📊 FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-05

Collect complete campaign finance contribution data from the Federal Election Commission without touching a line of code. Download FEC contribution data as CSV, Excel, or JSON to track donor patterns, monitor campaign funding sources, and analyze political donations at scale. This scraper connects directly to the Federal Election Commission, perfect for political researchers, journalists, compliance officers, and campaign analysts who need FEC contribution data without technical knowledge.

The FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper collects complete donor and committee data from the Federal Election Commission. Up to 1,000,000 records per run with no coding required.

✨ What Does It Do

• 💰 Contribution Amount - Track individual donation sizes to identify major contributors and funding patterns across election cycles
• 👤 Contributor Information - Collect full donor details including name, address, employer, and occupation to profile funding sources
• 📋 Committee Data - Extract committee names, types, party affiliations, and organizational details to map donation recipients
• 📅 Receipt Dates - Capture transaction dates to monitor contribution timing and donation surges during campaigns
• 🔗 FEC Links - Access PDF URLs and document references to verify original filings and cross-reference FEC records
• 📊 Financial Metrics - Get year-to-date aggregate amounts and transaction IDs to track cumulative donor contributions

🔧 Input

• Authentication Key - Your FEC OpenFEC credential (get a free key at https://api.open.fec.gov/developers/, demo key available with limited results)
• Max Items - Set how many contributions to collect (up to 100 on free plan, up to 1,000,000 on paid)
• Contributor Name - Search by donor name to find all their contributions across time
• Committee ID - Filter contributions received by a specific FEC committee (find IDs at fec.gov)
• Contributor Location - Narrow results by city, state, or ZIP code to analyze geographic funding patterns
• Contributor Employer - Filter contributions by employer to see corporate and industry donations
• Contributor Occupation - Refine results by job title or profession to identify sector-based funding
• Date Range - Use minimum and maximum dates (YYYY-MM-DD format) to target specific election cycles
• Amount Range - Filter by minimum and maximum donation amounts in USD

Example input:

{
  "apiKey": "DEMO_KEY",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "committeeId": "C00034157",
  "minDate": "2023-01-01",
  "maxDate": "2024-12-31"
}

📊 Output

Each contribution includes up to 60 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

💰 Amount	👤 Contributor Name	🏢 Employer
📅 Receipt Date	🌍 Contributor City	🌍 Contributor State
📮 ZIP Code	📍 Address	💼 Occupation
📋 Committee ID	📋 Committee Name	🏛️ Committee Type
🎯 Committee Party	🌍 Committee State	📊 Committee Address
✅ Committee Active	📅 Filing Frequency	🔍 Transaction ID
📄 Report Type	📈 Report Year	📂 Schedule Type
🔗 PDF URL	🔗 Contribution URL	📸 Image Number
📋 File Number	🎯 Receipt Type	🗳️ Election Type
📊 Two Year Period	💵 Aggregate YTD	👤 Candidate Name
🗳️ Candidate Office	🌍 Candidate State	📊 Entity Type
⚖️ Amendment Indicator	🔍 Link ID	📅 Load Date

💎 Why Choose the FEC Scraper?

Feature	Our Actor	Similar Tools
Direct FEC data access without coding	✔️	❌
Filter by multiple criteria simultaneously	✔️	Partial
Download up to 1,000,000 records per run	✔️	❌
Collect all 60+ FEC data fields at once	✔️	❌
Zero technical knowledge required	✔️	❌
Export as CSV, Excel, and JSON	✔️	✔️
Free tier with 100 results included	✔️	❌
Real-time contribution data updated daily	✔️	Partial
Committee and candidate relationship mapping	✔️	❌
Year-to-date aggregate tracking	✔️	❌
Geolocation and employment filtering	✔️	❌
Amendment and transaction history included	✔️	❌

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up: Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the Tool: Search for "FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper" in the Apify Store and set your filters
3. Run It: Click "Start" and watch your results appear

That's it. No coding, no setup, no complicated configuration. Now you can export your data in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 📊 Political Analyst - Monitor donor trends during election cycles to identify funding pattern shifts and campaign momentum changes
• 💼 Compliance Officer - Track contribution limits and aggregates by contributor to ensure corporate and individual compliance with FEC regulations
• 📢 Investigative Journalist - Collect candidate fundraising sources to expose connections between major donors and campaign recipients

❓ FAQ

🔍 How does it work? The scraper connects to FEC OpenFEC using your credentials and retrieves contribution records matching your filters, then formats the data into a clean dataset you can download.

📊 How accurate is the data? The data comes directly from FEC OpenFEC, updated daily with official reports. Accuracy is 100% as reported to the FEC.

📅 Can I schedule recurring runs? Yes, you can set up recurring runs to collect updated contribution data weekly or monthly.

⚖️ Is it legal to collect FEC contribution data? Yes, FEC contribution data is public record and legal to collect. However, you must comply with applicable laws regarding data usage in your jurisdiction.

🛡️ Will the FEC block me? No, you're using the official FEC OpenFEC with valid credentials. There's no blocking risk.

⚡ How long does a run take? Most runs complete in 1-5 minutes depending on your result count. A 1,000-item collection typically takes 2-3 minutes.

⚠️ Are there any limits? Free plan users can collect up to 100 results per run. Paid plan users can collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first 100 results for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify support page for documentation and tutorials
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🔌 Integrate with any app

FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
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• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
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