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THINK BIG AMERICA PAC

PAC โ€” QualifiedREP

AUSTIN, TX ยท FEC ID: C00573519 ยท Treasurer: HOBBS, CABELL

Total Receipts

$71,485

Total Disbursements

$26,601

Cash on Hand

$590,707

Connected Org

NONE

CARSON AMERICA reported $65,091,035.97 in FEC receipts in the 2016 election cycle. Disbursements in the same committee-cycle cell are $64,530,285.46. Committee C00573519 is presidential authorized committee (FEC type P); isSuperPac 0. CARSON AMERICA is the authorized presidential committee name on C00573519. Cycle 2016 is the presidential-year window attached to that ID. This page is a committee ร— cycle join on FEC.gov, not a Super PAC, a 2016 cycle hub for every candidate, or a donor roster.

Key figures

  • CARSON AMERICA ร— 2016: $65,091,035.97 receipts, $64,530,285.46 disbursements.
  • Committee C00573519; type P; isSuperPac 0.
  • In this cell, receipts exceed disbursements by $560,750.51.
  • This is a committee-cycle join, not a named-donor page.
  • Source: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle.

How CARSON AMERICA and 2016 meet

Committee pages without a year mix every even-year window for C00573519. Cycle pages without this committee mix every filer in 2016. Rows that match both keys sum to $65,091,035.97 in receipts and $64,530,285.46 in disbursements. CARSON AMERICA is presidential authorized committee stored as CARSON AMERICA, not a Super PAC, a 2016 cycle hub for every candidate, or a donor roster. Contributor identities are not published here.

Apply the CARSON AMERICA filter to the 2016 election cycle and the remaining receipts are $65,091,035.97. Repeat filings inside the two-year window sit inside these cycle totals. Citing a lifetime committee total as if it were 2016 would misstate this cell. Citing the 2016 hub as if it were CARSON AMERICA-only would overstate the year.

CARSON AMERICA is the authorized presidential committee name on C00573519. Cycle 2016 is the presidential-year window attached to that ID. Type P is presidential class. Primary-versus-general splits, delegate counts, and withdrawal dates are unpublished. Quote receipts and disbursements only. FEC.gov is the source. The canonical path is a ties URL, not a donor-detail URL.

CARSON AMERICA as the committee side

CARSON AMERICA is stored on committee C00573519. Type P is presidential authorized committee (FEC type P). isSuperPac 0 is a packet flag, not a ranking. Other committees that share a word from this name keep their own IDs. Type P is presidential class. Primary-versus-general splits, delegate counts, and withdrawal dates are unpublished. Quote receipts and disbursements only.

Opening only the committee page understates the cycle join. Opening only this tie understates other even-year windows on C00573519. This file quotes 2016 receipts $65,091,035.97 and disbursements $64,530,285.46 only.

Full analysis: CARSON AMERICA presidential committee โ€” 2016 cycle receipts โ†’

Questions

How much did CARSON AMERICA report in 2016?
CARSON AMERICA (C00573519) reported $65,091,035.97 in FEC receipts in the 2016 cycle and $64,530,285.46 in disbursements. Committee type is stored as P; isSuperPac 0. Figures are FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle. This page is not a donor list.
Is this a Super PAC total for CARSON AMERICA?
The packet stores isSuperPac 0 for CARSON AMERICA in 2016. $65,091,035.97 is the cycle-receipts total for committee C00573519, not a recode into a different committee class. Type P is presidential authorized committee (FEC type P). Cite receipts $65,091,035.97 and disbursements $64,530,285.46 together.
Does this page list CARSON AMERICA donors?
No. This is a committee ร— cycle page. The packet publishes receipts $65,091,035.97, disbursements $64,530,285.46, committee C00573519, and cycle 2016. It does not publish contributor names or a unique-donor count. Inventing donors would leave the packet facts. See the committee overlay for committee-level rows.
What two tables meet on this page?
CARSON AMERICA (C00573519) and the 2016 election cycle. The overlap is $65,091,035.97 receipts and $64,530,285.46 disbursements. All committees and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the committee-cycle intersection only.

FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees. Committee pages, not donor pages.

Committee ties

All data ties โ†’

Cycle History

2016
$65.1M
2018
$15K
2020
$15K
2022
$349K
2026
$71K
Cycle-by-cycle financial history for THINK BIG AMERICA PAC, with receipts, disbursements, and cash on hand.
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on Hand
2016$65,091,036$64,530,285$560,751
2018$15,148$125,732$450,167
2020$15,291$61,788$403,670
2022$349,242$387,518$365,395
2026$71,485$26,601$590,707

Top Donors

Top individual donors to THINK BIG AMERICA PAC, ranked by total contributed.
#NameTotalContributionsLocationEmployerCycles
1HILLMAN, TATNALL$73,200406RADNOR, PADATA CONSULTANT1980โ€“2014
2SUMIDA, ALICE E MRS$49,44229PORTLAND, ORโ€”2008โ€“2014
3SUMIDA, ALICE$40,04222PORTLAND, ORRETIRED1998โ€“2014
4RICHARDSON, CURT$37,0002PHILADELPHIA, PABUSINESSMAN1988โ€“2010
5HARRIS, CAROLE$32,10065COALINGA, CAโ€”1980โ€“2014
6WELCH, FINIS$30,0001BRYAN, TXSELF-EMPLOYED2012
7BROWN, G OWEN$30,00014MARIETTA, GARETAIL PLANNING CORPORAT1992โ€“2008
8Harrison, J. Frank Mr. III$29,70016Charlotte, NCCoca-Cola Bottling Company Consolid2002โ€“2014
9CURTIS, DAVID$29,600101KENYON, RIKENYON INDUSTRIES1980โ€“2014
10RICH, HELEN$27,0001AUBURN, PAโ€”1988
11BURLINGAME, ROBERT$25,40013SHERMAN, TXMEDICAL-SURGICAL EYE ASSOC2002โ€“2014
12ROTAN, ELIZABETH$25,0002HOUSTON, TXHOMEMAKER2010โ€“2012
13CARSON, BENJAMIN DR. $25,0001UPPERCO, MDKELLOGG COMPANY BOARD2004
14KOMAREK, BRENDA$21,20011FAIRPORT, NYANKOM TECHNOLOGY2008โ€“2014
15MATHEWS, GILBERT$20,70094BURNSVILLE, MNRETIRED1994โ€“2014
16BERGKAMP, JAMES L. SR.$20,5101WEBSTER CITY, IARETIRED2014
17TIMBERLAKE, JAMES G MR$20,3004SPRINGFIELD, ILINFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFO2012โ€“2014
18LORING, JANET$20,1502FRUITA, CORETIRED2008
19GILBERT, LAMBERT O. MR.$20,12312SUN VALLEY, CARETIRED2012โ€“2014
20PICKENS, BOONE$20,000135AMARILLO, TXMESA PETRO CO1984โ€“2014
21LENFEST, HAROLD F. MR.$18,9005HUNTINGTON VALLEY, PAโ€”2008โ€“2014
22WOOD, GEORGE$18,28584BALTIMORE, MDFIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARYLAND1984โ€“2014
23MURPHY, DANIEL$18,100208WASHINGTON, DCE F HUTTON & CO1980โ€“2014
24HENRIKSEN, RONALD W. MR.$17,65513HOUSTON, TXSELF2008โ€“2014
25Pratt, John T. Mr.$17,50040Hobe Sound, FLRetired2000โ€“2014
26MORRIS, THOMAS$17,40075OKLAHOMA CITY, OKTOM MORRIS ENTERPRISES1984โ€“2014
27MARTIN, ROBERT T MR$17,40061FORT WORTH, TXENGINEER1988โ€“2014
28LEBEWOHL, ALICE$17,10027SANTA BARBARA, CAโ€”2010โ€“2014
29PURCELL, PAUL$16,96830TRION, GAโ€”1996โ€“2014
30PESCIO, JANET$16,8003ELKO, NVOWN EXPLORATION COMPANY2000โ€“2010
31WAGNER, KEITH$16,50016LONG BEACH, CANORTHWESTERN MUTUAL1998โ€“2014
32O'KEEFFE, WILLIAM MR$16,50011PROVIDENCE FORGE, VASELF-EMPLOYED2010โ€“2014
33KNOWLTON, RICHARD$16,40024AUSTIN, MNGEORGE A HORMEL AND CO1988โ€“2014
34SILVER, STEPHEN$16,20024PARADISE VALLEY, AZSELF-EMPLOYED1982โ€“2014
35SHRAGER, THOMAS$16,20022WESTON, CTTWEED D BROWN2004โ€“2012
36RUSSELL, PATRICIA$16,20062KANNAPOLIS, NCHOMEMAKER1998โ€“2014
37KOLOKOTRONES, WENDY$16,200153LA CANADA, CAN/A2010โ€“2014
38KOLOKOTRONES, THEO$16,20043LA CANADA FLINTRID, CAPRIMECAP2012โ€“2014
39GHANDHI, KHUSHRO$16,2008BUFFALO, NYUNEMPLOYED1980โ€“2012
40FREE, DOUGLAS$16,2009MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAโ€”2004โ€“2014
41BUCK, WAYNE$16,2001IGNACIO, CORETIRED2006
42CLAPP, MACIE MRS$16,1001CARROLLTON, TXโ€”2014
43Stoker, Richard C. Mr.$15,90016Fort Lauderdale, FLRetired2002โ€“2014
44MAGGLOS, LINDA$15,82513MALIBU, CAHUSBAND2008โ€“2014
45QUALY, JOHN$15,50075SAINT LOUIS, MONORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE1998โ€“2014
46MARTIN, ELIZABETH$15,450123NEW YORK CITY, NYMUSHAM1986โ€“2014
47SMITH, CHADWICK$15,4006LOS ANGELES, CAMEDICAL DOCTOR1980โ€“2010
48YORK, GERALD$15,2001RENO, NVNONE2012
49MUZI, FREDERICK O.J. MR.$14,7005DOVER, MAMUZI MOTORS, INC.2006โ€“2014
50WIESE, JANE$14,60010ST LOUIS, MOHOMEMAKER1996โ€“2012