Data Status
Local receipts: 2026-02-06 00:00:00 (8 days old)
Federal last sync: 2026-02-13 17:14:37 (1 days old)
Federal latest report coverage: 2025-12-31T00:00:00
Federal latest receipt date (row-level): 2025-12-31 (45 days old)
Federal latest Schedule B date (row-level): 2025-12-31 (45 days old)
Federal latest Schedule E date (row-level): 2026-02-10 (4 days old)
Friends of Lee Daniels
SBE Committee ID: 16
This committee view is sourced from bulk analytics tables because no canonical committee profile was found in the legacy `committees` table. The totals below are computed from bulk itemized receipts/expenditures.
Receipts Summary
Contributions: 8397 | Total receipts: $17,020,595.50 | Date range: 1994-07-06 00:00:00 to 2011-03-02 00:00:00
Expenditures Summary
Transactions: 5749 | Total expenditures: $9,335,978.49 | Date range: 1999-07-06 00:00:00 to 2012-06-07 00:00:00
Linked Candidates
| Candidate ID | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 134 | Lee A Daniels |
Top Donors
| Donor | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| Merrill Lynch | $2,090,696.97 | 112 |
| House Rep Cmpgn Cmte | $300,000.00 | 3 |
| American National Bank & Trust Co | $300,000.00 | 1 |
| Natl Rep Congressional Cmte | $285,000.00 | 2 |
| Stuart Levine, | $237,650.00 | 13 |
| Merrill Lynch Accounts | $237,258.16 | 30 |
| Il State Medical Society Pac | $218,861.99 | 19 |
| Merrill Lynch-accounts | $213,999.20 | 21 |
| Illinois State Medical Society PAC | $169,000.00 | 13 |
| Ryan, Citz For | $156,650.00 | 4 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | $150,000.00 | 2 |
| I.P.A.C.E. | $123,000.00 | 11 |
| Stuart Levine | $110,000.00 | 6 |
| KOMPAC State Victory Fund | $101,500.00 | 3 |
| I.P.A.C. | $100,850.00 | 23 |
| Philip Morris Usa | $98,000.00 | 8 |
| Manufacturers Pac | $96,000.00 | 9 |
| Manufacturers' PAC | $93,829.50 | 11 |
| UPS Political Action Committee | $86,500.00 | 12 |
| Joseph F. Kindlon, | $84,200.00 | 11 |
Top Payees
| Payee | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Merrill Lynch | $1,407,530.69 | 60 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | $1,151,206.53 | 28 |
| Medinah Country Club | $1,077,776.79 | 44 |
| UNISTAT Inc. | $444,799.68 | 89 |
| Cole & Staes Ltd. | $240,470.25 | 3 |
| Winning Systems | $213,833.34 | 78 |
| Curtis Scott & Associates Inc. | $178,747.51 | 33 |
| Leader's for a Republican Majority | $170,000.00 | 4 |
| Schnepp & Barnes Printers | $165,311.72 | 46 |
| Republican National State Elections Committee | $160,000.00 | 1 |
| Internal Revenue Service | $134,184.05 | 64 |
| Illinois Republican Party | $128,000.00 | 7 |
| Martin Brown & Sullivan | $124,660.93 | 4 |
| Thomas Breen & Associates | $102,400.00 | 2 |
| Chicago Bulls | $96,991.85 | 17 |
| Wolf & Company | $93,780.04 | 88 |
| Ideal Incentive Inc. | $90,447.64 | 43 |
| Jill Garrett, | $83,304.01 | 57 |
| The Drake Hotel | $83,026.10 | 10 |
| Xpress Professional Services | $81,850.33 | 15 |