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LIN, TAO

56% Democratic / 42% Republican · 2% unclassifiedDerived from contributionsZIP cluster 947052025–2026Exact name + ZIP5

Reported identity cluster · not a verified person-level entity.

Contribution summary

Latest amendment per committee transaction ID · memo rows excluded from net

Reported transaction total$331.4K

Number of transactions70

Recipient committees30

Transaction date rangeMar 18, 2025through Jun 20, 2026

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: Sep 12, 2026 · Index refreshed: Sep 12, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Sep 12, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Sep 12, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Sep 7, 2026 · indexed scan status completed.
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Sep 7, 2026 · indexed scan status completed.

0 receipt eligibility · 0 integrity · 1 fundraising patterns

Fundraising pattern for review →Cluster total: $24,500
Multiple reported donors associated with the same normalized employer gave to this recipient on one date. Repeated amounts and concentration within the loaded cycle warrant a review of possible fundraising activity. The pattern does not establish a bundler, coordination or wrongdoing.
Reported contribution included in a fundraising pattern. Evidence date: Jun 18, 2026

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

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Reported identity evidence

Raw context retained from FEC Schedule A rows

Reported names linked: LIN, TAO
Reported ZIPs seen: 94705
Locations seen: BERKELEY CA
Occupation and employer: ENGINEER ANTHROPICIndustry: Technology & Communications · Anthropic ↗MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF ANTHROPICIndustry: Technology & Communications · Anthropic ↗MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF ANTHROPIC PBCIndustry: Technology & Communications · Anthropic PBC ↗MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF METRSOFTWARE ENGINEER REDWOOD RESEARCHIndustry: Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Society · Redwood Research Group ↗TECHNICAL STAFF

Industry: Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Societyvia Redwood Research Group
Industry: Technology & Communicationsvia Anthropic · Anthropic PBC

Industry not yet classified for METR.

Derived from reported employer mappings, not an FEC-reported industry or company contribution.

Reported occupation interpretations

Employment status, occupation family, and title describe historical reported occupation text, not current employment. Different values can come from different receipts or linked names. Employer industries remain separate.

Reported occupation: ENGINEER
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: Engineering
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Engineering

Reported occupation: MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: Software / technology
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Software / technology

Reported occupation: SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: Software / technology
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Software / technology

1 more reported occupation value

Reported occupation: TECHNICAL STAFF
Employment status: Blank / unknown
Occupation family: Unknown
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Unknown

GovMoneyGraph occupation model v1 · Accepted interpretations only. These labels do not establish income, wealth, or a compliance finding.

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How these records are matched

A conservative grouping of federal contribution rows with this exact filed name and five-digit ZIP. ZIP+4 extensions are retained as evidence but ignored for matching. This is a reported identity cluster, not yet a verified person-level entity.

Contributions by recipient party and committee type

Recipient party from FEC registration, linked candidates, or affirmative support activity

Recipient party affiliation

Contributions grouped by each recipient’s reported party or inferred alignment

Democratic destinationsDerived from contributions$180,30054.4% of displayed positive totals35 transactions · 14 recipient committees

Republican destinationsDerived from contributions$134,14640.5% of displayed positive totals31 transactions · 14 recipient committees

Mixed-party destinationsDerived from contributions$10,0003% of displayed positive totals3 transactions · 1 recipient committees

Party not yet classifiedUnclassified$7,0002.1% of displayed positive totals1 transactions · 1 recipient committees

Recipient committee type

Type of political committee receiving the contribution

Candidate campaign$147,28642 transactions · 18 recipient committees

Hybrid PAC$61,07311 transactions · 2 recipient committees

Joint fundraising committee$58,7879 transactions · 7 recipient committees

Leadership PAC$10,0002 transactions · 1 recipient committees

Money network

Contributor-to-committee connections sized by absolute reported transaction total

Connected entity party

Connections per side

Showing 0 of 0 loaded matching connections on the left and 10 of 30 on the right, up to 10 per side by absolute amount. This is not the full transaction history. Party filters include mixed-party contributions or activity. Full connection amounts are shown, not just the selected party’s share. Party labels use reported party information or inferred contributions/activity—not an individual’s party registration.

Democratic Republican Mixed-party contributions Other / independent Not classifiedLine width = absolute amountShown totals: $0 in · $197.4K out

Contributions by recipient committee

30 recipient committees · largest reported totals first · expand an arrow for transactions

Reported totals sum current non-memo transactions, including reported refund entries, and can include both a conduit’s and a recipient’s report of the same contribution. These are not verified net contributions after refunds. Expand a recipient to inspect transaction types, reporting sides and source records.

Full contribution ledger · 10 rows per pageAll contributions

Reported total$331,44670 reported transactions

C00042366 · Party committeeDSCCDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: WASHINGTONDCConnected organization: COLORADO SENATE VICTORY 2016

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.

Reported total$44,3003 reported transactions

C00694323 · Hybrid PACWINREDRepublicanCurated classificationFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: CHEYENNEWYConnected organization: NONE

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.

Reported total$43,5737 reported transactions

C00907923 · Hybrid PACBUILD THE BARN PACDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: IOWA CITYIAConnected organization: NONE

Associated candidate
WAHLS, ZACH PDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Iowa · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6IA00272 · 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.

Reported total$17,5004 reported transactions

C00430991 · Candidate campaignFRIENDS FOR GREGORY MEEKSDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: JAMAICANYConnected organization: MEEKS VICTORY

Principal candidate campaign
MEEKS, GREGORY W.DemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · New York · District 5
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H8NY06048 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle