Who may contribute
Individuals may contribute subject to federal limits. A contributor must be a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident and must use funds the contributor owns or controls.
Voter and Donor Education
Campaign Contribution Rules
Important: This page is an educational campaign notice, not individualized legal advice. The campaign treasurer and election counsel must verify the final live form, the applicable 2028 limits and every processor setting before contributions are enabled.
Who may not contribute
The campaign does not accept prohibited contributions from foreign nationals, federal government contractors acting as contractors, corporations, labor organizations, reimbursed donors, straw donors or another person's funds.
Information collected
The form collects the contributor's legal name, mailing address, occupation and employer. Federal law requires campaign committees to make best efforts to obtain and report required contributor information.
Limits and election designation
Federal limits apply separately by election and are periodically indexed. The live online cap must be set by the campaign treasurer after confirming the limit applicable when the contribution is received.
Campaign merchandise
The entire amount paid for an item sold as a political fundraiser is treated as a contribution and counts against the purchaser's applicable limit—even when the item costs the campaign less to produce.
Not tax deductible
Political contributions and campaign-merchandise purchases are not charitable donations and are not tax deductible as charitable gifts.
No personal account
Campaign receipts must be deposited into the campaign's designated depository and must not be commingled with a candidate's or any other person's personal funds.
Refunds and excessive contributions
Potentially prohibited or excessive contributions require prompt review and the appropriate refund, reattribution or redesignation procedure under federal rules.
Live-site checklist before accepting money
- Confirm the principal campaign committee's exact legal name, FEC ID and treasurer.
- Confirm the dedicated campaign bank account and processor account use the committee—not a personal or unrelated business account.
- Fix the Namecheap MySQL credentials and import the shop tables.
- Enter PayPal sandbox credentials and test orders, refunds and duplicate submissions.
- Confirm products, variants, inventory, shipping, taxes, return policy and fulfillment.
- Have the treasurer verify the online contribution cap and 2028 election designation.
- Complete processor production approval, then switch from sandbox to live.
- Enable checkout and contributions only after the preceding checks pass.
Official references
Paid for by Robert R. Motta for President 2028.