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THE FIRST ASK

Party not classifiedUnclassifiedPAC with non-contribution account · Unauthorized · Quarterly filerC00853010

Overview

Raised: $455.4Kvs $565K 2023–2024
Spent: $428.2Kvs $535.3K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $3,144vs $29.7K 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 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: $27,118
GUSTO INC. received 86.8% of positive itemized operating spending in THE FIRST ASK's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 30, 2026

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

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Candidate connections

No candidate connection found in the registration links or sender-reported committee transfers checked for this cycle. Conduit routing and independent spending are not included in this check.

Money in

Sources

Nothing reported.

Largest itemized receipts

WELLES, CAROLINE1% Democratic · 99% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$60KTHE FIRST ASK · Dec 5, 2025
WELLES, CAROLINE1% Democratic · 99% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$25KTHE FIRST ASK · Aug 25, 2025
WELLES, CAROLINE1% Democratic · 99% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$22KTHE FIRST ASK · Nov 13, 2025
WELLES, CAROLINE1% Democratic · 99% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$20KTHE FIRST ASK · May 23, 2025

Money out

Spending by kind

Contribution refunds$381

Largest disbursements

GUSTO INC.$5,042PAYROLL PROCESSING: SEE BELOW · Apr 30, 2026
GUSTO INC.$5,042PAYROLL PROCESSING: SEE BELOW · Apr 13, 2026
GUSTO INC.$4,482PAYROLL PROCESSING: SEE BELOW · Jun 30, 2026
GUSTO INC.$4,396PAYROLL PROCESSING: SEE BELOW · Jun 12, 2026
GUSTO INC.$3,363PAYROLL PROCESSING: SEE BELOW · May 27, 2026
GUSTO INC.$3,363PAYROLL PROCESSING: SEE BELOW · May 14, 2026
BRADLEY, BRANDON$1,000WEBSITE REDESIGN · May 14, 2026
GUSTO INC.$872PAYROLL PROCESSING: SEE BELOW · May 15, 2026
ACTBLUE$724CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING FEES · Jun 30, 2026
DC GOVERNMENT$578EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS · Jun 2, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$3,482	$0
Feb 25	$14,145	$0
Mar 25	$4,328	$0
Apr 25	$6,774	$0
May 25	$22,789	$0
Jun 25	$3,735	$0
Jul 25	$12,703	$0
Aug 25	$32,099	$0
Sep 25	$4,607	$0
Oct 25	$42,357	$0
Nov 25	$48,982	$0
Dec 25	$60,977	$0
Jan 26	$21,500	$0
Feb 26	$8,625	$0
Mar 26	$6,245	$0
Apr 26	$7,699	$0
May 26	$3,725	$0
Jun 26	$11,150	$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 with non-contribution account
Designation: Unauthorized
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: WELLES, CAROLINE
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 1120 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW · 5TH FLOOR · WASHINGTON, DC, 20007

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 classificationPAC with non-contribution account; no party affiliation reportedParty not classifiedUnclassified

FEC registration: PAC with non-contribution account; no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Unclassified. 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 rows

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