TN Safe Communities PAC

Political Action Committee

Raised
$15,763
incl. $475 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$16,292
Operating & other
$14,292
88% of spending
To TN candidates
$2,000
12% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $16,292 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $14,292 (88%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Why this number?

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: $14,292 ÷ Total spent: $16,292
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $14,292
Contributions to candidates $2,000
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $2,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $2,000 difference, $2,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,000 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 $2,000.00

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
Donations $8,000.00
Professional Services $5,000.00
Telephone $680.00
Office Supplies $612.34

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
James A Haslam II Knoxville, TN — $5,000.00
Gibbons for Gov Memphis, TN — $3,637.69
Bill Rhodes Memphis, TN AutoZone $1,000.00
Edwin Barnett Memphis, TN The Barnett Group $1,000.00
George D Edward Memphis, TN — $1,000.00
Jerre Freeman Memphis, TN Self-Employed $1,000.00
Robert E Loeb Memphis, TN Loeb Properties $1,000.00
Larry Bryan Memphis, TN best effort made $500.00
Lewis Donelson Memphis, TN Baker Donelson $500.00
John Stokes Jr Memphis, TN Morgan Keegan $250.00

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 2011 Historical $3,435.95 $230.61 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 Amended Historical $1,011.26 $3,435.95 Source ↗