THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND — $9.1 million in FEC Super PAC receipts

Raised $9.05 million, spent about 38%

THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND's receipt aggregate is $9,051,931.84. Disbursements of $3,446,966.15 are about 38.1% of that pile. The committee has reported spending well under half of reported inflows in these aggregates. The packet does not label the remainder as cash on hand. Timing, loans, and refunds can all move those lines.

Action in the committee name does not prove the $3,446,966.15 was independent expenditures. Form 3X disbursement totals mix operating costs and IE activity until you open the schedules. Sentinel is a crowded search word. Committee ID C00811166 is the match key in the PAC directory.

LobbyVault pulls these totals from FEC committee aggregates for C00811166, not from advertising invoices. Form 3X is the report family federal Super PACs use.

Individual money: $8.87 million, about 98.0%

Individual contributions total $8,871,163.32, about 98.0% of receipts. THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND's reported inflows are therefore almost entirely tagged as individual under FEC rules. The leftover $180,768.52 sits in other receipt categories this packet does not enumerate.

A 98.0% individual share is a near-clone of the receipt line, 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.

Washington, D.C., identity and the treasurer field

City and state of record are Washington, D.C. Treasurer of record is Nicholas Stoltzfus. Independent-expenditure-only status is the Super PAC flag. A D.C. address of record is an organization field. It is not a map of where independent expenditures ran.

Citing Nicholas Stoltzfus 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 — $9,051,931.84 received, $3,446,966.15 disbursed, $8,871,163.32 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 THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND committee page for the tables. Use the Super PAC tracker to compare type-O committees with high individual coding and mid-to-low spend-through. Use the PAC directory when sentinel and action collide. Keep Form 3X off of candidate ledgers.

A high individual share with money still unspent on these totals

Cite the packet facts in this order: $9,051,931.84 received, $3,446,966.15 disbursed, $8,871,163.32 individual, treasurer Nicholas Stoltzfus, Washington, D.C., committee C00811166. About 98.0% individual and about 38.1% spend-through are the two ratios that distinguish this filing from Super PACs that empty the register.

Do not fold $9,051,931.84 into a candidate's authorized-committee receipts. Independent-expenditure-only status means Super PAC Form 3X. Use the THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND committee page, the Super PAC tracker, and the PAC directory. LobbyVault does not endorse the committee.

Form 3X is the report family behind THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND's $9,051,931.84 receipt total and $3,446,966.15 disbursement total. Those two lines produce about 38.1% spend-through on committee C00811166. Individual contributions of $8,871,163.32 are about 98.0% of receipts, leaving $180,768.52 in unnamed FEC categories. Treasurer Nicholas Stoltzfus and the Washington, D.C., 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.

Sentinel and action fund 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 high individual coding and mid-to-low spend-through, and the PAC directory when sentinel titles overlap. Stay inside those three links. Do not fold $9,051,931.84 into a candidate ledger.

A 38.1% spend-through ratio on a 98.0% individual Super PAC is the opposite of the empty-the-register, mixed-receipt pattern. The packet still does not split ads from overhead inside $3,446,966.15. Itemized schedules, where required, are on FEC.gov. LobbyVault does not endorse THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND.

Washington, D.C., as the city of record on C00811166 is an organization field. It does not confine the $9,051,931.84 in receipts or the $3,446,966.15 in disbursements to District of Columbia contests. Nicholas Stoltzfus as treasurer identifies the filing. Form 3X stays on the Super PAC side. The 98.0% individual share and 38.1% spend-through remain the two ratios that distinguish THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND.

Questions

How much has THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND Super PAC raised?

Committee C00811166 reported $9,051,931.84 in total receipts and $3,446,966.15 in total disbursements on FEC Form 3X aggregates. Individual contributions are $8,871,163.32, about 98.0% of receipts. Treasurer of record is Nicholas Stoltzfus.

Where is THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND registered?

The city and state of record are Washington, D.C. The treasurer of record is Nicholas Stoltzfus. The FEC committee ID is C00811166.

Is THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND 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.

Why is spend-through lower than receipts?

Disbursements of $3,446,966.15 are about 38.1% of $9,051,931.84 in receipts. The packet does not label the remainder as cash on hand. Timing, loans, and refunds can move Form 3X lines. Those figures are reported aggregates, not a bank statement.