Who cannot give
- Corporations, including nonprofit corporations
- Labor organizations
- Federal government contractors
- Foreign nationals
- Anyone giving in someone else's name
Federal campaigns may not accept contributions from corporations (including nonprofits), labor organizations, federal government contractors or foreign nationals, or contributions made in someone else's name.
Source: FEC, Who can and can't contribute checked 2026-10-26
What the source says
Corporations , including nonprofit corporations (although funds from a corporate separate segregated fund are permissible) | Labor organizations
Candidates and committees may not knowingly accept a prohibited corporate or union contribution.
Source: 11 CFR 114.2, Prohibitions on contributions, expenditures and electioneering communications checked 2026-10-26
What the source says
A candidate, political committee, or other person is prohibited from knowingly accepting or receiving any contribution prohibited by this section.
National banks and corporations organized under federal law cannot contribute in any election, federal, state or local.
Source: 11 CFR 114.2, Prohibitions on contributions, expenditures and electioneering communications checked 2026-10-26
What the source says
National banks and corporations organized by authority of any law of Congress are prohibited from making a contribution ... in connection with any election
Federal contractors
Federal contractors may not contribute, and no one may knowingly ask them to.
Source: 11 CFR 115.2, Prohibition (federal contractors) checked 2026-10-26
What the source says
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to solicit any such contribution from a Federal contractor.
Foreign nationals
A green card holder is not a foreign national and can give. Someone who is neither a citizen nor a lawful permanent resident cannot give in any U.S. election, federal, state or local.
A foreign national may not contribute, directly or indirectly, in connection with any federal, state or local election.
Source: 11 CFR 110.20, Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals checked 2026-10-26
What the source says
A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value ... in connection with any Federal, Sta
Look into it before you deposit if a donor gives a foreign address, pays with a check from a foreign bank, uses a foreign passport or lives abroad.
Source: 11 CFR 110.20, Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals checked 2026-10-26
What the source says
The contributor or donor provides a foreign address; (iii) The contributor or donor makes a contribution or donation by means of a check or other written instru
Gifts in someone else's name
No one may give in another person's name, let their own name be used that way, or knowingly accept such a gift.
Source: 11 CFR 110.4, Contributions in the name of another; cash contributions checked 2026-10-26
What the source says
No person shall— (i) Make a contribution in the name of another; (ii) Knowingly permit his or her name to be used to effect that contribution; or (iii) Knowingl
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