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Includes matched contributions in available Ohio District 9 filings. Late notices are shown separately and excluded from contribution totals; primary and general snapshots are counted once. Amounts include reported in-kind contributions and retain redesignation notes; refunds may appear in later filings. Contributions to other campaigns have not been included here.

Campaign finance entity

Political committee Role loading Committee ID

The Guardian Fund

A federally registered political committee, listed by the FEC as THE GUARDIAN FUND. Its reported committee type is pac — qualified.

Financial activityConnectionsOfficial record
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Money received — Contributions, loans, and reported payments in
Money paid or contributed — Direct giving and campaign payments out
Independent activity — Support or opposition outside a campaign
Reviewed records — Across published races

Entity profile

What this entity is

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.
Not yet verified
Coverage area The jurisdictions and election records included on this page. It describes Paper Trail Politics’ current coverage, not necessarily the entity’s complete political activity.
Selected federal disclosures, 2025–2026

Coverage

What is included

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Organization background

Committee records

Federal committee registration

Registered name
THE GUARDIAN FUND
FEC committee ID
C00493221
Committee type
PAC — qualified
Designation
Joint fundraiser
Reported connected organization
JACK BEGMAN

Committee registration and office roles do not establish ownership of an affiliated business.

FEC 2026 committee master file ↗Checked Oct 30, 2026

People behind the entity

Leadership and key people

Titles are shown as stated in the linked sources.

Gregory Wilder

Federal committee treasurer

The FEC master file identifies the registered treasurer; this does not establish ownership or an executive role at an affiliated organization.

FEC 2026 committee master file ↗Checked Oct 30, 2026

Money map

Candidates, measures and other committees

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Connections

Who and what appears nearby

Context from reviewed filings, not a claim of formal affiliation.

In the records

Reported counterparties

Source records

Financial activity

Evidence and limits

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Where this data was found

Organization backgroundBusiness and leadership sources1 source
FEC 2026 committee master fileChecked Oct 30, 2026Open source ↗