DEMOCRATS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY

96% Democratic-aligned activity · 3% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (not qualified) · Unauthorized · Monthly filerC00872440

Overview

Raised: $3.5Mvs $96.9K 2023–2024
Spent: $3.4Mvs $41.6K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $169.8Kvs $55.3K 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

3 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 · 3 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $118,000
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS received 92.0% of positive itemized operating spending in DEMOCRATS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Aug 21, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $115,000
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS received 95.1% of positive itemized operating spending in DEMOCRATS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Oct 23, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $95,502
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS received 91.0% of positive itemized operating spending in DEMOCRATS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jul 29, 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

Itemized individual contributions$427.8K
Unitemized individual contributions$3.1M

Largest itemized receipts

COPELAND, BARBARA96% Democratic · 3% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000Apr 28, 2025
COPELAND, BARBARA96% Democratic · 3% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000NOT EMPLOYED · Apr 6, 2025
ACTBLUE34% Democratic · 66% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$3,000Oct 11, 2026
CUTLER, ZACHARY$3,000Boston University · Oct 11, 2026

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$831.9K
Transfers to affiliates$2.5M
Contribution refunds$57.8K

Largest disbursements

LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$68KLIST RENTAL · Aug 17, 2026
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$55KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Oct 23, 2025
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$55KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Oct 1, 2025
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$40KLIST RENTAL · Aug 21, 2026
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$26.5KLIST RENTAL · Jul 17, 2026
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$25KLIST RENTAL · Jul 29, 2026
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$24.3KLIST RENTAL · Jul 8, 2026
LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS$14.7KLIST RENTAL · Jul 10, 2026
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Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$610	$0
Feb 25	$2,465	$0
Mar 25	$15,956	$275,000
Apr 25	$6,792	$75,000
May 25	$3,992	$50,000
Jun 25	$8,091	$150,000
Jul 25	$12,365	$150,000
Aug 25	$15,732	$175,000
Sep 25	$10,844	$50,000
Oct 25	$15,059	$75,000
Nov 25	$20,326	$125,000
Dec 25	$12,120	$80,000
Jan 26	$3,487	$115,000
Feb 26	$8,245	$125,000
Mar 26	$17,355	$0
Apr 26	$16,727	$195,000
May 26	$34,279	$190,000
Jun 26	$24,962	$150,000
Jul 26	$31,858	$175,000
Aug 26	$49,673	$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 (not qualified)
Designation: Unauthorized
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: COLEMAN, KIMBERLY
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: END CITIZENS UNITED
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 66005 · WASHINGTON, DC, 20035

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.

DEMOCRATS DEFENDING DEMOCRACYC00872440 Connected organizationEND CITIZENS UNITEDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. 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 classification96% Democratic-aligned activity · 3% unclassified96% Democratic-aligned activity · 3% unclassifiedInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC (not 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.

DEMOCRATS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY

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Cash, assets & liabilities

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