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Who funds Ala Stanford?

Pennsylvania U.S. House District 3DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6PA03245
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The money.

Ala StanfordFEC filing: Ala Stanford · H6PA03245 ↗
Raised
$805K
Spent
$764K
Cash on hand
$42K
Debts
$258K
  • Individuals 64% $513K
  • PACs & other committees 5% $37K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 32% $255K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $211

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

Outside groups: $3.5M supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $3.5M

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC PARTYDemocratic party committee $6,005
  2. 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $5,000
  3. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC with no sponsoring organization $5,000
  4. COZEN O'CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC · Cozen O'Connor $4,040
  5. DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEECorporate PAC $4,000

Who gave.

Who gives $513K from individuals

6% in small-dollar gifts

$31K of $513K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

61% from Pennsylvania · 39% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

87% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Pennsylvania $293K
  2. Maryland $38K
  3. New York $30K
  4. California $23K
  5. New Jersey $21K
  6. District of Columbia $14K
  7. Michigan $13K
  8. Virginia $9,250

Top employers named by donors

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA $15K
  2. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA $8,500
  3. CHOP $1,570
  4. JEFFERSON HEALTH $1,000

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $138K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $313K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Oct 1, 2025 to May 25, 2026, net of refunds (523 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $3.5M for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $1,066 more than the $3.5M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Ads, medium not stated 80% $2.8M
  • Mail, print & signs 17% $597K
  • Phones & texts 0.2% $8,525
  • Ad production 2% $76K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $857

Largest late spenders for

  1. 314 ACTION FUND $3.4M
  2. MCDOWELL, SETH $1,066

Latest dissemination on these reports: May 15, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (34 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $728K in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 40% $293K
  • Consultants & strategy 28% $206K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 16% $120K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $50K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $12K
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $7,409
  • Legal & compliance 5% $39K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $1,000

Largest payees

  1. GPS IMPACT $260K
  2. GLOBAL STRATEGY GROUP LLC $44K
  3. SWIVEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS $35K
  4. NORTH SIDE VENTURES LLC $22K
  5. ACTBLUE $16K

Paid to individuals: $249K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Oct 10, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (181 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.