Super PAC · CO · C00742635

Gun Rights America

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.

Treasurer: Benjamin Gates. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $78,246
  • Spent
    $60,210
  • Cash on hand
    $23,695
  • Outside spending
    $34,061

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

National Association for Gun Ri…$53KSteven Scheppelman$1KCT Corp$616Nick Sortor$500Larry Hopkins$40Everyone else$23KFor Thomas Massie (R)$17KAgainst Ed Gallrein (R)$17KGun Rights America
  • 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
    • For$17K
    • Against$17K

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages.

It also gave $2,100 to parties and other committees this cycle. See the list on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab).

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.

Biggest donors by total given
DonorTypeContributionsTotal
National Association for Gun RightsOrganization7$53,101
Steven ScheppelmanPerson1$1,042
CT CorpOrganization1$616
Nick SortorPerson1$500
Larry HopkinsPerson2$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.

Largest contributions received this cycle
ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
National Association for Gun RightsOrganizationGreenville, SCApril 9, 2026$15,000
National Association for Gun RightsOrganizationGreenville, SCMay 18, 2026$10,000
National Association for Gun RightsOrganizationGreenville, SCApril 24, 2026$10,000
National Association for Gun RightsOrganizationGreenville, SCApril 10, 2026$7,500
National Association for Gun RightsOrganizationGreenville, SCAug. 19, 2026$6,000
National Association for Gun RightsOrganizationGreenville, SCMay 14, 2026$3,708
Steven ScheppelmanRetired, RetiredPersonBayfield, COMarch 13, 2026$1,042
National Association for Gun RightsOrganizationGreenville, SCApril 10, 2026$893
CT CorpOrganizationNew York, NYApril 2, 2026$616
Nick SortorReporter, SelfPersonLexington, KYMarch 11, 2026$500
Larry HopkinsRetired, RetiredPersonRound Rock, TXDec. 15, 2025$20
Larry HopkinsRetired, RetiredPersonRound Rock, TXNov. 13, 2025$20

See every contribution to Gun Rights America on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.