FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00009282 · files monthly
SummaryAt a glance
Why it exists
No statement of purpose found on its site.
Money
$937.1K raised, $878.7K spent, $234.4K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
90% from donors giving over $200 · largest donor Richard Anderson, $10K. See who funds it
Where it goes
$632.5K given to candidates and committees, the largest to NRSC ($30K) · 60% of its support to Republicans, 30% to Democrats. See where it goes
Lobbying
Norfolk Southern Corp. lobbied on 5 issues. See lobbying
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
No published list of positions
This committee’s site publishes no list of positions we could read, and we found no statement of why it exists. We do not write one for it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$337.5K to 113 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $337,500
Republican 60%
Democratic 30%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Republican
61
$201,000
$0
$201,000
60%
Democratic
39
$100,500
$0
$100,500
30%
Other or unresolved
13
$36,000
$0
$36,000
11%
Shown support
113
$337,500
$0
$337,500
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$632,500 in 250 payments
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
Democratic candidates
39
$100.5K · 16%
Republican candidates
61
$201K · 31%
Other or unresolved candidates
13
$36K · 5.6%
Republican party committees
1
$1K · 0.2%
Other party committees
2
$45K · 6.9%
Other PACs and committees
44
$264.5K · 41%
All recipients
160
$648K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
California
9
$23K
North Carolina
9
$20K
Ohio
8
$19.5K
Missouri
4
$17.5K
Virginia
7
$17K
Arkansas
4
$17K
Florida
7
$17K
South Carolina
2
$15K
The largest 8 of 40 states.
Recipients 160
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Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Shelley Moore Capito2 receipts, latest Apr 21, 2026Capito for West Virginia · S4WV00159$10K
Lindsey O. Graham3 receipts, latest Sep 15, 2026Team Graham, Inc. · S0SC00149$10K
Cindy Hyde-Smith3 receipts, latest Jun 10, 2026Cindy Hyde-Smith for US Senate · S8MS00261$9.5K
Mark Robert Warner2 receipts, latest Mar 27, 2026Friends of Mark Warner · S6VA00093$7K
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
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.
Committees this one funds
Name
Amount
NRSCParty committee (qualified) · Connected to YOUNG VICTORY COMMITTEE · 2 payments
Ann A. Adams40 contributions, latest Aug 31, 2026 · CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER · NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION · ATLANTA, GA$8,320
Martin C. Battaglio Jr.40 contributions, latest Aug 31, 2026 · AVP IT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION · ATLANTA, GA$8,320
Edward F. Boyle Jr.40 contributions, latest Aug 31, 2026 · VP ENGINEERING · NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION · ATLANTA, GA$8,320
Joseph H. Carpenter IV40 contributions, latest Aug 31, 2026 · VP LAW · NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION · ATLANTA, GA$8,320
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 6,749 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $843.5K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$85,4889.1%
Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$3,7450.4%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the committee: rebates and refunds of what it spent, contributions it made that were returned, and loans it made that were repaid.$2,5000.3%
Total reported receipts $937,064
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $849,646 placed by state
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under $27.5K
$27.5K+
$109.8K+
$247.1K+
$439.3K+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Georgia5,506 contributions · 81%
$686,411
District of Columbia327 contributions · 11%
$89,244
New Jersey47 contributions · 1.6%
$13,777
Ohio147 contributions · 1.4%
$11,573
Alabama42 contributions · 1%
$8,737
Indiana89 contributions · 1%
$8,299
Virginia129 contributions · 1%
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $878,706 reported
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Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$635,00072%
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.
What the payments were for $868,945 itemized
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Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$632,50073%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$632,500
Paid to
NRSC$30,000
DSCC$15,000
Sock IT to EM PAC$10,000
Bridge PAC$10,000
Scalise Leadership Fund$10,000
Association of American Railroads PAC$10,000
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$232,85027%
Filed as
STATE PARTY CMTE$28,000
P-2028 STATE SENATE 39 PA$7,000
STATE LEG LEADERSHIP CMTE$5,000
STATE PAC$5,000
P-2028 STATE SENATE 41 PA$4,000
P-2026 STATE SENATE 26 NC$2,500
P-2026 STATE HOUSE 87 NC$2,500
P-2026 STATE HOUSE 78 OH$2,500
P-2026 STATE SENATE 8 NC
Spending over time
$878.7K spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $97.1K, March 2026.
$878.7K
Jan 2025Oct 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.
Each report’s total
Oct 1 – Oct 14, 2026$15,000
September 2026$78,658
August 2026$9,770
July 2026$43,529
June 2026$31,512
May 2026$45,716
April 2026$13,754
March 2026$97,098
February 2026$32,882
January 2026$158
December 2025$55,158
November 2025$1,262
October 2025$42,512
September 2025$63,506
August 2025$43,006
July 2025$49,757
June 2025$68,972
May 2025$32,157
April 2025$33,000
March 2025$85,189
February 2025$4,192
January 2025$31,916
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601 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NWSOUTH BUILDING, SUITE 430WASHINGTON, DC, 20004
Audits and penalties
None published by the FEC
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What Norfolk Southern Corporation lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Norfolk Southern Corporation 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
$2.2M
Quarterly reports read
32
Bills it named
5
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.
Railroadsin 29 report entries · 5 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to railroad and surface transportation operations (2026 surface reauthorization, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for Americas 250th Act).
Issues related to cargo and supply chain theft including cybersecurity (CORCA/HR2853,S1404;
NDAA).
Issues related to railroad personnel and staffing compensation and benefits (RUIA).
Issues related to advanced railroad technologies and data analytics.
Issues related to highway-rail grade crossing technology and funding programs.
Issues related to competitive grant programs including CRISI or other similar programs.
Issues related to trucking configurations (truck weight and truck length).
Issues related to railroad economic conditions and regulations (common carrier definitions).
Issues related to Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) funding and operations, including the Railroad Retirement Board Stability Act (S.4965) Issues related to the merger between Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation (Surface Transportation Board docket FD_36873).
Issues related to cargo and supply chain theft including cybersecurity (CORCA - HR2853,S1404).
Issues related to Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) funding and operations.
Issues related to the merger between Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation (Surface Transportation Board docket FD_36873).
Issues related to railroad and surface transportation operations (2026 surface reauthorization).
Legislative and regulatory issues affecting the railroad industry including rail antitrust, rail operations, rail safety, and infrastructure;
Surface Transportation Reauthorization;
H.R.928, Railway Safety Act of 2025.
Issues related to mergers and acquisitions.
Surface Transportation Reauthorization, H.R.8870, BUILD America 250 Act.
Monitor congressional oversight and consideration of railroad operations and safety technology and safety legislation, including H.R. 8870, BUILD America 250 Act, Subtitle D. Issues related to the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
H.R. 8870, BUILD America 250 Act, Section 1111, all provisions related to railway-highway grade crossings. Monitor funding opportunities for freight and highway-rail grade crossing improvements.
General education about policies impacting the rail industry; outreach to House and Senate related to rail operations. Proposed merger between Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.
Issues related to the implementation of the IIJA. Monitor surface transportation reauthorization, funding opportunities for freight and highway-rail grade crossing improvements.
IJIA Implementation-PL 117-58 Issues related (safety, grade crossings, highway) to Surface Transportation Reauthorization-HR 8870 Issues related to mergers and acquisitions
Monitor surface transportation reauthorization, funding opportunities for freight and highway-rail grade crossing improvements. The BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870).
IJIA Implementation-PL 117-58 Issues related to Surface Transportation Reauthorization Issues related to mergers and acquisitions
Issues related to FY2026 Appropriations including FY26 THUD Appropriations.
Issues related to FY2027 Appropriations including FY27 THUD Appropriations.
Issues related to multimodal competitive grant programs.
Issues related to Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) funding.
Issues related to FY2027 Appropriations including FY27 THUD Appropriations. Issues related to multimodal competitive grant programs. Issues related to Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) funding.
Thomas Advisors, IncLobbying firm · 3 reportsNot reported
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION”, found by searching “NORFOLK SOUTHERN”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Nov 9, 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.
Norfolk Southern Corp. Good Government Fund is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Its FEC record names Norfolk Southern Corp. as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
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Linked public records
No approved organization identity yet
The official FEC committee record remains available under Filings.
$648K across 170 recipient committees, or 74% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown. A further $5K was filed as memo entries, which FEC reports separately to avoid counting it twice.
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.
$8,266
Pennsylvania106 contributions · 0.9%
$7,482
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
Norfolk Southern Corporation6,739 contributions · 96% of ranked
$812,270
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 9 contributions · 3.1% of ranked
$26,250
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 1 contribution · 0.6% of ranked
$5,000
A further $6,126 came from donors whose answer names no employer (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 ($85,488) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 9 contributions · 3.2% of ranked
$26,250
Spouse5 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$22,000
Regional Vice President State Relation127 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$21,491
AVP Financial Planning & Analysis122 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$21,273
Board Member4 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$20,000
Group Vice President141 contributions · 1.9% of ranked
$15,591
AVP Government Relations84 contributions · 1.9% of ranked
$15,338
Senior Director Mechanical81 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$12,675
A further $11,126 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (None, 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 ($85,488) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Friends of Kim Ward2 payments · latest May 5, 2026 · P-2028 STATE SENATE 39 PA$7,000
Kentucky Democratic Party1 payment · latest Aug 18, 2026 · STATE PARTY CMTE$5,000
Chamberpac1 payment · latest Sep 24, 2026 · STATE PAC$5,000
Democratic Party of Georgia1 payment · latest Sep 24, 2026 · STATE PARTY CMTE$5,000
Citizens for Destin Hall2 payments · latest Sep 15, 2026 · P-2026 STATE HOUSE 87 NC$4,500
Rabon for Senate2 payments · latest Sep 15, 2026 · P-2026 STATE SENATE 8 NC$4,000
PA House Democratic Camp. Cmte2 payments · latest May 5, 2026 · STATE PARTY CMTE$4,000
Friends of Joe Pittman2 payments · latest May 5, 2026 · P-2028 STATE SENATE 41 PA$4,000
Republican Senate Campaign Cmte4 payments · latest Jun 12, 2026 · STATE PARTY CMTE$3,500
John Bell Committee2 payments · latest Sep 15, 2026 · P-2026 STATE HOUSE 10 NC$3,000
Committee to Elect Brenden Jones2 payments · latest Sep 15, 2026 · P-2026 STATE HOUSE 46 NC$3,000
Committee to Elect Vickie Sawyer2 payments · latest Sep 15, 2026 · P-2026 STATE SENATE 37 NC$3,000
$2,000
P-2026 STATE HOUSE 10 NC$2,000
P-2026 STATE HOUSE 46 NC$2,000
P-2026 STATE SENATE 37 NC$2,000
Paid to
Friends of Kim Ward$7,000
Kentucky Democratic Party$5,000
Chamberpac$5,000
Democratic Party of Georgia$5,000
Citizens for Destin Hall$4,500
Rabon for Senate$4,000
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$3,5950.4%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE$3,595
Paid to
Stripe, Inc.$3,595
Total itemized disbursements $868,945
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 677 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
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.
Friends of Kim Ward2 payments, latest May 5, 2026P-2028 STATE SENATE 39 PA$7K
Kentucky Democratic Party1 payment, latest Aug 18, 2026STATE PARTY CMTE$5K