BIG SKY VALUES

DemocraticFEC reportedPAC (qualified) · Unauthorized · Monthly filerC00741611

Overview

Raised: $5,972vs $95.8K 2023–2024
Spent: $223.2Kvs $602.9K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $490.9Kvs $708.1K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Oct 14, 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 indicators

1 open

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).

0 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $47,100
NGP VAN INC. received 73.2% of positive itemized operating spending in BIG SKY VALUES's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Oct 6, 2025

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

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Candidate connections

Associated candidate
BULLOCK, STEVEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Montana · Statewide
Election 2020 · Challenger · Prior-cycle candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S0MT00173 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

A registered candidate association does not make this an authorized campaign committee or establish that these contributions went directly to that candidate.

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$2,145
Unitemized individual contributions$3,827

Largest itemized receipts

OSTER, CATHERINE90% Democratic · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$50NOT EMPLOYED · Aug 16, 2026
OSTER, CATHERINE90% Democratic · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$50NOT EMPLOYED · Jul 16, 2026
OSTER, CATHERINE90% Democratic · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$50NOT EMPLOYED · Jun 16, 2026
OSTER, CATHERINE

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$159.9K
Contributions to committees$49.5K
Contribution refunds$75
Other disbursements$13.7K

Largest disbursements

NGP VAN INC.$25.1KSOFTWARE · Feb 3, 2026
NGP VAN INC.$16.1KSOFTWARE · Mar 3, 2026
NGP VAN INC.$16.1KSOFTWARE · Oct 6, 2025
NGP VAN INC.$16.1KSOFTWARE · Sep 25, 2025
NGP VAN INC.$15KSOFTWARE · Sep 15, 2025
NGP VAN INC.$6,300SOFTWARE · Aug 4, 2026
ASCEND DIGITAL STRATEGIES LLC$4,600DIGITAL SERVICES · Jun 26, 2025
CARNEY, BRENDA$4,000MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Aug 28, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$110	$0
Feb 25	$110	$0
Mar 25	$85	$0
Apr 25	$85	$0
May 25	$85	$0
Jun 25	$85	$0
Jul 25	$235	$2,500
Aug 25	$200	$0
Sep 25	$200	$0
Oct 25	$200	$0
Nov 25	$175	$0
Dec 25	$175	$1,000
Feb 26	$0	$25,000
May 26	$50	$0
Jun 26	$50	$15,000
Jul 26	$50	$0
Aug 26	$50	$0

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: Democratic
Treasurer: PETTERSON, JAY
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: P.O. BOX 1330 · HELENA, MT, 59624

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.

BIG SKY VALUESC00741611 Associated candidateBULLOCK, STEVES0MT00173
FEC reportedLoaded: Oct 11, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BIG SKY VALUESC00741611 Authorized candidateBULLOCK, STEVES0MT00173
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate master: reported principal campaign committee (CAND_PCC). The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

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

Evidence-based classificationDemocratic affiliation reportedDemocraticFEC reported

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); Democratic affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. 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.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

Over time