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Protect Utah Workers
Since 2024, Protect Utah Workers reported raising $4.6 million and spending $3.0 million. Below: who gave to it and where its money went, as listed in its own reports.
Where its money came from
All money reported raised since 2024, by kind of donor.
- Individuals · 292 people, not named here$140,464 (3%)
- Committees that report their own donors$79,955 (2%)
- Businesses and other groups$4.4 million (95%)
| Year | Raised | Individuals | Committees | Businesses and groups | Not itemized | Out of state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,582,771 | 3% | 2% | 95% | 0% | 84% |
| 2026 so far | $1,769 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Who funds it
Its largest donors other than individuals, since 2024. A linked name is a committee that reports its own donors: follow it to see where that money came from.
- National Education Association · 37 contributions$3.0 million (67%)
- Utah Education Association · 58 contributions$458,550 (10%)
- AFSCME$250,000 (5%)
- American Federation of Teachers$100,000 (2%)
- UFCW Local 99 · 15 contributions$99,261 (2%)
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO CLC$75,000 (2%)
- UFCW Local 99 PAC$50,000 (1%)
- Utah School Employees' Association · 15 contributions$44,742 (1%)
- AFSCME Local 1004 · 9 contributions$29,782 (1%)
- Pennsylvania State Education Association · 3 contributions$28,984 (1%)
- Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 Issues Advocacy/Ballot Initiative PAC · 4 contributions$26,622 (1%)
- Teamsters Local 222 · 11 contributions$15,200 (under 1%)
- Hawaii State Teachers Association · 3 contributions$15,012 (under 1%)
- Davis Education Association · 16 contributions$11,800 (under 1%)
- Washington Education Association · 3 contributions$11,631 (under 1%)
Plus $140,464 from 292 individual donors, counted but not named here.
Who it funds
Its largest payments since 2024: candidates, other committees and vendors. Legislators and committees link to their pages.
- National Education Association$247,715 (8%)
- Elevate Strategies · 14 payments$68,707 (2%)
- Lake Research Partners · 2 payments$64,028 (2%)
- Sun Print Solutions · 5 payments$28,630 (1%)
- Union Print Shop · 6 payments$24,181 (1%)
- Broadway Media$12,000 (under 1%)
- Caplin & Drysdale · 8 payments$10,487 (under 1%)
- Parr Brown Gee & Loveless · 3 payments$9,739 (under 1%)
- Amazon · 11 payments$6,790 (under 1%)
- State of Utah · 2 payments$1,067 (under 1%)
- PayPal · 20 payments$949 (under 1%)
- Ricochet360$408 (under 1%)
- Jumpolines Party Rental$334 (under 1%)
- Utah Valley University$225 (under 1%)
- Banterra Bank · 3 payments$101 (under 1%)
Plus $2.5 million paid to 32 other individuals, not named here.
About these numbers
Amounts are from each committee's own reports to the Lt. Governor's office, 2024 on, added up by report year. Shares describe where a committee's money came from overall; they don't trace any specific dollar to a specific gift. Donor names are linked to another committee only when the name matches that committee's filing name exactly (after removing punctuation and the like) or was checked by hand. Individual donors are counted, not named.
These are amounts Protect Utah Workers reported to the Lt. Governor's office for 2024 on, as of 2026-11-14. Being listed as a donor or recipient means money was reported; it says nothing about why. Official reports →
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