“Citizens for Free Enterprise is a right-of-center advocacy organization dedicated to promoting free-market principles and combating government overreach in America.”
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
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
No candidate-directed contributions or explicitly supportive independent expenditures were returned.
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$1,140 in 1 payment
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
Republican party committees
1
$1.1K · 100%
All recipients
1
$1.1K
By the candidate’s state
No recipient here is matched to a candidate with a state on record.
Bars drawn to $1.1K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
Show candidate activity and the money network
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.
$1.1K across 1 recipient committee, or <0.1% 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 $17,972,759 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.$13,789,25077%
Largest donors
J. Joe Ricketts22 contributions, latest Jun 9, 2026 · BUSINESSMAN / PHILANTHROPIST · SELF EMPLOYED · LITTLE JACKSON HOL, WY$9,443,500
J. Ricketts3 contributions, latest Sep 9, 2026 · BUSINESSMAN / PHILANTHROPIST · SELF EMPLOYED · LITTLE JACKSON HOL, WY$4,345,000
Phil WillardOne contribution on May 1, 2025 · CEO / COO · JOB CREATORS NETWORK · SUGAR LAND, TX$750
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 3 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 26 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $13.8M. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees.$3,785,30121%
Committees that gave
Restoration of America PAC13 receipts, latest Sep 15, 2026 · Super pac (independent expenditure-only)$3,765,128
The largest of the committees is listed. Counted from the givers' own filings and this committee's lines for them, whichever is larger, which can run above the total this committee reports.
Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$397,2082.2%
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.$1,000<0.1%
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Where the money traces to $18M followed back through up to 3 committees
97% to named individuals, 2.4% not itemized.
Gave directly$14.2M 79%
Gave directly
Name
Amount
J. Joe RickettsPerson · Businessman / Philanthropist, Self Employed · Little Jackson Hol, WY · also behind 2 other groups · 53%
$9,443,500
J. RickettsPerson · Businessman / Philanthropist, Self Employed · Little Jackson Hol, WY · also behind 2 other groups · 24%
$4,345,000
Not itemized by this committee2.2%
$397,208
Through Restoration of America PACMegadonors ($1M+)$3.7M 20%
Through Restoration of America PAC
Name
Amount
Richard UihleinPerson · CEO, Uline · Lake Bluff, IL · also behind 20 other groups · 12%
$2,123,098
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $13,789,250 placed by state
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under $551.5K
$551.5K+
$2.2M+
$5M+
$8.8M+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Wyoming25 contributions · 99.9%
$13,788,500
Texas1 contribution · <0.1%
$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.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 25 contributions · 99.9% of ranked
$13,788,500
JOB Creators Network1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked
$750
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.
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $16,375,210 reported
Tap a row with to see who was paid.
Operating expendituresThe committee's own running costs.$16,372,34099.9%
Paid to
US Department of the Treasury46 payments · latest Sep 25, 2026 · PAYROLL TAXES$2,079,850
Ducey, Douglas31 payments · latest Feb 12, 2026 · PAYROLL$1,603,335
Twist, Jonathan P33 payments · latest Feb 26, 2026 · PAYROLL$470,633
Paces Direct LLC1 payment · latest Aug 15, 2025 · PRINTING / POSTAGE$340,515
I360, LLC6 payments · latest Sep 9, 2026 · DATA SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES / RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES$302,502
Paychex of New York LLC109 payments · latest Sep 25, 2026 · BENEFITS$294,572
Other disbursementsEverything the committee reports outside the lines above.$2,870<0.1%
Paid to
Bank of America5 payments · latest Mar 12, 2026 · CREDIT CARD PAYMENT$1,209
Republican Party of Wisconsin1 payment · latest Apr 29, 2026 · NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$1,140
Haralson County Republican Party1 payment · latest Mar 12, 2026 · NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$260
Georgia Young Republicans1 payment · latest May 12, 2025 · NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$250
Witzigreuter, Jacob1 payment · latest May 16, 2025 · NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$11
Total reported disbursements $16,375,210
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 Sep 30, 2026.
What the payments were for $16,323,239 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$5,313,84733%
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING / RENT / OFFICE SUPPLIES / RESEARCH CONSULTING / BENEFITS / SOFTWARE / WEB SER
Spending over time
$16.4M spent from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026. Most in one report: $4.5M, Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2025.
$16.4M
Jan 2025Sep 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
Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026$4,084,710
Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2026$2,293,585
Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026$1,938,933
Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2025$4,528,938
Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2025$3,529,043
Show other payments: transfers, refunds and the rest
Other disbursements $2,870
Bank of America5 payments, latest Mar 12, 2026CREDIT CARD PAYMENT$1.2K
Republican Party of Wisconsin1 payment, latest Apr 29, 2026NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$1.1K
Haralson County Republican Party1 payment, latest Mar 12, 2026NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$260
Georgia Young Republicans1 payment, latest May 12, 2025NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$250
Witzigreuter, Jacob1 payment, latest May 16, 2025NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$11
Transfers, refunds, and everything else the committee itemized outside candidate giving. 9 payments totaling $2.9K.
A name search for “CITIZENS FOR FREE ENTERPRISE” 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.
Citizens for Free Enterprise is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a Super PAC (independent expenditure-only). Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Citizens for Free Enterprise is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
Person · CEO, Uline · Lake Bluff, IL · also behind 20 other groups · 8.6%
$1,550,513
38 smaller sources, $113.4K in all (0.6%), 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.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Businessman / Philanthropist25 contributions · 99.9% of ranked
$13,788,500
CEO / COO1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked
$750
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.
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$841,6975.2%
Filed as
TELECONFERENCING SERVICES / SMS MESSAGING$351,028
SMS MESSAGING / TELECONFERENCING SERVICES$221,328
EMAIL MARKETING SERVICES$156,299
SMS MESSAGING$60,951
SOFTWARE$31,890
WEB SERVICE$20,200
Paid to
I360 LLC$411,979
I360, LLC$251,328
Targeted Victory LLC$144,980
Fractionalexec LLC$18,200
Liberty LAB Inc$10,000
The J Loft Co.$2,000
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$663,5364.1%
Filed as
RENT$540,775
UTILITIES$43,084
INSURANCE$24,428
IN KIND OFFSET: RENT$15,508
FOOD / BEVERAGE$13,780
CONSTITUENT GIFTS$11,645
OFFICE SUPPLIES$8,397
COMPUTER EQUIPMENT$4,473
REIMBURSEMENT: INSURANCE$638
OFFICE SUPPLIES / FOOD / BEVERAGE: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$356
FOOD / BEVERAGE: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$204
FOOD / BEVERAGE / OFFICE SUPPLIES$204
Paid to
Biltmore Center Owner LLC$202,048
BPHX LLC$106,667
Coronado Tower Tucson$83,121
Longwood Property Management$67,300
55 East Main LLC$31,500
COX Business$22,248
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$656,0354%
Filed as
VOTER REGISTRATION SERVICES$462,336
GOTV PHONE CALLS / DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING$100,541
GOTV PHONE CALLS / DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING / VOTER REGISTRATION SERVICES$56,036
VOTER REGISTRATION SERVICES / GOTV PHONE CALLS / DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING$37,122
Paid to
House, Timothy$12,158
Albernaz, Lorraine$10,935
Daniel, Danny$10,457
Desouza, Bella$10,032
Beal, Bruce$9,615
Sahay, Rohan$9,564
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$302,8821.9%
Filed as
MEDIA CONSULTING$302,500
VIDEOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT$382
Paid to
Monadnock Strategies LLC$270,000
Winged Victory LLC$32,500
B&H Photo Video$382
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$78,5900.5%
Filed as
TRAVEL$74,367
TRAVEL / FOOD / BEVERAGE$1,089
REIMBURSEMENT: TRAVEL / FOOD / BEVERAGE$1,024
TRAVEL: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$859
TRAVEL / FOOD / BEVERAGE / OFFICE SUPPLIES$766
TRAVEL / CONSTITUENT GIFTS: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$307
TRAVEL / FOOD / BEVERAGE: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$142
FOOD / BEVERAGE / TRAVEL$36
Paid to
American Airlines$17,903
Delta Air Lines$10,126
HOME2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix$8,905
Southwest Airlines$7,199
Public Opinion Strategies, LLC$4,012
United Airlines$4,008
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$14,841<0.1%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT$14,691
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$150
Paid to
Bank of America$14,841
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$2,801<0.1%
Filed as
NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION$1,650
CONTRIBUTION$1,140
NONFEDERAL CONTRIBUTION: ALL BELOW ITEMIZATION THRESHOLD$11
Paid to
Republican Party of Wisconsin$2,280
Haralson County Republican Party$260
Georgia Young Republicans$250
Witzigreuter, Jacob$11
Total itemized disbursements $16,323,239
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 Sep 30, 2026.
All 4,392 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
67 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $183,579 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
US Department of the Treasury46 payments · 13% of all spending
$2,079,850
Ducey, Douglas31 payments · 9.8% of all spending
$1,603,335
Awareness Analytics Partners20 payments · 8.5% of all spending
$1,396,543
Public Opinion Strategies LLC5 payments · 4.6% of all spending
$754,318
I360 LLC34 payments · 4.6% of all spending
$747,760
Direct Response, LLC2 payments · 3.3% of all spending
$534,900
Jenson Strategic Partners LLC21 payments · 2.9% of all spending
$479,372
Midwest WEB, Inc.7 payments · 2.9% of all spending
$479,347
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.