FEC filings through Aug 31, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00370015 · files monthly
SummaryAt a glance
Why it exists
No statement of purpose found on its site.
Money
$349.3K raised, $324K spent, $283K cash on hand (through Aug 31, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
93% from donors giving over $200 · largest donor Adam Peterson, $10K. See who funds it
Where it goes
$279.5K given to candidates and committees, the largest to National Republican Senatorial Committee ($30K) · 59% of its support to Republicans, 33% to Democrats. See where it goes
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$129.5K to 31 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $129,500
Republican 59%
Democratic 33%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Republican
18
$77,000
$0
$77,000
59%
Democratic
10
$42,500
$0
$42,500
33%
Other or unresolved
3
$10,000
$0
$10,000
7.7%
Shown support
31
$129,500
$0
$129,500
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$279,500 in 64 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
10
$42.5K · 15%
Republican candidates
18
$77K · 28%
Other or unresolved candidates
3
$10K · 3.6%
Democratic party committees
2
$15K · 5.4%
Republican party committees
2
$10K · 3.6%
Other PACs and committees
16
$125K · 45%
All recipients
51
$279.5K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
Nebraska
4
$18.5K
Illinois
1
$10K
Oklahoma
1
$10K
Michigan
3
$10K
Missouri
2
$10K
North Carolina
2
$8K
Texas
2
$7.5K
New York
3
$6K
The largest 8 of 21 states.
Recipients 51
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Sean Casten4 receipts, latest Jun 2, 2026Casten for Congress · H8IL06139$10K
Mike Flood2 receipts, latest Apr 1, 2025Mike Flood for Congress · H2NE01118$10K
Tom Cole2 receipts, latest Apr 1, 2025Cole for Congress · H2OK04055$10K
Lisa McClain1 receipt, latest Mar 25, 2025Lisa Mcclain for Congress · H0MI10287$5K
Ken Calvert1 receipt, latest Apr 1, 2025Ken Calvert for Congress Committee · H2CA37023$5K
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.
Mike Flood for CongressHouse campaign committee · Connected to MIKE FLOOD VICTORY FUND · 2 payments
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $349,274 reported receipts
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Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$323,44493%
Largest donors
Adam Peterson2 contributions, latest Mar 19, 2026 · NELNET BOARD OF DIRECTORS · NELNET, INC. · OMAHA, NE$10,000
Kimberly Rath2 contributions, latest May 5, 2026 · BOARD OF DIRECTOR · NELNET · LINCOLN, NE$10,000
Scott G. Spethman18 contributions, latest Jul 31, 2026 · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I · NELNET · LINCOLN, NE$8,074
Al M. Davis19 contributions, latest Jul 31, 2026 · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I · NELNET · LEESBURG, VA$8,064
Jeffrey R. Noordhoek19 contributions, latest Jul 31, 2026 · CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER · NELNET, INC. · LINCOLN, NE$8,064
Michael S. Dunlap19 contributions, latest Jul 31, 2026 · CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD · NELNET, INC. · LINCOLN, NE$7,980
James D. Kruger19 contributions, latest Jul 31, 2026 · CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · NELNET · LINCOLN, NE$7,952
Jeremy Penner18 contributions, latest Aug 31, 2026 · MANAGING DIRECTOR II · NELNET · FORT WORTH, TX$7,800
Philip J. Morgan19 contributions, latest Jul 31, 2026 · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I · NELNET · LINCOLN, NE$7,776
William J. Munn17 contributions, latest Jul 31, 2026 · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I · NELNET · DENVER, CO$7,600
Charles R. Norris2 contributions, latest Feb 9, 2026 · DIRECTOR · NELNET CAPITAL, LLC · LINCOLN, NE$7,500
Timothy Tewes16 contributions, latest Apr 30, 2026 · PRESIDENT, NELNET AND CEO, NBS · NELNET, INC. · ASHLAND, NE$6,650
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 1,350 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $323.4K. 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.$25,3307.3%
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.$5000.1%
Total reported receipts $349,274
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Aug 31, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $318,403 placed by state
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under $8.5K
$8.5K+
$34.2K+
$76.9K+
$136.8K+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Nebraska836 contributions · 67%
$213,713
Colorado216 contributions · 12%
$38,183
Virginia33 contributions · 3.1%
$9,980
Texas18 contributions · 2.4%
$7,800
California8 contributions · 1.8%
$5,804
Illinois22 contributions · 1.8%
$5,800
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $324,000 reported
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Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$280,00086%
Paid to
National Republican Senatorial Committee1 payment · latest Aug 19, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$30,000
Wrigley for North Dakota1 payment · latest Apr 1, 2026 · DREW WRIGLEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL$2,500
Shannon Taylor for Virginia1 payment · latest Jun 10, 2025 · SHANNON TAYLOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL VA$2,000
Dave Sunday for Attorney General1 payment · latest Apr 25, 2025 · DAVE SUNDAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL PA$1,000
Bird for Iowa1 payment · latest Nov 10, 2025 · BRENNA BIRD, ATTORNEY GENERAL IA$1,000
Kris Mayes for Arizona1 payment · latest Jan 27, 2026 · KRIS MAYES, ATTORNEY GENERAL AZ$1,000
Bob Evnen for Nebraska1 payment · latest Sep 17, 2025 · BOB EVNEN, SECRETARY OF STATE NE$500
Total reported disbursements $324,000
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 Aug 31, 2026.
What the payments were for $323,500 itemized
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Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$279,50086%
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$44,00014%
Filed as
JIM PILLEN, GOVERNOR NE$15,000
No description filed$11,000
, STATE SENATE NE$10,000
DREW WRIGLEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL$2,500
SHANNON TAYLOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL VA$2,000
DAVE SUNDAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL PA$1,000
BRENNA BIRD, ATTORNEY GENERAL IA$1,000
Spending over time
$324K spent from Jan 2025 to Aug 2026. Most in one report: $47.5K, August 2026.
$324K
Jan 2025Aug 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
August 2026$47,500
July 2026$0
June 2026$18,000
May 2026$0
April 2026$27,500
March 2026$1,500
February 2026$46,000
January 2026$2,000
December 2025$24,000
November 2025$4,500
October 2025$7,500
September 2025$23,500
August 2025$2,500
July 2025$0
June 2025$10,500
May 2025$2,500
April 2025$41,000
March 2025$15,000
February 2025$30,500
January 2025$20,000
Show other payments: transfers, refunds and the rest
Published by the Commission against this committee’s own FEC ID. An audit is a periodic examination that reports findings; an administrative fine is a penalty for filing a specific report late or not at all. They are separate instruments and are not combined into a score here.
Source: the Commission’s audit-case and administrative-fine records, joined on this committee’s FEC ID, imported Nov 8, 2026. Enforcement matters (MURs) are published only against respondent names, with no committee identifier, so they are not shown here rather than being matched by name.
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What Nelnet, Inc. lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Nelnet, 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
$650K
Quarterly reports read
9
Bills it named
1
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.
Issues related to federal student loan servicing; Issues related to banking
Issues related to student loans
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Bankingin 3 report entries
In its own words
Legislative efforts to repeal, through congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of tile 5, United States Code, the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency relating to National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders.
Legislation to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to strike or alter section 2(c)(2)(H) of such act.
Legislative efforts to ensure parity between national and state bank charters.
Regulatory activity impacting financial services providers, as defined by section 1002(26) of the Dodd-Frank Act.
FDIC proposed regulations impacting Industrial Banks and Parent Companies.
Issues relating to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement actions against federal contractors.
Legislation to align the definitions of homelessness used across federal agencies.
Offices it contacted
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Bankruptcyin 3 report entries
In its own words
Legislative efforts to amend federal bankruptcy code treatment of student loan debt.
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Educationin 3 report entries · 1 bill named
In its own words
Legislative efforts to amend the Higher Education Act including: changes in structure of federal loan repayment programs, proposals to reconsolidate legacy FFELP loans into the Direct Loan program, changes to existing rules governing servicing of student loans, regulation of privately-issued student loans, cybersecurity and electronic privacy issues, legislation governing the loan allocation to servicers of the Department of Education's Direct Loan Program, impact of and potential changes to proposed and enacted state-level student loan servicing laws which may be inconsistent with Federal student loan servicing regulatory structure, issues related to NextGen Enhanced Processing Solution.
Legislation to alter the treatment of private student loans under current bankruptcy laws.
Termination of COVID federal student-loan benefits resulting from the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and implementation of federal student loan return to repayment.
Development and implementation of executive actions to alter benefits within the Direct Loan Program.
FY 2026 Annual Appropriations.
Implementation of provisions to amend the Direct Loan Program and education-related tax provisions in H.R. 1.
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $24K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
Andy Barr$20K
Riley Moore$2K
Addison McDowell$1K
Beth Van Duyne$1K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “NELNET, INC.”, found by searching “NELNET”. 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.
Nelnet Inc PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Its FEC record names Nelnet, Inc. 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.
National Republican Senatorial CommitteePAC or other committee1 payment, latest Aug 19, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$30K
$232K across 48 recipient committees, or 72% 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.
Wisconsin60 contributions · 1.7%
$5,460
Massachusetts36 contributions · 1.7%
$5,309
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
Nelnet INC1,307 contributions · 97% of ranked
$300,693
Nelnet Capital LLC17 contributions · 3% of ranked
$9,150
A further $13,559 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, 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 ($25,330) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Executive Director I179 contributions · 18% of ranked
$55,978
Board Of Director6 contributions · 7.9% of ranked
$25,000
Managing Director I85 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$15,417
Nelnet Board Of Directors2 contributions · 3.2% of ranked
$10,000
Chief Operating Officer19 contributions · 2.8% of ranked
$8,775
Director8 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$8,700
Chief Executive Officer20 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$8,256
Chairman Of The Board20 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$8,170
A further $6,000 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (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 ($25,330) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
KRIS MAYES, ATTORNEY GENERAL AZ
$1,000
BOB EVNEN, SECRETARY OF STATE NE$500
Paid to
Jim Pillen for Governor$15,000
Friends of Mike Hilgers$10,000
Nelnet$6,000
Nebraska Highwater PAC$5,000
Wrigley for North Dakota$2,500
Shannon Taylor for Virginia$2,000
Total itemized disbursements $323,500
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 Aug 31, 2026.
All 74 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
National Republican Senatorial Committee1 payment · 9.3% 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.
Jim Pillen for Governor1 payment, latest Dec 22, 2025JIM PILLEN, GOVERNOR NE$15K
Friends of Mike Hilgers1 payment, latest Sep 16, 2025, STATE SENATE NE$10K