THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS

Mixed activity · 41% Democratic / 54% Republican · 4% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Unauthorized · Quarterly filerC00228296

Overview

Raised: $206.6Kvs $219.1K 2023–2024
Spent: $130.5Kvs $157.9K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $509.9Kvs $433.8K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

FEC bulk summary 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: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 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
BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMESRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Washington · District 5
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4WA05234 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
CHU, JUDY

Money in

Sources

Nothing reported.

Largest itemized receipts

WILLIAMS, PAUL41% Democratic / 54% Republican · 4% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000ASCAP · Mar 6, 2025
SINGER, JON41% Democratic / 54% Republican · 4% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000SELF · Feb 19, 2025
ROBERTS, BRIAN41% Democratic / 54% Republican · 4% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000ASCAP · Mar 6, 2025
MATTHEWS, ELIZABETH41% Democratic / 54% Republican · 4% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000

Money out

Spending by kind

Contributions to committees$114K

Largest disbursements

ASCAP$1,028RECORD KEEPING 4TH QUARTER 2025 · Mar 3, 2026

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	$3,307	$0
Feb 25	$11,600	$0
Mar 25	$32,092	$10,000
Apr 25	$5,755	$0
May 25	$1,568	$20,500
Jun 25	$26	$8,500
Jul 25	$652	$0
Aug 25	$905	$0
Sep 25	$315	$19,000
Oct 25	$607	$1,000
Nov 25	$823	$3,500
Dec 25	$81	$0
Jan 26	$3,136	$2,000
Feb 26	$24,732	$2,000
Mar 26	$25,783	$9,500
Apr 26	$10,519	$2,500
May 26	$665	$5,000
Jun 26	$36	$7,500

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: Unauthorized
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: ROBERTS, BRIAN
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 250 WEST 57TH STREET · NEW YORK, NY, 10107

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.

Registration relationships have not been loaded for this record. No relationship has been assumed.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

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

Evidence-based classificationMixed activity · 41% Democratic / 54% Republican · 4% unclassifiedMixed activity · 41% Democratic / 54% Republican · 4% unclassifiedInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); no 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

Money in

Sources

Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

Over time