Volunteer PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Dawn Perkerson · Nashville, TN

Raised
$3,579,896
incl. $1,428,467 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$54,690
To other PACs
$49,690
91% of spending
To TN candidates
$5,000
9.1% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $54,690 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $49,690 (91%) — went to other PACs and committees.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $54,690
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $5,000

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $5,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $5,000 difference, $5,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Pachyderm Club of Chattanooga $3,000.00
  • Watson, Eric $1,000.00
  • Gibbons, Bill $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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Tenn Republican Caucus $22,000.00
Tenn Federations of Republican Women $10,000.00
Rampac $5,000.00
Targetpac $5,000.00
Tenn Republican Party $2,500.00
Shelby County Republican Party $1,100.00
Davidson County Republican Party $1,015.00
Knox County Republican Party $1,000.00
Nashville Women's Political Caucus $1,000.00
Tenn Young Republicans $500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Fannie Mae PAC Washington, DC — $10,000.00
David Wilson Nashville, TN Vanderbilt Univeristy $7,500.00
Radford Lovett Jacksonville, FL — $6,000.00
Phillip Geier New York, NY Interpublic Group $5,500.00
Cecile Gideon Nashville, TN Self-Employed $5,150.00
Harold Anderson Atlanta, GA Anderson Press $5,150.00
William Wilson Malvern, PA Retired $5,100.00
Abbott Laboratories PAC Washington, DC — $5,000.00
Aetna PAC Washington, DC — $5,000.00
Aflac PAC Columbus, GA — $5,000.00

Showing the top 500 of 1,766 funders by total given. Download the full list (CSV).

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
Q4 2005 Historical $577,615.14 $801,193.13 Source ↗
Q3 2005 Amended Historical $1,114,434.98 $577,615.14 Source ↗
Q2 2005 Amended Historical $548,296.64 $1,114,434.98 Source ↗
Q1 2005 Amended Historical $885,572.08 $548,296.64 Source ↗