70% of its money came through Democracy PAC, which has no place here yet. Behind that: Fund for Policy Reform, a tax-exempt organization that need not name its donors and others. See where the money traces to
Hybrid PAC (nonqualified)Washington, District of ColumbiaActive
Democracy Defenders Action lobbied on 2 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
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$8,000 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
$8K · 100%
All recipients
2
$8K
By the candidate’s state
No recipient here is matched to a candidate with a state on record.
Recipients 2
Jane Fonda Climate PACPAC or other committee1 payment, latest Jul 20, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$5K
Bars drawn to $5K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
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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.
Committees funding this one
Name
Amount
Democracy PACSuper PAC (independent expenditure-only) · Connected to DEMOCRACY PAC II · 2 payments
$3M
$3M from 1 committee, counting every itemized receipt 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
Jane Fonda Climate PACHybrid PAC (qualified) · Connected to KEEP THE 49TH CLIMATE ACTION FUND · 1 payment
$8K across 2 recipient committees, or 0.3% 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 $4,260,299 reported receipts
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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.$4,227,98699%
Where it came from
Democracy PAC2 receipts, latest Sep 4, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia$3,000,000
State Democracy Defenders Action3 receipts, latest Oct 20, 2025 · Washington, District of Columbia$387,537
William HarrisOne contribution on Sep 2, 2025 · FOUNDER & CEO · EVERGREEN MONEY · MIAMI BEACH, FL$300,000
Marsha LauferOne contribution on Oct 27, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · MANALAPAN, FL$150,000
Ted DintersmithOne contribution on Aug 5, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · CHARLOTTESVILLE, PA$100,000
Scott ShenkerOne contribution on Oct 23, 2025 · SCIENTIST · INTL COMPUTER SCIENCE INST. · BERKELEY, CA$100,000
Cynthia MiscikowskiOne contribution on May 29, 2025 · REAL ESTATE MANAGER · SELF EMPLOYED · LOS ANGELES, CA$50,000
Barbara Womer2 contributions, latest Aug 12, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · NEWBURY PARK, CA$50,000
Rodney Womer2 contributions, latest Aug 12, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · NEWBURY PARK, CA$50,000
John LertOne contribution on Apr 3, 2025 · WAKEFIELD, MA$23,419
Bonnie PotterOne contribution on Nov 3, 2025 · DIRECTOR · THE LESTER FUND · NEW YORK, NY$15,000
Matthew BernsteinOne contribution on Oct 24, 2025 · PROFESSOR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · ATLANTA, GA$12,500
Natalie BernsteinOne contribution on Oct 24, 2025 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · ATLANTA, GA$12,500
Amalgamated Bank8 receipts, latest Sep 30, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia$2,762
The 14 largest sources are listed. Each as the committee named it on this line, $3.4M from 3 sources in all, with its largest individual donors, whose gifts it files here too. Individuals' gifts on this line are not itemized in the data the site holds, so the list need not add up to the row.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$30,6750.7%
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$1,610<0.1%
Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$28<0.1%
Total reported receipts $4,260,299
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 $4.3M followed back through up to 3 committees
21% to named individuals, 36% to organizations, 43% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors.
Through Democracy PAC$3M 70%
Through Democracy PAC
Name
Amount
Geosor Corp.Organization · 35%
$1,518,002
Fund for Policy ReformOrganization · tax-exempt organization that need not name its donors · 34%
$1,459,617
Gave directly$1.2M 28%
Gave directly
Name
Amount
State Democracy Defenders ActionOrganization · tax-exempt organization that need not name its donors · 9.1%
$387,537
William HarrisPerson · Founder & CEO, Evergreen Money · Miami Beach, FL · also behind 5 other groups · 7%
$300,000
Marsha LauferPerson · Manalapan, FL · also behind 1 other group · 3.5%
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $1,279,665 placed by state
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under $18.1K
$18.1K+
$72.6K+
$163.3K+
$290.2K+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Florida4 contributions · 35%
$453,500
District of Columbia6 contributions · 30%
$388,721
California9 contributions · 20%
$251,600
Pennsylvania3 contributions · 7.9%
$100,500
Massachusetts3 contributions · 2.1%
$26,419
Georgia2 contributions · 2%
$25,000
New York
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $3,147,074 reported
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Other disbursementsEverything the committee reports outside the lines above.$3,114,51999%
Paid to
State Democracy Defenders Action13 payments · latest Sep 30, 2026 · NON-CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND PAYROLL$696,751
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 $3,122,506 itemized
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Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$2,484,73980%
$3.1M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $944.2K, Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026.
$3.1M
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$95,213
Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026$944,153
Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2026$529,264
Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026$137,614
Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2025$813,941
Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2025$626,888
Show other payments: transfers, refunds and the rest
600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #15180WASHINGTON, DC, 20003
Audits and penalties
None published by the FEC
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What Democracy Defenders Action lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Democracy Defenders Action 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
$120K
Quarterly reports read
3
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.
Constitutionin 3 report entries
In its own words
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act GENIUS Act CLARITY Act End Crypto Corruption Act SGE Transparency Act Supreme Court TERM Act Elon Profiteering Act/Employee Limits On Profiteering Act Protecting Our Constitution and Communities Act STOCK Act 2.0 MARSHALS Act MEME Act Presidential Library Anti-Corruption Act Expanding the VOTE ACT Sustaining Our Democracy Act Voters on the Move Registration Act Unhoused VOTE Act Election Mail Act People Over Long Lines (POLL) Act Youth Voting Rights Act Time Off to Vote Act Help America Run Act Countering Harassment and Applying Legal Liability to Effectively Nurture Government Election Stability (CHALLENGES) Act Security and Accountability For Everyone Act Protecting our Democracy Act Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act Disclosure of Engagements with Attorney Law Firms (DEAL) Act Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act 2.0 Epstein Files Transparency Act SWIFT Vote Act COIN Act Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act Restore Trust in Congress Act SAVE Act SAVE America Act Voter ID Act Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act Restore Trust in Government Act Fast Action for Lawful Compliance with Oversight Needs (FALCON Act) No Torts for Trump Act No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data Ban Corporate PACs Act No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act DISCLOSE Act Stopping Hidden Interests and Non-Disclosure in Elections (SHINE) Act Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act Washington, D.C. Admission Act CLEAN Mergers Act No Payoffs for Pardons Act State and Local Election Security Act Polling Place Standards Act Stop Corrupt Trading Act Stop Insider Trading Act
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act GENIUS Act CLARITY Act End Crypto Corruption Act SGE Transparency Act Supreme Court TERM Act Elon Profiteering Act/Employee Limits On Profiteering Act Protecting Our Constitution and Communities Act STOCK Act 2.0 MARSHALS Act MEME Act Presidential Library Anti-Corruption Act Expanding the VOTE ACT Sustaining Our Democracy Act Voters on the Move Registration Act Unhoused VOTE Act Election Mail Act People Over Long Lines (POLL) Act Youth Voting Rights Act Time Off to Vote Act Help America Run Act Countering Harassment and Applying Legal Liability to Effectively Nurture Government Election Stability (CHALLENGES) Act Security and Accountability For Everyone Act Protecting our Democracy Act Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act Disclosure of Engagements with Attorney Law Firms (DEAL) Act Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act 2.0 Epstein Files Transparency Act SWIFT Vote Act COIN Act Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act Restore Trust in Congress Act SAVE Act SAVE America Act Voter ID Act Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act Restore Trust in Government Act Fast Action for Lawful Compliance with Oversight Needs (FALCON Act) No Torts for Trump Act No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data Ban Corporate PACs Act No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act DISCLOSE Act Stopping Hidden Interests and Non-Disclosure in Elections (SHINE) Act Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act Washington, D.C. Admission Act CLEAN Mergers Act
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act GENIUS Act CLARITY Act End Crypto Corruption Act SGE Transparency Act TERM Act Elon Profiteering Act/Employee Limits On Profiteering Act Protecting Our Constitution and Communities Act STOCK Act 2.0 MARSHALS Act MEME Act Presidential Library Anti-Corruption Act Expanding the VOTE ACT Sustaining Our Democracy Act Voters on the Move Registration Act Unhoused VOTE Act Election Mail Act People Over Long Lines (POLL) Act Youth Voting Rights Act Time Off to Vote Act Help America Run Act Countering Harassment and Applying Legal Liability to Effectively Nurture Government Election Stability (CHALLENGES) Act Security and Accountability For Everyone Act Protecting our Democracy Act Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act Disclosure of Engagements with Attorney Law Firms (DEAL) Act Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act 2.0 Epstein Files Transparency Act SWIFT Vote Act COIN Act Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act Restore Trust in Congress Act SAVE Act Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act Restore Trust in Government Act Fast Action for Lawful Compliance with Oversight Needs (FALCON Act) No Torts for Trump Act No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data Ban Corporate PACs Act No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Government Issuesin 3 report entries
In its own words
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act GENIUS Act CLARITY Act End Crypto Corruption Act SGE Transparency Act TERM Act Elon Profiteering Act/Employee Limits On Profiteering Act Protecting Our Constitution and Communities Act STOCK Act 2.0 MARSHALS Act MEME Act Presidential Library Anti-Corruption Act Expanding the VOTE ACT Sustaining Our Democracy Act Voters on the Move Registration Act Unhoused VOTE Act Election Mail Act People Over Long Lines (POLL) Act Youth Voting Rights Act Time Off to Vote Act Help America Run Act Countering Harassment and Applying Legal Liability to Effectively Nurture Government Election Stability (CHALLENGES) Act Security and Accountability For Everyone Act Protecting our Democracy Act Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act Disclosure of Engagements with Attorney Law Firms (DEAL) Act Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act 2.0 Epstein Files Transparency Act SWIFT Vote Act COIN Act Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act Restore Trust in Congress Act SAVE Act Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act Restore Trust in Government Act Fast Action for Lawful Compliance with Oversight Needs (FALCON Act) No Torts for Trump Act No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data Ban Corporate PACs Act
Who did the lobbying
Each firm reports what this client paid it.
AMS Consulting LLCLobbying firm · 3 reports$120K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS ACTION”, found by searching “DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS”. 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.
Democracy Defenders PAC is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
Structured organization facts
Identity match
Editorially reviewed organization match
Match confidence
low
Source coverage
Official pages captured
7
LittleSis classifications
Organization, Political Fundraising Committee
Last captured
Sep 29, 2026
LittleSis data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
$150,000
Ted DintersmithPerson · Charlottesville, PA · 2.3%
$100,000
Scott ShenkerPerson · Scientist, Intl Computer Science Inst. · Berkeley, CA · also behind 4 other groups · 2.3%
$100,000
Cynthia MiscikowskiPerson · Real Estate Manager, Self Employed · Los Angeles, CA · also behind 1 other group · 1.2%
$50,000
Barbara WomerPerson · Retired · Newbury Park, CA · 1.2%
$50,000
Rodney WomerPerson · Retired · Newbury Park, CA · 1.2%
$50,000
John LertPerson · Wakefield, MA · 0.5%
$23,419
30 smaller sources, $92.7K in all (2.2%), 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.
2 contributions · 1.2%
$15,500
Illinois8 contributions · 0.7%
$9,000
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 · 43 contributions · 44% of ranked
$380,525
Evergreen Money1 contribution · 35% of ranked
$300,000
Intl Computer Science Inst1 contribution · 12% of ranked
$100,000
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 8 contributions · 6.5% of ranked
$56,750
The Lester Fund1 contribution · 1.7% of ranked
$15,000
Emory University1 contribution · 1.4% of ranked
$12,500
UC Berkeley2 contributions · 0.1% of ranked
$1,100
Aerospike26 contributions · <0.1% of ranked
$650
A further $412,140 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 ($1,610) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Founder & CEO1 contribution · 35% of ranked
$300,000
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 37 contributions · 31% of ranked
$267,525
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 6 contributions · 13% of ranked
$113,000
Scientist1 contribution · 12% of ranked
$100,000
Real Estate Manager1 contribution · 5.8% of ranked
$50,000
Director1 contribution · 1.7% of ranked
$15,000
Professor5 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$14,100
Physician1 contribution · 0.3% of ranked
$2,500
A further $412,140 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (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 ($1,610) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
NON-CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT - LEGAL SERVICES$36,747
Paid to
State Democracy Defenders Action$696,751
Democratic Party of Georgia$250,000
Vote YES for Fair and Independent Courts$200,000
The Messina Group$175,350
The Bonner Group$173,840
Democratic Attorneys General Association, Inc.$125,000
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$636,58020%
Filed as
NON-CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT - REFUND$636,580
Paid to
Lert, John$486,580
Harris, William$150,000
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$578<0.1%
Filed as
MERCHANT FEE$416
MERCHANT FEES$146
BANK FEE$16
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$562
Amalgamated Bank$16
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$350<0.1%
Filed as
COMPLIANCE SERVICES$350
Paid to
Capitol Compliance Associates$350
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$259<0.1%
Filed as
NONCONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: INSURANCE RENEWAL$259
Paid to
CT Corp.$259
Total itemized disbursements $3,122,506
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 143 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
State Democracy Defenders Action13 payments · 22% of all spending
$696,751
Lert, John1 payment · 15% of all spending
$486,580
Democratic Party of Georgia2 payments · 7.9% of all spending
$250,000
Vote YES for Fair and Independent Courts2 payments · 6.4% of all spending
$200,000
The Messina Group8 payments · 5.6% of all spending
$175,350
The Bonner Group4 payments · 5.5% of all spending
$173,840
Harris, William1 payment · 4.8% of all spending
$150,000
Democratic Attorneys General Association, Inc.1 payment · 4% of all spending
$125,000
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.
State Democracy Defenders Action13 payments, latest Sep 30, 2026NON-CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND PAYROLL$696.8K