Joint fundraising committee · DC
Defend Our Majority
Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00895821.
On the record
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
- Benjamin Ottenhoff2
Who funds it
It reported raising $20.0M: $19.0M from individuals and $982K from other committees.5
Companies, groups and committees4
The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.
| Air Line Pilots Assoc. Int'l PACPAC | 4 gifts | $290,000 |
| National Association of Letter Carriers of U.s.a. PACPAC | 15 gifts | $225,000 |
| Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal PACPAC | 10 gifts | $132,000 |
| General Motors Company PAC (GM PAC)PAC | 2 gifts | $100,000 |
| Google NetpacPAC | 18 gifts | $42,000 |
| Edward Jones PACPAC | 12 gifts | $35,000 |
| S&b PACPAC | 1 gift | $25,000 |
| American Hotel and Lodging Association PACPAC | 14 gifts | $21,000 |
| Amazon PACPAC | 6 gifts | $20,000 |
| Motorola Solutions Inc PACPAC | 1 gift | $20,000 |
| Entergy Corporation PAC (Enpac)PAC | 16 gifts | $15,000 |
| Gulf States Toyota Inc Federal PACPAC | 1 gift | $15,000 |
| Dow Inc. PAC (Dowpac)PAC | 9 gifts | $14,000 |
| American Hospital Association PACPAC | 1 gift | $10,000 |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. Political Action CPAC | 2 gifts | $10,000 |
Individuals
We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.
- $18.8M from 442 itemized gifts by individuals6
- 100% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
- Top states: Texas $3.0M, Florida $2.9M, Louisiana $2.4M, Massachusetts $2.0M, New York $1.6M6
Where its donors work6
| Granite Telecommunications | 2 gifts | $990,900 |
| Valmore GP | 2 gifts | $884,400 |
| New Balance | 2 gifts | $869,300 |
| Performance Contractors | 2 gifts | $600,000 |
| Freeport LNG | 1 gifts | $577,900 |
| Edw C Levy | 15 gifts | $533,000 |
| Energy Transfer Partners | 1 gifts | $521,900 |
| Winklevoss Capital Management | 2 gifts | $464,400 |
| Prime | 2 gifts | $400,000 |
| Edison Chouest Offshore | 1 gifts | $375,000 |
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 June 30, 2026.3
- From individuals $19.0M
- From other committees $982K
- Other $27K
Sources
Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.
- 1FEC committee record: Defend Our Majority (C00895821)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00895821/Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 2FEC Form 1 (statement of organization): Defend Our Majorityhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00895821/?tab=filingsFetched October 17, 2026
- 3FEC: Defend Our Majority financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00895821/?cycle=2026#financial-summaryThrough June 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 4FEC: receipts of Defend Our Majority, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00895821&two_year_transaction_period=2026Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
- 5FEC bulk data: PAC and party committee summaries, 2025–26 (webk26)https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-dataRetrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
- 6FEC: itemized individual contributions to Defend Our Majority, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00895821&two_year_transaction_period=2026Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026