THE LINCOLN PROJECT — 2020 cycle receipts

C00725820 inside election cycle 2020

The Lincoln Project in 2020 is committee C00725820 under the stored name THE LINCOLN PROJECT, type V. THE LINCOLN PROJECT is a hybrid PAC (FEC type V). The packet Super PAC flag is 1 while FEC type is V. Cite both fields as stored. Do not recode The Lincoln Project into type O, and do not drop the Super PAC flag because the type code is V. The operational definition of the receipt column is $87,404,907.56. The operational definition of the disbursement column is $81,956,298.08. Drop the cycle and you are citing the committee hub. Drop the committee and you are citing the 2020 hub.

2020 is a presidential-year FEC two-year window. Source: FEC.gov. Receipts of $87,404,907.56 and disbursements of $81,956,298.08 sit close together for The Lincoln Project in this cycle cell. The arithmetic gap is $5,448,609.48. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. Quote both inputs if you mention the gap. Cash on hand in this packet is $5,448,609.48 for The Lincoln Project. Do not substitute receipts $87,404,907.56 for that cash line, and do not treat receipts minus disbursements as cash unless those two fields match. Individual contributions are $83,194,012.56, sitting close to receipts $87,404,907.56. Proximity of those two columns is not a donor directory. No names, occupations, or states are in this packet. The Lincoln Project carries designation U in this packet (unauthorized). Unauthorized is an FEC designation code, not a motive claim and not a ranking against authorized committees.

Do not read $87,404,907.56 or $81,956,298.08 as federal contract or grant funding. FEC receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets and different statutes. Other type-V committees and other 2020 filers are out of scope for the dollar columns on this page.

Reading the The Lincoln Project committee overlay

The committee page linked from this file is C00725820. That hub is not limited to 2020. Quote $87,404,907.56 only with 2020 attached. Quote the hub only as the committee overlay. The Lincoln Project in 2020 is the join.

2020 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract. Type V, receipts $87,404,907.56, disbursements $81,956,298.08. Other type-V committees and other 2020 filers stay on other pages. The packet Super PAC flag is 1 while FEC type is V. Cite both fields as stored. Do not recode The Lincoln Project into type O, and do not drop the Super PAC flag because the type code is V.

Reading 2020 without treating receipts as cash

A 2020 searcher who wants every committee should leave this URL for the cycle hub. A searcher who wants The Lincoln Project in every cycle should leave for the committee hub. Staying here keeps both filters: C00725820 and 2020, receipts $87,404,907.56, disbursements $81,956,298.08.

Do not treat $87,404,907.56 as cash on hand for 2020 unless a cash line is present and equal to that figure. Committees spend, refund, and transfer. Receipts of $87,404,907.56 and disbursements of $81,956,298.08 sit close together for The Lincoln Project in this cycle cell. The arithmetic gap is $5,448,609.48. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure.

Arithmetic on The Lincoln Project’s 2020 totals

Every reuse of $87,404,907.56 should still say receipts, The Lincoln Project, and 2020. Every reuse of $81,956,298.08 should still say disbursements, The Lincoln Project, and 2020. Every reuse of C00725820 should still say the committee ID. That discipline is the point of a tie page.

2020 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract. The packet Super PAC flag is 1 while FEC type is V. Cite both fields as stored. Do not recode The Lincoln Project into type O, and do not drop the Super PAC flag because the type code is V. Independent expenditures by other IDs remain another table. Do not read $87,404,907.56 or $81,956,298.08 as federal contract or grant funding. FEC receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets and different statutes.

Coverage limits on this committee-cycle cell

Coverage is committee receipts and disbursements for C00725820 in 2020: $87,404,907.56 and $81,956,298.08. Anything else a reader might want — donors, occupations, states, payees — is not in this packet unless an extra column is quoted from facts. This is a committee × cycle page, not a donor-detail page. Do not invent contractor names, award recipients, or donor names to illustrate $87,404,907.56.

Committee type is V (a hybrid PAC (FEC type V)). The packet Super PAC flag is 1 while FEC type is V. Cite both fields as stored. Those flags do not expand coverage to other IDs. Other type-V committees and other 2020 filers stay on other pages. Cash on hand is $5,448,609.48. Individual contributions are $83,194,012.56. Designation U (unauthorized).

Itemized coverage and what stays outside

What stays outside $87,404,907.56: other committees’ 2020 receipts, other cycles for C00725820, donor-level itemizations, independent expenditures by a different ID, and USAspending obligations. What stays inside: the committee-cycle cell for THE LINCOLN PROJECT in 2020.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: committee THE LINCOLN PROJECT (C00725820), election cycle 2020, receipts $87,404,907.56, disbursements $81,956,298.08, FEC type V, Super PAC flag 1. Other type-V committees and other 2020 filers stay on other pages. The 2020 election-cycle hub still mixes every other committee. All committees and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $87,404,907.56: treat it as a donor roster, treat it as a 2020 grand total for every committee, or treat it as money that funded USAspending awards. Quote the pair, quote disbursements $81,956,298.08, quote FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links. No occupation split and no named-donor list appears here. This JSON file is a snapshot of packet facts. 2020 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract.

Questions

How much did The Lincoln Project raise in 2020?

THE LINCOLN PROJECT reported $87,404,907.56 in FEC receipts in the 2020 cycle under C00725820. Disbursements are $81,956,298.08. Type V hybrid PAC; Super PAC flag 1. Cite both fields as stored. Those columns are committee aggregates, not named donors. Source: FEC.gov.

Is The Lincoln Project a Super PAC in this 2020 file?

The packet Super PAC flag is 1. FEC committee type is V, so THE LINCOLN PROJECT is a hybrid PAC (FEC type V). Cite both fields as stored rather than recoding the committee into another ID or another year’s cell. Receipts remain $87,404,907.56 and disbursements remain $81,956,298.08 for cycle 2020 only. Source: FEC.gov.

Does $87,404,907.56 include named donors to The Lincoln Project?

No. $87,404,907.56 is a committee receipt total for cycle 2020, not a contributor roster. This packet has no donor names, occupations, or counts, so this page does not invent any. Itemized individual records, if a reader needs them, live on other LobbyVault pages that are not facts here. Disbursements are $81,956,298.08 for committee C00725820.

Did The Lincoln Project receipts pay for federal awards in 2020?

No. $87,404,907.56 is an FEC committee receipt total for THE LINCOLN PROJECT in 2020. USAspending awards are a different dataset and a different statute. This join does not treat campaign receipts as contract or grant funding. Disbursements of $81,956,298.08 are also campaign-finance figures, not federal obligations. Source: FEC.gov.