2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Charles Park?
The money.
- Raised
- $497K
- Spent
- $497K
- Cash on hand
- $404
- Individuals 99.3% $494K
- Other receipts 0.6% $3,052
Campaign totals through Sep 2, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $494K from individuals
26% in small-dollar gifts
$128K of $494K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
75% from New York · 25% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $6,500 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- New York $264K
- New Jersey $24K
- Virginia $19K
- Florida $9,000
- California $7,582
- Ohio $7,000
- District of Columbia $4,006
- Pennsylvania $4,000
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $179K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $182K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 2, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Nov 3, 2025 to Jul 21, 2026, net of refunds (507 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Charles Park.
Where it went.
Where the money went $473K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 22% $103K
- Consultants & strategy 1% $5,940
- Staff & payroll 33% $156K
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.7% $3,311
- Polling, research & data 6% $29K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $9,107
- Office, technology & overhead 5% $25K
- Legal & compliance 6% $27K
- Other or unclassified 24% $114K
Largest payees
- TOM TOM TOM TOM INC $42K
- META $36K
- TRIBORO PRINTING $20K
- BOROUGH STRATEGIES $16K
- ISPOLITICAL $11K
Paid to individuals: $206K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Nov 18, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (388 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.
- Grace MengDemocrat · $2.1M raised · $10 outside
- Joseph ChouRepublican · $2,578 raised
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.