# David Sacks Political Donations Cycle-by-cycle ledger of [[David Sacks]]'s political giving and bundling — the consolidated money map. The chronological narrative lives in [[Sacks Political Donations Timeline]]; the running story in [[David Sacks News Log]]. The canonical [[David Sacks]] page carries the summary. > Figures are disclosed contributions as reported (FEC, OpenSecrets) plus documented bundling/host activity. Sacks's distinguishing move is **hosting and bundling** (the $12M All-In fundraiser) as much as direct giving. ## The arc in one line Bipartisan-pragmatic donor (Romney 2012, **Clinton 2016**) → local-politics financier (Boudin recall 2022, mostly via Vance) → MAGA bundler-in-chief (2024 $12M Trump fundraiser) → AI/Crypto Czar. The dollars track the ideological migration mapped in [[David Sacks Ideology]]. ## The ledger | Year | Recipient / vehicle | Amount | Note | |---|---|---|---| | 2012 | [[Mitt Romney]] | $50K | Republican | | 2013 | [[FWD.us]] | contributed | Zuckerberg bipartisan immigration group | | 2016 | [[Hillary Clinton]] | ~$70K | **Pre-MAGA marker** — the starkest sign of his earlier positioning | | 2022 | [[Chesa Boudin Recall]] | ~$2M | SF DA recall; routed mostly through [[JD Vance]] | | 2022 | [[JD Vance]] Senate super PAC | $900K | Backed Thiel's $15M bet on Vance | | 2024 | Trump fundraiser (host) | **$12M raised** | San Francisco; the All-In → fundraiser → Czar pipeline | | 2024 | Republican National Convention | speaker | Public MAGA alignment | ## The bundling pattern — why hosting matters more than giving Sacks's influence runs through **convening**, not just check-writing: 1. **The All-In platform** ([[All-In Podcast]]) primes the tech-donor audience; see [[David Sacks Ideology]]. 2. **The fundraiser** converts that audience into a single $12M event. 3. **The Czar role** is the return on the convening — policy influence over the industries his guests invest in. ## Crypto-politics overlap Sacks's giving sits inside the broader [[Crypto-Political Machine]] and [[Crypto Super PACs]] ecosystem. As Crypto Czar he shaped policy affecting the same crypto interests that fund the GOP's crypto-aligned candidates — the conflict mapped in [[David Sacks Holdings]]. ## See Also - [[David Sacks]] — canonical biography - [[Sacks Political Donations Timeline]] — chronological version - [[David Sacks Holdings]] — the divestment + conflict map - [[Crypto-Political Machine]] · [[Crypto Super PACs]] - [[Peter Thiel Political Donations]] · [[Elon Musk Political Donations]] - [[David Sacks Dossier]]