FOODPAC K Va T Food Stores, Inc.

Political Action Committee

Raised
$1,566
incl. $546 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$11,800
Operating & other
$10,700
91% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$1,000
8.5% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $11,800 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $10,700 (91%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 91% of everything it spent; $100 went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $10,700 ÷ Total spent: $11,800
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $10,700
Contributions to candidates $100
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

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $100 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $100 difference, $100 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $100 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store $100.00

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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,000 to 1 candidate and committee outside Tennessee, across 1 state. 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
Ray, Jones Kentucky $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Committee Annual Dinner $10,000.00
Reagan Day Dinner $700.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Donnie Meadows Abingdon, VA K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc. $500.00
Leslie Jones Knoxville, TN K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc. $130.00
Leslie R McSwain Kingsport, TN K-Va-T $130.00
Michael Lockard Kingsport, TN K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc. $130.00
Scott A Hembree Abingdon, VA K-Vat-T Food Stores $130.00

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
Q1 2018 Historical $21,505.16 $11,271.16 Source ↗