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LEADERS WE DESERVE

100% Democratic-aligned activityInferred from activityHybrid PAC (qualified) · Unauthorized · Monthly filerC00843110

Overview

Raised: $15.8Mvs $11.9M 2023–2024
Spent: $15.4Mvs $11M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.3Mvs $925.9K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

Other 100%

Other $2.3M (100%) · $2.3M total · contributions this committee made, by recipient party

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

8 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 · 8 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $426,950
MIDDLE SEAT received 69.7% of positive itemized operating spending in LEADERS WE DESERVE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Apr 17, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $403,325
MIDDLE SEAT received 63.2% of positive itemized operating spending in LEADERS WE DESERVE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 26, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $393,420
MIDDLE SEAT received 50.4% of positive itemized operating spending in LEADERS WE DESERVE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: May 16, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $291,950
MIDDLE SEAT received 65.7% of positive itemized operating spending in LEADERS WE DESERVE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Feb 28, 2025

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

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Purpose and activities

2025–2026 · Background research

Stated purpose

AI summary of cited sources · Not FEC reported

Leaders We Deserve is a grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives to Congress and State Legislatures across the country to help defeat the far-right agenda and advance a progressive vision for the future. Our mission is to identify and elect more trailblazers – youthful, audacious, and charismatic leaders who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo. We pledge to stand with them, equipping their campaigns with the tools to succeed: from fundraising and messaging to scheduling and budgeting. We’ll raise the banner of their cause, rallying funds online and in person.

About Leaders We Deserve ↗

Inferred focus

Inferred from documented evidence · Not a finding of motive

The committee focuses on supporting young, progressive candidates for Congress and State Legislatures by providing campaign resources such as fundraising, messaging, coalition building, voter contact, and volunteer recruitment. They also run independent expenditure programs and aim to build a pipeline of future progressive leaders by electing young people at the state level.

About Leaders We Deserve ↗

Issue focus

Progressive Politics
Youth Representation
Campaign Support
Legislative Elections

About Leaders We Deserve ↗

Reported activity

FEC reported · Summary coverage through Jul 31, 2026 · Snapshot Sep 6, 2026

Candidate connections

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ALLAM, NIDADemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · North Carolina · District 4
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: NIDA FOR NC
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2NC06098 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BABB TOMLINSON, LAUREN

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$3.5M
Unitemized individual contributions$8.9M

Top contributors

WEITZ, BARBARA99% Democratic · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$250K2 contributions
HOSTETTER, AMOS87% Democratic / 12% RepublicanDerived from contributions$225K3 contributions
DOLBY, DAGMAR100% DemocraticDerived from contributions$200K2 contributions
FLIP THE TABLE PAC$168.1K2 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$10.4M
Contributions to committees$540.9K
Independent expenditures$2.7M
Contribution refunds$71.7K
Other disbursements$1.7M

Largest disbursements

EVOLVE MEDIA, LLC$360KApr 30, 2026
MIDDLE SEAT$300KLIST ACQUISITION · Jun 6, 2025
LC MEDIA LLC$250K
MIDDLE SEAT$200KLIST ACQUISITION · May 7, 2025
MIDDLE SEAT$180KDIGITAL ADS · Jul 2, 2025
LC MEDIA LLC$165KMay 14, 2026
GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, LLC$159KDIRECT MAIL · May 22, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$42,501	$0
Feb 25	$158,298	$0
Mar 25	$112,353	$3,500
Apr 25	$184,865	$100,000
May 25	$322,363	$5,000
Jun 25	$254,642	$305,000
Jul 25	$329,327	$157,500
Aug 25	$223,796	$0
Sep 25	$336,227	$11,500
Oct 25	$201,249	$5,000
Nov 25	$338,708	$10,000
Dec 25	$322,155	$10,000
Jan 26	$80,946	$113,143
Feb 26	$312,283	$314,534
Mar 26	$500,732	$104,364
Apr 26	$287,978	$662,292
May 26	$418,419	$353,510
Jun 26	$434,512	$11,000
Jul 26	$289,835	$152,710
Aug 26	$615,743	$316,830

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: Hybrid PAC (qualified)
Designation: Unauthorized
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: VAN HALL, LAURIE
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 611 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #192 · WASHINGTON, DC, 20003

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 classificationSupports Democratic candidates; opposes Democratic candidates100% Democratic-aligned activityInferred from activity

FEC registration: Hybrid 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.

Candidate partyDemocratic

Supporting: $2,346,348
Opposing: $213,732

90 current Schedule E rows

$2,346,348 supporting · $213,732 opposing · 90 rows

Total receipts	$13,143,534	—
Total disbursements	$12,100,477	—
Cash on hand	$1,968,962	—
Contributions to committees	$493,825	4.1%
Independent expenditures	$2,075,407	17.2%
Transfers to affiliated committees	$0	0%
Refunds to individuals	$66,316	0.6%
Refunds to committees	$0	0%
Nonfederal share of expenditures	$0	0%

Total receipts

$13,143,534

—

Total disbursements

$12,100,477

—

Cash on hand

$1,968,962

—

Contributions to committees

$493,825

4.1%

Independent expenditures

$2,075,407

17.2%

Transfers to affiliated committees

Refunds to individuals

$66,316

0.6%

Refunds to committees

Nonfederal share of expenditures

Reported counterparty	Date	Reported value	Asset / units	Reported purpose	Source
HOGENKAMP, DANIEL	Apr 11, 2025	$5,000	Other in-kind	OFFICE SUPPLIES * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 45599916a89f16e1e79214883484fa509a51176e28821d5d11c4e347aa2d1206 Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip

Reported counterparty

Date

Reported value

Asset / units

Reported purpose

Source

HOGENKAMP, DANIEL

Apr 11, 2025

$5,000

Other in-kind

OFFICE SUPPLIES

* IN-KIND RECEIVED

Derived classification: in-kind-offset

FEC filing ↗

Provenance

FEC reported description · source row 45599916a89f16e1e79214883484fa509a51176e28821d5d11c4e347aa2d1206

Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip

LEADERS WE DESERVE

Overview

Purpose and activities

Stated purpose

Inferred focus

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

Top industries

Top states

Independent expenditures

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

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