Memphis

Memphis Fire Fighters Association PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Matthew Tomek · Memphis, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $84,250.00 in Memphis-area politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised
$40,890
Total Spent
$14,791
Operating & other
$8,541
58% of spending
To TN candidates
$5,250
35% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 1 candidate
$1,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $14,791 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $8,541 (58%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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

Operating spending: $8,541 ÷ Total spent: $14,791
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $8,541
Contributions to candidates $5,250
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
Mark Pody † Tennessee Senate, District 17 Rep. $1,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $5,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $4,250 difference, $4,250 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $4,250 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Friends To Elect Jamita Swearengen $1,000.00
  • Friends To Elect Patrice Robinson $1,000.00
  • Lollar, Ron $1,000.00
  • Simmons, Bobby $500.00
  • Thompson, Hilman Dwayne $500.00
  • Kelsey, Brian $250.00

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
Joe Kerr for Supervisor California $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Advertising $6,448.50
Printing $1,632.00
Donations $360.00
Dues / Subscriptions $100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education Washington, DC — $16,386.66
Memphis Fire Fighters Association Memphis, TN — $14,503.00
FIREPAC Washington, DC — $10,000.00

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
Year-End 2017 Historical $96,979.41 $114,331.57 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73794
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $88,232.41 $96,979.41 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71340