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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

$210.4M across 881,004 contributions from 178,167 donors, after merged duplicates are combined.
Contributions by year$210.4M from 881,004 contributions, 2002 to 2026
Hover a year or move keyboard focus to a point for its exact figures.
$18.5M$9.3M$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$11,963,635.4637,821
2026$18,504,792.4257,817
Top donors

Who gave the most

Showing 25 of 178,165 donors ranked from 881,002 contributions.
Donors ranked by total contributions
RankEntityTown or ZIPTotalRecordsYears
1
PARTYRI DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
Not recorded$1,114,370207 contributions2002 to 2026
2
PACRI BROTHERHOOD OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS PAC
CRANSTON$571,7961,392 contributions2002 to 2026
3
PACRI STATE ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS
NORTH PROVIDENCE$511,8951,890 contributions2002 to 2026
4
PACNEARI PACE (National Education Association of RI)
CRANSTON$509,4111,693 contributions2002 to 2026
5
PACPLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 51 PAC
EAST PROVIDENCE$504,7051,222 contributions2002 to 2026
6
PACRI LABORER'S POLITICAL LEAGUE
PROVIDENCE$504,3701,105 contributions2002 to 2026
7
PACRI LABORERS' PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PAC
PROVIDENCE$499,7651,088 contributions2002 to 2026
8
PACRI FEDERATION OF TEACHERS COPE PAC
PROVIDENCE$481,6552,007 contributions2002 to 2026
9
PACCRANSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 1363 COPE
CRANSTON$446,8351,431 contributions2002 to 2026
10
INDIVIDUALJohn Petrarca
Lincoln$442,850740 contributions2002 to 2026
11
PACIUOE LOCAL 57 (International Union of Operating Engineers)
JOHNSTON$435,587958 contributions2002 to 2026
12
PACRI AFL-CIO PAC
PROVIDENCE$432,7361,958 contributions2002 to 2026
13
PACPROVIDENCE FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 799 IAFF (International Association of Firefighters)
PROVIDENCE$430,065930 contributions2002 to 2026
14
PACIBEW LOCAL 99 PAC (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)
CRANSTON$380,3001,533 contributions2002 to 2026
15
PACRI LABORERS' PAC
PROVIDENCE$366,650997 contributions2002 to 2026
16
PACRI CARPENTERS PAC
WARWICK$357,1151,080 contributions2002 to 2026
17
PACREALTORS PAC OF RI
WARWICK$344,9151,111 contributions2002 to 2026
18
PACPEOPLE, RI COUNCIL 94, AFSCME AFL-CIO PAC
NORTH PROVIDENCE$337,3351,006 contributions2006 to 2026
19
INDIVIDUALDominick Ruggerio
North Providence$335,640723 contributions2002 to 2026
20
PACUNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 328 RI PAC
PROVIDENCE$324,9091,003 contributions2002 to 2026
21
PACRI LABORERS' STATE EMPLOYEES
PROVIDENCE$303,245855 contributions2002 to 2026
22
INDIVIDUALThomas Casale
Hope$293,491546 contributions2002 to 2026
23
PACIBEW LOCAL 2323 PAC (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)
CRANSTON$287,558454 contributions2002 to 2026
24
INDIVIDUALJoseph Walsh
Warwick$280,0271,240 contributions2002 to 2026
25
PARTYRI REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
Not recorded$268,800264 contributions2003 to 2026
Top recipients

Who received the most

Showing 25 of 4,877 recipients ranked from 881,004 contributions.
Recipients ranked by total contributions received
RankEntityTown or ZIPTotalRecordsYears
1
COMMITTEEGINA M. RAIMONDO
Not recorded$16,722,60533,545 contributions, 15,515 donors2009 to 2021
2
COMMITTEEHELENA BUONANNO FOULKES
Not recorded$10,212,64113,829 contributions, 6,720 donors2021 to 2026
3
COMMITTEEDANIEL J MCKEE
Not recorded$6,494,99013,215 contributions, 5,430 donors2002 to 2026
4
COMMITTEEK Joseph Shekarchi
Not recorded$5,994,13613,302 contributions, 4,655 donors2012 to 2026
5
PARTYRI DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
Not recorded$5,072,6093,664 contributions, 1,622 donors2003 to 2026
6
COMMITTEEBrett Smiley
Not recorded$4,595,5578,355 contributions, 3,455 donors2013 to 2026
7
COMMITTEEDONALD L CARCIERI
Not recorded$4,239,04312,930 contributions, 6,270 donors2002 to 2009
8
COMMITTEESeth Magaziner
Providence$3,582,0858,517 contributions, 3,321 donors2013 to 2022
9
COMMITTEEDAVID N CICILLINE
Not recorded$3,537,9139,526 contributions, 4,310 donors2002 to 2010
10
COMMITTEEAngel Taveras
Providence$3,297,4239,532 contributions, 4,579 donors2010 to 2014
11
COMMITTEEFRANK T CAPRIO
Not recorded$3,288,9716,581 contributions, 3,909 donors2002 to 2014
12
COMMITTEEJORGE ELORZA
Not recorded$3,162,6867,792 contributions, 3,384 donors2013 to 2023
13
COMMITTEEALLAN W FUNG
Not recorded$3,099,16612,092 contributions, 5,582 donors2002 to 2026
14
COMMITTEENELLIE M GORBEA
Not recorded$2,913,87412,855 contributions, 4,977 donors2013 to 2022
15
COMMITTEEDominick J Ruggerio
Not recorded$2,614,5937,231 contributions, 2,062 donors2008 to 2025
16
COMMITTEEPATRICK C LYNCH
Not recorded$2,423,9448,744 contributions, 4,198 donors2002 to 2025
17
COMMITTEENicholas Anthony Mattiello
Not recorded$2,295,6317,680 contributions, 2,347 donors2006 to 2020
18
COMMITTEELINCOLN D CHAFEE
Not recorded$1,631,1486,160 contributions, 3,537 donors2009 to 2013
19
COMMITTEECHARLES J FOGARTY
Not recorded$1,464,1546,155 contributions, 3,345 donors2002 to 2007
20
COMMITTEEJames A. Diossa
Not recorded$1,424,8782,948 contributions, 1,369 donors2010 to 2026
21
PARTYRI REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
Not recorded$1,314,9513,403 contributions, 1,515 donors2003 to 2026
22
COMMITTEEELIZABETH H ROBERTS
Not recorded$1,203,8404,929 contributions, 2,273 donors2002 to 2012
23
COMMITTEEM. Teresa Paiva-Weed
Newport$1,183,2854,194 contributions, 1,253 donors2002 to 2017
24
COMMITTEEChristopher R Blazejewski
Not recorded$1,098,0653,292 contributions, 1,026 donors2010 to 2026
25
COMMITTEEKIMBERLY AHERN
Not recorded$1,095,3062,805 contributions, 1,758 donors2025 to 2026
Out-of-state share

How much came from beyond Rhode Island

We could place the donor's state for 850,722 of 881,004 gifts.
Out-of-state share

$46,381,571 out of $200,640,566 in contributions with state evidence.

850,722 classified contributions, 30,282 unknown.

In-stateOut-of-state
2002
In $6,990,515 (81%)Out $1,643,446 (19%)36,039 classified records
2003
In $2,829,749 (88.1%)Out $383,704 (11.9%)16,624 classified records
2004
In $4,482,202 (89.5%)Out $525,543 (10.5%)23,384 classified records
2005
In $3,661,138 (84.9%)Out $649,825 (15.1%)19,770 classified records
2006
In $7,097,207 (84%)Out $1,348,837 (16%)37,734 classified records
2007
In $3,318,383 (80.6%)Out $799,097 (19.4%)24,322 classified records
2008
In $4,378,480 (79.9%)Out $1,104,173 (20.1%)30,711 classified records
2009
In $3,869,690 (76.7%)Out $1,175,286 (23.3%)24,795 classified records
2010
In $7,827,413 (78.6%)Out $2,128,129 (21.4%)47,541 classified records
2011
In $2,372,966 (81.3%)Out $547,220 (18.7%)16,692 classified records
2012
In $4,375,307 (76.5%)Out $1,342,460 (23.5%)25,875 classified records
2013
In $4,759,008 (67.5%)Out $2,287,252 (32.5%)25,540 classified records
2014
In $9,967,742 (69.6%)Out $4,353,717 (30.4%)51,879 classified records
2015
In $3,684,643 (78.2%)Out $1,029,068 (21.8%)20,302 classified records
2016
In $5,144,276 (79.8%)Out $1,305,159 (20.2%)28,545 classified records
2017
In $5,092,797 (69%)Out $2,283,821 (31%)29,196 classified records
2018
In $8,687,812 (65.6%)Out $4,560,609 (34.4%)54,030 classified records
2019
In $4,310,609 (78.4%)Out $1,189,442 (21.6%)24,565 classified records
2020
In $5,869,963 (82.8%)Out $1,221,343 (17.2%)39,046 classified records
2021
In $7,577,745 (74.1%)Out $2,650,055 (25.9%)41,479 classified records
2022
In $11,228,441 (74.1%)Out $3,932,043 (25.9%)70,157 classified records
2023
In $5,434,689 (86.3%)Out $866,211 (13.7%)27,802 classified records
2024
In $9,131,406 (83%)Out $1,875,893 (17%)41,303 classified records
2025
In $8,822,793 (75%)Out $2,937,745 (25%)37,171 classified records
2026
In $13,344,019 (75.9%)Out $4,241,494 (24.1%)56,220 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.