# Back the Bold **Back the Bold** is a federal **PAC — Qualified**, FEC **C00771113**, first filed **2021-03-01**, at **PO Box 27, Moline IL 61265**, treasurer of record **Christopher Koob**. Its September 2026 report is **two committees in one document**: a genuine small-dollar operation — **2,308 Schedule A rows**, 1,154 of them ActBlue conduit memo rows — with **$1,100,000.01 from a single Chicago entity that has no FEC identity** bolted onto the non-contribution account. See [[Responsive Government Action 1.1M to Back the Bold]]. ## What the FEC record says | Item | Detail | |---|---| | FEC committee ID | **C00771113** | | Committee type | **PAC — Qualified**, Unauthorized | | First filed | **2021-03-01** | | Address of record | PO Box 27, Moline IL 61265 | | Treasurer | **Christopher Koob** — also treasurer of [[United Futures PAC]] (C00960385) | ### September 2026, from file 2020658 (`F3XN`, report code `M10`) | Line | Figure | |---|---| | Total receipts | **$1,640,410.34** | | — non-contribution account (Line 17 side) | **$1,106,147.34** (67.4%) | | — federal contributions (Line 11 side) | **$534,263.00** (32.6%) | | — of the soft side, **[[Responsive Government Action]]** | **$1,100,000.01** (99.4%) | | Total disbursements | $411,288.67 | | Independent expenditure this period | $68,613.96 | | Cash on hand, 2026-09-30 | **$1,858,100.38** | | **Cycle receipts to date** | **$2,539,872.90** | > [!note] Rule 4d > The 1,154 ActBlue rows totalling $97,483.18 carry the memo code and restate dollars itemised elsewhere > in the document. They are not additive. > [!note] Rule 4h > The $68,613.96 of Schedule E restates notices already filed and is excluded from the 2026-10-13 > tranche's new-money total. ## Why it matters 🔴 **The treasurer is the link to the Kansas programme.** Christopher Koob signs this committee and signs **[[United Futures PAC]]**, revealed on the same receipt date as the source of **$6,250,000.00** behind the advertising against [[Roger Marshall]] in [[KS-Sen-2026]]. Two committees, one treasurer, both disclosing seven-figure single-source money on the same day. See [[United Futures PAC 6.25M to People Over Politics Action Fund]]. **It is holding $1.86 million three weeks out.** Against $411,288.67 of monthly spending and $68,613.96 of independent expenditure, the committee closed September with **$1,858,100.38** unspent. **The small-dollar half is real, and that is what makes the structure useful.** A committee with 2,308 contribution rows reads as grassroots. Two-thirds of the month's money came from one entity that discloses nothing. ## Open questions - **What [[Responsive Government Action]] is** — needs corporate or tax records this task cannot reach. - How many committees **Christopher Koob** signs. Two are now known. - Whether the **$1,858,100.38** is spent before 2026-11-03, and in which races. ## See Also - [[Responsive Government Action]] · [[United Futures PAC]] - [[Responsive Government Action 1.1M to Back the Bold]] · [[United Futures PAC 6.25M to People Over Politics Action Fund]] - [[Dark Money]] · [[Soft Money]] · [[Political Action Committee]] - [[KS-Sen-2026]] · [[Organizations Hub]]