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      SSF: Making contributions to party committees and other PACs

SSF: Making contributions to party committees and other PACs Contributions by SSFs to political committees other than candidate committees are generally subject to calendar-year limits.
 RecipientCandidate committee 
 PAC† (SSF and nonconnected)
 Party committee: state/district/local
 Party committee: national 
 Additional national party committee accounts‡Donor
 Individual
 $3,300* per election 
 $5,000 per year 
 $10,000 per year (combined) 
 $41,300* per year
 $123,900* per account, per yearCandidate committee 
 $2,000 per election
 $5,000 per year
 Unlimited transfers 
 Unlimited transfersPAC: multicandidate 
 $5,000 per election 
 $5,000 per year
 $5,000 per year (combined) 
 $15,000 per year 
 $45,000 per account, per yearPAC: nonmulticandidate
 $3,300* per election 
 $5,000 per year 
 $10,000 per year (combined) 
 $41,300* per year
 $123,900* per account, per yearParty committee: state/district/local
 $5,000 per election (combined)
 $5,000 per year (combined)
 Unlimited transfers
 Unlimited transfersParty committee: national
 $5,000 per election** 
 $5,000 per year
 Unlimited transfers 
 Unlimited transfers
 **Indexed for inflation in odd-numbered years.* *†“PAC” here refers to a committee that makes contributions to other federal political committees. Independent-expenditure-only political committees (sometimes called “Super PACs”) may accept unlimited contributions, including from corporations and labor organizations.* *‡The limits in this column apply to a national party committee’s accounts for: (i) the presidential nominating convention; (ii) election recounts and contests and other legal proceedings; and (iii) national party headquarters buildings. A party’s national committee, Senate campaign committee and House campaign committee are each considered separate national party committees with separate limits. Only a national party committee, not the parties’ national congressional campaign committees, may have an account for the presidential nominating convention.* ***Additionally, a national party committee and its Senatorial campaign committee may contribute up to $57,800 combined per campaign to each Senate candidate.*
 Contributions to national party committees Some political parties have more than one national party committee: The limit applies separately to each national committee, House campaign committee and Senate campaign committee. Additionally, national party committees may establish accounts to defray certain expenses incurred with respect to presidential nominating conventions, election recounts and other legal proceedings, and headquarters buildings. The contribution limits applicable to these accounts are 300% of the limits on contributions to national party committees.
 Contributions to delegates and delegate committees An SSF may make unlimited contributions to a delegate (or an individual seeking to become a delegate) attending a national party convention or to a state, district or local convention held to select delegates to a national convention. Contributions by the SSF to a delegate committee (a committee formed by a group of delegates or a group of people seeking to become delegates) are limited to $5,000 per calendar year.
 Contributions to other political committees A multicandidate SSF may make contributions of up to $5,000 per year to any political committee other than a national party committee. A non-multicandidate committee may make contributions of up to $5,000 per year to another committee and $10,000 to a state party committee and its registered local affiliates. Application of candidate limits to contribution made to unauthorized committee If an SSF makes a contribution to a committee not authorized by any candidate, and knows that a substantial portion of the contribution will be contributed to, or spent on behalf, of a particular candidate, the contribution counts against the SSF’s per-election limit with respect to that candidate.
 Contributions to Super PACs and Hybrid PACs Pursuant to SpeechNow.org v. FEC and Carey v. FEC, corporations and labor organizations (and their SSFs) may make contributions to nonconnected political committees that make only independent expenditures (a.k.a. Super PACs), or to separate accounts maintained by nonconnected political committees for making only independent expenditures (a.k.a. Hybrid PACs).
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          Limits on contributions made by the SSFQualifying as a multicandidate committeeContributions to Super PACs and Hybrid PACsSupporting nonfederal candidates From the FEC Record Contribution limits for 2023-2024
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 Continue learning about this topic Contributions 2023-2024
 Legal citations Regulations 11 CFR 110.1(c) and 110.2(c)Contributions to national party committees 11 CFR 110.1(m), 110.2(j) and 110.14(d)(1) and (g)Contributions to delegate committees 11 CFR 110.2(d)Contributions to other political committees (including PACs) 11 CFR 110.1(c)(5) and 110.1(d)Contributions to state party committees 11 CFR 110.1(h) and 110.2(h)Contributions to committees supporting the same candidate Note, 11 CFR 114.2(b)Contributions to Super PACs and Hybrid PACs by corporations and labor organizations
 Advisory opinions AOs 2011-11 and 2010-11Contributions to Super PACs and Hybrid PACs by corporations, labor organizations and political committees AO 2010-09Establishment and administration of, and solicitations by, a political committee that is connected to 501(c)(4) corporation and only makes independent expenditures
 Statute 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(B) and (a)(9)Contributions to certain accounts of national party committees


This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public. The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.


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