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Tennessee is ranked 21st in terms of the total value of reported contributions made to 527 organizations based there. It has 9 recently active organizations and 71 total organizations that have electronically reported itemized contributions and expenditures to the IRS.

Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$22.5M
All-Time Expenditures
$21.3M
Largest Organizations

Organizations that received the highest total contributions in the last two years of available data.

Out-of-State Contributors

Out-of-state contributors who gave the highest total contributions to organizations based in Tennessee in the last two years. Aggregation is done by name and location. Click on a contributor to see search results for that name.

Virginia State PAC Council
Maryland
$15,000
Encompass Health Corporation
Alabama
$5,400
Robert Mills
Georgia
$2,900
Coca Cola Consolidated
North Carolina
$1,000
Phillip Pfeffer
Florida
$1,000
Andrews, Paul
Kentucky
$1,000
Pat Gorman
Alaska
$500
Lynn DeJaco
North Carolina
$360
Robert Maloney, Jr.
Georgia
$360
It Starts Today Conduit Account
District of Columbia
$289

In-State Contributors

Tennessee-based contributors who gave the highest total contributions to organizations nationwide in the last two years. Aggregation is done by name and location. Click on a contributor to see search results for that name.

Pfizer Inc
Memphis
$2M
Hca Management Services
Nashville
$950,000
Corecivic of Tennessee, LLC
Brentwood
$795,000
Advance Financial Administration LLC
Nashville
$530,000
Trugreen
Germantown
$297,500
Olan Mills II
Chattanooga
$216,600
UAW Region 8 Exchange
Lebanon
$215,731
Fedex
Memphis
$200,000
Community Choice Financial
Nashville
$165,500
Haslam, Susan B
Knoxville
$162,500
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Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by organizations based in Tennessee. Totals only include contributions and expenditures listed in electronically filed reports.

Contributions (All time)
$22.45M
Expenditures (All time)
$21.25M

Recent Activity

Largest contributions and expenditures in the last year of data for all organizations in Tennessee.

- $33,640 March 31, 2024
Source: Tennessee Federation of Republican Women — Quarter 1 report
+ $17,343 March 8, 2024
Source: Region 8 UAW PAC — Quarter 1 report
+ $17,841 February 15, 2024
Source: Region 8 UAW PAC — Quarter 1 report
- $23,212 November 8, 2023
Source: Tennessee Federation of Republican Women — End-of-year report
+ $15,037 August 9, 2023
Source: Region 8 UAW PAC — End-of-year report
- $40,165 June 30, 2023
Source: Tennessee Federation of Republican Women — Mid-year report

All contributions to organizations based in Tennessee.

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All expenditures by organizations based in Tennessee.

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All Organizations in Tennessee

Tennessee has 71 organizations that have filed electronic form 8872s with the IRS, meaning they disclosed detailed information about who has contributed and how they’ve spent their money, out of 902 organizations in Tennessee that have registered with the IRS as 527s. Organizations that have not reported contributions or expenditures to the IRS may have filed on a federal, state or local level, or they may not have any activity to report.

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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