Alliance for Retired Americans lobbied on 8 issues. See lobbying
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
Why this committee exists In its own words
“The mission of Retired Americans PAC and our affiliated organization, Retired Democrats 2026, is to elect candidates who will bolster retirement security. We support candidates who will protect the benefits older Americans have earned, and defeat those whose positions would harm older Americans’ health and economic security. We have a strong track record of successful independent expenditure campaigns that educate and mobilize older voters.”
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2 priorities from the committee’s own site, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
We stand ready to invest millions of dollars on independent expenditure campaigns in key races this election.
We’re going to fight to elect candidates who are committed to strengthening Medicare and Social Security, lowering prescription drug prices, and protecting Medicaid.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
No candidate-directed contributions or explicitly supportive independent expenditures were returned.
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$15,000 in 1 payment
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Other PACs and committees
1
$15K · 100%
All recipients
1
$15K
By the candidate’s state
No recipient here is matched to a candidate with a state on record.
Bars drawn to $15K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
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Committee money network
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
No committee-to-committee receipts were itemized this cycle.
Committees this one funds
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
$15K across 1 recipient committee, or 0.3% of everything this committee reports spending.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $4,111,792 reported receipts
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$3,176,20477%
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$776,70719%
Largest donors
Elizabeth Smith461 contributions, latest Nov 23, 2025 · RETIRED · PLANO, TX$11,237
Steven Roth73 contributions, latest Feb 9, 2025 · DOVER, MA$10,387
Donalyn Mikles10 contributions, latest Oct 10, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · N/A · SEDONA, AZ$10,000
Clifford Welles112 contributions, latest Jun 25, 2026 · RETIRED · BONITA SPRINGS, FL$9,140
Lynda Fox102 contributions, latest Jun 30, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · N/A · SARATOGA, CA$6,710
Carol Amaral121 contributions, latest Jan 5, 2025 · REHOBOTH, MA$6,113
Lita Weinrib63 contributions, latest May 25, 2025 · MANHATTAN, NY$5,657
Norma Waterman439 contributions, latest Jan 18, 2026 · BELLINGHAM, WA$5,227
Mary Lois Sanders412 contributions, latest Jan 18, 2026 · WACO, TX$4,819
Victor Alterescu110 contributions, latest Nov 23, 2025 · OAKLAND, CA$4,795
Maury Tigner64 contributions, latest Jun 29, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · N/A · ITHACA, NY$4,639
Perry Lyon18 contributions, latest May 31, 2026 · OVERLAND PARK, KS$4,192
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 49,961 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $916.5K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$158,8813.9%
Total reported receipts $4,111,792
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $916,261 placed by state
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under $6.6K
$6.6K+
$26.4K+
$59.4K+
$105.7K+
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Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
California8,325 contributions · 18%
$165,136
New York3,732 contributions · 7.6%
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $4,772,288 reported
Operating expendituresThe committee's own running costs.$3,766,40879%
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
What the payments were for $3,634,165 itemized
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$1,832,32950%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES$1,832,329
Paid to
Mothership Strategies$1,603,650
Magnify Strategies, LLC$228,679
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$1,045,97429%
Filed as
TEXTING SERVICES$994,235
TEXTING$51,740
Paid to
Message Digital, LLC$994,235
Bluebird Technologies, LLC$51,740
Spending over time
$4.8M spent from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026. Most in one report: $1.6M, Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2025.
$4.8M
Jan 2025Sep 2026
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
815 16TH STREET NW 4TH FLOOR NORTHWASHINGTON, DC, 20006
Audits and penalties
None published by the FEC
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What Alliance for Retired Americans lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Alliance for Retired Americans pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
$180K
Quarterly reports read
2
Bills it named
54
Topics it lobbied on
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
Bankruptcyin 2 report entries · 1 bill named
In its own words
1. S. 1381, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2025, entire bill
Consumer Issues/Safety/Productsin 2 report entries · 1 bill named
In its own words
1. S. 3774, Safeguarding Consumer from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act, entire bill 2. Proposals to hold congressional hearings regarding social media platforms oversight of scam ads
1. S. 3774, Safeguarding Consumer from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act, entire bill
Government Issuesin 2 report entries · 3 bills named
In its own words
1.
H.R. 3289, Fiscal Commission Act, entire bill 2.
H.Res 1013,Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging, entire resolution 3.
S. 4012, Fiscal Commission Act, entire bill
1. H.R. 3289, Fiscal Commission Act, entire bill 2. H.Res 1013,Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging, entire resolution
Medicare/Medicaidin 2 report entries · 4 bills named
In its own words
1.
CMS rule on policy and technical changes to the Medicare Advantage program 2.
Expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage of anti-obesity medicines 3.
Proposals to reduced Medicaid funding 4.
Implementation of provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 regarding drug prices and negotiation under the Medicare program 5.
Proposals regarding work requirements in the Medicaid program 6.
Proposals to curtail Medicare prescription drug negotiation authority 7.
Effect of One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Medicare funding levels 8.
Effect of the federal government shutdown on the Medicare and Medicaid programs 9.
H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act, entire bill 10.
S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act, entire bill 11.
H.R. 6951, Medicaid State Recovery Act, entire bill 12.
H.R. 6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act, entire bill 13.
S.J.Res, 192,joint resolution to disapprove implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model, entire resolution
H.R. 6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act, entire bill
Proposals to change the Social Security annual Cost of Living Adjustment formula 2.
Proposals to raise the Social Security early and normal retirement ages 3.
Proposals to "means test" Social Security benefits 4.
Proposals to change the Social Security earnings cap 5.
Proposals to change the Social Security withholding tax and increase benefits 6.
H.R. 1700, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 7.
S. 700, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 8.
S. 1234, SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act, entire bill 9.
H.R. 1876, Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act, entire bill 10.
H.R. 1877, Protecting Americans SocialSecurity Data Act, entire bill 11.
Treatment of caregivers under the Social Security Act 12.
Proposals to increase the Social Security death benefit 13.
S. 2335, Pensions for All Act, entire bill 14.
S. 2763, Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act, entire bill 15.
S. 2614, Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act, entire bill 16.
H.R. 4968, Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act, entire bill 17.
S. 3462, Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2025, entire bill 18.
S. 5178, Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act, entire bill 19.
S. 3255, Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2025, entire bill 20.
Who did the lobbying
The organization’s own reports give its total lobbying costs, including any firms it hired; each firm reports what this client paid it.
Alliance for Retired AmericansIts own staff · 2 reports$180K
Contributions on the LD-203 report
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $100K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee$15K
Chris Deluzio$7.5K
Jim McGovern$7.5K
Brendan Boyle$5K
Catherine Cortez Masto$5K
John Cavanaugh$5K
Mike Thompson$5K
Don Davis$3K
Eric Sorensen$2.5K
Greg Stanton$2.5K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS”, found by searching “RETIRED AMERICANS”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Oct 27, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.
Retired Americans PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a Super PAC (independent expenditure-only). Its FEC record names Retired Dems 2024 as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Retired Americans PAC is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
Structured organization facts
Identity match
Editorially reviewed organization match
Match confidence
low
Source coverage
Official pages captured
20
Last captured
Sep 29, 2026
$69,774
Texas3,253 contributions · 7%
$64,163
Florida2,615 contributions · 6.3%
$57,646
Massachusetts1,520 contributions · 4.5%
$41,392
Michigan2,084 contributions · 4%
$36,579
Washington2,702 contributions · 3.9%
$36,110
Arizona1,424 contributions · 3.7%
$34,134
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 1,417 contributions · 33% of ranked
$37,799
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 963 contributions · 25% of ranked
$29,245
Suzi Dietz67 contributions · 1.4% of ranked
$1,655
Franklin Young International6 contributions · 1.2% of ranked
$1,400
Phifer Incorporated35 contributions · 1.2% of ranked
$1,389
Brown University11 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$1,300
Barry Strauss Assoc LTD14 contributions · 0.9% of ranked
$1,032
Ucsf79 contributions · 0.9% of ranked
$987
A further $800,628 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($3,176,204) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 31,876 contributions · 84% of ranked
$625,601
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 1,416 contributions · 5.2% of ranked
$38,336
Attorney71 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$5,863
Real Estate96 contributions · 0.4% of ranked
$3,249
Professor60 contributions · 0.4% of ranked
$2,622
Designer120 contributions · 0.3% of ranked
$2,266
Songwriter9 contributions · 0.2% of ranked
$1,800
Producer67 contributions · 0.2% of ranked
$1,655
A further $175,242 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($3,176,204) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Polling and research
Surveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.
$292,4468%
Filed as
RESEARCH$292,446
Paid to
Gbao Strategies$292,446
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$240,0006.6%
Filed as
DONATION$225,000
CONTRIBUTION$15,000
Paid to
Alliance for Retired Americans$225,000
Win Back Our Country, Inc.$15,000
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$144,1434%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$144,143
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$144,143
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$53,5001.5%
Filed as
LEGAL SERVICES$47,500
COMPLIANCE REPORTING SERVICES$6,000
Paid to
Perkins Coie$47,500
Patton Data Processing, LLC$6,000
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$25,7730.7%
Filed as
TAXES$21,708
BANK FEE$4,065
Paid to
IRS$14,017
DC Treasurer$4,316
Truist$4,065
Department of the Treasury$3,375
Total itemized disbursements $3,634,165
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
All 264 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Mothership Strategies71 payments · 34% of all spending
$1,603,650
Message Digital, LLC25 payments · 21% of all spending
$994,235
Gbao Strategies2 payments · 6.1% of all spending
$292,446
Magnify Strategies, LLC17 payments · 4.8% of all spending
$228,679
Alliance for Retired Americans3 payments · 4.7% of all spending
$225,000
ActBlue Technical Services93 payments · 3% of all spending
$144,143
Bluebird Technologies, LLC5 payments · 1.1% of all spending
$51,740
Perkins Coie19 payments · 1% of all spending
$47,500
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
S. 3462, Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act, entire bill 21.
H.R. 6084, ERISA Litigation Reform Act, entire bill 22.
H.Res. 1059, Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration, entire resolution 23.
H.R. 7828, Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act, entire bill 24.
S. 4001, Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2026, entire bill 25.
S. 4092, No Crypto in Social Security Act, entire bill 26.
Department of Labor proposed regulations regarding crypto and private equity investments in 401(k) accounts 27.
H.R. 9296,Strengthening Social Security Act of 2026, entire bill 28.
H.R. 9415, Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2026, entire bill
S. 4092, No Crypto in Social Security Act, entire bill