DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC
PAC — Qualified Nonprofit
WASHINGTON, DC · FEC ID: C00468314 · Treasurer: ZUCKER, JONATHAN
Total Receipts
$1,460,670
Total Disbursements
$1,236,207
Cash on Hand
$267,105
Connected Org
DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC.
$1,032,800 in itemized individual contributions is the join between the Musician grouping and DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC (C00468314). That cell covers 380 contributions. The grouping totals $8,611,076; this committee is 12.0% of that labeled book. MUSICIAN is filer-entered employer/industry text — not a union census, not a performing-rights roster, and not independent-expenditure spending.
Key figures
- Democracy Engine PAC received $1,032,800 from Musician-coded individual contributions across 380 itemized gifts.
- The Musician grouping totals $8,611,076, so this committee accounts for about 12.0% of that labeled money.
- 380 lines average about $2,718 each; that mean is arithmetic on the packet, not a typical small gift.
- Figures are FEC itemized individual contributions, not independent expenditures or USAspending awards.
Musician meeting DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC
Musician is the grouped employer or occupation key. DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC is committee C00468314. This page is the overlap: itemized individual gifts whose field grouped to MUSICIAN and whose recipient is that committee. The $1,032,800 figure is the intersection.
380 contributions averaging about $2,718 ($1,032,800 ÷ 380) describe a mid-count conduit-PAC cell from a creative occupation-style industry string. Three hundred eighty lines averaging about $2,718 describe a conduit-PAC cell, not a count of working musicians. Democracy Engine is a conduit in FEC usage for many individual receipts; this page still reports the labeled recipient as DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC.
The join exists so the industry hub ($8,611,076) and the committee hub are not treated as the same list. C00468314 is the FEC committee ID on this URL.
MUSICIAN as stored FEC text
MUSICIAN is filer-entered text. SINGER, COMPOSER, ARTIST, and ENTERTAINER, if used, can sit in other keys. This page does not recode a corporate family or a NAICS sector into $8,611,076.
People who typed SINGER or a band name as employer sit in other keys. This URL is Musician × DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC only.
Full analysis: Musician contributions received by DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC →
Questions
- How much did Musician-coded donors give Democracy Engine PAC?
- FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions show $1,032,800 coded to the Musician grouping and received by DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC (C00468314). That join covers 380 contributions. The broader grouping across all committees is $8,611,076. These figures are not independent expenditures.
- Is Democracy Engine the ultimate candidate committee?
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC is the recipient key in this join (C00468314). Earmarked ultimate recipients, if disclosed on other schedules, are not this $1,032,800 headline. 380 Musician-coded lines averaging about $2,718 are a receipt count, not a unique-artist census.
- What share of Musician FEC money went to Democracy Engine PAC?
- About 12.0% of the $8,611,076 Musician total is in this join: $1,032,800 to Democracy Engine PAC. About $7,578,276 went to other committees. That percentage describes overlap of two FEC groupings, not a finding that the labeled entity directed the gifts.
- Why are there 380 contributions in this Democracy Engine cell?
- The packet lists 380 itemized contribution lines totaling $1,032,800, about $2,718 per line. That is a receipt count, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are not in this join. Use the C00468314 hub for other receipt types.
FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Not independent expenditures.
Committee ties
Cycle History
| Cycle | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on Hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $131,888 | $131,126 | $762 |
| 2012 | $2,891,829 | $2,892,591 | $0 |
| 2014 | $479,963 | $479,963 | $0 |
| 2016 | $60,666 | $60,389 | $276 |
| 2018 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | $29,571,218 | $29,394,303 | $178,736 |
| 2022 | $15,075,823 | $15,185,414 | $69,139 |
| 2026 | $1,460,670 | $1,236,207 | $267,105 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Location | Employer | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROAD, ELI | $460,800 | 21 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — | 1980 |
| 2 | COHEN, DAVID | $360,600 | 2 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — | 1980 |
| 3 | LAWRENCE, RICHARD | $175,500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | SYLVAN LAWRENCE CO INC | 1980 |
| 4 | FISHER, JOHN | $91,900 | 4 | MUNCIE, IN | BALL CORP | 1980 |
| 5 | KIESCHNICK, MICHAEL | $44,933 | 1 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | SELF-EMPLOYED | 1980 |
| 6 | BUCKLEY, JOHN | $30,600 | 1 | LAKEVILLE, CT | SHARON CT | 1980 |
| 7 | GOLDMAN, PETER | $30,200 | 1 | PENNINGTON, NJ | JOHANNA FARMS, INC | 1980 |
| 8 | MARTIN, GEORGE | $26,900 | 1 | BAKERSFIELD, CA | BURTON PETRINI AND CONRON | 1980 |
| 9 | LEWIS, CAROL | $25,000 | 1 | PORTLAND, OR | HOUSEWIFE | 1980 |
| 10 | HALL, WILLIAM | $24,200 | 3 | GOTHA, FL | — | 1980 |
| 11 | LORD, HENRY | $18,500 | 1 | NEW HAVEN, CO | RETIRED | 1980 |
| 12 | HOFFMAN, KEN | $15,900 | 2 | CONCORD, CA | KEN HOFFMAN & CO | 1980 |
| 13 | FRENCH, JOHN | $13,900 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | ATTORNEY | 1980 |
| 14 | FORD, THOMAS | $13,626 | 3 | MENLO PARK, CA | — | 1980 |
| 15 | MILLIKEN, ROGER | $10,200 | 27 | SPARTANBURG, SC | TEXTILE ENGR | 1980 |
| 16 | MARTIN, DAN | $10,099 | 2 | FRESNO, CA | MARTIN ENTERPRISES | 1980 |
| 17 | LYNCH, ROBERT | $10,000 | 2 | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | SELF-EMPLOYED | 1980 |
| 18 | DAVIS, RALPH | $8,300 | 5 | TYLER, TX | R L DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO | 1980 |
| 19 | LARSEN, JOHN | $6,850 | 1 | FREMONT, NE | FLYNN & LARSEN IMP CO | 1980 |
| 20 | LEE, SUSAN | $5,600 | 1 | BOSTON, MA | — | 1980 |
| 21 | MEYER, DANIEL | $5,000 | 1 | WIS RAPIDS, WI | CONSOLIDATED PAPER | 1980 |
| 22 | MAY, JOHN | $4,800 | 2 | LITTLE ROCK, AR | JOHN MAY & CO | 1980 |
| 23 | EDELSTEIN, ARTHUR | $4,550 | 1 | CHICAGO, IL | FEDERATED DIST INC | 1980 |
| 24 | FARRELL, JOSEPH | $4,000 | 1 | LOS ANGELES, CA | NATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP INC | 1980 |
| 25 | ANDERSON, ROBERT | $3,700 | 8 | — | — | 1980 |
| 26 | BOIES, JUDITH | $3,550 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 27 | BAKER, DAVID | $3,300 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | CHADBOURNE, DARKE | 1980 |
| 28 | CLAPP, WILLIAM | $3,000 | 1 | BELLEVUE, WA | MATHEW G NORTON | 1980 |
| 29 | BROWN, LESTER | $3,000 | 1 | ST PAUL, MI | INT'L ASSOC OF MACHINISTS | 1980 |
| 30 | JACOBSON, AARON | $2,800 | 1 | BEACHWOOD, OH | KOMITO, NUREBURG, PLEVIN ... | 1980 |
| 31 | BRYANT, JOHN | $2,800 | 1 | HOBBS, NM | OIL FIELD SPECIALTIES | 1980 |
| 32 | BERNSTEIN, STUART | $2,800 | 1 | CHICAGO, IL | MAYER PLATT ETC | 1980 |
| 33 | MARTIN, WILLIAM | $2,700 | 1 | KNOXVILLE, TN | W F MARTIN CO | 1980 |
| 34 | LEWIS, KENNETH | $2,700 | 5 | PORTLAND, OR | SCHNITZER STEEL PROD | 1980 |
| 35 | FRIEDMAN, ANITA | $2,700 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | REQUESTED | 1980 |
| 36 | COOPER, GEORGE | $2,700 | 1 | LONG BEACH, NY | LENNY'S STEAK HOUSE | 1980 |
| 37 | BELL, JOHN | $2,700 | 3 | WEST YARMOUTH, MA | 100%DISABLE VETERAN U S NAVY | 1980 |
| 38 | MILLER, WILLIAM | $2,500 | 2 | CHESTERFIELD, MO | DIR OF PERSONEL | 1980 |
| 39 | MELMAN, RICHARD | $2,500 | 1 | CHICAGO, IL | LETTUCE ENTERTAIN YOU | 1980 |
| 40 | KELLY, KEVIN | $2,250 | 1 | NEW ORLEANS, LA | — | 1980 |
| 41 | DAVIS, JAMES | $2,125 | 1 | ALAMEDA, CA | ATTORNEY | 1980 |
| 42 | LOPER, JOE | $2,000 | 1 | SAN ANTONIO, TX | LOPER MORTGAGE CO | 1980 |
| 43 | LEVINE, JANET | $2,000 | 1 | SHORT HILLS, NJ | HOUSEWIFE | 1980 |
| 44 | HOCHSCHILD, ADAM | $2,000 | 11 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | EDITOR & PROFESSOR | 1980 |
| 45 | AYRES, RICHARD | $2,000 | 1 | HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA | PHYSICIAN | 1980 |
| 46 | KELLY, WILLIAM | $1,750 | 1 | ERIE, PA | ATTORNEY | 1980 |
| 47 | JACOBS, JASON | $1,750 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | ACCOUNTANT | 1980 |
| 48 | HART, GORDON | $1,600 | 1 | MODESTO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 49 | MILLER, SCOTT | $1,500 | 1 | JACKSON, MS | MILLER TRANSPORTATION | 1980 |
| 50 | HOFFMAN, GARY | $1,500 | 1 | LIVINGSTON, NJ | — | 1980 |