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THE LIFTOFF FUND

DemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participantsPAC (not qualified) · Joint fundraiser · Quarterly filerC00843250

Overview

Raised: $1.6Mvs $478.5K 2023–2024
Spent: $1.4Mvs $478.2K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $157.2Kvs $287 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 · 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
BROWN, SHERRODDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Ohio · Statewide
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6OH00163 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
COOPER, ROYDemocratic

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.5M
Unitemized individual contributions$28.1K
Other committees$5,000

Largest itemized receipts

NAJAFI, FRANCIS93% Democratic / 7% RepublicanDerived from contributions$250KDFX, LLC · Dec 10, 2025
REESE, DAVID E.DemocraticDerived from contributions$100KNOT EMPLOYED · Jan 23, 2026
OLSEN, GREGORYDemocraticDerived from contributions$77.3KGHO VENTURES LLC · May 29, 2026
BROOKS, JAMES L.

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$266.9K
Transfers to affiliates$1.1M
Contribution refunds$510

Largest disbursements

AMERICAN EXPRESS$66.8KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT, BELOW IF ITEMIZED · Feb 3, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$23.1KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT, BELOW IF ITEMIZED · May 12, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$19.1KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT, BELOW IF ITEMIZED · Aug 27, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$18.8KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT, BELOW IF ITEMIZED · May 26, 2026
5C CONSULTING LLC$18KEVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES · Nov 12, 2025
5C CONSULTING LLC$18KEVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES · Nov 10, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$14.9KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT, BELOW IF ITEMIZED · Dec 9, 2025
BUMPERACTIVE$10.6KMERCHANDISE - GIFTS FOR DONORS · Sep 30, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Mar 25	$17,500	$0
May 25	$7,500	$17,200
Jun 25	$15,000	$15,200
Jul 25	$9,567	$0
Aug 25	$35,000	$0
Sep 25	$72,300	$78,360
Oct 25	$29,750	$0
Nov 25	$33,525	$0
Dec 25	$299,289	$330,000
Jan 26	$159,999	$0
Feb 26	$50,000	$6,408
Mar 26	$90,850	$212,400
Apr 26	$67,250	$0
May 26	$123,300	$0
Jun 26	$92,850	$166,000
Jul 26	$75,000	$0
Aug 26	$47,500	$0
Sep 26	$140,100	$243,150

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 (not qualified)
Designation: Joint fundraiser
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: ZAMORE, JUDITH
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #15180 · 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.

THE LIFTOFF FUNDC00843250 Joint fundraising participantALASKANS FOR MARYC00933978
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1944689Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE LIFTOFF FUNDC00843250 Joint fundraising participantCHRIS PAPPAS FOR SENATEC00660464
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1944689Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE LIFTOFF FUNDC00843250 Joint fundraising participantCOOPER FOR NORTH CAROLINAC00913566
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1944689Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE LIFTOFF FUNDC00843250 Joint fundraising participantDSCCC00042366
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1944689Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE LIFTOFF FUNDC00843250 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNC00916288
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1944689Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE LIFTOFF FUNDC00843250 Joint fundraising participantLIFTOFF PACC00785816
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1944689Official 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 classificationDemocraticDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants

FEC registration: PAC (not qualified); no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Inferred from FEC-reported participants. 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