Volkert, Inc.

Political Action Committee

Registered Oct 2011 · Treasurer: Michael I. Sampson · Mobile, AL

Year by year

Volkert, Inc. — money raised, spent and given to candidates in each report year, and the all-time totals those years add up to.
Report year Raised Spent To candidates
2026 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2025 $86,250.00 $86,250.00 $0.00
2024 $27,000.00 $27,000.00 $0.00
2023 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2022 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2021 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2020 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2019 $8,500.00 $8,500.00 $0.00
2018 $7,500.00 $7,500.00 $0.00
2017 $12,000.00 $12,000.00 $0.00
2016 $200.00 $0.00 $0.00
2015 $10,200.00 $10,500.00 $0.00
2014 $11,900.00 $11,800.00 $1,000.00
2013 $100.00 $0.00 $0.00
2012 $2,200.00 $2,000.00 $0.00
2011 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
All years $165,850.00 $165,550.00 $1,000.00
Raised
$165,850
incl. $200 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$165,550
Spent outside Tennessee
$95,600
58% of spending
To TN candidates
$27,800
17% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 2 candidates
$500 to 1 Republican $500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $165,550 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $95,600 (58%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $15,150 ÷ Total spent: $165,550
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $15,150
Contributions to candidates $27,800

“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
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $500.00
Jeff Yarbro † Tennessee Senate, District 21 Dem. $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 $27,800 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $26,800 difference, $26,800 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $26,800 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Nashvile Moves Action Fund $10,000.00
  • Tennessee Business Partnership $10,000.00
  • Berke, Andrew $1,000.00
  • Bone, Charles $1,000.00
  • Jim Coppinger $1,000.00
  • Ken Moore for Mayor $1,000.00
  • South, Kyle $1,000.00
  • Casada, Glen $500.00
  • Sargent, Jr., Charles $500.00
  • Smith, Ken $500.00
  • …and 1 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
Citizens for Greater Mobility $10,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) $5,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) $5,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) $5,000.00
Tennessee Professional Engineers PAC $2,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $7,500 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
Steven L Reed for Mayor Alabama $7,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Gubernatorial Inauguration $7,500.00
Inaugural Committee $7,500.00
Annual Fee $150.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Volkert, Inc. Mobile, AL — $165,650.00

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
Q3 2026 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129343
Pre-Primary 2026 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127884
Q2 2026 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126722
Q1 2026 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125035
Year-End 2025 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124063
Mid-Year 2025 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121913
Q4 2024 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119866
Pre-General 2024 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118457
Q3 2024 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117113
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115708
Q2 2024 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114124
Q1 2024 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112595
Year-End 2023 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110530
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109012
Q4 2022 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107506
Pre-General 2022 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105953
Q3 2022 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 104537
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 101935
Q2 2022 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100672
Q1 2022 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98380
Year-End 2021 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96968
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95210
Q4 2020 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93595
Pre-General 2020 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92251
Q3 2020 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91121
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89957
Q2 2020 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88607
Q1 2020 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87170
Year-End 2019 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86534
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84461
Q4 2018 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82464
Pre-General 2018 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81405
Q3 2018 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 80117
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78283
Q2 2018 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 75992
Q1 2018 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74776
Year-End 2017 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73145
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71481
Q4 2016 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70062
Pre-General 2016 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68827
Q3 2016 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67353
Pre-Primary 2016 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 65932
Q2 2016 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64606
Q1 2016 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63556
Year-End 2015 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62416
Mid-Year 2015 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60280
Q4 2014 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 58748
Pre-General 2014 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 55606
Q3 2014 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 55603
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 53684
Q2 2014 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 52109
Q1 2014 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 50296
Year-End 2013 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 48659
Mid-Year 2013 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47590
Q4 2012 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 45561
Pre-General 2012 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44435
Q3 2012 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43082
Pre-Primary 2012 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 41690
Q2 2012 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 40838
Q1 2012 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 39264
Year-End 2011 Historical $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38076