Volunteer Republican Women S Club

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Janis Crye · Knoxville, TN

Raised
$26,916
incl. $22,629 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$27,367
Operating & other
$26,117
95% of spending
To TN candidates
$1,250
4.6% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $27,367 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $26,117 (95%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 95% of everything it spent; $1,250 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: $26,117 ÷ Total spent: $27,367
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $26,117
Contributions to candidates $1,250
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $1,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $1,250 difference, $1,250 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,250 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Pond Gap School $750.00
  • Sacred Ground Hospice Home $250.00
  • Talman for Knoxville $250.00

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
Lunch $21,271.00
Charitable Contribut $3,850.00
Centerpieces/Door Prizes $373.17
Veterans Day Music $200.00
Centerpieces $189.63
Flowers For D Stansberry $157.82
Memorial Gift - Val Privett $75.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Gayle Burnett Knoxville, TN — $385.00
Larsen Jay Knoxville, TN Random Acts of Flowers $365.00
Lanora Burgin Knoxville, TN Regions Bank $340.00
Michele Tsetsakis Knoxville, TN Best Effort Made $325.00
Chris Hauck Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $282.00
Maysoon Haddad Knoxville, TN — $250.00
Leslie Hunse Knoxville, TN — $230.00
Mary Goan Knoxville, TN Retired $230.00
Shelly Holt Mascot, TN TN Valley Authority $220.00
Jennifer Stansberry Knoxville, TN — $215.00

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 2025 $22,954.53 $23,675.54 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 Late $24,126.16 $22,954.53 Source ↗