Giffords PAC
Gun violence prevention
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Follow the money.
FEC committee: GIFFORDS PAC. Figures cover this registered committee, not its parent organization or wider network.
Reported activity: Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026. Captured Oct 14, 2026.
Money raised
$8,241,066.94
Total receipts this cycle
Money spent
$5,109,671.93
Total disbursements this cycle
Cash on hand
$3,469,215.90
At the latest reporting cutoff
Debt owed
$0.00
At the latest reporting cutoff
Where it comes from
- Individual contributions
- $1,812,505.22
- Itemized
- $551,197.65
- Unitemized
- $1,261,307.57
- Other committee contributions
- $5,784.88
- Party committee contributions
- $0.00
- Transfers from affiliated committees
- $0.00
- Transfers from nonfederal accounts
- $0.00
- Loans received
- $0.00
- Loan repayments received
- $0.00
- Operating offsets
- $0.00
- Other federal receipts
- $6,422,776.84
Where it goes
- Contributions to candidates and committees
- $65,600.00
- Independent expenditures
- $0.00
- Transfers to affiliated committees
- $0.00
- Operating expenditures
- $1,243,862.41
- Contribution refunds
- $24,018.50
- Loan repayments
- $0.00
- Loans made
- $0.00
- Other disbursements
- $3,776,191.02
Selected FEC reporting categories, not additional totals. Indented rows are included in their parent category. Independent expenditures are spending for or against candidates, not money handed to them. Transfers can appear on both committees’ books, so committee totals are not summed into a network total here.
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Compare the reported amounts and cutoff dates side by side. An unfinished cycle is not a like-for-like growth comparison with a completed cycle.
| Reported metric | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting cutoff | Dec 31, 2024 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Money raised | $14,607,403.78 | $8,241,066.94 |
| Money spent | $14,823,478.48 | $5,109,671.93 |
| Cash on hand | $337,820.89 | $3,469,215.90 |
| Debt owed | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Source details and reporting method
- Committee name in the FEC response
- GIFFORDS PAC
- Debts owed to the committee
- $0.00
- Captured response SHA-256
- 9d1e3e964ef8262a2f458a56d0be37a3215051b0b3bbfe4c9d338535379933a0
These are FEC summary figures, not a sum of itemized transactions. Cash and debt are balances at the reporting cutoff, not today’s balances. Missing fields remain unreported. Figures may change when amended filings are processed.
Inspect preserved FEC response ↗The operation.
Giffords PAC is the federal political action committee of Giffords, the gun-violence-prevention organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) after she survived a 2011 mass shooting at a Tucson constituent event. It endorses and funds candidates who support background checks, assault-weapons restrictions, and red-flag laws. It is one of two major gun-control political organizations alongside Everytown for Gun Safety.
Major donors.
Notable races.
Sources.
Questions about Giffords PAC.
What is Giffords PAC?
Giffords PAC is the federal political action committee of Giffords, the gun-violence-prevention advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her husband, retired Navy captain and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), after Giffords survived a January 2011 mass shooting at a Tucson constituent meet-and-greet.
How does Giffords PAC differ from Everytown for Gun Safety?
Giffords PAC and Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund are the two largest federal gun-control PACs. Everytown is larger financially (funded substantially by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg) and operates a wider state-level program. Giffords focuses more narrowly on federal endorsements and survivor-led advocacy.
Who does Giffords PAC support?
Giffords PAC contributes overwhelmingly to Democratic federal candidates who back universal background checks, assault-weapons restrictions, and extreme-risk protection orders. Its most prominent supported candidates include Sen. Mark Kelly (AZ), Sen. John Fetterman (PA), and Rep. Lucy McBath (GA).