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Who funds Marni Von Wilpert?

California U.S. House District 48DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6CA48310
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The money.

Marni Von WilpertFEC filing: Marni Von Wilpert · H6CA48310 ↗
Raised
$4.7M
Spent
$4.3M
Cash on hand
$659K
Debts
$20K
  • Individuals 83% $3.9M
  • PACs & other committees 17% $803K
  • Party committees <0.1% $3,363
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $1,975
  • Other receipts <0.1% $4,221

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $275K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $2.2M supporting · $778K opposing ($1,516 of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROJECT 218Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $900K
  2. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC with no sponsoring organizationSpent mainly in primaries $390K
  3. EQUALITY PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $326K
  4. HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVESSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $194K
  5. COMMITTEE FOR WORKING FAMILIES, SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $165K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. SERVING CASingle-candidate super PACSpent mainly in primaries $653K
  2. HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVESSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $125K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. ZINC COLLECTIVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $23K
  2. NO VOTE LEFT BEHIND PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $15K
  3. EMILYS LISTPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  4. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUBUnion PAC $10K
  5. NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONUnion PAC · National Education Association $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $3.9M from individuals

19% in small-dollar gifts

$753K of $3.9M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $1.3M of the $3.1M 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.

69% from California · 31% from elsewhere

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

56% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $929K
  2. New York $94K
  3. Massachusetts $64K
  4. District of Columbia $48K
  5. Texas $34K
  6. Maryland $23K
  7. Florida $18K
  8. Washington $14K

Top employers named by donors

  1. SINGLETON SCHREIBER LLP $14K
  2. REESE LLP $14K
  3. SHER EDLING LLP $7,500
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO $4,625
  5. WILMERHALE $3,100
  6. CITY OF SAN DIEGO $2,550
  7. LATHAM & WATKINS LLP $2,250
  8. US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $2,250
  9. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD $2,000
  10. FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL $1,850

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: $783K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $504K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 27, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (1,993 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: $2.9M for / $1.1M against · $286K in the final two weeks

That is $974K more than the $2.9M 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.

$302K of the $3.5M 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 46% $1.6M
  • Digital ads 15% $529K
  • Mail, print & signs 25% $885K
  • Phones & texts 3% $110K
  • Canvassing & field 8% $285K
  • Ad production 2% $76K
  • Other or unclassified 0.6% $20K

Largest late spenders for

  1. PROJECT 218 $900K
  2. EQUALITY PAC $569K
  3. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $390K
  4. WORKER POWER PAC $280K
  5. WOMEN VOTE $139K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SERVING CA $653K
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $196K
  3. MAGA INC. $67K
  4. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $18K

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 (107 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 $1.3M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.3M of the $4.3M 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 48% $642K
  • Consultants & strategy 8% $111K
  • Staff & payroll 14% $193K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 18% $242K
  • Polling, research & data 2% $26K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $29K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $42K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $50K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,974

Largest payees

  1. AMPLIFY CAMPAIGNS $430K
  2. ARMOUR EVANS MEDIA LLC $224K
  3. RCBS PAYROLL $195K
  4. KINETIC STRATEGIES, LLC $180K
  5. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $53K

Paid to individuals: $79K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Sep 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (336 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.