Adam Schiff
Democrat · CA-30 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Revolving door (5 lobbyists) former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,503 direct
JSTREETPAC $250 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
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
HOMEMAKER
204 contributions · cycle 2022
$116K
THE WONDERFUL
10 contributions · cycle 2022
$45K
LIFE YIELD
8 contributions · cycle 2022
$33K
MCARTHURGLEN
6 contributions · cycle 2022
$27K
SV ANGEL
6 contributions · cycle 2022
$27K
THOMAS H LEE CAPITAL
6 contributions · cycle 2022
$27K
WATERS KRAUS LLP
6 contributions · cycle 2022
$27K
VAN WAGNER
8 contributions · cycle 2022
$25K
LAUDER
8 contributions · cycle 2022
$23K
UCLA
90 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
AOL
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL ROONEY
7 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
MARCUS MILLICHAP
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
MG PROPERTIES
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
PRETIUM
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
STAND UP AMERICA
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
THOMAS SAFRAN ASSOCIATES
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
THREE CAIRNS
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$22K
ILLUMINATION ENTERTAINMENT
4 contributions · cycle 2022
$20K
ACF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$20K
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
for them $2K · against them $0 · 56 transactions
$2K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
for them $2K · against them $0 · 10 transactions
$2K
VALOR AMERICA
for them $0 · against them $1K · 1 transactions
$1K
GREENWAVE
for them $750 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$750
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
for them $430 · against them $0 · 11 transactions
$430
EVAN LOW FOR ASSEMBLY 2024
for them $349 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$349
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
for them $308 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$308
DEMOCRACY PAC
for them $195 · against them $0 · 7 transactions
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
for them $67 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
for them $30 · against them $0 · 3 transactions
$30
DIGNITY CA SEIU LOCAL 2015
for them $7 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$7
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
tiny cost-allocation expenditures, not listed individually
$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
NV · 1 dark entity
coverage 21.0%
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
NV · 1 dark entity
coverage 21.0%
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
NV · 1 dark entity
coverage 21.0%
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT · NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$525.74M
SMP
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$47.25M
AB PAC
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$25.50M
HMP
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$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 is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low exposure.

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