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Carpenters & Joiners Union

Tracked because Entity connected to tracked networks · 14 documented connections
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

Carpenters & Joiners Union is documented in FEC and OpenSecrets aggregations as an organisational donor to 13 federal officials (13 Democrat) in the U.S. House. Top documented contributions where dollar amounts are parseable: Joe Courtney ($107K), Jared Huffman ($60K), Norma J. Torres ($53K). Surfaced through the congressional donor-handoff pipeline; descriptions on each individual donor→official edge cite the originating cycle, payment count, and policy framing where available.

Facts on record2
Connections mapped14
Sources cited4
✦ Thin coverage gap +60 connected to 14 entities · only 2 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 2S
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 10 elected officials hold documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map
Key Connections
← Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners organization
political action committee
The Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee is the political arm of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (the Carpenters & Joiners Union).
Facts (2)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 144d ago · Avg age: 2451d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
Raw Filing Records (2) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Top documented donor→official edge by parseable dollar amount: Joe Courtney ($107K, Democrat). Amount string extracted from the connection's source-text blob.
Added: 24 May 2026
Pending Review Carpenters & Joiners Union is recorded in the platform's donor graph as funding 13 federal officials (13 Democrat) in the U.S. House. All edges are sourced from FEC/OpenSecrets aggregations imported via the congressional-handoff pipeline.
Added: 24 May 2026
All Connections (14)
→ Delia C. Ramirez person
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via Carpenters & Joiners Union PAC
→ George Latimer person
donor secondary
2024 cycle: $10,000 via 2 payments to George Latimer for Congress.
→ George Whitesides person
donor secondary
2024 cycle: $10,000 via 2 payments to George Whitesides for Congress.
→ Greg Casar person
donor secondary
2024 cycle: $10,000 PAC contribution
→ Jared Huffman person
donor secondary
2011-2024: $60,250 via PAC and individual contributions
→ Joe Courtney person
donor secondary
2001-2024: $107,250 via individual ($2,250) and PAC ($105,000) contributions
→ Juan Vargas person
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via PAC
→ Lateefah Simon person
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via Carpenters & Joiners Union PAC
→ Laura Friedman person
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via PAC. Friedman received a 100% CWA score for 2025. Labor unions are among her top donors and she was awarded the 2026 President's Award for 'steadfast support of good union jobs.'
→ Norma J. Torres person
donor secondary
2013-2024: $52,500 via PAC — Torres's second-largest union contributor.
→ Sara Jacobs person
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via PAC to Sara Jacobs for Congress
→ Stephen F. Lynch person
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via PAC to Lynch campaign committee. 2024 cycle total building trade union contributions: $47,000.
→ Melanie Stansbury elected official
donor secondary
2019-2024: $25,000 via PAC contributions.
political action committee primary
The Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee is the political arm of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (the Carpenters & Joiners Union).
Sources (4)
2026-05-25 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Carpenters & Joiners Union not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt