Fedex Corporation PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Clement E. Klank, III · Memphis, TN

Raised
$1,243,218
incl. $211,013 unitemized small gifts
excl. $53,911 in bookkeeping entries — carried-forward balances, adjustments, refunds — not money raised
Total Spent
$1,321,650
Spent outside Tennessee
$1,131,150
86% of spending
To TN candidates
$110,500
8.4% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $55,500 to 32 candidates
$48,500 to 28 Republicans $7,000 to 4 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $1,321,650 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $1,131,150 (86%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

Why this number?

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

Show formula

Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $2,500 ÷ Total spent: $1,321,650
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $2,500
Contributions to candidates $110,500
Source filings:

“Spent outside Tennessee” is money this committee sent out of state — a multi-state committee’s lump non-Tennessee line plus any individually-filed out-of-state contributions (itemized below). Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Bo Watson † Tennessee Senate, District 11 Rep. $5,000.00
Mark White † Tennessee House, District 83 Rep. $5,000.00
Susan M Lynn † Tennessee House, District 57 Rep. $5,000.00
Cameron Sexton † Tennessee House, District 25 Rep. $3,500.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $3,000.00
Jeff Yarbro † Tennessee Senate, District 21 Dem. $2,500.00
Jeremy Faison † Tennessee House, District 11 Rep. $2,500.00
Karen Camper † Tennessee House, District 87 Dem. $2,500.00
Paul Rose † Tennessee Senate, District 32 Rep. $2,000.00
Ferrell Haile † Tennessee Senate, District 18 Rep. $1,500.00

† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.

This committee’s own filings report $110,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $55,500. Of the $55,000 difference, $55,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $55,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Kustoff for Congress $10,000.00
  • Steve Cohen for Congress $10,000.00
  • Strickland, Jim $5,000.00
  • Cooper for Congress $3,500.00
  • Marsi $3,000.00
  • Canale for Council $2,500.00
  • Boyd, Berlin $2,000.00
  • Jimmy Eldridge for Mayor $1,500.00
  • Kelsey, Brian $1,500.00
  • Currie for Council $1,000.00
  • …and 15 more recipients

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
House Republican Caucus $15,000.00
Senate Republican Caucus $15,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) $10,000.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee $10,000.00
Tennessee Tomorrow PAC $10,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party $5,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) $5,000.00
Go Tigers PAC $5,000.00
MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) $2,000.00
Committee To Elect Jb Smiley $500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $7,000 to 2 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 2 states. These are counted as spending outside Tennessee, not as Tennessee candidate support — Who Funds Tennessee doesn’t track out-of-state races, so they don’t link to a page here.

Contributions to candidates and committees outside Tennessee
Recipient State Total
Tenn Republican Party Florida $5,000.00
Friends To Elect Patrice Robinson Mississippi $2,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Administrative Account $2,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Brian Philips Dallas, TX Fedex Kinkos $4,800.00
Alan Graf Jr Memphis, TN Federal Express Corporation $4,791.59
Anthony Norris Memphis, TN FedEx $4,791.59
Cary Blancett Edgeworth, PA FedEx $4,791.59
Cisco Sanchez Sewickley, PA FedEx $4,791.59
Claude Russ Memphis, TN FedEx $4,791.59
Clement Klank Memphis, TN Federal Express Corporation $4,791.59
DJ Miller Germantown, TN FedEx $4,791.59
Dorothy Berry Germantown, TN Federal Express Corporation $4,791.59
Elise Jordan Germantown, TN Federal Express Corporation $4,791.59

Showing the top 500 of 1,158 funders by total given. Download the full list (CSV).

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2019 Historical $219,984.45 $231,049.63 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $237,128.22 $219,984.45 Source ↗