PaidForPolitics

Super PAC · CA · C00483693

Sierra Club Independent Action

Can raise unlimited money from people, companies and unions, and spend it on ads for or against candidates. It can’t give directly to campaigns or coordinate with them. Lobbyist/registrant PAC.

Treasurer: Rahel Melaku. View on FEC.gov

Tracked under: Energy & climate

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $120,026
  • Spent
    $311,029
  • Cash on hand
    $109,724
  • Outside spending
    $1,570

Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Oct. 14, 2026. Outside spending from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026.

Donors and outside spending

Loren Blackford$50KMorgan Stanley$44KPAC to the Future$10KAl Sattler$3KDeborah Wilson$600Catherine Anderson$600Everyone else$12KFor Jared Huffman (D)$10For Mark DeSaulnier (D)$10For John Garamendi (D)$10For Aisha Wahab (D)$10For Ro Khanna (D)$10For Judy Chu (D)$10146 more$1KSierra Club Independent Action
  • Raised from its largest donors
  • Outside spending for
  • Outside spending against

Left: what the group raised, from reports through Oct. 14, 2026. Donors are ranked by what they gave among the group’s 100 largest contributions. “Everyone else” is the rest of what it raised; select it to see more donors. Right: its outside spending through Oct. 30, 2026, including 24- and 48-hour reports. The two sides come from different reports, so they don’t add up to each other.

Where its money went

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing
  1. Jared Huffman (D)House · CA-02
    • For$10
  2. Mark DeSaulnier (D)House · CA-10
    • For$10
  3. John Garamendi (D)House · CA-08
    • For$10
  4. Aisha Wahab (D)House · CA-14
    • For$10
  5. Ro Khanna (D)House · CA-17
    • For$10
  6. Judy Chu (D)House · CA-28
    • For$10
  7. Robert Garcia (D)House · CA-42
    • For$10
  8. Derek Tran (D)House · CA-45
    • For$10
  9. Rosa DeLauro (D)House · CT-03
    • For$10
  10. Frederica S. Wilson (D)House · FL-24
    • For$10
  11. Lois Frankel (D)House · FL-23
    • For$10
  12. Mike Quigley (D)House · IL-05
    • For$10
  13. April McClain Delaney (D)House · MD-06
    • For$10
  14. Hillary Scholten (D)House · MI-03
    • For$10
  15. Betty McCollum (D)House · MN-04
    • For$10
  16. Ilhan Omar (D)House · MN-05
    • For$10
  17. Deborah Ross (D)House · NC-02
    • For$10
  18. Frank Pallone Jr. (D)House · NJ-06
    • For$10
  19. Teresa Leger Fernández (D)House · NM-03
    • For$10
  20. Thomas R. Suozzi (D)House · NY-03
    • For$10

Showing the top 20 of 152 candidates.

Money to parties and other committees

RecipientAmount
Working Families Party PAC$25,000

Who funds it

Biggest donors by total given

Each donor’s contributions combined, among the group’s 100 largest this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. A donor who gave many smaller amounts may be missing.

DonorTypeContributionsTotal
Loren BlackfordPerson1$50,000
Morgan StanleyOrganization1$44,106
PAC to the FuturePAC1$10,000
Al SattlerPerson10$2,500
Deborah WilsonPerson12$600
Catherine AndersonPerson12$600
Lisa BrenskellePerson1$515
Pascale CohenPerson1$309
Christie ReedPerson9$270
Lorraine BallestyPerson8$240
Gia VenturiPerson4$100
Heather SprousePerson4$100
Jonathan RegelePerson4$100
Alexander AdamsPerson4$100
William SteilPerson2$70
Elise McCoubriePerson2$40
Julia CranePerson2$40

Largest single contributions

Largest single contributions this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.

ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Loren BlackfordExecutive Director, Sierra ClubPersonNew York, NYDec. 22, 2025$50,000
Morgan StanleyOrganizationNew York, NYApril 17, 2025$44,106
PAC to the FuturePACWashington, DCApril 3, 2026$10,000
Lisa BrenskelleRetired, NonePersonHouston, TXNov. 28, 2025$515
Pascale CohenAdministrative Manager, Cohen Volk EconomicsPersonLafayette, CAJune 3, 2026$309
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CASept. 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAAug. 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAJuly 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAJune 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAMay 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAApril 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAMarch 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAFeb. 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, NonePersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAJan. 23, 2025$250
Al SattlerRetired, RetiredPersonRancho Palos Verdes, CAOct. 23, 2025$250
Deborah WilsonPhysician, SelfPersonScottsdale, AZSept. 23, 2025$50
Catherine AndersonRegional Clinical Project Manager, MerckPersonMetairie, LASept. 22, 2025$50
Deborah WilsonPhysician, SelfPersonScottsdale, AZNov. 23, 2025$50
Catherine AndersonRegional Clinical Project Manager, MerckPersonMetairie, LANov. 22, 2025$50
Deborah WilsonPhysician, SelfPersonScottsdale, AZAug. 23, 2025$50

See every contribution to Sierra Club Independent Action on FEC.gov. Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.