Super PAC · DC · C00930503
Public First
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: M'Liss Hadley. Connected organization: Defending Our Values PAC. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)
Tracked under: AI & data centers
- Raised (2025-26)$4,910,605
- Spent$4,432,043
- Cash on hand$478,562
- Outside spending$0
Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Sept. 30, 2026.
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
No candidate-level spending reported by these groups yet this cycle.
Money to parties and other committees
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Jobs and Democracy PAC | $4,040,000 |
| Defending Our Values PAC | $300,000 |
Who funds it
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.
| Contributor | Type | From | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dario AmodeiCEO, Anthropic PBC | Person | San Francisco, CA | May 4, 2026 | $1,000,000 |
| Public First Action INC. | Organization | Washington, DC | Feb. 24, 2026 | $1,000,000 |
| Peter LofgrenMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC | Person | Burlingame, CA | June 8, 2026 | $999,900 |
| Shauna KravecMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC | Person | Bridgeport, CA | June 11, 2026 | $500,000 |
| Michael CohenPost Doctoral Researcher, University of California | Person | San Francisco, CA | Jan. 8, 2026 | $500,000 |
| Jan LeikeMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC | Person | San Francisco, CA | June 8, 2026 | $400,000 |
| Kate WoolvertonSoftware Engineer, Google Deepmind | Person | Alameda, CA | June 10, 2026 | $250,000 |
| Nicholas JosephMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC | Person | Sanford, NC | June 10, 2026 | $250,000 |
| Adam JermynResearch Scientist, Anthropic PBC | Person | Sanford, NC | June 22, 2026 | $5,000 |
| Dillon BowenMember of Technical Staff, Openai | Person | San Francisco, CA | June 13, 2026 | $5,000 |
See every contribution to Public First on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.