WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC — $4.16 million in FEC Super PAC receipts

Almost none of $4,158,668.48 is coded individual

Individual contributions of $17,844.00 are about 0.4% of $4,158,668.48 in receipts. The remaining $4,140,824.48 of inflows sits in other FEC receipt categories this packet does not name. WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC is therefore not an individual-funded Super PAC on these aggregates. The distinctive filing fact is how small the individual line is relative to the receipt total.

Four-tenths of one percent individual is a category mix, not a donor roster and not a statement about who speaks. Super PACs may receive other lawful receipt types — other committees, transfers, offsets, or other Form 3X lines. Itemized schedules, where required, are on FEC.gov for C00530766. LobbyVault does not invent the unnamed $4,140,824.48.

Women and speak out in the committee name are filing words. They are not a membership count. Independent-expenditure-only status means Super PAC Form 3X, not a candidate's Form 3 campaign report.

Disbursements of $1,311,722.54 — about 31.5% spend-through

Total disbursements are $1,311,722.54. That is about 31.5% of receipts. WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC has reported spending less than a third of reported inflows in these aggregates. The packet does not label the remainder as cash on hand.

Speak out in the name does not prove the $1.31 million was independent expenditures. Form 3X disbursement totals mix operating costs and IE activity until schedules are opened. This page does not split ads from overhead.

Arlington, Virginia, treasurer William Valentine

City and state of record are Arlington, Virginia. Treasurer of record is William Valentine. Committee ID is C00530766. Women Speak Out collides with other issue-titled PACs in the PAC directory; the C-number is the match key.

Virginia as the address of record does not confine independent expenditures to Virginia races. Super PAC Form 3X activity can be reported in any federal contest the committee files. William Valentine identifies the statement of organization. Citing the treasurer is an identity check, not a biography.

What these Form 3X lines are not

These totals are not a candidate's authorized-committee receipts. They are not a count of women voters. They are $4,158,668.48 received, $1,311,722.54 disbursed, and $17,844.00 individual on a type-O committee. LobbyVault does not endorse the committee or any candidate.

Do not merge C00530766 with a similarly named 501. Only the Super PAC Form 3X totals in this packet are citeable here. Keep $4,158,668.48 labeled as committee receipts.

Reading a low-individual Super PAC in the tracker

Open the WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC committee page for the live tables. Use the Super PAC tracker to compare type-O committees whose individual line is a sliver of receipts rather than a clone of receipts. Use the PAC directory when Speak Out in the title collides.

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

Reading a Super PAC whose individual line is $17,844

WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC is the extreme low-individual case in this batch after DEMOCRATIC COLORADO. Individual contributions of $17,844.00 are about 0.4% of $4,158,668.48. The remaining $4,140,824.48 of receipts is other FEC categories this packet does not name. That is the filing fact. It is not a statement about who speaks and not a donor accusation. Super PACs may receive other lawful receipt types on Form 3X.

Spend-through of about 31.5% ($1,311,722.54 of $4,158,668.48) is also distinctive: a large receipt line with a much smaller disbursement line. The packet does not label the remainder as cash on hand. William Valentine as treasurer and Arlington, Virginia, as the city of record identify C00530766. Speak Out in the title collides with other issue PACs. Match on the C-number.

Independent-expenditure-only status keeps $4,158,668.48 off of candidate Form 3 ledgers. Virginia as the address of record does not confine independent expenditures to Virginia. Open FEC.gov schedules if you need the unnamed receipt types or independent-expenditure payees. Use the WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC committee page, the Super PAC tracker for other near-zero-individual type-O committees, and the PAC directory. LobbyVault does not endorse the committee.

If you cite WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC, lead with the $17,844.00 individual line against $4,158,668.48 in receipts and $1,311,722.54 disbursed, committee C00530766. William Valentine and Arlington, Virginia, complete the identity block. About 0.4% individual and about 31.5% spend-through is a low-individual, low-spend pairing on a still-large receipt total. Speak Out stays a filing phrase. Independent-expenditure-only Super PAC is the type. The unnamed $4,140,824.48 of receipts stays on FEC.gov, not in this packet. LobbyVault does not assign a speaker or a motive.

Questions

How much has WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC Super PAC raised?

Committee C00530766 reported $4,158,668.48 in total receipts and $1,311,722.54 in total disbursements on FEC Form 3X aggregates. Individual contributions are $17,844.00, about 0.4% of receipts. Treasurer of record is William Valentine.

Why is the individual line only $17,844?

Individual contributions are $17,844.00 of $4,158,668.48. The remaining $4,140,824.48 is other FEC receipt types not listed in this packet. That mix is a filing fact, not a motive or a donor list.

Is WOMEN SPEAK OUT 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.

Where is WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC registered?

The city and state of record are Arlington, Virginia. The treasurer of record is William Valentine. The FEC committee ID is C00530766. An address of record does not limit where independent expenditures may be reported.