current politicians with records

1

Organizations with verified PAC links

Scope: 2025–2026 federal election cycle. Counts reflect records currently stored and classified by Paper Trail; they are not a count of all U.S. political activity.

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Verified relationships

Organizations Behind The PACs

These organization-to-PAC links come from Paper Trail’s verified affiliation records. The contribution is reported by the PAC; it is not presented as corporate-treasury spending.

Tracked contribution records

Major PACs In The Database

Ranked by the sum of active, non-memo Schedule B Line 23 contribution records stored for the 2025–2026 federal election cycle. This is a contribution measure, not receipts, total disbursements, or independent expenditures.

Current members only

Top Recipient Politicians

Current politicians ranked by contributions from PACs tracked by Paper Trail during the 2025–2026 federal election cycle. Historical candidates and former members are excluded using the site’s existing current-member status.

Recipient classification

Tracked Contributions By Recipient Party

Share of active, non-memo Schedule B Line 23 contribution records in Paper Trail for the 2025–2026 federal election cycle. Independent, other, and unclassified recipients remain visible rather than being folded into the Democratic–Republican comparison.

Unclassified$98,523,913 · 38%
Republican$79,389,923 · 31%
Democratic$75,576,884 · 29%
Independent/Other$4,380,954 · 2%

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Latest Contributions In The Database

The latest stored active, non-memo Line 23 contribution records for the 2025–2026 federal election cycle. This list reflects Paper Trail’s latest import, not a real-time feed.

Methodology and scope

What These Records Mean

Paper Trail imports federal campaign-finance records from the Federal Election Commission. Landing-page contribution totals use active, non-memo Schedule B Line 23 records assigned to a recipient committee for the selected cycle.

PAC contributions are distinct from committee receipts, total disbursements, and independent expenditures. Those measures remain separate on individual PAC profiles.

An organization appears beside a PAC only when the affiliation is marked verified in Paper Trail’s organization–PAC records. The activity belongs to the affiliated PAC and should not be read as a direct corporate-treasury contribution.

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PAC profiles separate financial categories, show coverage status, and link itemized records to their FEC sources.

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