Donor Infrastructure
Where retail donor money enters U.S. politics.
Donor infrastructure is the layer of platforms that move retail donor money INTO campaign and committee accounts. 23 platforms moved $110.0M this cycle, retaining an estimated $4.2M in per-transaction fees (at ~3.8% blended rate). ActBlue (Democratic-aligned) and WinRed (Republican-aligned) dominate by an order of magnitude over the long tail of independent processors.
2026 cycle volume by platform
2026 cycle flow by partisan lean
Top donor-infrastructure platforms by 2026 cycle volume
| # | Platform | Party lean | 2026 cycle volume | Est. fees retained | Recipients | Top recipient committee (2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ActBlue Technical Services, Inc. | D-leaning | $49.8M | $1.9M | 1,505 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE · $2.6M |
| 2 | WinRed Technical Services, LLC | R-leaning | $38.4M | $1.5M | 702 | TRUMP NATIONAL COMMITTEE JFC, INC. · $6.9M |
| 3 | WinRed, LLC | R-leaning | $6.5M | $245K | 302 | NRSC · $2.3M |
| 4 | Anedot | R-leaning | $6.9M | $262K | 1,122 | TURNING POINT PAC INC. · $1.4M |
| 5 | ActBlue, LLC | D-leaning | $5.1M | $193K | 540 | FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS · $872K |
| 6 | Primepay LLC | D-leaning | $693K | $26K | 4 | CORY BOOKER FOR SENATE · $599K |
| 7 | First Data Merchant Services | D-leaning | $544K | $21K | 46 | RO FOR CONGRESS INC · $301K |
| 8 | Anedot.com | R-leaning | $33K | $1K | 7 | SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY · $17K |
| 9 | NGP | D-leaning | $1.1M | $42K | 57 | FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS · $262K |
| 10 | Braintree | D-leaning | $314K | $12K | 2 | MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION · $312K |
| 11 | NGP Software, Inc. | D-leaning | $107K | $4K | 7 | KAPTUR FOR CONGRESS · $44K |
| 12 | ACT Blue | D-leaning | $131K | $5K | 76 | SARAH FOR IOWA · $40K |
| 13 | Rallypay | Unidentified | $2K | $78 | 1 | PAVC PAC · $2K |
| 14 | ACT Blue Technical Services | D-leaning | $339K | $13K | 6 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERAL · $300K |
| 15 | Edonation.com | R-leaning | $10K | $369 | 3 | JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE · $5K |
| 16 | Edonation | Unidentified | $10K | $367 | 1 | AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PAC · $10K |
| 17 | Right Country List | R-leaning | $56K | $2K | 2 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE · $54K |
| 18 | Actblue Techinical Services | Unidentified | $0 | $0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Daily KOS | Unidentified | $0 | $0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Actblue Civics | Unidentified | $2K | $67 | 1 | WOMEN'S MARCH WIN · $2K |
| 21 | Raise THE Money Inc. | R-leaning | $113K | $4K | 3 | TEAM HILL · $68K |
| 22 | Paya FKA Sage Payment Solutions | Unidentified | $0 | $0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Farmers Group Inc Employees and Agents PAC - Small Contributor Committee | Unidentified | $0 | $0 | 0 | — |
Cycle volume figures sum 2026-cycle Schedule B disbursements where each donor-infrastructure platform is the payee. Party-lean classification: for each platform we sum recipient-committee cycle volume by FEC committees.party_affiliation; D-leaning if D≥70% of identified volume, R-leaning if R≥70%, else mixed. Fee estimate uses a 3.8% blended platform rate (ActBlue ~3.95%, WinRed ~3.94%, Anedot ~3-4%). Some platforms classified here (e.g. Daily Kos, RightCountry List) function as donor-acquisition channels feeding into the major processors — they appear here for visibility but their flow primarily transits through ActBlue/WinRed downstream.