Super PAC · MT

Montanans for Public Lands

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00868604.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

100% of the $24K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Backs

  1. Seth BodnarIndependent$65K
  2. Samuel Kelley ForstagDemocrat$24K

Run by John Todd (treasurer) More

Biggest funders Sixteen Thirty Fund $50K · Montana Freedom PAC $11K More

On the record

Type
Super PAC1
Based in
Helena, MT1

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
John Todd1

Who funds it

It reported raising $155K: $129K from individuals and $26K from other committees.4

Companies, groups and committees5

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

Sixteen Thirty FundCompany or group1 gift$50,000
Montana Freedom PACCommittee1 gift$11,000

Individuals

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

  • $76K from 11 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 98% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: Illinois $50K, Montana $26K6

Where its donors work6

Kaufman Hall1 gifts$50,000
Oracle2 gifts$257

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$155K
Spent$120K
Cash on hand$35K
Outside spending to September 30$84K
  • From individuals $129K
  • From other committees $26K

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 11, 2026, later than the summary above.3

Spent to help: $89K

Seth Bodnar IndependentU.S. Senate, Montana (2026)$64,801
Samuel Kelley Forstag DemocratU.S. House, Montana 1st District (2026)$24,320

Sources

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

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Montanans for Public Lands (C00868604)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00868604/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Montanans for Public Lands financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00868604/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through September 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: independent expenditures by Montanans for Public Lands, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C00868604&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 Montanans for Public Lands, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00868604&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026