PaidForPolitics

Super PAC · IA · C00932996

Iowans for Decency

Can raise unlimited money from people, companies and unions, and spend it on ads for or against candidates. It can’t give directly to campaigns or coordinate with them.

Treasurer: Jay Brown. View on FEC.gov

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $118,744
  • Spent
    $43,903
  • Cash on hand
    $74,842
  • Outside spending
    $30,974

Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Sept. 30, 2026. Outside spending from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026.

Donors and outside spending

Peter Hedges$20KJay Brown$6KSteven Winick$5KCarlye Cook$3KChristine Givant$2KJennifer Harrison$1KEveryone else$82KFor Ashley Hinson (R)$31KIowans for Decency
  • Raised from its largest donors
  • Outside spending for
  • Outside spending against

Left: what the group raised, from reports through Sept. 30, 2026. Donors are ranked by what they gave among the group’s 100 largest contributions. “Everyone else” is the rest of what it raised; select it to see more donors. Right: its outside spending through Oct. 30, 2026, including 24- and 48-hour reports. The two sides come from different reports, so they don’t add up to each other.

Where its money went

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing
  1. Ashley Hinson (R)House · IA-02
    • For$31K

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages. Outside spending includes $30,974 from 24- and 48-hour reports, as filed, and matches our race pages.

Who funds it

Biggest donors by total given

Each donor’s contributions combined, among the group’s 100 largest this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. A donor who gave many smaller amounts may be missing.

DonorTypeContributionsTotal
Peter HedgesPerson2$20,100
Jay BrownPerson4$6,385
Steven WinickPerson1$5,000
Carlye CookPerson1$2,500
Christine GivantPerson1$2,000
Jennifer HarrisonPerson2$1,216
Julie BryantPerson2$1,096
Steven SilvermanPerson1$1,000
Erika CookPerson1$1,000
Bruce BryantPerson1$1,000
Lulie HaddadPerson1$1,000
Erica CookPerson1$861
Jean NelsonPerson1$500
Lori HintonPerson1$250
Ellen ChapnickPerson1$250

Largest single contributions

Largest single contributions this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.

ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Peter HedgesWriter, SelfPersonBrooklyn, NYJan. 22, 2026$20,000
Steven WinickLawyer, BuchalterPersonSan Francisco, CAJan. 21, 2026$5,000
Jay BrownRetired, NonePersonAmes, IAFeb. 20, 2026$5,000
Carlye CookEvent Organizer, Self Emplyed- Carlye by DesignPersonDes Moines, IAFeb. 25, 2026$2,500
Christine GivantEpigenetist, Epigenetic SRXPersonSolana Beach, CAMarch 10, 2026$2,000
Jay BrownRetired, NonePersonAmes, IAApril 10, 2026$1,072
Steven SilvermanAttorney, Colorado U Law SCHLPersonBoulder, COMay 7, 2026$1,000
Erika CookEducation, EdconsultPersonClive, IAMay 31, 2026$1,000
Bruce BryantRetired, NonePersonThree Lakes, WIJune 29, 2026$1,000
Jennifer HarrisonPublic Affairs Voluteer, NonePersonLouisville, COFeb. 20, 2026$1,000
Lulie HaddadFilmmaker, Self-EmployedPersonNew York, NYMarch 23, 2026$1,000
Julie BryantTeacher (Ret), NonePersonIowa City, IAMarch 16, 2026$1,000
Erica CookEducation Consultant, EdconsultPersonClive, IAFeb. 14, 2026$861
Jean NelsonRetired, NonePersonSacramento, CAMarch 5, 2026$500
Lori HintonRetired, NonePersonUrbandale, IAMay 16, 2026$250
Ellen ChapnickRetired, NonePersonBronx, NYMay 22, 2026$250
Jennifer HarrisonPublic Affairs Voluteer, NonePersonLouisville, COMarch 20, 2026$216
Jay BrownRetired, NonePersonAmes, IAMarch 25, 2026$203
Jay BrownRetired, NonePersonAmes, IAMarch 22, 2026$110
Peter HedgesFilm Maker, Self-EmployedPersonBrooklyn, NYMay 19, 2026$100

See every contribution to Iowans for Decency on FEC.gov. Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.