Election Intelligence

Campaign Donor Network Analysis

A detailed breakdown of any Michigan campaign, PAC, ballot committee, or donor. Not just who gave, but who the donors actually are, what LLCs they own, what boards they sit on, and what industries or regions the money comes from.

Methodology

How I build it

OpenSecrets and FollowTheMoney give you the raw ledger. I connect the dots to ultimate beneficial owners, industry classification, and cross-committee contribution patterns. Every donor name is resolved against Michigan public records before it becomes a finding.

Data sources

  • MiTN state and local campaign finance (Michigan Campaign Finance Act filings)
  • FEC federal contribution and expenditure records
  • IRS Form 8872 for 527 political organizations
  • IRS Form 990 nonprofit records for 501(c)(4) dark money flows
  • LARA corporate entity records for donor LLC resolution
  • County parcel records for donor residency verification
  • Michigan lobbyist disclosures (MERTS) for lobbyist donor patterns

Analytical methods

  • Entity resolution across multiple Michigan public record sources
  • LLC officer chain resolution to ultimate beneficial owners
  • Industry classification and employer lookups
  • Geographic aggregation at ZIP, city, county, and out-of-state levels
  • Funding dependency and concentration analysis
  • Cross-committee contribution pattern detection

Validation

Every dollar cited in the report traces back to a specific MiTN or FEC filing record with URL, date, and receipt ID. Donor identity resolution is documented and verifiable.

Turnaround and format

Typical deliverable is 6 to 12 pages, PDF format, with cover page and full source appendix.

  • Single committee: 3 to 5 business days
  • Multi-committee or PAC network: 5 to 10 business days
What's in the deliverable

Contents

A Donor Network Analysis report typically includes:

  • Executive summary: top findings on funding sources, dependencies, and red flags
  • Subject profile: committee, candidate, or PAC details and filing history
  • Top donors: ranked list with resolved entity identities, industry, and location
  • Donor network graph: relationships between top donors, shared LLCs, shared employers
  • Industry breakdown: sector share of total contributions
  • Geographic breakdown: in-district, out-of-district, out-of-state share
  • Funding dependency analysis: concentration metrics, top-donor share of total
  • Bundling and pass-through patterns: donors who give to multiple related committees
  • Dark money tracing:501(c)(4) and 527 flows where identifiable
  • Temporal analysis: donation timing relative to votes, filings, or policy events
  • Appendix: primary source citations with URLs and receipt IDs
Sample

Example output

Sample screenshots and a downloadable fake-data sample PDF will be published here. All sample content uses fabricated committee and donor names. No real individuals or committees will appear in any published sample.

Sample PDF and screenshots coming soon.

Pricing

By office tier

Same template, same deliverable, different price based on the office. The work is the same. Pricing reflects the norms of the race tier.

  • Federal (US Senate, US House): $10,000 to $15,000
  • Statewide (Governor, AG, SoS): $10,000 to $15,000
  • Michigan Senate:$5,000 to $8,000
  • Michigan House:$3,000 to $5,000
  • County (prosecutor, sheriff, commission): $2,000 to $4,000
  • Ballot committee:$5,000 to $10,000

Engagement-based pricing. Fixed scope. No retainers, no hidden fees.

Start an engagement

Ready to commission a report?

Email with the committee, candidate, or PAC name. I'll respond within one business day with scope and timeline.

info@regionpulse.com