FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00937201 · files quarterly
SummaryAt a glance
Why it exists
No statement of purpose found on its site.
Money
$190.6K raised, $167.7K spent, $22.8K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
49% from donors giving over $200 · 46% from donors giving $200 or less · largest donor Luis Lainer, $4.5K. See who funds it
Where it goes
$400 given to candidates and committees, the largest to Gallatin County Democrats ($400). See where it goes
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$400 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
Other PACs and committees
1
$400 · 100%
All recipients
1
$400
By the candidate’s state
No recipient here is matched to a candidate with a state on record.
Recipients 1
Gallatin County DemocratsPAC or other committee1 payment, latest Sep 12, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$400
Bars drawn to $400, 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.
Committees funding this one
Name
Amount
Yellowstone County Democratic Central Committee1 payment
$1K
Dawson County Democratic Central Committee1 payment
$3.1K from 8 committees, 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.
No disbursements to other committees were itemized this cycle.
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 $190,565 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.$93,21749%
Largest donors
Luis Lainer2 contributions, latest Jun 18, 2026 · REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT · LAINER DEVELOPMENT INC · LOS ANGELES, CA$4,500
Rich Busse8 contributions, latest Oct 13, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · SANTA ROSA, CA$1,800
David Howe3 contributions, latest Jun 24, 2026 · ECONOMIST · SELF · OAKLAND, CA$1,800
John Ilgenfritz4 contributions, latest Aug 17, 2026 · RETIRED · HELENA, MT$1,700
Dorothy Jo Filson5 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · RETIRED · BOZEMAN, MT$1,100
Joseph Howell3 contributions, latest Sep 28, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · BILLINGS, MT$1,100
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 369 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $96.2K. 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.$86,90546%
Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$7,3423.9%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$2,5751.4%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees.$5250.3%
Committees that gave
Yellowstone County Democratic Central Committee1 receipt, latest Jun 17, 2026$1,000
Dawson County Democratic Central Committee1 receipt, latest Aug 17, 2026$500
Hill County Democratic Central Committee1 receipt, latest Aug 17, 2026$500
The 8 largest committees by total given are 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. Here they come to $3.1K, more than the $525 this committee's own reports show on the line.
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$0<0.1%
Total reported receipts $190,565
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 $190.6K followed back through up to 3 committees
31% to named individuals, 1.4% to organizations, 68% not itemized.
Gave directly$173.9K 91%
Gave directly
Name
Amount
Not itemized by this committee68%
$128,714
Luis LainerPerson · Real Estate Management, Lainer Development Inc · Los Angeles, CA · 2.4%
Ripple Effect Strategies LLC1 payment · latest Oct 8, 2026 · TEXT MESSAGE LIST RENTAL (SEPTEMBER SERVICES)$4,223
Other disbursementsEverything the committee reports outside the lines above.$1,3200.8%
Contribution refundsMoney returned to the people and committees that gave it.$4380.3%
Total reported disbursements $167,745
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 $164,011 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$43,35726%
Filed as
YARD SIGNS AND HIGHWAY SIGNS$10,481
YARD SIGNS (PRINTING)$5,744
DOOR HANGERS AND WALK CARDS (PRINTING)$5,527
PRINTING - WALK CARDS, DOOR HANGERS AND VOTER GUIDES
Spending over time
$167.7K spent from Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $97.3K, Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026.
$167.7K
Oct 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.
No Lobbying Disclosure Act filings were matched to this committee. FEC and the Senate share no organization identifier, so lobbying is matched by name; a sponsor that lobbies under another name is not found.
Friends of Alani Bankhead is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a Senate campaign committee. It is a principal campaign committee. 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.
Barbara Chenault-WheelrightPerson · Psychotherapist, Retired · Helena, MT · 1%
$1,900
Rich BussePerson · Santa Rosa, CA · 0.9%
$1,800
David HowePerson · Economist, Self · Oakland, CA · 0.9%
$1,800
Show 17 more sources
Gave directly, more
Name
Amount
John IlgenfritzPerson · Retired · Helena, MT · 0.9%
$1,700
Dorothy Jo FilsonPerson · Retired · Bozeman, MT · 0.6%
$1,100
Joseph HowellPerson · Billings, MT · 0.6%
$1,100
Shauna ThomasPerson · Helena, MT · 0.5%
$1,030
Yellowstone County Democratic Central CommitteeOrganization · 0.5%
$1,000
Lon BechtelPerson · Retired · Helena, MT · 0.5%
$1,000
Joseph DaguePerson · Banker, Jpmorgan Chase · Great Falls, VA · 0.5%
$1,000
Joseph GallagherPerson · Stevensville, MT · 0.5%
$1,000
Paula Jean SchilkePerson · Retired · Billings, MT · 0.5%
$1,000
Walter SchweitzerPerson · Farmer, Walter Schweitzer · Geyser, MT · 0.5%
Jeffrey WilliamsPerson · Engineer, Retired · Livermore, CA · 0.5%
$1,000
Brian FrakerPerson · Retired · Livingston, MT · 0.5%
$990
64 smaller sources, $16.7K in all (8.7%), 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.
Florida8 contributions · 1.9%
$1,800
Hawaii3 contributions · 1.3%
$1,250
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 · 147 contributions · 39% of ranked
$36,907
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 67 contributions · 25% of ranked
$24,135
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 26 contributions · 6.8% of ranked
$6,528
Lainer Development INC2 contributions · 4.7% of ranked
$4,500
Scaled Agile INC1 contribution · 3.7% of ranked
$3,500
Jpmorgan Chase1 contribution · 1% of ranked
$1,000
KEY Personnel2 contributions · 1% of ranked
$1,000
Musc1 contribution · 1% of ranked
$1,000
A further $360 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested, None), 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 ($86,905) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 146 contributions · 38% of ranked
$36,657
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 57 contributions · 21% of ranked
$20,513
Real Estate Management2 contributions · 4.7% of ranked
$4,500
Executive1 contribution · 3.6% of ranked
$3,500
Engineer11 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$2,425
Psychotherapist5 contributions · 2% of ranked
$1,900
Economist3 contributions · 1.9% of ranked
$1,800
Consultant4 contributions · 1.3% of ranked
$1,275
A further $250 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested), 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 ($86,905) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$23,28814%
Filed as
TRIBAL OUTREACH CONSULTING$14,000
TRIBAL LIAISON CONSULTING (CONTRACTOR)$3,000
FIELD DIRECTOR CONSULTING (CONTRACTOR), 9/2-10/1$2,000
FEC COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE$1,788
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT (CONTRACTOR)$1,500
FEC COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE (OCTOBER)$1,000
Paid to
Yellowrobe, Eleanor$17,000
Perr, Jacquelyn$2,000
Integrated Solutions: Political$1,788
Bucy, Jeri$1,500
Integrated Solutions: Political$1,000
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$18,97712%
Filed as
SALARY$4,000
CAMPAIGN MANAGER SALARY$4,000
SALARY (NET PAY) - SEP 1-15$1,891
SALARY (NET PAY) - AUG 16-31$1,891
SALARY (NET PAY) - AUG 1-15$1,891
SALARY (NET PAY) - SEP 16-30$1,891
CAMPAIGN MANAGER SALARY (NET PAY)$1,891
AIRFARE - STAFF TRAVEL$1,521
Paid to
Bucy, Jeri$17,456
United Airlines$1,521
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$17,50011%
Filed as
FIELD CANVASSING SERVICES$17,500
Paid to
Sole Strategies$17,500
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$15,3239.3%
Filed as
PROGRAMMATIC DIGITAL ADVERTISING$9,975
ONLINE ADVERTISING$3,158
SOCIAL MEDIA SETUP SERVICES$1,800
IN KIND: NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING (PAID BY DONOR)$390
Paid to
Plazby LLC$9,975
Meta Platforms, Inc.$3,158
Grounded NOW, LLC$1,800
Maahs, Jane$390
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$11,7467.2%
Filed as
DIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES (EMAIL/SMS)$4,258
TEXT MESSAGE LIST RENTAL (SEPTEMBER SERVICES)$4,223
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING RETAINER AND TEXT MESSAGES (SEPTEMBER)$1,433
IN KIND: EVENT TICKETS - PARTY FUNDRAISER DINNER (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$320
EVENT FOOD$269
CAMPAIGN EVENT COSTS$228
EVENT VENUE RENTAL$225
IN KIND: BALLOONS - FUNDRAISER EVENT (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$172
IN KIND: EVENT TICKETS - PARTY FUNDRAISER (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$170
IN KIND: FOOD - FUNDRAISER EVENT (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$164
IN KIND: BALLOONS - CAMPAIGN KICKOFF EVENT (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$99
IN KIND: EVENT SUPPLIES (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$66
Paid to
Dialogue Digital$5,691
Ripple Effect Strategies LLC$4,223
Bankhead, Alani$1,095
Costco Wholesale$285
TEN Mile Creek Brewery$228
SKY ORO, LLC$225
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$8,9755.5%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES (WITHHOLDING AND EMPLOYER TAXES)$5,543
US SENATE FILING FEE$1,740
PAYROLL TAXES$1,377
PETITION SIGNERS REPORT FEE$200
PAYROLL SERVICE FEE$116
Paid to
Gusto$7,035
Montana Secretary of State$1,940
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$8,8695.4%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN T-SHIRTS$6,186
CAMPAIGN STICKERS$1,787
REIMBURSEMENT - WALK CARDS$280
IN KIND: REIMBURSEMENT - VOLUNTEER CAMPAIGN EXPENSES (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$150
IN KIND: PARADE CANDY (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$136
VINYL BANNER$135
PARADE CANDY$100
IN KIND: PO BOX RENTAL (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$96
Paid to
Custom INK LLC$5,570
Stickergiant$1,787
Big SKY Printwear$616
Bankhead, Alani$382
Bucy, Jeri$280
Signs NOW Helena$135
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$5,9053.6%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING FEES$5,250
CONTRIBUTION$400
CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING FEES (NOMINEE FUND)$230
IN KIND: CONTRIBUTION - COUNTY PARTY COMMITTEE (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$25
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$4,606
Stripe$874
Gallatin County Democrats$400
Bankhead, Alani$25
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$5,6873.5%
Filed as
IN KIND: WEBSITE DOMAIN REGISTRATIONS (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$1,136
IN KIND: WEBSITE DOMAIN REGISTRATION (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$564
GOOGLE WORKSPACE (CAMPAIGN EMAIL ACCOUNTS)$343
EMAIL AND OFFICE SOFTWARE (GOOGLE WORKSPACE)$214
IN KIND: EMAIL ACCOUNT (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$161
IN KIND: EMAIL ACCOUNT - MICROSOFT 365 (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$120
Paid to
Intuit Mailchimp$3,150
Bankhead, Alani$1,981
Google LLC$557
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$1,5340.9%
Filed as
PRINTING - WALK CARDS (DUPLICATE CHARGE, REFUNDED)$1,534
Paid to
Billings Times$1,534
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$1,3750.8%
Filed as
MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT - CAMPAIGN TRAVEL$632
LODGING - CAMPAIGN TRAVEL$256
FUEL - CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN TRAVEL$256
IN KIND: GAS (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$108
IN KIND: MEAL - CAMPAIGN TRAVEL (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$54
IN KIND: FUEL - CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN TRAVEL (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$43
IN KIND: REIMBURSEMENT - VOLUNTEER CAMPAIGN GAS (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$25
Paid to
Yellowrobe, Eleanor$632
Evergreen Motel$256
Costco Wholesale$256
Bankhead, Alani$230
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$7760.5%
Filed as
WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE$441
IN KIND: MEAL - CAMPAIGN MEETING (PAID BY CANDIDATE)$293
OFFICE SUPPLIES$42
Paid to
Montana State Fund$441
Bankhead, Alani$293
Staples$42
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$7000.4%
Filed as
PEER-TO-PEER TEXT MESSAGING AND VOTER DATA$700
Paid to
Consle LLC$700
Total itemized disbursements $164,011
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 247 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
2 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $1,521 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
Element L Designs7 payments · 13% of all spending
$21,366
Bucy, Jeri13 payments · 11% of all spending
$19,236
Yellowrobe, Eleanor7 payments · 11% of all spending
$17,632
Sole Strategies1 payment · 10% of all spending
$17,500
Uprinting8 payments · 7.4% of all spending
$12,423
Plazby LLC2 payments · 5.9% of all spending
$9,975
Billings Times9 payments · 5.2% of all spending
$8,752
Gusto8 payments · 4.2% of all spending
$7,035
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.