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RunwayCommitteesGOVERN FOR CALIFORNIA ACTION COMMITTEE

Committee header

GOVERN FOR CALIFORNIA ACTION COMMITTEE

Active cycles

2012-20132013-20142014-20152015-20162016-20172017-20182018-20192019-20202020-2021

Panel 2 • Finance overview

Committee finance snapshot

Scope: All time

Raised
$3,897,857
Spent
$3,623,388
Net activity
$274,469
Large-donor funded, Non-media-led spender, Active in All time.

Money over time

ContributionsExpenditures
Mar 2012Jun 2015Jan 2018Oct 2020

Panel 3 • Money structure snapshot

Money structure snapshot

$5,000+ is the largest bucket at 99.4% of total raised.

Dominant category: Operations at 91.6% of spending.

Donor count

84

Contributions

173

Median

$2,000

Average

$22,531

Funding distribution

  • $5,000+

    Count: 69

    Share: 99.4%

    Amount: $3,875,790

  • $1,000 - $4,999

    Count: 58

    Share: 2.6%

    Amount: $102,896

  • $500 - $999

Panel 5 • Financial evidence

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RunwayCommitteesGOVERN FOR CALIFORNIA ACTION COMMITTEE

Committee header

GOVERN FOR CALIFORNIA ACTION COMMITTEE

Active cycles

2012-20132013-20142014-20152015-20162016-20172017-20182018-20192019-20202020-2021

Panel 2 • Finance overview

Committee finance snapshot

Scope: All time

Raised
$3,897,857
Spent
$3,623,388
Net activity
$274,469
Large-donor funded, Non-media-led spender, Active in All time.

Money over time

ContributionsExpenditures
Mar 2012Jun 2015Jan 2018Oct 2020

Panel 3 • Money structure snapshot

Money structure snapshot

$5,000+ is the largest bucket at 99.4% of total raised.

Dominant category: Operations at 91.6% of spending.

Donor count

84

Contributions

173

Median

$2,000

Average

$22,531

Funding distribution

  • $5,000+

    Count: 69

    Share: 99.4%

    Amount: $3,875,790

  • $1,000 - $4,999

    Count: 58

    Share: 2.6%

    Amount: $102,896

  • $500 - $999

Panel 5 • Financial evidence

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Count: 28

Share: 0.4%

Amount: $15,736

  • $100 - $499

    Count: 17

    Share: 0.1%

    Amount: $3,436

  • Contribution bucketCountAmountShare of raised
    $5,000+69$3,875,79099.4%
    $1,000 - $4,99958$102,8962.6%
    $500 - $99928$15,7360.4%
    $100 - $49917$3,4360.1%

    Spending categories

    • Operations

      Amount: $3,320,259

      Share: 91.6%

    • Consulting

      Amount: $286,119

      Share: 7.9%

    • Media

      Amount: $17,010

      Share: 0.5%

    CategoryAmountShare of spent
    Operations$3,320,25991.6%
    Consulting$286,1197.9%
    Media$17,0100.5%

    Refunds and adjustments: 1 entries, -$100,000 total.

    Count: 28

    Share: 0.4%

    Amount: $15,736

  • $100 - $499

    Count: 17

    Share: 0.1%

    Amount: $3,436

  • Contribution bucketCountAmountShare of raised
    $5,000+69$3,875,79099.4%
    $1,000 - $4,99958$102,8962.6%
    $500 - $99928$15,7360.4%
    $100 - $49917$3,4360.1%

    Spending categories

    • Operations

      Amount: $3,320,259

      Share: 91.6%

    • Consulting

      Amount: $286,119

      Share: 7.9%

    • Media

      Amount: $17,010

      Share: 0.5%

    CategoryAmountShare of spent
    Operations$3,320,25991.6%
    Consulting$286,1197.9%
    Media$17,0100.5%

    Refunds and adjustments: 1 entries, -$100,000 total.

    Panel 4 • Top donors

    Top donors

    DonorTotalShare*CountLast
    DAVID CRANE$2,042,08252.4%36Oct 22, 2018
    TENCH COXE$208,2005.3%3Apr 29, 2016
    THOMAS LAYTON$200,0005.1%2Apr 18, 2016
    NICHOLAS PRITZKER$164,0004.2%3May 24, 2017
    JOHN H. SCULLY$150,0003.8%2Apr 13, 2015
    SIMONE COXE$150,0003.8%1Apr 29, 2016
    WILLIAM OBERNDORF$150,0003.8%2Sep 19, 2016
    PARENT TEACHER ALLIANCE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE$122,7563.1%7Oct 7, 2016
    MARK HEISING$116,4003%2Jan 11, 2018
    EDVOICE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE$112,9952.9%4Oct 21, 2016
    JOHN H. SCULLY$100,0002.6%3May 12, 2014
    EDVOICE FOR THE KIDS PAC$36,1250.9%2Apr 15, 2018
    JOHN KRUGER$30,0000.8%1Oct 8, 2016
    GERALD PARSKY$25,0000.6%1Mar 31, 2014
    RON CONWAY$25,0000.6%1May 2, 2014
    RICHARD J. RIORDAN$20,0000.5%1Oct 3, 2016
    SIGNE OSTBY$20,0000.5%1Dec 6, 2017
    MICHAEL MCCAFFERY$17,0000.4%2Dec 13, 2016
    PEGGY CRANE EPAND$11,5000.3%6Aug 9, 2017
    BECKY DRAPER$10,0000.3%2May 30, 2018
    KENNETH HIRSH$10,0000.3%1Oct 26, 2016
    RICHARD C. SPALDING$10,0000.3%1Oct 28, 2016
    GOVERN FOR CALIFORNIA$9,5000.2%19Sep 30, 2020
    JIM HARRIS$9,5000.2%4Jan 23, 2018
    ARTHUR PATTERSON$8,2000.2%2Oct 27, 2014
    Showing 25 of 84

    * Share is percent of committee total raised in the selected scope. Page rows are a subset and typically do not sum to 100%.

    Panel 4 • Top donors

    Top donors

    DonorTotalShare*CountLast
    DAVID CRANE$2,042,08252.4%36Oct 22, 2018
    TENCH COXE$208,2005.3%3Apr 29, 2016
    THOMAS LAYTON$200,0005.1%2Apr 18, 2016
    NICHOLAS PRITZKER$164,0004.2%3May 24, 2017
    JOHN H. SCULLY$150,0003.8%2Apr 13, 2015
    SIMONE COXE$150,0003.8%1Apr 29, 2016
    WILLIAM OBERNDORF$150,0003.8%2Sep 19, 2016
    PARENT TEACHER ALLIANCE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE$122,7563.1%7Oct 7, 2016
    MARK HEISING$116,4003%2Jan 11, 2018
    EDVOICE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE$112,9952.9%4Oct 21, 2016
    JOHN H. SCULLY$100,0002.6%3May 12, 2014
    EDVOICE FOR THE KIDS PAC$36,1250.9%2Apr 15, 2018
    JOHN KRUGER$30,0000.8%1Oct 8, 2016
    GERALD PARSKY$25,0000.6%1Mar 31, 2014
    RON CONWAY$25,0000.6%1May 2, 2014
    RICHARD J. RIORDAN$20,0000.5%1Oct 3, 2016
    SIGNE OSTBY$20,0000.5%1Dec 6, 2017
    MICHAEL MCCAFFERY$17,0000.4%2Dec 13, 2016
    PEGGY CRANE EPAND$11,5000.3%6Aug 9, 2017
    BECKY DRAPER$10,0000.3%2May 30, 2018
    KENNETH HIRSH$10,0000.3%1Oct 26, 2016
    RICHARD C. SPALDING$10,0000.3%1Oct 28, 2016
    GOVERN FOR CALIFORNIA$9,5000.2%19Sep 30, 2020
    JIM HARRIS$9,5000.2%4Jan 23, 2018
    ARTHUR PATTERSON$8,2000.2%2Oct 27, 2014
    Showing 25 of 84

    * Share is percent of committee total raised in the selected scope. Page rows are a subset and typically do not sum to 100%.