Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu
Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Terrance Gibson · Nashville, TN
Where the Money Goes
Of the $463,449 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $201,049 (43%) — went to operating costs and overhead.
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 / overhead spending | $201,049 |
| Contributions to candidates | $170,400 |
- Operating & other $201,049 43%
- To TN candidates $170,400 37%
- To other PACs $92,000 20%
Contributions to Candidates
| Candidate | Office | Party | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raumesh Akbari † | Tennessee Senate, District 29 | Dem. | $9,800.00 |
| Gary W Hicks Jr † | Tennessee House, District 09 | Rep. | $6,500.00 |
| Jeremy Faison † | Tennessee House, District 11 | Rep. | $6,000.00 |
| Lowell Russell † | Tennessee House, District 21 | Rep. | $4,000.00 |
| Andrea Bond Johnson † | Tennessee House, District 80 | Dem. | $2,500.00 |
| Antonio Parkinson † | Tennessee House, District 98 | Dem. | $2,000.00 |
| Harold M. Love, Jr. † | Tennessee House, District 58 | Dem. | $2,000.00 |
| Jerome F. Moon † | Tennessee House, District 08 | Rep. | $2,000.00 |
| Paul Bailey † | Tennessee Senate, District 15 | Rep. | $2,000.00 |
| Richard M. Briggs † | Tennessee Senate, District 07 | Rep. | $2,000.00 |
† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.
This committee’s own filings report $170,400 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $46,300. Of the $124,100 difference, $124,100 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).
Its filing also reports $124,100 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:
- Coley, James $12,500.00
- Robinson, Katrina $11,800.00
- Fitzhugh, Craig $10,000.00
- Harwell, Beth $10,000.00
- Thompson, Hilman Dwayne $10,000.00
- Fulbright, Michael $7,000.00
- Stewart, Sloan Andrew $7,000.00
- Van Huss, Micah $6,800.00
- Potts, Jason $6,000.00
- Hodges, Jason $5,000.00
- …and 18 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
| Committee | Total |
|---|---|
| Tennessee Democratic Party | $30,000.00 |
| Tennessee Tomorrow PAC | $25,000.00 |
| House Republican Caucus | $20,000.00 |
| KEYPAC (Ken Yager) | $5,000.00 |
| Johnson Victory PAC | $5,000.00 |
| Senate Republican Caucus | $5,000.00 |
| MCPAC (Randy McNally) | $2,000.00 |
Operating & Other Spending
| Purpose | Total |
|---|---|
| Donation | $55,000.00 |
| Polling | $49,200.00 |
| Printing, Handling & Postage | $25,609.38 |
| Survey For Primary | $17,100.00 |
| Printing | $11,127.86 |
| Postage | $7,465.83 |
| Postage & Handling | $6,163.24 |
| Postage & Mailing | $4,444.22 |
| Donations | $4,000.00 |
| Printing & Handling | $3,345.13 |
| Payee | Purpose | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Accountability Project | Donation | 07/02/2018 | $40,000.00 |
| SPRY Strategies | Polling | 05/25/2018 | $22,750.00 |
| SPRY Strategies | Survey For Primary | 06/08/2018 | $17,100.00 |
| SPRY Strategies | Polling | 09/18/2018 | $15,050.00 |
| Directfx | Printing, Handling & Postage | 07/03/2018 | $12,750.00 |
| SPRY Strategies | Polling | 07/30/2018 | $11,400.00 |
| Senate Rep Caucus | Donation | 01/07/2019 | $10,000.00 |
| Actiontn | Donation | 11/02/2018 | $5,000.00 |
| Heartland Accountability Project | Donations | 06/20/2018 | $4,000.00 |
| Directfx | Postage | 07/31/2018 | $3,722.04 |
Who Funds It
No itemized contributions to this committee on record.
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2018 Amended Historical | $27,623.87 | $37,103.07 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-General 2018 Amended Historical | $68,985.06 | $27,623.87 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2018 Amended Historical | $122,449.13 | $68,985.06 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-Primary 2018 Amended Historical | $232,933.47 | $122,449.13 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2018 Amended Historical | $294,616.59 | $232,933.47 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2018 Amended Historical | $221,013.92 | $294,616.59 | Source ↗ |