Colleen Melody

Where the money came from

• Individuals $222,587
• Other organizations $49,308
• Small contributions (not itemized) $11,132
• Political action committees $1,200
• Businesses $692
• Political parties $477
• Miscellaneous receipts $200

Miscellaneous receipts aren't gifts. They're often the candidate's own money moving from an earlier campaign or surplus account, so it's counted again in the campaign that receives it, plus interest and refunds.

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Where the money went

• Management and consulting services $52,300
• Fundraising events and related costs $32,579
• Bank and payment processing charges $6,719
• Not categorized by the filer $6,579
• Computers, printers, software, phones, etc. $4,324
• Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs $3,800
• In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $3,460
• Filing fees $2,620
• Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $1,314
• Design/graphic art, etc. $750
• Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $228
• Contribution Refunds $0

In-kind gifts are goods or services someone gave the campaign. Campaigns report them as money in and money out, so no cash was paid.

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Top organizations

• SEIU 775 Quality Care Committee $4,800
• WA Federation of State Employees SSF (WFSE) $4,800
• WA Education Association (WEA) PAC $4,800
• Justice for All PAC $4,800
• Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala $4,800
• Singleton Schreiber, LLP $4,300
• Johnson Flora Sprangers PLLC $2,400
• SEIU Healthcare 1199NW United for Quality Care $2,400
• SEIU Healthcare United for Quality Care $2,400
• Hospitals for a Healthy Future PAC / Hhfpac $2,400
• UFCW Active Ballot Club-WA $2,000
• WA Teamsters Legislative League $1,200
• UAW Region 6 Western States PAC $1,200
• National Women's Political Caucus of WA $1,150
• 34th District Democrats $1,000

Individual donors, and names we can't tell from an individual's, are listed under Contributions.

Where donors are

Top cities

• Seattle, WA $137,738
• Tacoma, WA $19,785
• Vashon, WA $13,823
• Olympia, WA $9,927
• Washington, DC $7,143
• Federal Way, WA $5,217
• Kent, WA $4,904
• Spokane, WA $4,803
• Thorp, WA $4,800
• Mercer Island, WA $4,671

Outside Washington

• DC $7,143
• CA $6,100
• CO $1,500
• OR $1,001
• MD $800
• HI $574
• AZ $500
• VA $364

$11,132 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

• Connelly Law Offices $4,703
• State of Washington $2,877
• Terrell Marshall $2,536
• Washington Attorney General?s Office $2,480
• Breskin Johnson Trial Lawyers $2,221
• Seattle Children?s Hospital $1,564
• Washington State Attorney General's Office $1,493
• King County $1,300
• Northwest Justice Project $730

Employers are reported only for larger gifts from individuals, and the employer didn't give this money itself.

Who the campaigns paid

• Katherine Bobman Consulting $67,211
• Bottled Lightning Collective $15,750
• NGPVan/EveryAction Inc $6,080
• Anedot $5,959
• Argo Strategies $3,300
• WA Secretary of State $2,620
• Powerhouse Strategic LLC $2,211
• The Historic Trust $625
• Integrated Solutions: Political $361
• Quimper Grange $285
• Bob Ferguson for Governor $231

Payments only. In-kind gifts aren't payments, so their givers aren't in this list.