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MEAT INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('MEAT PAC')

Mixed activity · 20% Democratic / 80% RepublicanInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Lobbyist or registrant PAC · Quarterly filerC00024281

Overview

Raised: $179Kvs $107K 2023–2024
Spent: $136Kvs $131K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $97Kvs $54K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Sep 30, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate connections

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSONRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Iowa · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: ASHLEY FOR IOWA
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6IA00314 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BROWN, M SHONTEL

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$144.9K
Unitemized individual contributions$3,112
Other committees$21K

Largest itemized receipts

JBS USA FOOD COMPANY PACMixed activity · 34% Democratic / 65% Republican · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Sep 24, 2025
TYSON FOODS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC)Mixed activity · 27% Democratic / 71% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Jul 22, 2025
LETCH, CRAIG20% Democratic / 80% RepublicanDerived from contributions$5,000EMPIRICAL FOODS · Jul 22, 2025

Money out

Spending by kind

Contributions to committees$136K

Largest disbursements

Nothing reported.

All spending →

Payments are reported transactions, largest first; noncash accounting entries are listed under Reconciliation, not as payments.

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$6,500	$0
Feb 25	$5,000	$18,000
Mar 25	$1,000	$11,000
May 25	$0	$10,500
Jun 25	$250	$6,000
Jul 25	$25,000	$0
Aug 25	$0	$10,000
Sep 25	$5,175	$19,000
Oct 25	$5,000	$0
Dec 25	$20,950	$9,000
Feb 26	$2,500	$3,500
Mar 26	$22,500	$15,000
Apr 26	$28,425	$0
May 26	$925	$3,500
Jun 26	$2,025	$5,000

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: PAC (qualified)
Designation: Lobbyist or registrant PAC
Party affiliation: Unknown party
Treasurer: FRETZ, NATHANIEL MR.
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Trade association
Connected organization: MEAT INSTITUTE
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 4201 WILSON BOULEVARD · SUITE 0604 · ARLINGTON, VA, 22203

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

MEAT INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('MEAT PAC')C00024281 Connected organizationMEAT INSTITUTEReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1897112Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationUnknown party affiliation reportedMixed activity · 20% Democratic / 80% RepublicanInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); Unknown party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Inferred from activity. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

Overview

Candidate connections

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Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

FEC-reported relationships

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