10/16: 3Q Financials filed.
The American Ukraine PAC aims for full transparency as to donations and expenditures. Our latest 3Q FEC report is listed here.
Additionally, we published further explantory information about our expenditures and choice of candidates here and reprinted below.
The American Ukraine PAC is a Federally registered Political Action Committee. Our FEC report, which details every expenditure, can be accessed here: https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00872325/?tab=summary.
In addition to donations to (and by) the American Ukraine PAC, the PAC solicits donations directly to endorsed candidates at https://candidates.amukrpac.org/page/PriorityRaces. These donations are processed through Democracy Engine, a Commercial Payment Processor specializing in campaign donations. Contributions to candidates through Democracy Engine do not show up in the American Ukraine PAC FEC filings as they are directly routed to the campaign via Democracy Engine. For a partial list of other PACS using Democracy Engine, click here.
The American Ukraine PAC’s FEC filings understate our total impact by not including contributions routed via Democracy Engine.
Some of the donations to the PAC are unencumbered, and the American Ukraine PAC has discretion over how they are spent, while others are Earmarked donations, in which the donor specifies the beneficiary candidate. The American Ukraine PAC has no discretion over Earmarked funds.
If 99 donors give Earmarked donations to the Blue Candidate and only 1 donor gives to the Yellow candidate, it will appear in FEC reports that the PAC supports the Blue candidate 99 to 1. In fact, it is the PAC’s donors who favor the Blue candidate, not the PAC itself.
About 80% of total donations to the American Ukraine PAC, both directly and via Democracy Engine, are Earmarked to specific candidates. The American Ukraine PAC is truly a donor-led organization.
OpenSecrets.com does not reflect Unencumbered donations and Earmarked donations. This information can be accessed through the FEC documents.
Giving donations through the American Ukraine PAC is vital for the Ukraine community. It ensures that your donation is highlighted as connected to Ukraine, as opposed to other issues. Additionally, if the Ukraine community builds a track record of giving, it opens doors to all candidates.
The American Ukraine PAC mission is to support Members of Congress who support the American Ukraine relationship. The American Ukraine PAC supports Members from both Democrat and Republican parties who support Ukraine.