Service Employees Local 205 Cope Acct

Political Action Committee

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

Also giving in

Also gave $5,500.00 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

$58,435

Total Spent

$88,732

To TN candidates

$66,950

75% of spending

To other PACs

$17,500

20% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $88,732 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $66,950 (75%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $4,282 ÷ Total spent: $88,732

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$4,282
Contributions to candidates	$66,950

Source filings:

To TN candidates $66,950 75%
To other PACs $17,500 20%
Operating & other $4,282 4.8%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $66,950 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $66,950 difference, $66,950 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $66,950 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Freeman, Bill for Mayor $7,600.00
Briley, David for Mayor $7,600.00
Barry, Megan $7,000.00
Pinkston, Will for Schools $3,000.00
Anderson, Chris $2,500.00
Hakeen, Yusef $2,500.00
Johnson, Mina for Council $2,000.00
Martin, Sarah, Friends Of $2,000.00
Roberts, Mary Carolyn for Metro Council $2,000.00
Murphy, Kathleen $1,500.00
…and 33 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
Tenn Democratic Party	$15,000.00
Gilbert, Russell, Committee To Elect	$2,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Advertising	$1,600.00
Professional Services	$1,170.00
Accountant	$750.00
Registry Fee	$340.00
Lobbying Fees	$340.00
Phone Banking/Calls	$81.55

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Multicultural Media Group	Advertising	09/01/2015	$1,600.00
McKerley & Noonan	Accountant	11/24/2015	$750.00
Murphy & Associates	Professional Services	12/17/2015	$627.00
Murphy & Associates	Professional Services	01/20/2015	$543.00
Tennessee Ethics Commission	Lobbying Fees	12/15/2015	$340.00
Tennessee Dept of Revenue	Registry Fee	01/27/2015	$190.00
Tennessee Dept of Revenue	Registry Fee	01/27/2015	$150.00
Douglas Fulmer & Assoc	Phone Banking/Calls	12/01/2015	$81.55

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Service Employees International Union Local 205 (SEIU)	Nashville, TN	—	$52,644.00
Seiu Ipea Fund	Washington, DC	—	$5,790.83

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 2015 Historical	$183,023.81	$137,122.81	Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62171
Mid-Year 2015 Historical	$167,623.98	$183,023.81	Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60193