FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00290973 · files monthly
SummaryAt a glance
Why it exists
No statement of purpose found on its site.
Money
$143.9K raised, $159.9K spent, $29.8K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
86% from donors giving over $200 · 14% from donors giving $200 or less · largest donor Lourenco Goncalves, $8.7K. See who funds it
Where it goes
$110K given to candidates and committees, the largest to Team Husted ($19K) · 68% of its support to Republicans, 27% to Democrats. See where it goes
Lobbying
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc lobbied on 8 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$50K to 18 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $50,000
Republican 68%
Democratic 27%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Republican
12
$34,000
$0
$34,000
68%
Democratic
5
$13,500
$0
$13,500
27%
Other or unresolved
1
$2,500
$0
$2,500
5%
Shown support
18
$50,000
$0
$50,000
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$110,000 in 43 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
5
$13.5K · 12%
Republican candidates
12
$34K · 31%
Other or unresolved candidates
1
$2.5K · 2.3%
Republican party committees
2
$11K · 10%
Other PACs and committees
5
$49K · 45%
All recipients
25
$110K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
Ohio
8
$25.5K
Indiana
2
$7.5K
West Virginia
2
$6K
Texas
1
$2.5K
Minnesota
1
$2.5K
Missouri
1
$2K
Pennsylvania
1
$2K
Alabama
1
$1K
The largest 8 of 9 states.
Recipients 25
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Frank J. Mrvan2 receipts, latest May 7, 2026Mrvan for Congress · H0IN01150$5K
William Troy Balderson2 receipts, latest Feb 17, 2026Balderson for Congress · H8OH12180$5K
Michael R. Turner3 receipts, latest Sep 16, 2026Citizens for Turner · H2OH03067$5K
Carol Devine Miller3 receipts, latest Apr 29, 2026Carol for Congress · H8WV03097$4.5K
Mike Carey3 receipts, latest Sep 16, 2026Carey for Congress · H2OH15228$4K
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.
Clifford T. Smith39 contributions, latest Aug 31, 2026 · EXECUTIVE VP PRESIDENT CLEVELAND-CLIF · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$8,320
Keith Koci39 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · EXECUTIVE VP PRESIDENT CLEVELAND-CLIF · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$8,000
James D. Graham37 contributions, latest Aug 31, 2026 · EVP CHIEF LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OF · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,700
Celso Goncalves39 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,560
Patrick Bloom38 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · EVP GOVERNMENT RELATIONS · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,325
Robert Fischer38 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · EVP HR & LABOR RELATIONS · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,175
John T. Baldwin2 contributions, latest Apr 9, 2026 · DIRECTOR · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,000
Jane Cronin2 contributions, latest Apr 9, 2026 · DIRECTOR · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,000
Ben Oren2 contributions, latest Apr 9, 2026 · DIRECTOR · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,000
Arlene Yocum2 contributions, latest Apr 9, 2026 · DIRECTOR · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$5,000
Paul Finan38 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · EVP STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT · CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. · CLEVELAND, OH$4,875
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 1,012 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $124.3K. 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.$19,57914%
Total reported receipts $143,927
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 $124,321 placed by state
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under $4.8K
$4.8K+
$19.1K+
$42.9K+
$76.3K+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Ohio836 contributions · 96%
$119,292
Michigan102 contributions · 1.4%
$1,705
District of Columbia17 contributions · 1.4%
$1,700
Indiana21 contributions · 0.9%
$1,104
Minnesota36 contributions · 0.4%
$520
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
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $159,874 reported
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Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$110,00069%
Paid to
Team Husted3 payments · latest Sep 4, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$19,000
Steel PAC2 payments · latest Feb 23, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$10,000
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 $159,874 itemized
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Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$153,31596%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$110,000
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$38,315
NON-FEDERAL POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$4,500
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$1,000
VOID-ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION DATED 12/10/24-$500
Paid to
Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio$19,115
Team Husted$19,000
Steel PAC$10,000
Republican National Committee$10,000
Max Miller Victory$7,500
Team Riley$7,500
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$6,3914%
Filed as
SEE FORM 99: MULTIPLE RECEIPTS OVER MULTIPLE REPORTS OVER MULTIPLE CYCLES$6,391
Paid to
Adjustment$6,391
Spending over time
$159.9K spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $31K, March 2025.
$159.9K
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$4,000
September 2026$15,500
August 2026$0
July 2026$1,000
June 2026$5,000
May 2026$19,500
April 2026$10,000
March 2026$0
February 2026$14,000
January 2026$0
December 2025$3,500
November 2025$5,315
October 2025$11,000
September 2025$6,000
August 2025$0
July 2025$4,500
June 2025$0
May 2025$8,000
April 2025$8,042
March 2025$31,042
February 2025$8,433
January 2025$5,042
Show other payments: transfers, refunds and the rest
200 PUBLIC SQUARESUITE 3300CLEVELAND, OH, 44114-2315
Audits and penalties
None published by the FEC
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What Cleveland-Cliffs Inc lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc 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
$2.5M
Quarterly reports read
10
Bills it named
14
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.
Trade (domestic/foreign)in 10 report entries · 4 bills named
In its own words
Advocated for the maintenance and strengthening of Section 232 steel and auto/auto parts tariffs.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1548/S. 691, The Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 Identification of possible approaches to address Chinese transportation and logistics policies and their impact on trade and production.
Advocated for the "inclusion" of certain power and distribution transformers as derivative products covered by steel Section 232 tariffs.
Supported Section 301 investigation into acts, policies, and practices of various economies relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors.
Advocated for strengthened rules of origin for steel-containing products and additional anti-circumvention measures in relation to the 2026 review of the United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA) Advocated for imposition of proposed Section 301 tariffs on Brazil resulting from the Investigation of Brazils Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services;
Unfair, Preferential Tariffs;
Anti-Corruption Enforcement;
Intellectual Property Protection;
Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation Urged support for the Connected Vehicles Security Act of 2026 - S. 4429/H.R. 8730 Urged support for confirmation of five International Trade Commission nominees Support of Section 301 investigation of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor
Advocated for the maintenance and strengthening of Section 232 steel and auto/auto parts tariffs Lobbied in support of H.R. 1548/S. 691, The Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 Identification of possible approaches to address Chinese transportation and logistics policies and their impact on trade and production Supported Section 301 investigation into acts, policies, and practices of various economies relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors, including in the steel sector Advocated for strengthened rules of origin for steel-containing products and additional anti-circumvention measures in relation to the 2026 review of the United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA) Advocated for imposition of proposed Section 301 tariffs on Brazil resulting from the Investigation of Brazils Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services;
Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation Urged support for the Connected Vehicles Security Act of 2026 - S. 4429/H.R. 8730 Supported the Section 301 investigation of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor Expressed support for confirmation of five U.S. International Trade Commission nominees
Advocated for strengthened rules of origin for steel-containing products and additional anti-circumvention measures in relation to the 2026 review of the United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Support for action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address Chinese Transportation, logistics, and maritime policies and their impact on domestic production and employment;
Advocate for utilization of domestic supplies of plate and other commodities in domestic shipbuilding.
Clean Air and Water (quality)in 4 report entries · 6 bills named
In its own words
Lobbied in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Iron & Steel Risk and Technology Review, EPA's Taconite Iron Ore Processing Source Category rule, EPA's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens, and EPA's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Technology Review.
Lobbied in support of Clean Air Act (CAA) Reform Legislation: H.R. 4218, the Clean Air and Economic Advancement Reform (CLEAR) Act, to allow technological and economic feasibility factors to be used by EPA for air quality standard decisions, as well as to extend the NAAQS review cycle from five years to 10 years.
H.R.6387, the Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act, to appropriately permit air emissions resulting from exceptional events to be excluded from the NAAQS attainment designations.
H.R.6409, the Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for Economic Stability (FENCES) Act, to similarly clarify that emissions emanating from outside of the U.S. can be excluded from designation decisions.
H.R.4214, the Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act, to amend the CAA to ensure regulated facilities have EPAs full implementation guidance prior to having to meet final NAAQS standards.
H.R.161, the New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act, to clarify that modifications to existing facilities trigger New Source Review (NSR) permitting requirements only when the sources maximum achievable hourly emission rate is increased.
Energy/Nuclearin 4 report entries
In its own words
Advocated for the maintenance of and amendments to funding awards issued under the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Demonstrations Program supporting investments at Cleveland-Cliffs' Butler Works and Middletown Works steel mills Responded to the U.S. Department of Energy's Request for Information regarding the 2024 Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers 10 CFR Part 431 [EERE-2026-BT-STD-0133]
Advocated for the maintenance of and amendments to funding awards issued under the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Demonstrations Program supporting investments at Cleveland-Cliffs' Butler Works and Middletown Works steel mills.
Offices it contacted
Energy, Dept of
White House Office
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Taxation/Internal Revenue Codein 4 report entries · 1 bill named
In its own words
Sought clarifying guidance on eligibility for 45X tax credit relating to metallurgical coal production. Explored potential for legislation related to 45X eligibility for electrical steel.
Sought clarifying guidance on eligibility for 45X tax credit relating to metallurgical coal production.
Support for Building Ships in America Act (S. 1536)
Lobbied in support of the SHIPS for America Act - S.1541/H.R. 3151 Great Lakes Appropriations - Support for funding of Great Lakes icebreaking operations and fleet modernization, including acquisition of an additional Great Lakes heavy icebreaker.
Support of Section 301 investigation of Chinese Shipbuilding and Maritime Logistics.
Lobbied in support of the SHIPS for America Act - S.1541/H.R. 3151 Support of Section 301 investigation of Chinese Shipbuilding and Maritime Logistics.
The Wessel Group IncorporatedLobbying firm · 3 reports$180K
Contributions on the LD-203 report
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $42.5K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$10K
American Iron and Steel Institute PAC (SteelPAC)$5K
Jon Husted$4K
Carol Miller$2.5K
Frank Mrvan$2.5K
Mike Turner$2.5K
Pete Stauber$2.5K
Riley Moore$2.5K
Troy Balderson$2.5K
Dave Joyce$2K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC”, found by searching “CLEVELAND-CLIFFS”. 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.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Its FEC record names Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Pages quoted 0 pages
No pages quoted
Nothing from this committee’s or its sponsor’s site is quoted yet.
Linked public records
No approved organization identity yet
The official FEC committee record remains available under Filings.
TBTroy BaldersonRepublican · U.S. House · OH-12 · via Balderson For Congress2 payments, latest Feb 17, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION · FEC filing, Feb 17, 2026$5K
Carol for CongressHouse campaign committee · Connected to MILLER VICTORY FUND · 3 payments
$4.5K
Carey for CongressHouse campaign committee · Connected to CAREY VICTORY FUND · 3 payments
$4K
Kaptur for CongressHouse campaign committee · Connected to EDW HOLD THE HOUSE FUND · 2 payments
$3.5K
$110K across 25 recipient committees, or 69% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown.
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.
Cleveland-cliffs INC1,011 contributions · 98% of ranked
$121,821
Cleveland- Cliffs INC1 contribution · 2% of ranked
$2,500
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 ($19,579) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Director11 contributions · 22% of ranked
$27,500
Executive VP President Cleveland-clif80 contributions · 13% of ranked
$16,736
Chairman President & Chief Executive35 contributions · 6% of ranked
$7,488
EVP Chief Legal And Administrative Of39 contributions · 4.8% of ranked
$6,000
EVP Government Relations38 contributions · 4.3% of ranked
$5,325
EVP HR & Labor Relations38 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$5,175
EVP Strategic Development38 contributions · 3.9% of ranked
$4,875
Executive VP Chief Financial Officer33 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$4,660
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 ($19,579) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio4 payments · latest May 26, 2026 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$19,115
Adjustment1 payment · latest Feb 25, 2025 · SEE FORM 99: MULTIPLE RECEIPTS OVER MULTIPLE REPORTS OVER MULTIPLE CYCLES$6,391
Sprague for Ohio2 payments · latest Oct 10, 2025 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$5,000
Committee to Elect Chris Ronayne1 payment · latest Mar 13, 2025 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$2,500
Dave Prestin for Senate2 payments · latest Feb 12, 2026 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,700
Friends of Bill Reineke3 payments · latest Sep 25, 2026 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,500
Matt Huffman for Ohio1 payment · latest Feb 18, 2025 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,000
Aric Nesbitt for Governor1 payment · latest Apr 14, 2025 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,000
Friends of George Lang2 payments · latest Oct 5, 2026 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,000
Committee to Elect Dave Prestin1 payment · latest Oct 1, 2025 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,000
Ohio House Republican Organizational Committee1 payment · latest Apr 15, 2026 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,000
Ohio Way PAC1 payment · latest Apr 15, 2026 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1,000
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$1680.1%
Filed as
BANK FEE$168
Paid to
Comerica Bank$168
Total itemized disbursements $159,874
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 83 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio4 payments · 12% of all spending
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.
Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio4 payments, latest May 26, 2026POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$19.1K
Adjustment1 payment, latest Feb 25, 2025SEE FORM 99: MULTIPLE RECEIPTS OVER MULTIPLE REPORTS OVER MULTIPLE CYCLES$6.4K
Sprague for Ohio2 payments, latest Oct 10, 2025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$5K
Committee to Elect Chris Ronayne1 payment, latest Mar 13, 2025POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$2.5K
Dave Prestin for Senate2 payments, latest Feb 12, 2026POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION$1.7K
Transfers, refunds, and everything else the committee itemized outside candidate giving. 36 payments totaling $49.7K.
The Ratepayer Protection Act - H.R. 9340.
Engaged in response to the definition of "Large Load Customer".
Lobbied in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Iron & Steel Risk and Technology Review, EPA's Taconite Iron Ore Processing Source Category rule, EPA's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens, and EPA's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Technology Review The Ratepayer Protection Act - H.R. 9340.
Engaged in response to the definition of "Large Load Customer"