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NELNET INC

Data as of Oct 11, 2026
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CIK 1258602Personal Credit Institutions

Political giving

NELNET INC's PAC gave $317,100 across 150 contributions to 49 sitting members of Congress in the 2024 and 2026 cycles, per FEC filings.

Largest recipients

PoliticianGiftsTotal
RMike FloodHouse · Nebraska
10$27,000
RTom ColeHouse · Oklahoma
10$21,000
RPete RickettsSenate · Nebraska
14$20,500
RDon BaconHouse · Nebraska
8$20,000
RAndy BarrHouse · Kentucky
4$20,000
DBobby ScottHouse · Virginia
5$15,000
DSteven HorsfordHouse · Nevada
8$14,000
RDeb FischerSenate · Nebraska
8$13,600
DBrittany PettersenHouse · Colorado
5$9,500
RWarren DavidsonHouse · Ohio
4$8,500

The PAC

Only committees the FEC registers as corporate PACs are counted; each links to its FEC filings. Contributions are to members' principal campaign committees.

By party

  • Republicans 74% · $236K
  • Democrats 26% · $81K

Party is the recipient's; leadership PACs and party committees are counted with "committees and unmatched".

By cycle

  • 2024 cycle$210K116 gifts
  • 2026 cycle$108K34 gifts

Coverage: 2024 from Jan 2023 to Dec 2024; 2026 from Feb 2025 to Jun 2026.

Data: FEC (PAC contributions, Schedule A), Quiver Quantitative (congressional holdings, lobbying, contracts), Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, USAspending, congressional periodic transaction reports. Records are matched to NELNET INC through its SEC registration (CIK 1258602) and tickers NNI.

As of: PAC donations through Jun 29, 2026; lobbying filings through Aug 5, 2026; contract actions through Apr 2, 2026. Snapshot rebuilt Oct 11, 2026.

Holdings values are estimates from disclosed ranges. PAC contributions cover the current and previous election cycle and count only gifts to sitting members' principal campaign committees, so leadership PACs and losing candidates are not included.