Gregory W. Meeks
Democrat
· NY-5 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · and Capital Markets · and the Environment · Civilian Security · and Trade
Influence Score
72.7
Highly exposed
↓ -1.2
vs 118th (72.7)
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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
6.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$97,233
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
2.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.3
/ 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
11.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
JSTREETPAC
$1,000 direct
NATPAC 1947
$500 direct
PRO-ISRAEL AMERICA PAC
$2 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $24.98M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $50K.
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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 | 52.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 44.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 72.7 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 71.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$84,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
1.6%
Amount from this network
$47,687
Total from all networks
$2,960,319
Networks contributing
364
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Who funds Meeks
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,161,747
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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
5.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
33
Money that arrived near votes
$134K
Distinct donors
51
Distinct employers
21
Share of their total fundraising
4.32%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
$9K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$8K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
BLOOMBERG
$7K
GOTHAM ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$6K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$5K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.01M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.41M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.60M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.15M
EY
$3.00M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.98M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.50M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gregory W. Meeks comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$51K
Disclosed outside spending
$46K
Dark-money outside spending
$5K
Share that is dark money
9.58%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$46K
CARE ACTION NOW INC.
$5K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
429 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $724K to Gregory W. Meeks across 535 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$724K
Shared contributors
429
Contributions
535
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 108 | 147 | $222K |
| 2024 | 283 | 312 | $399K |
| 2026 | 72 | 76 | $103K |
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Gregory W. Meeks'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