Joint Fundraising Committees
Joint fundraising committees can be created by two or more candidates, PACs or party committees to share the costs of fundraising, and split the proceeds.
Participants in the JFC can't take any more money from a donor than they could if the money was given directly, but this vehicle allows a donor to write one very
large check. Before the 2014 McCutcheon v. FEC decision, the checks donors wrote to JFCs were subject to overall aggregate limits. Following the decision,
those limits were removed, opening up the possibility of JFCs that involve many candidates or committees, which can then solicit one donor for a mega-contribution.
Joint Fundraising Committees
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All Joint Fundraising Committees
Cycle | Registered Committees | Active Committees | Total Raised |
1990 |
64 |
57 |
$20,178,159 |
1992 |
83 |
66 |
$25,627,455 |
1994 |
100 |
75 |
$30,198,644 |
1996 |
157 |
110 |
$28,957,503 |
1998 |
190 |
144 |
$28,351,675 |
2000 |
208 |
168 |
$52,568,838 |
2002 |
295 |
262 |
$84,174,246 |
2004 |
198 |
167 |
$109,470,456 |
2006 |
263 |
238 |
$56,236,549 |
2008 |
270 |
238 |
$509,494,177 |
2010 |
383 |
334 |
$92,514,245 |
2012 |
509 |
452 |
$1,074,233,057 |
2014 |
597 |
530 |
$191,218,223 |
2016 |
617 |
551 |
$1,204,097,237 |
2018 |
815 |
751 |
$525,487,007 |
2020 |
802 |
673 |
$941,470,081 |
Top 2020 Joint Fundraising Committees
Committee | Party | Total Raised |
Trump Make America Great Again Cmte |
R |
$349,434,056 |
Trump Victory |
R |
$188,090,002 |
Biden Victory Fund |
D |
$86,411,606 |
Take Back the House 2020 |
R |
$50,411,462 |
Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund |
D |
$22,832,733 |
Democratic Grassroots Victory Fund |
D |
$20,163,300 |
Scalise Leadership Fund |
R |
$14,580,519 |
McCarthy Victory Fund |
R |
$12,217,420 |
Biden Action Fund |
D |
$11,573,719 |
Cornyn Majority Texas |
R |
$8,276,707 |
Top 2020 Joint Fundraising Committee Recipients
Recipient | Party | Recipient Type* | Office | Total |
Trump, Donald |
R |
C |
PRES |
$346,424,646 |
Republican National Cmte |
R |
P |
|
$215,562,906 |
Biden, Joe |
D |
C |
PRES |
$51,600,000 |
DNC Services Corp |
D |
P |
|
$44,017,576 |
National Republican Congressional Cmte |
R |
P |
|
$36,405,674 |
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte |
D |
P |
|
$23,178,370 |
National Republican Senatorial Cmte |
R |
P |
|
$18,328,033 |
McConnell, Mitch** |
R |
C |
KYS1 |
$4,823,651 |
American Bridge 21st Century |
|
O |
|
$4,585,482 |
Cornyn, John** |
R |
C |
TXS1 |
$4,176,460 |
*Recipient types: C for candidates, L for leadership PACs, P for party committees, J for Joint Fundraising Committees, O for outside spending groups, A for PACs.
** denotes an incumbent
Based on data released by the Federal Election Commission on September 21, 2020.