PROTECT FREEDOM PAC — $7.7 million in FEC Super PAC receipts

Almost all receipts tagged individual

PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE's individual contributions of $7,685,889 are about 99.3% of $7,739,389 in receipts. Only $53,500 of inflows sits outside the individual line in this packet. That near-clone of the receipt total is the filing fact that sets this Super PAC apart from mixed-category committees.

A 99.3% individual share is still not a donor list. Super PAC rules allow large individual contributions that candidate committees cannot accept. Itemized contributor schedules, where required, are on FEC.gov for C00657866.

Protect and freedom are crowded title words. The full FEC name is PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. Committee ID C00657866 is the match key in the PAC directory.

Disbursements of $3.91 million, about 50.5% of receipts

Total disbursements are $3,908,171.93. That is about 50.5% of receipts. PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE has reported spending about half of reported inflows in these aggregates. The packet does not label the remainder as cash on hand.

Political action committee in the legal name does not change the Super PAC flag. Independent-expenditure-only status is what keeps these Form 3X totals off of candidate Form 3 ledgers. Disbursements can include independent expenditures plus operating costs. This summary does not split them.

Athens, Georgia, address and treasurer of record

PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE is registered with an Athens, Georgia, city and state of record. The treasurer is Paul Kilgore. Georgia as the address of record is not a statement that the committee's spending is limited to Georgia races. Super PAC independent expenditures can be reported in any federal contest the committee files on.

Citing Paul Kilgore identifies the filing, not a biography.

What this Super PAC page is not

This guide is not an endorsement, not a donor ranking, and not a prediction. It restates three FEC aggregates — $7,739,389 received, $3,908,171.93 disbursed, $7,685,889 in individual contributions — plus the Super PAC flag, city, and treasurer. These totals are not a candidate's Form 3 campaign report.

How to read the overlay

Open the PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE committee page for the tables. Use the Super PAC tracker to compare type-O committees with near-100% individual coding and mid-range spend-through. Use the PAC directory when protect-freedom titles collide. Keep Form 3X off of candidate ledgers.

Half spent, nearly all tagged individual

Cite the packet facts in this order: $7,739,389 received, $3,908,171.93 disbursed, $7,685,889 individual, treasurer Paul Kilgore, Athens, Georgia, committee C00657866. About 99.3% individual and about 50.5% spend-through are the two ratios that distinguish this filing.

Do not fold $7,739,389 into a candidate's authorized-committee receipts. Independent-expenditure-only status means Super PAC Form 3X. Use the PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE committee page, the Super PAC tracker, and the PAC directory. LobbyVault does not endorse the committee.

Form 3X is the report family behind PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE's $7,739,389 receipt total and $3,908,171.93 disbursement total. Those two lines produce about 50.5% spend-through on committee C00657866. Individual contributions of $7,685,889 are about 99.3% of receipts, leaving $53,500 in unnamed FEC categories. Treasurer Paul Kilgore and the Athens, Georgia, address of record identify the Super PAC on FEC.gov. Independent-expenditure-only status means these figures are not a candidate's Form 3 campaign report.

Protect, freedom, and political action committee are crowded title words. The C-number is the match key. Open the committee overlay for the tables, the Super PAC tracker for other type-O committees with near-100% individual coding and mid-range spend-through, and the PAC directory when protect-freedom titles overlap. Stay inside those three links. Do not fold $7,739,389 into a candidate ledger.

A 50.5% spend-through ratio on a 99.3% individual Super PAC is a half-spent, almost-all-individual filing. The packet still does not split ads from overhead inside $3,908,171.93. Itemized schedules, where required, are on FEC.gov. LobbyVault does not endorse the committee.

Athens, Georgia, as the city of record on C00657866 is an organization field. It does not confine the $7,739,389 in receipts or the $3,908,171.93 in disbursements to Georgia races. Paul Kilgore as treasurer identifies the filing. Form 3X stays on the Super PAC side. The 99.3% individual share and 50.5% spend-through remain the two ratios on this Super PAC.

The $53,500 leftover on C00657866 is the only receipt slice outside the $7,685,889 individual line.

Questions

How much has PROTECT FREEDOM PAC Super PAC raised?

Committee C00657866 reported $7,739,389 in total receipts and $3,908,171.93 in total disbursements on FEC Form 3X aggregates. Individual contributions are $7,685,889, about 99.3% of receipts. Treasurer of record is Paul Kilgore.

Where is PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE registered?

The city and state of record are Athens, Georgia. The treasurer of record is Paul Kilgore. The FEC committee ID is C00657866. An address of record does not limit where independent expenditures may be reported.

Is PROTECT FREEDOM PAC 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.

What share of PROTECT FREEDOM money is from individuals?

Individual contributions are $7,685,889 of $7,739,389 in receipts, about 99.3%. The leftover $53,500 is other FEC receipt types not listed in this packet.