Super PAC · IL · C00935049

Affordable Chicago Now! (Acn)

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: Tim Williams. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $4,490,541
  • Spent
    $4,490,541
  • Cash on hand
    $0
  • Outside spending
    $4,379,243

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

Donors and outside spending

United Democracy Project ('UDP')$1.3MForward Movement Foundation$1.0MVictor Kohn$500KAnthony Davis$500KMichael Sacks$300KDorit Genet$258KEveryone else$613KFor Donna Miller (D)$4.4MAffordable Chicago Now! (Acn)
  • Raised from its largest donors
  • Outside spending for
  • Outside spending against

Left: what the group raised, from reports through Sept. 30, 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$4.4M

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

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
United Democracy Project ('UDP')Committee1$1,320,000
Forward Movement FoundationOrganization1$1,000,000
Victor KohnPerson1$500,000
Anthony DavisPerson1$500,000
Michael SacksPerson1$300,000
Dorit GenetPerson1$258,000
James FrankPerson1$100,000
Gregory CarlinPerson1$100,000
Pioneer PartnersOrganization1$75,000
Marc SpellmanPerson1$50,000
Bill SilversteinPerson1$50,000
Stephen RitchiePerson1$50,000
Kourosh MoghadamPerson1$50,000
Steven HefterPerson1$50,000
Eric ChernPerson1$50,000
Harvey HanerfeldPerson2$20,000
Buying TimeOrganization1$16,804
Savvy Communications LLCOrganization1$695

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
United Democracy Project ('UDP')CommitteeWashington, DCFeb. 2, 2026$1,320,000
Forward Movement FoundationOrganizationSpringfield, VAFeb. 27, 2026$1,000,000
Victor KohnRetired, RetiredPersonEncino, CAFeb. 27, 2026$500,000
Anthony DavisPresident/Managing Partner, Linden Capital PartnersPersonChicago, ILFeb. 6, 2026$500,000
Michael SacksInvestments, GCM GrosvenorPersonChicago, ILFeb. 6, 2026$300,000
Dorit GenetNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonHollywood, FLFeb. 19, 2026$258,000
James FrankRetired, RetiredPersonWinnetka, ILFeb. 9, 2026$100,000
Gregory CarlinExecutive, G2 Gaming, LLCPersonChicago, ILFeb. 3, 2026$100,000
Pioneer PartnersOrganizationNorthbrook, ILFeb. 19, 2026$75,000
Marc SpellmanRetired, RetiredPersonGlencoe, ILFeb. 5, 2026$50,000
Bill SilversteinReal Estate Investor, Beal PropertiesPersonHighland Park, ILFeb. 20, 2026$50,000
Stephen RitchieAttorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLPPersonGlencoe, ILFeb. 4, 2026$50,000
Kourosh MoghadamAttorney, PC B D & JPersonLos Angeles, CAFeb. 11, 2026$50,000
Steven HefterInvestment Manager, HLM CapitalPersonHighland Park, ILFeb. 19, 2026$50,000
Eric ChernManager, Chicago Trading CompanyPersonNorthbrook, ILFeb. 3, 2026$50,000
Harvey HanerfeldRetired, RetiredPersonBethesda, MDFeb. 11, 2026$19,000
Buying TimeOrganizationCrownsville, MDJuly 9, 2026$16,804
Harvey HanerfeldRetired, RetiredPersonBethesda, MDFeb. 10, 2026$1,000
Savvy Communications LLCOrganizationRancho Mirage, CAMay 27, 2026$695

See every contribution to Affordable Chicago Now! (Acn) on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.