Trade association PAC · DC

Employee Owned S Corporations of America PAC (Esca PAC)

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00458257.

Which side

Helps both parties

60% of the $119K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Republicans. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 40%Helps Republicans 60%

Backs

  1. Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican$10K
  2. Mike ThompsonDemocrat$10K
  3. Jimmy PanettaDemocrat$7,000
  4. Martin HeinrichDemocrat$6,500
  5. Bradley Scott SchneiderDemocrat$5,500

Run by Jeremy Welsand (treasurer) More

Biggest funders Alterman Management Group, Inc. PAC $10K · Black & Veatch Political Action Committee (Black & Veatch PAC) $10K · Burns and Mcdonnell Inc. PAC $10K More

On the record

Type
Trade association PAC1
Based in
Washington, DC1

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
Jeremy Welsand1
Connected to
Employee Owned S Corporations of America1

Who funds it

It reported raising $261K: $169K from individuals and $92K from other committees.4

Companies, groups and committees5

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

Alterman Management Group, Inc. PACPAC2 gifts$10,000
Black & Veatch Political Action Committee (Black & Veatch PAC)Committee2 gifts$10,000
Burns and Mcdonnell Inc. PACPAC2 gifts$10,000
Cerris Inc. Political Action Committee (Formerly Know As MMC Corp PAC)Committee2 gifts$10,000
Dexter Apache Holdings Inc PAC ('dexter Apache Pac')PAC2 gifts$10,000
Sammons Enterprises Inc. Political Action CommitteeCommittee2 gifts$10,000
Winco Holdings, Inc. PAC ('winpac')PAC2 gifts$10,000
Bradford White Corporation Political Action Committee ('bwc Pac')PAC1 gift$5,000
Garney Holding Co. PACCommittee1 gift$5,000
HDR, Inc. Employee Owners PACPAC1 gift$5,000
Murray Plumbing & Heating Corporation PACPAC1 gift$5,000
Torch Technologies, Inc Political Action CommitteePAC1 gift$2,000

Individuals

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

  • $165K from 250 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 32% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: North Dakota $106K, California $27K, New Jersey $10K, Minnesota $3,000, Montana $2,5056

Where its donors work6

Border States199 gifts$107,001
Griffith4 gifts$20,000
Bradford White1 gifts$5,000
Bradford White Water Heaters1 gifts$5,000
Murray Plumbing & Heating1 gifts$5,000
Pacific Steel & Recycling6 gifts$2,205
Guttman Holdings1 gifts$2,000
Border States Electric1 gifts$1,500
Sel3 gifts$1,500
Ambrose Advisors1 gifts$1,000

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 August 31, 2026.2

Raised$261K
Spent$248K
Cash on hand$89K
Given to candidates and committees$244K
  • From individuals $169K
  • From other committees $92K
  • Other $500

Who it gives to

44 candidates, $121K in direct gifts.3

Brian K. Fitzpatrick RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 1st District (2026)$10,000
Mike Thompson DemocratU.S. House, California 4th District (2026)$10,000
Jimmy Panetta DemocratU.S. House, California 19th District (2026)$7,000
Martin Heinrich DemocratU.S. Senate, New Mexico (2030)$6,500
Bradley Scott Schneider DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 10th District (2026)$5,500
Vern Buchanan RepublicanU.S. House, Florida 16th District (2026)$5,000
Margaret Wood Hassan DemocratU.S. Senate, New Hampshire (2028)$5,000
Mike Carey RepublicanU.S. House, Ohio 15th District (2026)$5,000
Roger Marshall RepublicanU.S. Senate, Kansas (2026)$5,000
W. Gregory Steube RepublicanU.S. House, Florida 17th District (2026)$4,000
David Kustoff RepublicanU.S. House, Tennessee 8th District (2026)$4,000
Linda T. Sánchez DemocratU.S. House, California 41st District (2026)$4,000
Vince Fong RepublicanU.S. House, California 20th District (2026)$3,500
Bill Cassidy RepublicanU.S. Senate, Louisiana (2026)$3,000
Carol D. Miller RepublicanU.S. House, West Virginia 1st District (2026)$3,000
Adrian Smith RepublicanU.S. House, Nebraska 3rd District (2026)$3,000
Ron Estes RepublicanU.S. House, Kansas 4th District (2026)$2,500
Steve Daines RepublicanU.S. Senate, Montana (2026)$2,500
Mike Kelly RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 16th District (2026)$2,500
Terri A. Sewell DemocratU.S. House, Alabama 7th District (2026)$2,500
Nicole Malliotakis RepublicanU.S. House, New York 11th District (2026)$2,000
Jodey C. Arrington RepublicanU.S. House, Texas 19th District (2026)$2,000
Candidate H4PA03117 (FEC record)$2,000
Chrissy Houlahan DemocratU.S. House, Pennsylvania 6th District (2026)$1,500
Angie Craig DemocratU.S. House, Minnesota 2nd District (2026)$1,000
Nathaniel Moran RepublicanU.S. House, Texas 1st District (2026)$1,000
Rudy Yakym III RepublicanU.S. House, Indiana 2nd District (2026)$1,000
Aaron Bean RepublicanU.S. House, Florida 4th District (2026)$1,000
David Schweikert RepublicanU.S. House, Arizona 1st District (2026)$1,000
Claudia Tenney RepublicanU.S. House, New York 24th District (2026)$1,000

Sources

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

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Employee Owned S Corporations of America PAC (Esca PAC) (C00458257)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00458257/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Employee Owned S Corporations of America PAC (Esca PAC) financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00458257/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through August 31, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: contributions from Employee Owned S Corporations of America PAC (Esca PAC) to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00458257&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · 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
    FEC: receipts of Employee Owned S Corporations of America PAC (Esca PAC), 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00458257&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to Employee Owned S Corporations of America PAC (Esca PAC), 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00458257&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026