Union PAC · IL

Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00590471.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

100% of the $108K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.6

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Backs

  1. Daniel BissDemocrat$25K
  2. Nikki BudzinskiDemocrat$10K
  3. Lauren UnderwoodDemocrat$10K
  4. Delia C. RamirezDemocrat$10K
  5. Raja KrishnamoorthiDemocrat$5,000

Run by Steven M Powell (treasurer) More

Biggest funders United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club $50K More

On the record

Type
Union PAC1
Based in
Des Plaines, IL1
Registered
October 22, 20152

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
Steven M Powell2
Connected to
Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Union1

Who funds it

It reported raising $222K: $167K from individuals and $0 from other committees.6

Companies, groups and committees7

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

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot ClubPAC1 gift$50,000

Individuals

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

  • $12K from 420 itemized gifts by individuals8
  • Top states: Illinois $12K8

Where its donors work8

Ufcw Local 881420 gifts$12,293

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 October 14, 2026.3

Raised$222K
Spent$212K
Cash on hand$366K
Outside spending to October 14$35K
  • From individuals $167K
  • Other $55K

Who it gives to

15 candidates, $92K in direct gifts.4

Nikki Budzinski DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 13th District (2026)$10,000
Lauren Underwood DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 14th District (2026)$10,000
Delia C. Ramirez DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 3rd District (2026)$10,000
Daniel Biss DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 9th District (2026)$10,000
Raja Krishnamoorthi DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 8th District (2026)$5,000
Robert Peters DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 2nd District (2026)$5,000
Raja Krishnamoorthi DemocratU.S. Senate, Illinois (2026)$5,000
Sean Casten DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 6th District (2026)$5,000
Eric Sorensen DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 17th District (2026)$5,000
Frank J. Mrvan DemocratU.S. House, Indiana 1st District (2026)$5,000
Bill Foster DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 11th District (2026)$5,000
Donna Miller DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 2nd District (2026)$5,000
Melissa Luburich Bean DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 8th District (2026)$5,000
Juliana Stratton DemocratU.S. Senate, Illinois (2026)$5,000
Janice D. Schakowsky DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 9th District (2026)$2,500

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 January 16, 2026, later than the summary above.5

Spent to help: $15K

Daniel Biss DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 9th District (2026)$15,000

Sources

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

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund (C00590471)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00590471/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC Form 1 (statement of organization): Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fundhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00590471/?tab=filings
    Fetched October 17, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00590471/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through October 14, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    FEC: contributions from Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00590471&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  5. 5
    FEC: independent expenditures by Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C00590471&cycle=2026
    24- and 48-hour notices · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  6. 6
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  7. 7
    FEC: receipts of Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00590471&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  8. 8
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00590471&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026