Super PAC · NJ · C00835041

Forward Blue

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: David Austin. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $10,393,815
  • Spent
    $8,233,694
  • Cash on hand
    $6,072,872
  • Outside spending
    $628,935

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

Fidelity Investments$323KMiddle Seat Consulting$196KNGP Van$47KMartha Gabbert$32KCare2.com INC.$25KRussell Tolley$5KEveryone else$9.8MFor Abdul El-Sayed (D)$165KAgainst Mike Rogers (R)$147KAgainst Jon Husted (R)$140KFor James Talarico (D)$66KFor Jon Ossoff (D)$39KFor Roy Cooper (D)$36K8 more$36KForward Blue
  • 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$165K
    • Against$147K
    • Against$140K
    • For$66K
    • For$39K
    • For$36K
    • For$19K
    • Against$6K
    • Against$4K
    • For$3K
    • Against$1K
    • For$1K
    • For$1K
    • Against$1K

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages. Outside spending includes $484,526 from 24- and 48-hour reports, as filed, and matches our race pages.

It also gave $50,000 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
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganization17$322,514
Middle Seat ConsultingOrganization2$195,732
NGP VanOrganization5$46,500
Gabbert, MarthaPerson20$31,500
Care2.com INC.Organization3$24,914
Russell TolleyPerson1$5,000
Mary PeskinPerson1$3,000
Tim ClancyPerson1$2,574
Stan MakielskiPerson1$2,500
Amefil AgbayaniPerson2$2,076
John GallantPerson1$2,000
Niels LarsenPerson1$2,000
Alda SheltonPerson1$2,000
Ruth SeaneyPerson1$2,000
SwitchboardOrganization1$1,307
Rumi MorishimaPerson1$1,076
Louise DavidsonPerson1$1,076
John BealePerson1$1,076
Charlene BroudyPerson1$1,076
Michelle BaldacciPerson1$1,076
Lisa NortonmotulskyPerson1$1,076
Salomon GrimbergPerson1$1,076
Sally KurnickPerson1$1,076
Jimmy RhodesPerson1$1,000
Dennis PetticofferPerson1$1,000

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
Middle Seat ConsultingOrganizationWashington, DCApril 25, 2025$181,617
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXJan. 31, 2026$35,671
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXAug. 31, 2025$35,382
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXSept. 30, 2025$34,137
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXFeb. 28, 2026$27,225
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXOct. 31, 2025$23,914
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXApril 30, 2026$21,989
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXDec. 31, 2025$20,750
NGP VanOrganizationWashington, DCMarch 25, 2026$20,150
NGP VanOrganizationWashington, DCMarch 24, 2026$17,350
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXJune 30, 2025$14,569
Middle Seat ConsultingOrganizationWashington, DCApril 25, 2025$14,115
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXMay 31, 2026$14,033
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXJune 30, 2026$13,379
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXNov. 30, 2025$13,114
Care2.com INC.OrganizationSan Jose, CAJune 1, 2026$13,000
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXJuly 31, 2025$12,766
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXMay 31, 2025$12,747
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXMarch 31, 2025$11,486
Fidelity InvestmentsOrganizationWestlake, TXApril 30, 2025$10,938

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