AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW! (ACN) — $4.47 million in FEC Super PAC receipts

Nearly all of $4.47 million already disbursed

Total disbursements of $4,394,927.74 are about 98.3% of $4,473,037.82 in receipts. AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW! (ACN) has reported spending almost everything it reported raising in these aggregates. The leftover $78,110.08 is not labeled cash on hand in this packet.

Now in the committee name does not prove the $4.39 million was spent on a single election date. Form 3X disbursement totals mix operating costs and independent-expenditure activity. This page does not split ads, mail, or digital.

Individual contributions of $3,153,000

Individual contributions are $3,153,000.00, about 70.5% of receipts. The remaining $1,320,037.82 of inflows sits in other FEC receipt categories this packet does not name. Seventy percent individual is a mixed Super PAC receipt line, not a 99% clone and not a donor list.

Itemized contributor schedules, where required, are on FEC.gov for C00935049. Super PAC rules allow large individual gifts. Citing $3,153,000.00 identifies a category total. It does not name people.

Chicago address of record on a federal Super PAC

City and state of record are Chicago, Illinois. Treasurer of record is Tim Williams. Committee ID is C00935049. Affordable Chicago Now and the ACN parenthetical collide with local issue groups in search; the C-number is the match key in the PAC directory.

A Chicago mailing city does not confine independent expenditures to Illinois races, and it does not turn Form 3X into a municipal campaign-finance report. Independent-expenditure-only status is federal. Tim Williams identifies the statement of organization.

ACN is not a candidate committee on these facts

These totals are not a candidate's Form 3 campaign report. They are not a rent index for Chicago. They are $4,473,037.82 received, $4,394,927.74 disbursed, and $3,153,000.00 individual on a type-O Super PAC. LobbyVault does not endorse the committee.

Keep $4,473,037.82 labeled as committee receipts. Do not merge C00935049 with a similarly named 501 or a city ballot committee unless that entity's FEC ID is this one.

How to use the overlay

Open the AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW! (ACN) committee page for the tables. Use the Super PAC tracker to compare type-O committees with high spend-through. Use the PAC directory when ACN or Chicago in the title collides.

Cite FEC.gov Form 3X aggregates as the source. Public records describe filings. They do not describe what any voter should do.

Chicago in the title versus federal Form 3X

AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW! (ACN) carries a city in the FEC name field and lists Chicago, Illinois, as the address of record. Those facts do not convert committee C00935049 into a municipal campaign-finance filer. The $4,473,037.82 receipt total is a federal Super PAC Form 3X aggregate. Independent-expenditure-only status means type O, not a Chicago Board of Elections committee and not a candidate's Form 3.

Spend-through of about 98.3% ($4,394,927.74 of $4,473,037.82) is near the empty-the-register pattern. The $78,110.08 remainder is not cash on hand in this packet. Individual contributions of $3,153,000.00 are about 70.5% of receipts, so ACN is a mixed Super PAC on the inflow side even while it is a high-spend committee on the outflow side. Tim Williams as treasurer identifies the statement of organization.

Affordable and Chicago Now collide with local issue groups. The parenthetical ACN and the C-number C00935049 are the match keys. Do not fold $4,473,037.82 into a candidate ledger. Do not treat Now in the name as a spending deadline. Open the committee overlay for tables, the Super PAC tracker for other high spend-through type-O filings, and the PAC directory when ACN collides. Cite FEC.gov. LobbyVault does not endorse the committee.

If you cite AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW! (ACN), keep federal Super PAC labels on $4,473,037.82 received, $4,394,927.74 disbursed, and $3,153,000.00 individual for committee C00935049. Tim Williams and Chicago, Illinois, complete the identity block. About 98.3% spend-through is a near-empty register on Form 3X, not a city budget closeout. ACN and the C-number beat the slogan in search collisions. Independent-expenditure-only status keeps these dollars off of candidate ledgers and off of municipal campaign-finance reports. About 70.5% individual on $4,473,037.82 is a mixed inflow line even while $4,394,927.74 in disbursements sits near 98.3% spend-through; both ratios are Form 3X facts, not a Chicago rent index.

Questions

How much has AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW Super PAC raised?

Committee C00935049 reported $4,473,037.82 in total receipts and $4,394,927.74 in total disbursements on FEC Form 3X aggregates. Individual contributions are $3,153,000.00, about 70.5% of receipts. Treasurer of record is Tim Williams.

Is AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW a candidate committee?

No. It is flagged as an independent-expenditure-only Super PAC. Totals are Form 3X committee figures, not an authorized campaign's Form 3 report and not a Chicago municipal filing.

Where is AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW registered?

The city and state of record are Chicago, Illinois. The treasurer of record is Tim Williams. The FEC committee ID is C00935049. A Chicago address does not limit where independent expenditures may be reported.

Did ACN spend most of what it raised?

Disbursements of $4,394,927.74 are about 98.3% of $4,473,037.82 in receipts. That ratio is a Form 3X pairing. The packet does not report cash on hand or split ads from overhead.