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PACs › PAC (nonqualified) › 2025–2026
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00844795 · files monthly
“Defend Democracy Now PAC is committed to protecting our Democracy by supporting strong Democrats in flippable districts.”
Defend Democracy NOW PAC, on its own site, defenddemocracynowpac.com
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 |
|---|---|
| PAC (qualified) · Connected to DEFEND DEMOCRACY NOW PAC · 1 payment | $230K |
| PAC (nonqualified) · Connected to NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND · 2 payments | $45K |
$275K across 2 recipient committees, or 16% 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, 9,390 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $196K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Total reported receipts $1,490,428
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 |
|---|---|
| 1,706 contributions · 22% | $42,682 |
| 753 contributions · 7% | $13,688 |
| 362 contributions · 5.2% |
Total reported disbursements $1,711,266
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.
$1.7M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $433.1K, Oct 1 – Oct 14, 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.
No lobbying disclosures matched
Defend Democracy NOW PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (nonqualified). Its FEC record names New Democrat Coalition Action Fund as an affiliate. 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.
Defend Democracy NOW PAC is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
LittleSis data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
| $10,226 |
| 579 contributions · 5.1% | $10,015 |
| 226 contributions · 4.8% | $9,488 |
| 594 contributions · 4.7% | $9,163 |
| 348 contributions · 3.8% | $7,541 |
| 341 contributions · 3.5% | $6,856 |
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 · 7,879 contributions · 84% of ranked | $156,902 |
| Written instead of an employer · 210 contributions · 4.3% of ranked | $7,956 |
| 50 contributions · 1.1% of ranked | $2,081 |
| 16 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $1,600 |
| 88 contributions · 0.7% of ranked | $1,260 |
| 11 contributions · 0.6% of ranked | $1,100 |
| 1 contribution · 0.5% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 4 contributions · 0.5% of ranked | $1,000 |
A further $9,013 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. 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 ($1,265,641) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 6,722 contributions · 73% of ranked | $136,809 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 1,143 contributions · 9.9% of ranked | $18,466 |
| 163 contributions · 2.5% of ranked | $4,767 |
| 6 contributions · 1.6% of ranked | $3,000 |
| 97 contributions · 1.5% of ranked | $2,797 |
| 51 contributions · 1.2% of ranked | $2,331 |
| 41 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $1,666 |
| 1 contribution · 0.5% of ranked | $1,000 |
A further $8,835 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. 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 ($1,265,641) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Total itemized disbursements $1,616,314
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 276 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 55 payments · 36% of all spending | $617,299 |
| 1 payment · 23% of all spending | $400,000 |
| 1 payment · 13% of all spending | $230,000 |
| 32 payments · 13% of all spending | $225,792 |
| 98 payments · 3% of all spending | $50,678 |
| 2 payments · 2.6% of all spending | $45,000 |
| 20 payments · 1.5% of all spending | $26,076 |
| 21 payments · 0.9% of all spending | $15,011 |
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.