Adam Schiff
Democrat
· CA-30 · 118th Congress
Influence Score
77.9
Highly exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
3.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,168
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
11.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
13.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,900 direct
JSTREETPAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $43.68M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $87K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 80.1 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 80.7 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 77.9 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Schiff
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$529,690
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$3.61M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
HARRIS
$2.32M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
CENTENE
$1.46M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.36M
CENTENE
$1.34M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.29M
GOOGLE
$1.27M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.12M
LEIDOS
$1.11M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.09M
T-MOBILE
$1.07M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
MICROSOFT
$1.02M
BLOOMBERG
$1.01M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Adam Schiff comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$4K
Disclosed outside spending
$4K
Dark-money outside spending
$357
Share that is dark money
7.99%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$349
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
VALOR AMERICA
$1K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$1K
GREENWAVE
$750
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
$453
EVAN LOW FOR ASSEMBLY 2024
$349
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$307
DEMOCRACY PAC
$191
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
DIGNITY CA SEIU LOCAL 2015
$6
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$357
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
590 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.22M to Adam Schiff across 1,316 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.22M
Shared contributors
590
Contributions
1,316
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 167 | 389 | $314K |
| 2024 | 459 | 877 | $1.89M |
| 2026 | 17 | 50 | $19K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Adam Schiff or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIMOTHY BERGREEN | House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence - Staff Director/Deputy - 2015-… | HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP | 7 | 26 | 2023–2025 |
| ANDREW SEDDIGHI | Clerk & Leg Asst, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means (Dem Stf), Cloakroom In… | 7-ELEVEN, INC | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
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Adam Schiff's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required