FRIENDS OF CLIFF STEARNS

Federal · FEC · C00229377

$1.52M
Direct disbursements
113
Distinct vendors
418
Disbursement rows
Apr 2005 – Mar 2026
Activity window
$173Kacross 12 months

Top vendors paid last 12 months · top 10

CFCC FOUNDATION $102K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn LAKE SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION $19K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OCALA/MARION $10K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn JOAN STEARNS $9K Legal & Compliance · 9 txns APPLETON MUSEUM OF ART $5K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $5K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn PURVIS GRAY AND COMPANY $2K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn Internal Revenue Service $2K Wages & Payroll · 1 txn TURNING POINT USA $2K Contributions & Transfers · 2 txns COX COMMUNICATIONS $1K Software & Tech · 9 txns FO FRIENDS OF CLIFF STEARNS

Staff & officers 1 officer on file (FEC Form 1)

Treasurer Stearns, Joan
Single treasurer on file — no other committees served by this officer in our records.

No cross-committee operative network for FRIENDS OF CLIFF STEARNS — this committee's officers don't serve at other committees in our records. Common for institutional committees (national party committees, large PAC infrastructure) where a single staff treasurer manages only this filer.

Connected committees 2 peers with shared infrastructure Open in hub explorer →

Other federal committees that pay the same vendors or share officers with this one — the operational network this filer sits inside. Inferred from cross-filing, not present in any single source. Click a row to open the full relationship page.

Committee Shared Combined spend
R AEG PAC 3 vendors $130,626 Network
R JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE 3 vendors $13,992 Network

People paid by FRIENDS OF CLIFF STEARNS top 20 · $375,069 · 2 of 20 linked to person profile

Individuals who received disbursements from this committee — salaried staff, consultants on personal-name contracts, and reimbursements for travel / mileage / per diem. Includes 3 names identified via state-data name-pattern fallback (entity_tp not populated on state filings).

Name Most-common purpose Payments Total paid Activity window
The Cfcc Foundation DONATION 1 $269,919 Dec 2020
Joan Stearns ACCOUNTING, FEC P… 67 $67,000 Jun 2017 → Mar 2023
United States Treasury SETTLEMENT 1 $6,900 Aug 2019
Holy Band Healing And Delivere DONATION 1 $4,500 Mar 2020
The Congressional Club DONATION 2 $4,500 Feb 2019 → Apr 2019
Committee To Re-elec Chris Smith DONATION 4 $4,000 May 2018 → Sep 2020
Judd Sapp For Congress DONATION 3 $3,000 Jan 2018 → Oct 2019
Fort King Heritage Association DONATION 2 $2,000 Jun 2019 → Feb 2021
Rep. Bilirakis For Congre DONATION 3 $1,500 Dec 2019 → Sep 2020
Team Graham DONATION 2 $1,500 May 2020 → Sep 2020
American Revolution Institute DONATION 2 $1,250 Dec 2018 → Dec 2019
Ron Desantis · DONATION 1 $1,000 Sep 2018
Virginia Foxx DONATION 1 $1,000 Aug 2017
Rick Scott · DONATION 1 $1,000 Sep 2018
The Navigators DONATION 1 $1,000 Dec 2018
Collins For Senator DONATION 1 $1,000 Sep 2020
Hal Rogers For Congress CONTRIBUTION 1 $1,000 Oct 2017
Jeremiah Blocker For Cty Comm DONATION 1 $1,000 Feb 2018
Steve Pyles · CONTRIBUTION 1 $1,000 Jan 2023
K9 For Warriors DONATION 1 $1,000 Oct 2017

Spend by category

all-cycle
Contributions & Transfers $1.2M Legal & Compliance $140K Wages & Payroll $90K Admin & Office $13K Software & Tech $7K Travel & Events $3K Print & Mail $2K Strategy & Research $1K Digital $135

Spend by service category

Category Total spend Disbursements
Contributions & Transfers $1,196,495 135
Legal & Compliance $139,526 118
Wages & Payroll $90,314 11
Other / Unclassified $63,517 25
Admin & Office $13,020 91
Software & Tech $7,085 22
Travel & Events $2,806 6
Print & Mail $2,343 8
Strategy & Research $1,375 1
Digital $135 1

Recent activity showing 20 of 418

Date Vendor Purpose Amount
Mar 30, 2026 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY DONATION $5,000
Mar 25, 2026 Internal Revenue Service FEDERAL TAXES $1,702
Mar 13, 2026 JOAN STEARNS ACCOUNTING, BOOKKEEPING, FEC PREP $1,000
Mar 13, 2026 COX COMMUNICATIONS INTERNET $135
Feb 13, 2026 JOAN STEARNS ACCOUNTING, BOOKKEEPING,FEC PREP $1,000
Feb 13, 2026 COX COMMUNICATIONS INTERNET $135
Feb 5, 2026 TAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION DONATION $1,000
Jan 14, 2026 COX COMMUNICATIONS INTERNET $135
Jan 12, 2026 JOAN STEARNS ACCOUNTING, BOOKKEEPING, FEC PREP $1,000
Dec 22, 2025 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OCALA/MARION DONATION $10,193
Dec 15, 2025 JOAN STEARNS BOOKKEEPING, FEC PREP, ACCOUNTING $1,000
Dec 12, 2025 COX COMMUNICATIONS INTERNETL $135
Dec 3, 2025 CFCC FOUNDATION DONATION $101,786
Nov 19, 2025 LAKE SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION DONATION $19,261
Nov 18, 2025 Kat for Congress CONTRIBUTION $1,000
Nov 18, 2025 JOAN STEARNS BOOKKEEPING, FEC PREP, ACCOUNTING $1,000
Nov 14, 2025 COX COMMUNICATIONS INTERNET $135
Nov 3, 2025 RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDA CONTRIBUTION $1,000
Oct 31, 2025 MARION COUNTY REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DONATION $700
Oct 21, 2025 Texans for Senator John Cornyn CONTRIBUTION $1,000