Leadership PAC · VT
Progressive Voters of America
Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00406553.
Which side
Mostly helps Democrats
100% of the $130K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4
Backs
- Bob BrooksDemocrat$10K
- Rebecca CookeDemocrat$10K
- Abdul El-SayedDemocrat$10K
- Samuel Kelley ForstagDemocrat$10K
- Brad LanderDemocrat$10K
On the record
Who runs it
The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.
Who funds it
It reported raising $259K: $244K from individuals and $15K from other committees.4
Companies, groups and committees5
The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.
| Air Line Pilots Association PACPAC | 2 gifts | $10,000 |
| The NEA Fund for Children & Public Education PACPAC | 1 gift | $5,000 |
Individuals
We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.
- $47K from 277 itemized gifts by individuals6
- Top states: California $9,592, Massachusetts $3,774, Indiana $3,510, Washington $3,094, Oregon $2,6946
Where its donors work6
| General Mills | 1 gifts | $1,000 |
| BBN Technologies | 1 gifts | $500 |
| Law Offices of Domingo Garcia | 1 gifts | $500 |
| Pearson/barron's | 1 gifts | $500 |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | 7 gifts | $350 |
| Optum | 7 gifts | $350 |
| Immersa | 6 gifts | $300 |
| Florida State University | 1 gifts | $270 |
| 1 gifts | $270 | |
| Interior Mythos Journeys | 1 gifts | $270 |
Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.
Money, 2025–26
As reported to the FEC through August 31, 2026.2
- From individuals $244K
- From other committees $15K
- Other $100
Who it gives to
20 candidates, $140K in direct gifts.3
| Bob Brooks DemocratU.S. House, Pennsylvania 7th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Rebecca Cooke DemocratU.S. House, Wisconsin 3rd District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Abdul El-Sayed DemocratU.S. Senate, Michigan (2026) | $10,000 |
| Samuel Kelley Forstag DemocratU.S. House, Montana 1st District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Brad Lander DemocratU.S. House, New York 10th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Mary Peltola DemocratU.S. Senate, Alaska (2026) | $10,000 |
| William Lawrence DemocratU.S. House, Michigan 7th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Claire Valdez DemocratU.S. House, New York 7th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Candidate H6FL06266 (FEC record) | $5,000 |
| Donavan McKinney DemocratU.S. House, Michigan 13th District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Adelita S. Grijalva DemocratU.S. House, Arizona 7th District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Robert Peters DemocratU.S. House, Illinois 2nd District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Candidate S6OH00379 (FEC record) | $5,000 |
| Analilia Mejia DemocratU.S. House, New Jersey 11th District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Maxwell Frost DemocratU.S. House, Florida 10th District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Justin Pearson DemocratU.S. House, Tennessee 9th District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Angela Nixon DemocratU.S. Senate, Florida (2026) | $5,000 |
| Brian Poindexter DemocratU.S. House, Ohio 7th District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Randy Villegas DemocratU.S. House, California 22nd District (2026) | $5,000 |
| Melat Kiros DemocratU.S. House, Colorado 1st District (2026) | $5,000 |
Sources
Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.
- 1FEC committee record: Progressive Voters of America (C00406553)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00406553/Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 2FEC: Progressive Voters of America financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00406553/?cycle=2026#financial-summaryThrough August 31, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 3FEC: contributions from Progressive Voters of America to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00406553&two_year_transaction_period=2026Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 4Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-dataRetrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
- 5FEC: receipts of Progressive Voters of America, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00406553&two_year_transaction_period=2026Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
- 6FEC: itemized individual contributions to Progressive Voters of America, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00406553&two_year_transaction_period=2026Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026