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Who funds Scott Wiener?

California U.S. House District 11DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H8CA11116
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The money.

Scott WienerFEC filing: Scott Wiener · H8CA11116 ↗
Raised
$5.8M
Spent
$5.2M
Cash on hand
$614K
Debts
$117K
  • Individuals 96% $5.6M
  • PACs & other committees 3% $155K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $10
  • Other receipts 2% $92K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

Outside groups: $1.2M supporting · $41K opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. EQUALITY PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $1.1M
  2. EQUALITY CALIFORNIA VOTESSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $100K
  3. J STREET ACTION FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $60K
  4. SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEEDemocratic party committee $21K
  5. ALICE B. TOKLAS LGBTQ DEMOCRATIC CLUB FEDERAL PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $1,754

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. COMMON SENSE SFSingle-candidate super PACSpent mainly in primaries $30K
  2. A FIGHT WORTH HAVINGSuper PAC $11K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $10K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EUnion PAC · American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio $10K
  3. NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONUnion PAC · National Union Of Healthcare Workers $10K
  4. EQUALITY PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  5. VPPHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $7,000

Who gave.

Who gives $5.6M from individuals

4% in small-dollar gifts

$212K of $5.6M 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 $4.1M of the $5.3M 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.

85% from California · 15% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $15K had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

92% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $3.5M
  2. New York $162K
  3. Massachusetts $101K
  4. District of Columbia $50K
  5. Washington $48K
  6. Florida $29K
  7. Texas $22K
  8. Connecticut $21K

Top employers named by donors

  1. ANTHROPIC $144K
  2. OPENAI $105K
  3. OPEN PHILANTHROPY $79K
  4. GOOGLE $76K
  5. ANTHROPIC PBC $60K
  6. Y COMBINATOR $37K
  7. REDWOOD RESEARCH $35K
  8. 80000 HOURS $32K
  9. JANE STREET $23K
  10. METR $22K

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: $762K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $2.5M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 5, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (3,887 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: $2.4M for / $242K against · $969K in the final two weeks

That is $1.4M more than the $1.3M 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.

$216K of the $2.6M 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 0.2% $5,000
  • Digital ads 41% $1.1M
  • Ads, medium not stated 45% $1.2M
  • Mail, print & signs 13% $322K
  • Phones & texts 0.1% $1,745
  • Ad production 1% $29K

Largest late spenders for

  1. EQUALITY PAC $1.2M
  2. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC $1.0M
  3. J STREET ACTION FUND $60K
  4. CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $51K

Largest late spenders against

  1. RISING TIDE COLLECTIVE $145K
  2. PEACE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND LEADERSHIP PAC $51K
  3. COMMON SENSE SF $30K
  4. A FIGHT WORTH HAVING $11K
  5. CITIZENS AGAINST AIPAC CORRUPTION $5,000

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 27, 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 $3.2M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $3.2M of the $5.2M 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 68% $2.2M
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $144K
  • Staff & payroll 8% $248K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 9% $282K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $143K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $35K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $54K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $97K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $4,438

Largest payees

  1. SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA $1.6M
  2. KMM STRATEGIES $447K
  3. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $161K
  4. EMC RESEARCH, INC. $89K
  5. KTSF TV26 $81K

Paid to individuals: $344K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 24, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (770 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.