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Money · statewide overview

The big picture of Rhode Island political money

Follow the statewide curve, the biggest donors and recipients, and the share coming from outside Rhode Island.
Money over time

How much moved each year

$205.8M across 867,812 contributions from 174,868 donors, after merged duplicates are combined.
Contributions by year$205.8M from 867,812 contributions, 2002 to 2026
Hover a year or move keyboard focus to a point for its exact figures.
$15.7M$7.9M$0
Exact annual contribution totals and record counts
YearDollarsContribution records
2002$9,179,887.8837,745
2003$3,412,895.8017,311
2004$5,503,577.9524,808
2005$4,479,227.4520,414
2006$8,905,544.2239,169
2007$4,312,991.2025,031
2008$5,866,399.1931,894
2009$5,187,199.2025,358
2010$10,392,126.0748,953
2011$3,060,969.1117,260
2012$6,174,878.8027,363
2013$7,220,893.3326,202
2014$15,080,813.7353,743
2015$4,940,617.6621,127
2016$6,972,648.9230,276
2017$7,675,049.2230,155
2018$14,081,817.6756,380
2019$5,756,713.5825,412
2020$7,520,742.2140,815
2021$10,447,472.0942,217
2022$15,746,935.8172,068
2023$6,492,874.1728,495
2024$11,536,883.4043,170
2025$12,098,586.1938,228
2026$13,707,366.6544,218
Top donors

Who gave the most

Showing 25 of 174,866 donors ranked from 867,810 contributions.
Donors ranked by total contributions
RankEntityTown or ZIPTotalRecordsYears
1
PARTYRI DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
Not recorded$758,548197 contributions2002 to 2026
2
PACRI BROTHERHOOD OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS PAC
CRANSTON$570,8361,391 contributions2002 to 2026
3
PACRI STATE ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS
NORTH PROVIDENCE$506,9701,870 contributions2002 to 2026
4
PACNEARI PACE (National Education Association of RI)
CRANSTON$506,3611,686 contributions2002 to 2026
5
PACRI LABORER'S POLITICAL LEAGUE
PROVIDENCE$501,4701,098 contributions2002 to 2026
6
PACRI LABORERS' PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PAC
PROVIDENCE$495,8651,081 contributions2002 to 2026
7
PACPLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 51 PAC
EAST PROVIDENCE$495,8051,213 contributions2002 to 2026
8
PACRI FEDERATION OF TEACHERS COPE PAC
PROVIDENCE$476,2551,995 contributions2002 to 2026
9
PACIUOE LOCAL 57 (International Union of Operating Engineers)
JOHNSTON$444,137970 contributions2002 to 2026
10
PACCRANSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 1363 COPE
CRANSTON$442,3351,421 contributions2002 to 2026
11
INDIVIDUALJohn Petrarca
Lincoln$438,600734 contributions2002 to 2026
12
PACRI AFL-CIO PAC
PROVIDENCE$426,8581,942 contributions2002 to 2026
13
PACPROVIDENCE FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 799 IAFF (International Association of Firefighters)
PROVIDENCE$421,815920 contributions2002 to 2026
14
PACIBEW LOCAL 99 PAC (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)
CRANSTON$374,2751,514 contributions2002 to 2026
15
PACRI LABORERS' PAC
PROVIDENCE$364,600988 contributions2002 to 2026
16
PACRI CARPENTERS PAC
WARWICK$357,1151,080 contributions2002 to 2026
17
INDIVIDUALDominick Ruggerio
North Providence$354,415776 contributions2002 to 2026
18
PACREALTORS PAC OF RI
WARWICK$344,4151,109 contributions2002 to 2026
19
PACPEOPLE, RI COUNCIL 94, AFSCME AFL-CIO PAC
NORTH PROVIDENCE$335,485996 contributions2006 to 2026
20
PACUNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 328 RI PAC
PROVIDENCE$321,759992 contributions2002 to 2026
21
PACRI LABORERS' STATE EMPLOYEES
PROVIDENCE$299,945850 contributions2002 to 2026
22
INDIVIDUALThomas Casale
Hope$288,991543 contributions2002 to 2026
23
PACIBEW LOCAL 2323 PAC (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)
CRANSTON$283,058450 contributions2002 to 2026
24
INDIVIDUALNicholas Mattiello
Cranston$265,890409 contributions2002 to 2026
25
PACRI MEDICAL PAC
Not recorded$261,5691,054 contributions2002 to 2026
Top recipients

Who received the most

Showing 25 of 4,739 recipients ranked from 867,812 contributions.
Recipients ranked by total contributions received
RankEntityTown or ZIPTotalRecordsYears
1
CANDIDATEGINA M. RAIMONDO
Not recorded$16,722,60533,545 contributions, 15,507 donors2009 to 2021
2
CANDIDATEHELENA BUONANNO FOULKES
Not recorded$9,032,61812,529 contributions, 5,879 donors2021 to 2026
3
CANDIDATEDANIEL J MCKEE
Not recorded$6,481,26213,186 contributions, 5,413 donors2002 to 2026
4
CANDIDATEK Joseph Shekarchi
Not recorded$5,995,13613,303 contributions, 4,653 donors2012 to 2026
5
CANDIDATEBrett Smiley
Not recorded$4,580,4128,327 contributions, 3,434 donors2013 to 2026
6
PARTYRI DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
Not recorded$4,315,7863,348 contributions, 1,476 donors2003 to 2026
7
COMMITTEEDONALD L CARCIERI
Not recorded$4,239,04312,930 contributions, 6,264 donors2002 to 2009
8
CANDIDATESeth Magaziner
Providence$3,582,0858,517 contributions, 3,320 donors2013 to 2022
9
CANDIDATEDAVID N CICILLINE
Not recorded$3,537,9139,526 contributions, 4,298 donors2002 to 2010
10
COMMITTEEAngel Taveras
Providence$3,297,4239,532 contributions, 4,576 donors2010 to 2014
11
COMMITTEEFRANK T CAPRIO
Not recorded$3,288,9716,581 contributions, 3,905 donors2002 to 2014
12
CANDIDATEJORGE ELORZA
Not recorded$3,162,6867,792 contributions, 3,383 donors2013 to 2023
13
CANDIDATEALLAN W FUNG
Not recorded$3,072,68612,053 contributions, 5,561 donors2002 to 2021
14
CANDIDATENELLIE M GORBEA
Not recorded$2,913,87412,855 contributions, 4,978 donors2013 to 2022
15
CANDIDATEDominick J Ruggerio
Not recorded$2,614,5937,231 contributions, 2,059 donors2008 to 2025
16
CANDIDATEPATRICK C LYNCH
Not recorded$2,423,9448,744 contributions, 4,198 donors2002 to 2025
17
CANDIDATENicholas Anthony Mattiello
Not recorded$2,295,6317,680 contributions, 2,346 donors2006 to 2020
18
COMMITTEELINCOLN D CHAFEE
Not recorded$1,631,1486,160 contributions, 3,532 donors2009 to 2013
19
COMMITTEECHARLES J FOGARTY
Not recorded$1,464,1546,155 contributions, 3,345 donors2002 to 2007
20
CANDIDATEJames A. Diossa
Not recorded$1,376,0742,890 contributions, 1,351 donors2010 to 2026
21
PARTYRI REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
Not recorded$1,284,8413,336 contributions, 1,506 donors2003 to 2026
22
COMMITTEEELIZABETH H ROBERTS
Not recorded$1,203,8404,929 contributions, 2,271 donors2002 to 2012
23
COMMITTEEM. Teresa Paiva-Weed
Newport$1,183,2854,194 contributions, 1,249 donors2002 to 2017
24
CANDIDATEJOSEPH J SOLOMON JR.
Not recorded$1,092,0193,329 contributions, 1,532 donors2002 to 2026
25
CANDIDATEGORDON D FOX
Not recorded$1,091,7374,103 contributions, 1,611 donors2002 to 2026
Out-of-state share

How much came from beyond Rhode Island

838,362 of 867,812 contributions had usable state evidence.
Out-of-state share
23.1%

$45,389,880 out of $196,623,261 in contributions with state evidence.

838,362 classified contributions, 29,450 unknown.

In-stateOut-of-state
2002
In $6,989,100 (81%)Out $1,644,411 (19%)36,037 classified records
2003
In $2,829,664 (88.1%)Out $383,829 (11.9%)16,625 classified records
2004
In $4,482,252 (89.5%)Out $525,343 (10.5%)23,382 classified records
2005
In $3,661,713 (84.9%)Out $649,200 (15.1%)19,770 classified records
2006
In $7,097,606 (84%)Out $1,348,388 (16%)37,733 classified records
2007
In $3,319,433 (80.6%)Out $798,047 (19.4%)24,322 classified records
2008
In $4,378,080 (79.9%)Out $1,104,673 (20.1%)30,712 classified records
2009
In $3,870,240 (76.7%)Out $1,174,786 (23.3%)24,796 classified records
2010
In $7,827,463 (78.6%)Out $2,128,179 (21.4%)47,542 classified records
2011
In $2,373,816 (81.3%)Out $546,470 (18.7%)16,694 classified records
2012
In $4,376,917 (76.5%)Out $1,342,160 (23.5%)25,878 classified records
2013
In $4,758,148 (67.5%)Out $2,287,112 (32.5%)25,539 classified records
2014
In $9,968,032 (69.6%)Out $4,351,677 (30.4%)51,876 classified records
2015
In $3,683,928 (78.2%)Out $1,027,968 (21.8%)20,300 classified records
2016
In $5,145,361 (79.8%)Out $1,304,159 (20.2%)28,544 classified records
2017
In $5,092,947 (69%)Out $2,283,571 (31%)29,197 classified records
2018
In $8,690,468 (65.6%)Out $4,560,741 (34.4%)54,037 classified records
2019
In $4,310,824 (78.4%)Out $1,189,312 (21.6%)24,566 classified records
2020
In $5,870,919 (82.8%)Out $1,220,602 (17.2%)39,048 classified records
2021
In $7,578,011 (74.1%)Out $2,650,039 (25.9%)41,481 classified records
2022
In $11,228,269 (74.1%)Out $3,932,837 (25.9%)70,164 classified records
2023
In $5,434,640 (86.3%)Out $866,261 (13.7%)27,802 classified records
2024
In $9,130,556 (83%)Out $1,876,743 (17%)41,304 classified records
2025
In $8,919,730 (75%)Out $2,976,019 (25%)37,582 classified records
2026
In $10,215,264 (76%)Out $3,217,353 (24%)43,431 classified records

How this is counted: Use a trailing two-letter USPS state code in raw_city_state_zip when present. Otherwise use the first five digits of address_zip. RI or ZIP prefixes 028 and 029 are in-state. Any other USPS state code or five-digit ZIP is out-of-state. Non-USPS trailing codes, missing, or unparseable evidence is unknown and excluded from the in-state versus out-of-state share denominator.

Records recognized as the same donor are combined into one, and the ranking counts them once. Amounts include contribution records only, with refunds and adjustments excluded.