Guidelines/Process

• $2,750 is the maximum total allowable contributions per contributor to a City Council campaign
• $250 dollars is the maximum allowed if you are Doing Business with the City
• $100 per contributor is the maximum allowed in cash and or money orders to a City Council campaign.
• Click here to check if you are registered as doing business with the city.

ALLOWABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
 
Political Committees
Political action committees (PACs), political party committees, political clubs, and candidate committees, collectively known as political committees, are allowed to contribute provided they register with the CFB prior to or within 10 days of making a contribution. Please visit the CFB’s website for an up-todate list of registered political committees before accepting a PAC contribution. Political Committee Registration forms are available on the CFB’s website and in the Appendix. Political committees must register with the CFB for every election cycle.

Sole Proprietorships
The only types of businesses that may contribute after January 1, 2008 are sole proprietorships.

Campaign Vendors and Campaign Staff
Your campaign may accept contributions from an individual who is a vendor to the campaign or a principal in an entity that is a vendor to the campaign. Vendors include, but are not limited to, printing companies, food caterers, and individuals who do work for your campaign such as carrying petitions for field operations. Contributions from full-time, salaried employees of the campaign are eligible to be matched, but contributions from consultants and temporary employees cannot be matched.

PROHIBITED CONTRIBUTORS
These are the contributors that cannot contribute to a campaign under any circumstance!

• Nominee Contributors
• Nominee contributions are contributions made in the name of one person using money from a different person or entity.
• Anonymous Contributors
• Contributions cannot be made anonymously.
• Corporation, LLC, LLP, and Partnership Contributors
• All contributions from corporations, LLCs, LLPs, and partnerships are prohibited.