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Sanders’s FEC-registered principal Senate campaign committee, C00411330.
For January 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, FEC reports $24,928,186.19 receipts and $23,777,919.99 contributions. Individual contributions total $23,777,892.99: $6,505,715.83 itemized and $17,272,177.16 unitemized. Ending cash is $22,835,011.22. The amended July quarterly filing corroborates cash; its election-cycle totals use a different basis.
Separate queries for Moskovitz, Tegmark, Tallinn and Tuna and selected AI-safety employer strings returned no entries for this committee’s 2025–2026 transaction period. Unitemized donors are not visible here; employer spelling varies; other committees and earlier cycles were not exhaustively searched. Available filings predate September’s announcement.
Friends of Bernie Sanders → Bernie Sanders
2025-01-20; current reporting snapshot observed 2026-09-11
Bernard Sanders's January 20, 2025 Form 2 designates Friends of Bernie Sanders (FEC C00411330) for the 2030 Senate election. The current FEC committee overview reports separately bounded 2025–2026 finances through June 30, 2026.
Friends of Bernie Sanders → Sanders’s September 3 AI essay
Checked 2026-09-11
The essay footer credits Friends of Bernie Sanders.
Friends of Bernie Sanders, C00411330, is the principal Senate committee. FEC reports $24.93 million receipts, $23.78 million contributions and $22.84 million ending cash for January 2025 through June 2026. Of individual contributions, $17.27 million is unitemized and $6.51 million itemized. The amended July filing corroborates the cash balance. Its election-cycle totals use a different basis and should not be mixed with the two-year overview.
Read the research & sources ↗FEC Schedule A — C00411330 / MOSKOVITZ / 2025–2026 · FEC Schedule A — C00411330 / TEGMARK / 2025–2026 · FEC Schedule A — C00411330 / TALLINN / 2025–2026 · FEC Schedule A — C00411330 / TUNA / 2025–2026
Read the research & sources ↗Friends of Bernie Sanders → designated principal Senate campaign committee → Bernie Sanders
2025-01-20; current reporting snapshot observed 2026-09-11
Bernard Sanders's January 20, 2025 Form 2 designates Friends of Bernie Sanders (FEC C00411330) for the 2030 Senate election. The current FEC committee overview reports separately bounded 2025–2026 finances through June 30, 2026. Principal campaign authority, not evidence that the campaign financed the bill, paid ControlAI, or received money from any named AI-safety donor or foundation.
Friends of Bernie Sanders → Credited in publication footer → Sanders’s September 3 AI essay
Checked 2026-09-11
The essay footer credits Friends of Bernie Sanders. Publisher credit does not establish a bill-specific expenditure.