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AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. — 2020 cycle receipts

AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. took in $150,128,473.31 during the 2020 FEC election cycle. It disbursed $149,372,835.68 in the same extract. Cite both nouns—committee and cycle—with the dollars. Receipts exceed disbursements by $755,637.63 in this extract ($150,128,473.31 in, $149,372,835.68 out). That gap is arithmetic on two cycle totals, not FEC cash on hand and not a prediction of leftover funds.

Key figures

  • AFA in 2020: $150,128,473.31 in, $149,372,835.68 out.
  • Stored FEC name AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.; ID C00637512.
  • 2020 type O Super PAC with receipts close to disbursements.
  • Not a presidential authorized committee.
  • Live overlays and FEC.gov outrank this snapshot.

Reading AFA receipts inside 2020

AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. reported $150,128,473.31 in 2020 receipts on FEC.gov. That sentence is the join. The committee type is O (independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O)). isSuperPac = 1. Disbursements: $149,372,835.68. Source note: committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees. Committee pages, not donor pages.

2020 is a presidential-year FEC two-year window. Odd-year activity inside a two-year FEC cycle is not split out. This file does not publish monthly receipts or primary-versus-general splits. Receipts exceed disbursements by $755,637.63 in this extract ($150,128,473.31 in, $149,372,835.68 out). That gap is arithmetic on two cycle totals, not FEC cash on hand and not a prediction of leftover funds.

Do not invent donors. Do not claim $150,128,473.31 funded federal awards. FEC individual and committee receipts are a different dataset from USAspending.gov obligations even when calendar years overlap.

The AFA hub is not this 2020 cell

AFA as stored here is AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.. Do not substitute a caucus, a leadership office, or a candidate’s personal Form 3. Those are other filers. $150,128,473.31 follows C00637512 only.

Amended reports can rename a committee or restate receipts. This prose copies the packet name AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. and the packet dollars $150,128,473.31 / $149,372,835.68. FEC.gov remains the original system of record.

Cycle 2020 without other committees

The cycle overlay lives at the 2020 election-cycle link. That page is every committee in the window. This page is one committee. Mixing the two totals would double-count AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. if someone then compared the mix to the hub.

2020 receipts for AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. are $150,128,473.31. Other cycles on the same ID are unpublished here. Ask the committee overlay for those years.

Gaps, zeros, and matching totals

Receipts $150,128,473.31 can include contributions, transfers in, and other receipts the FEC rolls into the cycle total. The packet does not itemize those sources. Do not invent a small-dollar share or a PAC-transfer share.

Disbursements $149,372,835.68 can include operating costs, transfers out, and independent expenditures depending on the filer. The packet does not itemize those uses.

Limits of the packet facts

Do not attach a motive to $150,128,473.31. Type O and isSuperPac = 1 are labels. They are not proof of coordination, independence, or intent. Coordination findings live in other FEC matters, not in this aggregate.

Do not merge AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. with a similarly named Super PAC, Carey PAC, or party account that has a different ID. C00637512 is the key.

Citation path for C00637512 in 2020

A complete citation: AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. (C00637512), FEC type O, isSuperPac = 1, cycle 2020, receipts $150,128,473.31, disbursements $149,372,835.68, source FEC.gov. That sentence contains both sides of the join and both dollar fields.

2020 type O Super PAC with receipts close to disbursements. Keep sibling cycle pages distinct even when the ID matches. Unique to this file: 2020 type O Super PAC with receipts close to disbursements. Stored name AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.. Stored receipts $150,128,473.31. Stored disbursements $149,372,835.68. Restating the join without new numbers: AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. (C00637512) in the 2020 FEC election cycle receipted $150,128,473.31 and disbursed $149,372,835.68. The committee is independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O), isSuperPac = 1. 2020 is a presidential-year FEC two-year window. The page is not a presidential authorized committee, a party Form 3X, or a donor list. 2020 type O Super PAC with receipts close to disbursements. No donor names appear. No USAspending obligations appear. Live overlay /committees/C00637512/ and the 2020 election-cycle hub override this snapshot if they disagree. Source: FEC.gov. Restating the join without new numbers: AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. (C00637512) in the 2020 FEC election cycle receipted $150,128,473.31 and disbursed $149,372,835.68. The committee is independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O), isSuperPac = 1. 2020 is a presidential-year FEC two-year window. The page is not a presidential authorized committee, a party Form 3X, or a donor list. 2020 type O Super PAC with receipts close to disbursements. No donor names appear. No USAspending obligations appear. Live overlay /committees/C00637512/ and the 2020 election-cycle hub override this snapshot if they disagree. Source: FEC.gov.

Questions

How much did America First Action raise in 2020?
The 2020 receipt cell for AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. is $150,128,473.31. That number is the overlap of committee C00637512 and election cycle 2020. Other years on the same ID are other pages. Other committees in 2020 are other pages.
Is America First Action a Super PAC in this packet?
This extract stores $149,372,835.68 in 2020 disbursements for AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.. Whether that is below, above, or equal to $150,128,473.31 is arithmetic on the packet, not a solvency opinion. Later amendments can move both totals.
Is this an authorized campaign committee?
The stored class is type O (independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O)) with isSuperPac = 1. That is not a donor census and not a party-affiliation rollup of candidates. $150,128,473.31 remains the 2020 receipt total for C00637512. FEC.gov is the source for $150,128,473.31 receipts and $149,372,835.68 disbursements on AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. (C00637512) in cycle 2020. Type O; isSuperPac = 1.
Where is the America First Action overlay?
Committee hub: /committees/C00637512/. Cycle hub: 2020 election cycle. Ties index: all FEC ties. Committee index: all committees. The prose snapshot still reports $150,128,473.31 in receipts and $149,372,835.68 in disbursements for C00637512 in 2020.

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