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PACs › Hybrid PAC (nonqualified) › 2025–2026
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00745786 · files monthly
“The Democratic Strategy Institute, a project of the National Democratic Training Committee, is dedicated to gathering, analyzing, and sharing the best practices, strategies, and cutting edge tactics in Democratic politics across the country.”
DSI, on its own site, democratic-strategy.org
Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. The statement is filed under topics from a fixed list, chosen by AI models when two of three agree; which side it takes is in its own words.
No published list of positions
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
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.
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.
No contributions itemized
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Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
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 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.
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Hybrid PAC (nonqualified) · Connected to DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY INSTITUTE · 26 payments | $5.2M |
$5.2M across 1 recipient committee, or 69% 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.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 33,874 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $860.7K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Total reported receipts $5,964,137
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 Oct 14, 2026.
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| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 6,221 contributions · 20% | $171,299 |
| 2,957 contributions · 7.6% | $65,134 |
Total reported disbursements $7,514,622
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 Oct 14, 2026.
$7.5M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $818.3K, September 2025.
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.
No lobbying disclosures matched
DSI is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a Hybrid PAC (nonqualified). Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the committee’s or its sponsor’s; the record marking is ours.
DSI is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
| 1,645 contributions · 5.1% |
| $44,171 |
| 1,203 contributions · 4.9% | $42,323 |
| 1,556 contributions · 4.9% | $42,008 |
| 1,434 contributions · 4.1% | $35,538 |
| 1,341 contributions · 4.1% | $34,958 |
| 1,208 contributions · 3.2% | $27,823 |
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.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 27,182 contributions · 81% of ranked | $663,696 |
| Written instead of an employer · 1,444 contributions · 5.5% of ranked | $45,441 |
| Written instead of an employer · 488 contributions · 2.1% of ranked | $17,413 |
| 50 contributions · 0.4% of ranked | $3,070 |
| 38 contributions · 0.3% of ranked | $2,850 |
| 168 contributions · 0.3% of ranked | $2,733 |
| 204 contributions · 0.3% of ranked | $2,240 |
| 64 contributions · 0.2% of ranked | $1,920 |
A further $18,215 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, None), 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 ($5,058,602) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 27,333 contributions · 79% of ranked | $667,660 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 1,044 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $26,997 |
| 240 contributions · 1.2% of ranked | $10,032 |
| 129 contributions · 0.8% of ranked | $6,950 |
| 165 contributions · 0.6% of ranked | $4,823 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 71 contributions · 0.5% of ranked | $4,608 |
| 122 contributions · 0.5% of ranked | $4,500 |
| 262 contributions · 0.5% of ranked | $3,870 |
A further $300 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (N/A), 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 ($5,058,602) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Total itemized disbursements $7,513,906
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 Oct 14, 2026.
All 269 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 26 payments · 69% of all spending | $5,150,000 |
| 23 payments · 12% of all spending | $874,000 |
| 8 payments · 11% of all spending | $800,000 |
| 21 payments · 5.3% of all spending | $394,634 |
| 146 payments · 3.2% of all spending | $237,405 |
| 22 payments · 0.7% of all spending | $54,143 |
| 23 payments · <0.1% of all spending | $3,724 |
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.