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Who funds Blake Gendebien?

New York U.S. House District 21DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6NY21199
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The money.

Blake GendebienFEC filing: Blake Gendebien · H6NY21199 ↗
Raised
$7.5M
Spent
$7.5M
Cash on hand
$364K
Debts
$67K
  • Individuals 96% $7.2M
  • PACs & other committees 3% $214K
  • Party committees <0.1% $4,175
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $125
  • Other receipts 0.8% $58K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $159K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $62K supporting · $40K opposing ($63K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. BLUEWAVEAMERICAPAC with no sponsoring organization $39K
  2. RURAL FREEDOM NETWORKSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $23K
  3. ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $737
  4. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOMSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $40K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PACCooperative PAC · Dairy Farmers Of America, Inc. $10K
  2. PATRIOT PACLeadership PAC of Patrick Ryan $7,500
  3. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUBUnion PAC $5,000
  4. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PACUnion PAC · Laborers' International Union Of North America $5,000
  5. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EUnion PAC · American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $7.2M from individuals

43% in small-dollar gifts

$3.1M of $7.2M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 44%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.

The itemized gifts below add up to $2.7M of the $4.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

53% from New York · 47% from elsewhere

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

Top states

  1. New York $1.4M
  2. California $260K
  3. Massachusetts $146K
  4. Maryland $86K
  5. District of Columbia $60K
  6. Illinois $59K
  7. Washington $56K
  8. Florida $53K

Top employers named by donors

  1. GOOGLE $8,250
  2. CLARKSON UNIVERSITY $7,650
  3. GOOGLE LLC $5,250
  4. ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY $3,525
  5. ROPES & GRAY LLP $3,100
  6. CLAXTON-HEPBURN MEDICAL CENTER $2,775
  7. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY $1,750
  8. SUNY $1,705
  9. HAMILTON COLLEGE $1,625
  10. MICROSOFT $1,625

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: $1.9M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $770K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (17,400 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: $782K for / $879K against · $1.0M in the final two weeks

That is $1.6M more than the $102K 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.

$83K of the $1.7M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 41% $674K
  • Digital ads 38% $633K
  • Ads, medium not stated 5% $80K
  • Mail, print & signs 11% $179K
  • Phones & texts 5% $85K
  • Ad production 0.5% $9,113

Largest late spenders for

  1. EDUCATORS UNITED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS $509K
  2. BATTLEGROUND NEW YORK $85K
  3. RP PAC $83K
  4. BLUEWAVEAMERICA $39K
  5. AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT $33K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SAFETY & AFFORDABILITY PAC INC. $739K
  2. SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM $140K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 1, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (25 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 $3.0M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $3.0M of the $7.5M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 39% $1.2M
  • Consultants & strategy 8% $243K
  • Staff & payroll 14% $437K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 16% $474K
  • Polling, research & data 14% $412K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $62K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $82K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $102K
  • Other or unclassified 0.7% $20K

Largest payees

  1. BLUEPRINT INTERACTIVE $1.0M
  2. PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING, INC. $437K
  3. GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS $300K
  4. IMPACT RESEARCH, LLC $219K
  5. STRIPE, INC. $134K

Paid to individuals: $60K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,531 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.