CoreCivic
CORECIVIC, INC.
Contractor record and full award ledgerPublic money
Represented federal awards
- Award records
- 3
- Current award value
- $306,334,612.94
- Obligated
- $306,334,612.94
- Outlayed
- $180,055,213.48
Award value and obligations are authority and commitments, not cash paid. These figures belong to the federal award category and are never combined with any political or lobbying figure on this page.
Facility roles established by cited records
- t-don-hutto — owner
- t-don-hutto — operator
- t-don-hutto — operator
- t-don-hutto — operator
- otay-mesa — recipient
- otay-mesa — operator
- california-city — recipient
- stewart — operator
- eloy-fcf — operator
- torrance-county-detention — owner
- torrance-county-detention — operator
- dilley-ipc — operator
- dilley-ipc — lessee
- dilley-ipc — medical provider
- dilley-ipc — operator
- la-palma — owner
- la-palma — operator
- la-palma — operator
- adams-county-correctional — operator
- adams-county-correctional — owner
- farmville — owner
- farmville — operator
- cibola-county — operator
- diamondback — operator
- elizabeth-cdf — operator
- elizabeth-cdf — lessee
- houston-cdf — operator
- cimarron-correctional — owner
- cimarron-correctional — operator
- nevada-southern — owner
- nevada-southern — operator
A role is published only where a cited record establishes it. Award recipient status, parent status, and appearance in a represented-facility list are not operator status.
Committee, disclosure, lobbying and leadership records — CoreCivic
Connected committee
CORECIVIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
- FEC committee ID
- C00366468
- Status
- active
- Committee type
- Corporation (monthly filer)
- Designation
- Qualified
- Registered
- May 21, 2001
- Treasurer
- Stacey Cason
- Connected organization
- CoreCivic, Inc.
FEC committee profile C00366468 — committee overview
What this does not establish
A connected organization relationship does not establish that corporate treasury funds supplied the committee's contributions. A separate segregated fund is not the corporation, and contributions by employees are not contributions by the company. The FEC profile also records the committee as a Lobbyist/Registrant PAC; that classification does not establish influence over any decision, official, or award.
FEC committee activity
Aggregate committee totals for one coverage period
FEC coverage: January 1, 2025 → June 30, 2026
As of: June 30, 2026
Evidence status: Observed / verified
- Total receipts
- $232,535.55
- Total contributions
- $230,379.84
- Individual contributions
- $230,379.84
- Itemized individual
- $209,559.69
- Unitemized individual
- $20,820.15
- Total disbursements
- $202,781.71
- Contributions to other committees
- $184,000.00
- Independent expenditures
- $0.00reported zero
- Other disbursements
- $16,550.00
- Ending cash on hand
- $32,078.62
FEC committee profile C00366468 — 2025–2026 financial summary
What this does not establish
These are aggregate committee totals for one coverage period. They establish no recipient-level transaction, no candidate or officeholder relationship, no influence over any decision, and no attribution of corporate treasury money to committee contributions. FEC summaries can lag newly filed reports, so the figures are bounded by the coverage period and as-of date. They are not comparable to and must not be summed with CoreCivic's own calendar-2025 company disclosure.
Company political disclosure
Figures as the company reports them
Company reporting period: January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
As of: May 31, 2026
Evidence status: Attributed finding
- Corporate political contributions
- $1,102,700.00
- Connected PAC political contributions
- $130,434.08
- Combined, as the company reports it
- $1,233,134.08
- Federal and national
- $116,000.00
- State and local
- $110,900.00
- National 527 organizations
- $737,500.00
Company-reported breakdown
- $116,000.00 — Federal and national contributions, identified by the company as PAC contributions to federal candidates, parties, and committeesPolitical Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — federal/national contributions
- $110,900.00 — State and local contributions, reported by the company as a combined corporate and PAC amountPolitical Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — state and local contributions
- $737,500.00 — National 527 organization contributions, reported by the company as corporate fundsPolitical Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — national 527 contributions
- The company states that corporate funds may be used for political contributions where lawful.
- The company states that it sponsors a political action committee funded by eligible employees.
- The company states that it does not lobby for or against policies that determine the basis or duration of an individual's incarceration or detention.
- These are attributed company statements reproduced from the report, not independent findings by this project.
Source discrepancy — retained, not silently reconciled
Company-reported PAC contribution total for 2025
- $130,434.08 — Political Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — Table A-1, PAC total
- $129,000.00 — Political Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — Table A-2, GRAND TOTAL PAC value
The same report prints two different PAC totals for the same period. This project does not select, average, or silently repair either value, and the discrepancy does not establish an error, a misstatement, or any intent.
Political Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — political contributions section
What this does not establish
These are unaudited figures the company published about itself; the company states it assumes no obligation to update or correct them except as required by law. They are not reconciled with FEC filings, cover a different period and scope than the FEC committee summary, and must not be summed with it. Political contributions are not federal award, obligation, outlay, or revenue money, and establish no influence, exchange, or causation.
Lobbying disclosure
Company-reported lobbying spending
Period: January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
As of: May 31, 2026
Evidence status: Attributed finding
- Federal lobbying
- $1,709,500.00
- State and local lobbying
- $1,561,846.99
- Total, as printed
- $3,270,000.00
- Grassroots lobbying
- $0.00reported zero
Source discrepancy — retained, not silently reconciled
Company-reported 2025 lobbying total
- $3,270,000.00 — Political Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — lobbying section, approximate total as printed
- $3,271,346.99 — Political Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — sum of the report's printed federal and state/local components
The approximate published total and the exact component sum differ. Neither is corrected against the other here, and the difference does not establish an error or an omission.
Retained government relations firms, as listed
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldJurisdiction: federal · January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
- Greenberg TraurigJurisdiction: federal · January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
- Venture Government StrategiesJurisdiction: federal · January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
- Miller StrategiesJurisdiction: federal · January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
- Simmons & Russell GroupJurisdiction: federal · January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
- Vogel GroupJurisdiction: federal · January 1, 2025 → December 31, 2025
The company lists this firm as retained during the period. Listing establishes neither the matters the firm handled, nor any contact with a particular official, nor any result, award, or policy outcome.
Political Activity and Lobbying Report 2025 — lobbying expenditures section
What this does not establish
Lobbying expenditure establishes no contact with any particular official, no position taken on any specific matter beyond what the report states, no issue outcome, no influence, and no connection to any federal award, obligation, or outlay. Lobbying money is a separate category and is never added to political contributions or to award totals.
Federal lobbying filings
Official LD-2 quarterly reports. In-house reported expense and outside-firm reported income are different accounting objects reported by different filers. This project publishes them separately and never publishes a combined lobbying total.
In-house reported expense — filed by the company as its own registrant
LD-2 · 2026 Q2 · April 1, 2026 → June 30, 2026
CoreCivic, Inc.Client: CoreCivic, Inc.
In-house reported expense
$490,000.00USD
- Filing UUID
- 1373f614-9cfe-4daf-a6ed-9b1596669c35
- Signed
- Jeremy Wiley · July 20, 2026
- Termination date
- None printed on the filing
- Evidence · review
- Observed / verified · published
Issues disclosed on this filing
BUD
FY2026 and FY2027 budgets and appropriations; budget reconciliation.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Jeremy Wiley
GOV
Construction, management, and acquisition of privately operated prisons and detention facilities.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Jeremy Wiley
HOM
Construction and management of privately operated prisons and detention facilities.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Jeremy Wiley
LAW
Construction and management of privately operated prisons and detention facilities.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senate
Lobbyists listed: Jeremy Wiley
FIN
Financial industry practices; H.R. 987 / S. 401, Fair Access to Banking Act.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Jeremy Wiley
Statement attributed to the client on this filingCoreCivic states that it does not lobby for or against policies or legislation determining the basis for an individual's incarceration or detention.
LD-2 lines 37–145
Official filing on lda.govWhat this does not establish
An LD-2 filing establishes disclosed lobbying activity, the issue text the registrant wrote, the bodies and agencies it names, the lobbyists it lists, and a reported amount under its own accounting semantics. It does not establish success, influence, exchange, contact with any official beyond those actually named, or that any award, appropriation, or policy outcome resulted from the activity. This figure is a client's in-house reported lobbying expense. It is a different accounting object from an outside firm's reported income and is never added to one.
Outside firm reported income — filed by a retained registrant for this client
LD-2 · 2026 Q1 · January 1, 2026 → March 31, 2026
The Vogel GroupClient: CoreCivic
Outside firm reported income
$90,000.00USD
- Filing UUID
- 0d192784-dcdd-4551-8405-07f289b89688
- Signed
- Anusha Kumari · April 20, 2026
- Termination date
- None printed on the filing
- Evidence · review
- Observed / verified · published
Issues disclosed on this filing
FIN
Discussions regarding financial industry practices.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Alex Vogel; Ali Khimji
BAN
Discussions regarding financial industry practices.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Alex Vogel; Ali Khimji
Covered official positions, as the filing reports them
- Alex Vogel — Former Chief Counsel, Senate Majority Leader Bill FristLD-2 covered-official-position field · LD-2 lines 33–88 — covered official position
A covered official position is an employment-history disclosure the filing attributes to a named lobbyist. It establishes prior service only. It is not evidence of influence, access, preferential treatment, or contact with any official during this engagement.
Statement attributed to the client on this filingThe filing carries CoreCivic's statement that it does not lobby for or against policies determining the basis for incarceration or detention.
LD-2 lines 33–88
Official filing on lda.govWhat this does not establish
An LD-2 filing establishes disclosed lobbying activity, the issue text the registrant wrote, the bodies and agencies it names, the lobbyists it lists, and a reported amount under its own accounting semantics. It does not establish success, influence, exchange, contact with any official beyond those actually named, or that any award, appropriation, or policy outcome resulted from the activity. This figure is an outside firm's reported income from the client. It is a different accounting object from the client's in-house reported expense and is never added to one.
LD-2 · 2026 Q2 · April 1, 2026 → June 30, 2026
The Vogel GroupClient: CoreCivic
Outside firm reported income
$90,000.00USD
- Filing UUID
- 8737ebe1-806c-4396-a1a3-daf26f5aa4d2
- Signed
- Anusha Kumari · July 19, 2026
- Termination date
- None printed on the filing
- Evidence · review
- Observed / verified · published
Issues disclosed on this filing
FIN
Discussions regarding financial industry practices.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Alex Vogel; Ali Khimji
BAN
Discussions regarding financial industry practices.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Alex Vogel; Ali Khimji
Covered official positions, as the filing reports them
- Alex Vogel — Former Chief Counsel, Senate Majority Leader Bill FristLD-2 covered-official-position field · LD-2 lines 33–88 — covered official position
A covered official position is an employment-history disclosure the filing attributes to a named lobbyist. It establishes prior service only. It is not evidence of influence, access, preferential treatment, or contact with any official during this engagement.
Statement attributed to the client on this filingThe filing carries CoreCivic's statement that it does not lobby for or against policies determining the basis for incarceration or detention.
LD-2 lines 33–88
Official filing on lda.govWhat this does not establish
An LD-2 filing establishes disclosed lobbying activity, the issue text the registrant wrote, the bodies and agencies it names, the lobbyists it lists, and a reported amount under its own accounting semantics. It does not establish success, influence, exchange, contact with any official beyond those actually named, or that any award, appropriation, or policy outcome resulted from the activity. This figure is an outside firm's reported income from the client. It is a different accounting object from the client's in-house reported expense and is never added to one.
LD-2 · 2026 Q2 · April 1, 2026 → June 30, 2026
Venture Government Strategies, LLCClient: CoreCivic
Outside firm reported income
$120,000.00USD
- Filing UUID
- 0fc56a78-3d83-455a-a3df-321ace9b1787
- Signed
- Robert Hobart · July 17, 2026
- Termination date
- None printed on the filing
- Evidence · review
- Observed / verified · published
Issues disclosed on this filing
BUD
Funding related to BOP, USMS, OFDT, and ICE; P.L. 119-21 implementation; FY27 CJS H.R.8845; FY27 DHS H.R.9310.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives; Department of Homeland Security
Lobbyists listed: Robert Hobart; Will Brewster
FIN
Monitoring discussions on financial industry practices.
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbyists listed: Robert Hobart; Will Brewster
HOM
Issues related to ICE and S.2, Secure America Act (P.L.119-98).
Bodies and agencies named: U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives; Department of Homeland Security
Lobbyists listed: Robert Hobart; Will Brewster
Statement attributed to the client on this filingThe filing carries CoreCivic's statement that it does not lobby for or against policies determining the basis for incarceration or detention.
LD-2 lines 33–112
Official filing on lda.govWhat this does not establish
An LD-2 filing establishes disclosed lobbying activity, the issue text the registrant wrote, the bodies and agencies it names, the lobbyists it lists, and a reported amount under its own accounting semantics. It does not establish success, influence, exchange, contact with any official beyond those actually named, or that any award, appropriation, or policy outcome resulted from the activity. This figure is an outside firm's reported income from the client. It is a different accounting object from the client's in-house reported expense and is never added to one.
Leadership and prior government service
Corporate roles and prior government service are recorded as two separate facts and are presented in chronological order without connecting one to the other.
Corporate leadership roles, as the cited filing reports them
Patrick D. Swindle
President and Chief Executive Officer, and Director
January 1, 2026 → open on the filing · date certainty: approximate
Start bounded to the year the filing states; the role is reported as current at the 2026 proxy statement.
David M. Garfinkle
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
No start or end date printed · date certainty: unknown
The proxy statement reports this role as held at the filing date. No start or end date is printed.
Anthony L. Grande
Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer
No start or end date printed · date certainty: unknown
The proxy statement reports this role as held at the filing date. No start or end date is printed.
Lucibeth N. Mayberry
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
No start or end date printed · date certainty: unknown
The proxy statement reports this role as held at the filing date. No start or end date is printed.
Cole G. Carter
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
No start or end date printed · date certainty: unknown
The proxy statement reports this role as held at the filing date. No start or end date is printed.
Daren M. Swenson
Executive Vice President and Chief Corrections and Reentry Officer
No start or end date printed · date certainty: unknown
The proxy statement reports this role as held at the filing date. No start or end date is printed.
Laura A. Groschen
Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer
No start or end date printed · date certainty: unknown
The proxy statement reports this role as held at the filing date. No start or end date is printed.
2026 Definitive Proxy Statement — executive officers
What this does not establish
A corporate leadership role establishes employment as the cited filing reports it. It does not establish personal political activity, lobbying activity, control of any committee transaction, influence over a government decision, or a causal connection to any award.
What this does not establishPrior government service establishes employment history only. It does not, by itself, establish lobbying, influence, preferential access, exchange, or a causal relationship to an award.
Trace the disclosed relationship
CORECIVIC, INC. holds 3 award record(s) in this project's federal award ledger. Award money is a separate category from anything downstream in this chain.
Recipient-level committee-to-committee transactions are published only for a source committee whose primary Schedule B rows reconcile exactly to its official FEC aggregate.