Campaign finance entity
Donald Ray Rickard
An individual contributor reported as Donald Ray Rickard in Derek Merrin campaign filings.
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- Record type The broad kind of record shown here, such as a political committee, individual, business, or organization. This is separate from the entity’s more specific campaign-finance classification.
- Political committee
- Official identifier An identifier assigned by the filing authority, such as an FEC committee ID. Service providers may have no committee identifier.
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- Observed activity How this entity appears in the records currently published here—for example as a donor, recipient, independent spender, or campaign payee. It may have additional roles outside this page’s coverage.
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- Campaign-finance role The entity’s verified status under campaign-finance rules, such as candidate-controlled, general-purpose recipient, primarily formed, major donor, or independent-expenditure filer.
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- Funding model Where the political money comes from. A recipient committee raises contributions, while a major donor or independent-expenditure filer generally uses the individual’s or organization’s own funds.
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- Legal / tax status What the entity legally is and, when verified, its governmental or tax status—for example a corporation, labor union, nonprofit, 501(c) organization, or federally recognized tribal government.
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- Selected federal disclosures, 2025–2026
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- Employer as reported
- GOAL LINE STRATEGIES LLC
- Occupation as reported
- CONSULTANT
- On contributions dated
- Sep 30, 2025
FEC campaign filing ↗Checked Oct 30, 2026
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