Jobs and Opportunity is a political action committee (PAC) affiliated with the Center for Innovative Policy, a left-of-center political advocacy group in Washington, D.C.

It made financial contributions to committees for Democratic candidates through the United States from 2016 to 2020. As of early 2024, it has not made any contributions between 2021 and 2024.

Background

Jobs and Opportunity is one of four groups formally related to the Center for Innovative Policy, a political advocacy group for Democratic candidates. The group was officially registered with the Federal Election Commission on July 22, 2016. ¹

Funding

Between July 2016 and December 2016, Jobs and Opportunity received $1,957,510 in contributions. It received a total of $1,732,510 from the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) earmarked for primary election spending, $100,000 from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Staff Union Committee on Political Education also for primary elections, and $125,000 from the National Education Association (NEA) Advocacy Fund. ²

From January 2017 through December 2018, the PAC received $53,923 from the Democratic Governors Association, $400,000 from State Victory Action, $50,000 from NEA Advocacy Fund, and $500,000 from Working for Working Americans. ^{3 4}

From January 2019 through December 2020, the PAC received $1,070,000 in contributions. It received $20,000 from the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) and $1,050,000 from the NEA Advocacy Fund. ^{5 6}

The PAC received $0 in contributions during the 2021-2022 election period and $0 in contributions during the 2023-2024 election period. ^{7 8}

Grantmaking

Between July 2016 and December 2016, Jobs and Opportunity gave a total of $1.7 million to various political groups, including Put New Hampshire First, Good Jobs West Virginia, and Great American Media. ⁹

Between September 2018 and November 2018, it gave over $800,000 to A Stronger Ohio, a PAC for Democratic candidates in the state of Ohio. ¹⁰

Between September 2019 and November 2020, the PAC spent a total of $1,121,855. It gave $850,000 to the Democratic Governors Association, $50,000 to Salvemos a Puerto Rico, $150,000 to Good Jobs MT, and $70,000 to BlueGrass Values. ¹¹

The PAC spent $0 in both the 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 election cycles, except $600 on operating expenses in the 2022 cycle. No operating expenses were paid during the 2024 cycle. ^{12 13}

Leadership

The treasurer of Jobs and Opportunity is Stephen Hill. ¹⁴

1. “Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00622340/?cycle=2018&tab=about-committee.
2.  “Receipts – 2015-2016.” Jobs and Opportunity – Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00622340&two_year_transaction_period=2016&cycle=2016&line_number=F3X-11C&data_type=processed.
3. “Receipts (line 11ai) – 2017-2018 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00622340&two_year_transaction_period=2018&cycle=2018&line_number=F3X-11AI&data_type=processed.
4. “Receipts (line 11c) – 2017-2018 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00622340&two_year_transaction_period=2018&cycle=2018&line_number=F3X-11C&data_type=processed.
5. ^[1] “Receipts (line 11ai) – 2017-2018 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00622340&two_year_transaction_period=2020&cycle=2020&line_number=F3X-11AI&data_type=processed.
6. “Receipts (line 11c) – 2017-2018 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00622340&two_year_transaction_period=2020&cycle=2020&line_number=F3X-11C&data_type=processed.
7. “Financial Summary – 2021-2022 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00622340/?cycle=2022.
8. “Financial Summary – 2023-2024 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00622340/?cycle=2024.
9. “Disbursements – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00622340&two_year_transaction_period=2016&cycle=2016&line_number=F3X-29&data_type=processed.
10. ^[1] “A Stronger Ohio.” Open Secrets. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs//C00672675/summary/2018.
11. “Disbursements – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00622340&two_year_transaction_period=2020&cycle=2020&line_number=F3X-29&data_type=processed.
12. ^[1] “Financial Summary – 2021-2022 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00622340/?cycle=2022.
13. “Financial Summary – 2023-2024 – Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00622340/?cycle=2024.
14. “Jobs and Opportunity.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 4, 2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00622340/?cycle=2018&tab=about-committee.