Data Status

Local receipts: 2026-10-27 (0 days old)

Federal last sync: 2026-10-27 16:20:25.947786 (0 days old)

Federal latest report coverage: 2026-10-15T00:00:00

Federal latest receipt date (row-level): 2026-09-30 (27 days old)

Federal latest Schedule B date (row-level): 2026-09-30 (27 days old)

Federal latest Schedule E date (row-level): 2026-10-16 (11 days old)

ILLINOIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Lobbying Client ID: 657

Showing All time All available data by receipt date

This is a lobbying client — a company or organization that hired a lobbying firm to represent its interests before Illinois state government. Financial connections below are identified by fuzzy name-matching this client against campaign contribution donor records.

Matched donors: 8 High confidence: 8 Medium confidence: 0 Low confidence: 0

Money Destinations All time

These are campaign contributions made by donors whose names match this lobbying client. The amounts shown are contributions from those matched donors, not direct payments from the client itself.

Matched donor dollars: $494,316.50 | This cycle: $0.00 | Contributions: 113 | First donation: 2000-08-14 | Last donation: 2024-11-29

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Top Committees

Committee Dollars Contrib.
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce PAC $113,300.00 11
JUSTPAC, the Political Action Committee of the IL Civil Justice League $111,000.00 2
Chambers Against Progressive Income Tax $80,239.70 5
Businesses to Protect Transportation Funding $30,000.00 2
Johnson County Citizens Opposed to the Fracking Proposition $23,500.00 1
Illinoisans for Karmeier $12,500.00 1
Vote No on the Progressive Tax $10,000.00 2
Illinois Chamber PAC IE Committee $10,000.00 1
Overstreet 2020 $10,000.00 1
Citizens for Judicial Integrity $1,300.00 1

Top Candidates

Candidate Dollars Contrib.
Lloyd A Karmeier $12,500.00 1
David K Overstreet $10,000.00 1
Dan Cronin $125.00 0
Dan Cronin $125.00 0
Dan Cronin $125.00 0
Dan Cronin $125.00 0

Represented By (11) All time

These are the lobbying firms and individual lobbyists registered with the IL Secretary of State to represent this client.

Entity Name Reg Year
BENSO, LORI COWDREY 2022
HEPLER BROOM LLC 2025
HEPLER BROOM LLC 2022
HEPLER BROOM LLC 2024
HEPLER BROOM LLC 2023
MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC 2023
MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC 2024
MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC 2022
MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC 2025
WHEELER, KEITH 2024
WHEELER, KEITH 2025

Matched Campaign Donors All time

Donors found via fuzzy name matching against this client's name. Confidence scores range from 0 to 1, with bands: High (≥0.85), Medium (0.70–0.84), Low (<0.70). Higher scores indicate stronger name similarity.

Donor Name Confidence Band Method Local Profile Federal Profile Bridge Profile
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 1.00 High jaccard Local - -

Matched Expenditure Payees All time

Payee Name Committee SBE ID Score
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 6474 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 107 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 19358 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee 36168 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce PAC 23537 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 18583 1.00
illinois chamber of commerce 31951 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 15442 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 32272 1.00
ILLINOIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1172 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 32028 1.00
Illinois Chamber of Commerce 5822 1.00