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PACs › Super PAC (independent expenditure-only) › 2025–2026
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00871368 · files monthly
This committee's own pages do not say what it is for. Its largest funder, Democracy Matters, gave 50% of its money this cycle ($5.9M), and describes its purpose:
“Democracy Matters (DM) empowers students by giving them a voice in politics, skills for life-long civic engagement and leadership, and the passion to create a just, fair, and inclusive democracy. Our non-partisan college and high school chapters throughout the country educate, inspire and mobilize other students to take action on a range of issues.
DM opposes threats to and attacks on democracy and democratic institutions. We fight to expand voting rights, defeat the power of big money in politics, and engage in social justice advocacy on issues from climate change, civil rights, gun violence and reproductive rights to educational funding, LGBTQ+ rights, economic justice, healthcare and more.”
Democracy Matters, on its own site, democracymatters.org
Democracy Matters is a tax-exempt organization that does not have to disclose its own donors.
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. A funder’s share is of this committee’s total receipts, from its itemized FEC filings.
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.
Spending against candidates is drawn on its own bar and left out of the support totals.
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.
No lobbying disclosures matched
Project 218 is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a Super PAC (independent expenditure-only). 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.
No approved organization identity yet
Notices dated after Oct 14, 2026 are added; earlier ones are already in the regular reports.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 396 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $5.9M. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Total reported receipts $22,506,818
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 |
|---|---|
| 207 contributions · 53% | $3,116,831 |
| 34 contributions · 9.5% | $557,110 |
| 30 contributions · 9.4% | $553,015 |
| 12 contributions · 6.3% | $368,750 |
| 1 contribution · 4.3% | $250,000 |
| 33 contributions · 3.7% | $214,500 |
| 6 contributions · 3.6% | $212,300 |
| 17 contributions · 2.8% | $164,750 |
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 · 37 contributions · 27% of ranked | $714,183 |
| 1 contribution · 9.5% of ranked | $250,000 |
| 1 contribution · 9.5% of ranked | $250,000 |
| 1 contribution · 6.6% of ranked | $175,000 |
| 1 contribution · 5.7% of ranked | $150,000 |
| 1 contribution · 3.8% of ranked | $100,000 |
| 1 contribution · 3.8% of ranked | $100,000 |
| 3 contributions · 2.8% of ranked | $75,000 |
A further $3,225,465 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A), 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 ($8,958) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Total reported disbursements $15,872,434
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.
These are the payments the committee itemized to vendors, staff and other committees. Its $12,477,401 in independent expenditures is filed separately, against the candidate each was about, so it is counted in the split above and listed by candidate below, not here.
Total itemized disbursements $3,394,716
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 162 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3 payments · 6.9% of all spending | $1,100,000 |
| 6 payments · 4.3% of all spending | $687,500 |
| 6 payments · 3.2% of all spending | $507,078 |
| 1 payment · 3.2% of all spending | $500,000 |
| 5 payments · 1.9% of all spending | $294,358 |
| 51 payments · 0.9% of all spending | $144,915 |
| 4 payments · 0.3% of all spending | $40,000 |
| 4 payments · 0.3% of all spending | $40,000 |
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.
$15.9M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $5.6M, 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. Numbered lines mark the elections that drew the most independent spending. Each expenditure counts toward the next election on its seat after the day it was made, and a seat is named when it drew at least a tenth of that spending.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 246 contributions · 38% of ranked | $2,216,615 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 23 contributions · 16% of ranked | $958,850 |
| 8 contributions · 9.5% of ranked | $557,340 |
| 17 contributions · 7.9% of ranked | $465,250 |
| 5 contributions · 5.3% of ranked | $312,000 |
| 1 contribution · 3% of ranked | $175,000 |
| 1 contribution · 2.6% of ranked | $150,000 |
| 1 contribution · 1.7% of ranked | $100,000 |
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 ($8,958) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.