Super PAC · OH

California Leadership Fund

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00948018.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

65% of the $96K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 65%Helps Republicans 35%

Spends against

  1. Raymond RiehleRepublican$62K
  2. Mike ThompsonDemocrat$33K

Run by Robert Phillips (treasurer) More

Biggest funders Hebert Family Trust $10K More

On the record

Type
Super PAC1
Based in
Dublin, OH1

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
Robert Phillips1

Who funds it

It reported raising $115K: $115K from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Companies, groups and committees5

The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.

Hebert Family TrustCompany or group1 gift$10,000

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $105K from 4 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 100% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: California $105K6

Where its donors work6

Valiant Capital3 gifts$100,000
Ceo1 gifts$5,000

Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through September 30, 2026.2

Raised$115K
Spent$77K
Cash on hand$38K
Outside spending to September 30$62K
  • From individuals $115K

Outside spending in races

Ads, mail and other spending about candidates, made without the campaigns, from notices it must file within 24 or 48 hours. These run to October 7, 2026, later than the summary above.3

Spent to oppose: $96K

Raymond Riehle RepublicanU.S. House, California 4th District (2026)$62,177
Mike Thompson DemocratU.S. House, California 4th District (2026)$33,341

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: California Leadership Fund (C00948018)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00948018/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: California Leadership Fund financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00948018/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through September 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: independent expenditures by California Leadership Fund, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C00948018&cycle=2026
    24- and 48-hour notices · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to California Leadership Fund, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00948018&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026