$17.5M raised, $16.5M spent, $1.3M cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
99.5% from donors giving over $200 · largest donor Environmental Defense Action Fund, $13.8M. See who funds it
Where it goes
$263.7K spent for candidates and $14.4M against them, most on OH-SEN ($2.5M) · $1M given to candidates and committees, the largest to Senate Majority PAC ($1M) · 100% of its support to Republicans. See where it goes
Where it spendsWhich races and candidates is its money for or against?
Notices dated after Oct 14, 2026 are added; earlier ones are already in the regular reports.
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
Why this committee exists In its own words
“EDF Action Votes is an independent expenditure-only political committee that works to defend climate champions and defeat those that would stand in the way of progress on a cleaner, healthier future. It promotes the goals of Environmental Defense Action Fund (www.edfaction.org).”
Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. Any side it takes is in its own words.
No published list of positions
Its site sums up what it stands for in the statement above, and publishes no list of positions beyond 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$263.7K to 1 candidate
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $263,750
Republican 100%
Against candidates $14,426,619
Republican 100%
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.
Who this PAC gave to$1,010,000 in 2 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
Other PACs and committees
2
$1M · 100%
All recipients
2
$1M
By the candidate’s state
No recipient here is matched to a candidate with a state on record.
Recipients 2
Senate Majority PACPAC or other committee1 payment, latest Oct 5, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$1M
Bars drawn to $1M, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
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Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
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No candidate committee activity was returned for this PAC.
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.
HMPHybrid PAC (qualified) · Connected to MINNESOTA SECOND DISTRICT VICTORY COMMITTEE · 1 payment
$10K
$1M across 2 recipient committees, or 6.1% 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.
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $17,454,327 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$17,371,26199.5%
Largest donors
Environmental Defense Action Fund24 contributions, latest Oct 6, 2026 · Organization · 501(c)(4) social welfare organization · does not disclose its donors · WASHINGTON, DC$13,785,250
Susan Z. MandelOne contribution on Jul 13, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · GREENWICH, CT$2,500,000
Michael BillsOne contribution on Aug 18, 2026 · FOUNDER · BLUESTEM ASSET MANAGEMENT · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA$200,000
Mark GalloglyOne contribution on Jul 7, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · NEW YORK, NY$100,000
Amos HostetterOne contribution on Jun 29, 2026 · CHAIRMAN · PILOT HOUSE ASSOCIATES LLC · BOSTON, MA$100,000
Barbara HostetterOne contribution on Jun 29, 2026 · CHAIR · BARR FOUNDATION · BOSTON, MA$100,000
John SallOne contribution on Sep 9, 2025 · EXECUTIVE STATISTICIAN · SAS INSTITUTE INC · CARY, NC$100,000
Virginia SallOne contribution on Sep 9, 2025 · HOMEMAKER · NONE · CARY, NC$100,000
Elizabeth StricklerOne contribution on Jul 7, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · NEW YORK, NY$100,000
Adam SweeneyOne contribution on Apr 17, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · SAN JOSE, CA$30,000
Mariquita West33 contributions, latest Oct 11, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · PORTOLA VALLEY, CA$6,464
Debra Shivers2 contributions, latest Aug 23, 2026 · MANAGER · JONES FAMILY FARM · AUSTIN, TX$5,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 7,854 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $17.3M. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Other receiptsWhere a super PAC files what corporations, unions and other organizations give it, since they have no line of their own. Hybrid PACs, and some super PACs, file individuals' unlimited gifts here too, along with any interest or dividends.$48,8490.3%
Where it came from
Pershing, LLC1 receipt, latest Oct 2, 2026 · Jersey City, New Jersey$25,809
Amalgamated Bank12 receipts, latest Sep 30, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia$23,040
The 2 largest sources are listed. Each as the committee named it on this line, $48.8K from 2 sources in all.
Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$34,2170.2%
Total reported receipts $17,454,327
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Where the money traces to $17.5M followed back through up to 3 committees
19% to named individuals, 79% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 1.4% not itemized.
Gave directly$17.3M 99%
Gave directly
Name
Amount
Environmental Defense Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt organization that need not name its donors · 79%
All Together Colorado1 payment · latest Sep 23, 2026 · NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$50,000
North Carolina Families First1 payment · latest Oct 13, 2026 · NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$50,000
Pendulum Creative Group1 payment · latest May 18, 2026 · NON-FEDERAL DIGITAL PRODUCTION AND AD BUY$26,077
Nesbitt and Parrinello Inc.4 payments · latest Jul 21, 2026 · NON-FEDERAL RESEARCH CONSULTING$20,778
Mockingbird Strategies, LLC1 payment · latest Feb 6, 2026 · NON-FEDERAL DIGITAL AD BUY$7,000
Contribution refundsMoney returned to the people and committees that gave it.$2,429<0.1%
Total reported disbursements $16,500,969
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 $16,496,960 itemized
These are the payments the committee itemized, including its independent expenditures, which are filed against the candidate each was for or against rather than as payments to a vendor. Open a category to see which candidates its independent spending went to, and in support or opposition.
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$9M of it was independent spending against Jon Husted and against Michael J. Rogers and 10 more$11,486,84470%
$16.5M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $7.3M, September 2026.
$16.5M12
Jan 2025Nov 2026
1Aug 4, 2026 primary, MI-SEN$1.5M of its independent spending was aimed at it
2Nov 3, 2026 general election, OH-SEN$2.5M of its independent spending was aimed at it
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. The line stops at the latest report, through Oct 14, 2026, at the dashed rule; elections after it are marked where they fall.
Each report’s total
Oct 1 – Oct 14, 2026$6,312,377
September 2026$7,277,302
August 2026$367,277
July 2026$1,552,393
June 2026$135,939
May 2026$295,699
April 2026$24,005
March 2026$24,622
February 2026$79,014
January 2026$78,186
December 2025$21,746
November 2025$21,513
October 2025$22,154
September 2025$22,885
August 2025$56,407
July 2025$21,436
June 2025$21,216
May 2025$24,738
April 2025$20,971
March 2025$21,170
February 2025$55,544
January 2025$44,372
Show other payments: transfers, refunds and the rest
A name search for “EDF ACTION VOTES” in Lobbying Disclosure Act filings found no issues reported. FEC and the Senate share no organization identifier, so lobbying is matched by name; a sponsor that lobbies under another name is not found.
EDF Action Votes is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a Super PAC (independent expenditure-only). Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
43 smaller sources, $124K in all (0.7%), are not listed.
Each committee that gave is followed to where its own money came from, in proportion to what it received: a committee that got half its money from one person is counted as passing half of what it gave on to that person. Each channel shows the committee the money came through and its place in the money tree. It shows who stood behind the money, not what that money was for, and an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail. It stops at a person, an organization, a committee with nothing on file here, or 3committees deep. A person who gave by more than one route appears under each, a name filed two ways may appear twice, and a person's job and city are as they filed them. "Also behind" counts the other groups, among those that moved $100,000 or more into races, in which $100,000 or more traces to the same person, other than those this money came through or went on to.
New York560 contributions · 1.2%
$211,020
Virginia184 contributions · 1.2%
$205,446
Massachusetts208 contributions · 1.2%
$204,890
North Carolina181 contributions · 1.2%
$203,106
California1,860 contributions · 0.4%
$75,861
Texas449 contributions · <0.1%
$15,925
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
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 6,201 contributions · 84% of ranked
$2,858,793
Bluestem Asset Management1 contribution · 5.9% of ranked
$200,000
Barr Foundation1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked
$100,000
Pilot House Associates LLC1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked
$100,000
SAS Institute INC1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked
$100,000
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 565 contributions · 0.4% of ranked
$14,722
Jones Family Farm2 contributions · 0.2% of ranked
$5,500
Enersponse23 contributions · <0.1% of ranked
$654
A further $13,887,255 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer 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.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 5,849 contributions · 75% of ranked
$2,621,737
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 349 contributions · 6.8% of ranked
$237,002
Founder2 contributions · 5.7% of ranked
$200,010
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 5 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$100,168
Chair1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked
$100,000
Chairman1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked
$100,000
Executive Statistician1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked
$100,000
Manager17 contributions · 0.2% of ranked
$6,094
A further $13,787,087 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (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.
Waterfront Strategies Inc.1 payment · latest Oct 14, 2026 · TV AD BUY$1,293,539
Gambit Strategies1 payment · latest Oct 14, 2026 · DIGITAL AD BUY$989,126
New Blue Interactive26 payments · latest Oct 2, 2026 · LIST ACQUISITION$258,185
Environmental Defense Action Fund21 payments · latest Sep 30, 2026 · STAFF TIME AND OVERHEAD$204,750
Deliver Strategies, LLC1 payment · latest Oct 14, 2026 · MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGE$190,693
AMS Communications2 payments · latest Oct 14, 2026 · MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGE$186,490
The Strategy Group2 payments · latest Oct 14, 2026 · MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGE$124,288
MBA Consulting Group22 payments · latest Oct 9, 2026 · ACCOUNTING AND COMPLIANCE SERVICES$88,013
Moore Campaigns2 payments · latest Oct 1, 2026 · MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGE$57,889
TV AD BUYIndependent spending: $722.1K in opposition to Derrick F. Van Orden · $508.2K in opposition to Scott Perry and 1 more$2,822,025
Digital Media Buy & Ad ProductionIndependent spending in opposition to Jon Husted$2,500,000
DIGITAL AD BUY AND AD PRODUCTIONIndependent spending in opposition to Michael Vincent Lawler$297,864
Digital MediaIndependent spending in opposition to Michael J. Rogers$250,000
NON-FEDERAL DIGITAL PRODUCTION AND AD BUY$176,077
Digital Ad ProductionIndependent spending: $27.4K in opposition to Michael J. Rogers · $21.3K in support of Brian Fitzpatrick and 4 more$80,844
Radio Ad BuyIndependent spending in support of Brian Fitzpatrick$50,000
AD BUY AND AD PRODUCTION$24,042
TV Ad ProductionIndependent spending: $15.3K in opposition to Derrick F. Van Orden · $8.3K in opposition to Scott Perry and 1 more$23,821
Digital Radio Ad ProductionIndependent spending in support of Brian Fitzpatrick$10,750
Ad ProductionIndependent spending in opposition to Jennifer Balkcom$8,900
Paid to
C Plus K LLCIndependent spending: $2.5M in opposition to Jon Husted · $500K in opposition to Michael Whatley$3,000,000
Waterfront Strategies Inc.Independent spending: $722.1K in opposition to Derrick F. Van Orden · $508.2K in opposition to Scott Perry and 1 more$2,822,025
Rising Tide InteractiveIndependent spending in opposition to Michael Vincent Lawler$500,000
Trilogy Interactive LLCIndependent spending in opposition to Mike Beltran$500,000
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$1.9M of it was independent spending against William P. Huizenga and against Monica De La Cruz and 5 more$2,576,37216%
Filed as
MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGEIndependent spending: $406.3K in opposition to William P. Huizenga · $365.6K in opposition to Monica De La Cruz and 4 more$2,443,177
NON-FEDERAL MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGE$133,195
Paid to
Deliver Strategies, LLCIndependent spending: $310.6K in opposition to Scott Perry · $212.6K in opposition to Jennifer Balkcom$713,904
The Strategy GroupIndependent spending: $365.6K in opposition to Monica De La Cruz$489,934
Moore CampaignsIndependent spending: $406.3K in opposition to William P. Huizenga$464,155
Moxie MediaIndependent spending in opposition to Thomas James Feely$355,287
AMS CommunicationsIndependent spending: $151.7K in opposition to Michael Vincent Lawler$338,226
RMGSGR, LLCIndependent spending in support of Brian Fitzpatrick$81,671
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$1,688,50010%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$1,010,000
NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$628,500
DONATION$50,000
Paid to
Senate Majority PAC$1,000,000
Arizonans for Affordable Energy PAC$200,000
Majority Rising NC$175,000
Rocky Mountain Way$100,000
American Jobs and Security$50,000
Colorado Way Forward$50,000
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$231,3911.4%
Filed as
DIGITAL CONSULTING AND WEB DESIGN$143,055
ACCOUNTING AND COMPLIANCE SERVICES$88,013
LEGAL SERVICES$323
Paid to
New Blue Interactive$143,055
MBA Consulting Group$88,013
CT Corp.$323
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$204,7501.2%
Filed as
STAFF TIME AND OVERHEAD$204,750
Paid to
Environmental Defense Action Fund$204,750
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$115,1300.7%
Filed as
LIST ACQUISITION$115,130
Paid to
New Blue Interactive$115,130
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$22K of it was independent spending against Jennifer Balkcom and against Monica De La Cruz and 10 more$113,0290.7%
RESEARCH CONSULTINGIndependent spending: $1.2K in opposition to Jon Husted · $780 in opposition to Michael J. Rogers$2,584
Paid to
Equis Research, Inc.$50,000
Nesbitt and Parrinello Inc.Independent spending: $3.2K in opposition to Jennifer Balkcom · $3K in opposition to Monica De La Cruz and 4 more$48,029
Public Policy Polling$10,000
Targetsmart Communications, LLC$5,000
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$34,1640.2%
Filed as
SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION$31,314
WEBSITE HOSTING$2,850
Paid to
Action Network$22,398
MY Warchest, Inc.$5,857
Everyaction, Inc.$3,060
Apollo Artistry$2,850
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$32,4000.2%
Filed as
LIABILITY INSURANCE$32,400
Paid to
Clarke & Sampson, Inc.$32,400
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$9,630<0.1%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE$9,630
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$9,290
Blue Parasol$340
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$4,751<0.1%
Filed as
BANK FEE$3,459
TAX PAYMENT$1,292
Paid to
Amalgamated Bank$3,459
Internal Revenue Service$1,292
Total itemized disbursements $16,496,960
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 464 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
C Plus K LLC2 payments · 18% of all spending
$3,000,000
Waterfront Strategies Inc.4 payments · 17% of all spending
Deliver Strategies, LLC18 payments · 4.3% of all spending
$713,904
Rising Tide Interactive4 payments · 3% of all spending
$500,000
Trilogy Interactive LLC1 payment · 3% of all spending
$500,000
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.
Arizonans for Affordable Energy PAC1 payment, latest Sep 17, 2026NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$200K