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Follow the money.

Elon Musk's America PAC has spent more than $313 million on politics — and nearly all of it came from one man. Every dollar is public. Here's where it goes, who pays for it, and why we built a voter site that does the opposite.

Why we built this

Two websites. One wants your data.

There are two sites with almost the same name. Here's the difference, and why it matters.

Votesafe.org — one S — is a project of America PAC, the super PAC funded almost entirely by Elon Musk, who put roughly $240 million into it. It presents itself as a friendly voter-information service: enter your address, sign up for reminders, check your registration.

So ask the obvious question: why does a super PAC — an organization whose entire purpose is winning elections for one side — build a "voter information" site and ask for your address?

The voter info is the bait. Your data is the point.

When you type your name, address, and email into a super PAC's voter tool, you're not the customer — you're the product. That information becomes an asset in the PAC's voter file: who you are, where you live, how to reach you, and how to target you — or decide whether it's worth turning you out — based on which side you're likely on. In 2024, America PAC ran exactly this kind of operation: a massive canvassing and voter-contact machine, including cash giveaways to registered voters that drew legal challenges, all in service of a single candidate.

That's a legitimate thing for a super PAC to do. It is not a neutral public service — and it shouldn't be dressed up as one.

So we built the opposite.

Votessafe.org — two S's — is a project of American Muckrakers PAC II, and we're telling you that right up front. Here's our entire model:

We're not pretending to be neutral — we don't think one billionaire's checkbook should quietly decide your elections, and we say so out loud. But the voter tools we point you to are the real, official ones, open to everyone, with no catch and no data grab.

One site wants your information. The other just wants you to vote.

The receipts

Where the money goes

All figures from public FEC filings for America PAC (committee C00879510). Reported data, not real-time.

$313.5M
spent by America PAC since 2024

Spending by election cycle

Total disbursements per two-year cycle.

2023–24 (the Musk presidential blitz)$261.3M
2025–26 (so far)$52.3M

This cycle: the machine, not the message

How the $52.3M spent in 2025–26 breaks down.

Operations & consultants$39.5M
Other disbursements$12.7M
Actual candidate ads$87K

The consultant cut

According to one published analysis of FEC filings (through Oct. 25, 2024), about 43% of the ~$144M America PAC paid to vendors went to firms tied to co-manager Phil Cox.

43% ≈ $61.7M
To firms tied to the PAC's own co-manager, Phil Cox
To everyone else (49 payees total)

Who funds it

It's basically one guy.

America PAC raised over $263M in the 2024 cycle. About $239M of it — roughly 9 of every 10 dollars — came from Elon Musk personally. This cycle, he's added about $45M more. Everyone else is a supporting cast of billionaires.

Elon Musk≈ $239M
Every other donor combined≈ $24M
DonorWho they areAmount
Elon MuskCEO, Tesla & SpaceX; created and supervises the PAC≈ $239M
DeVos familyIncl. former Education Sec. Betsy DeVos≈ $2M
Nelson PeltzActivist investor, Trian Partners$1M
Joe CraftCEO, Alliance Resource Partners (coal)$1M
Douglas LeoneVenture capitalist, Sequoia Capital$1M
Joe LonsdalePalantir co-founder (via Lonsdale Enterprises)$1M
Ken HoweryPayPal co-founder; former U.S. ambassador$1M
James LiautaudFounder, Jimmy John's$1M
Antonio GraciasValor Equity; former Tesla board member$1M
Troy LinkCEO, Jack Link's$500K
Shaun MaguirePartner, Sequoia Capital$500K
John HeringFounder, Lookout$500K
Cameron WinklevossCo-founder, Gemini$250K
Tyler WinklevossCo-founder, Gemini$250K

Sources

America PAC committee overview and itemized filings: FEC.gov (C00879510). Cycle totals: ProPublica Itemizer and OpenSecrets. Donor amounts are FEC-disclosed 2024-cycle contributions as reported by news analyses of those filings; consultant-fee share is from a published analysis of FEC filings through Oct. 25, 2024. FEC figures are drawn from periodic reports and are not real-time.

Where each figure on this page comes from

$261.3M (2023–24 spending) and $52.3M (2025–26 spending): FEC.gov committee C00879510 overview and totals, cross-checked against the ProPublica Itemizer (which shows $261,272,000 in total 2024-cycle spending) and FEC's reported $52,277,776.11 in 2025–26 disbursements.

$39.5M in operations/consultants, $12.7M in other disbursements, and $87K in independent expenditures: FEC.gov C00879510 financial summary, 2025–26 cycle.

Musk ≈$239M, DeVos family ≈$2M, and the $1M/$500K/$250K donors (Peltz, Craft, Leone, Lonsdale, Howery, Liautaud, Gracias, Link, Maguire, Hering, and the Winklevoss twins): FEC-disclosed contributions, as reported by The Hill, TIME, Fortune, and InfluenceWatch.

≈43% / $61.7M to Phil Cox-tied firms: one published analysis of FEC filings by Wendy Siegelman — not an official FEC total.