Service Employees Local 205 Cope Acct

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Ashlee Gray · Nashville, TN

Raised
$172,525
incl. $50,279 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$145,754
Operating & other
$142,254
98% of spending
To TN candidates
$3,500
2.4% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $145,754 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $142,254 (98%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 98% of everything it spent; $3,500 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: $142,254 ÷ Total spent: $145,754
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $142,254
Contributions to candidates $3,500
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $3,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $3,500 difference, $3,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $3,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Cobb, II, Ty $1,500.00
  • Ferguson, Dennis $1,000.00
  • Moore, Gary $1,000.00

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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Political Staff Member'S Wages, Benefits, Expenses $124,315.10
County Candidate $13,350.00
Campaign Workers $2,014.54
County Campaign/Leaman Pierce $1,135.26
Donations $1,050.00
County Campaign/Pam Ladd $210.12
County Campaign/Murphy $178.90

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Seiu Cope Washington, DC — $99,999.96
Seiu Ipea Fund Washington, DC — $22,246.00

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 2009 Historical $234,434.96 $216,485.23 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Amended Historical $189,495.82 $234,434.96 Source ↗