¶ Progressive Turnout Project
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The Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) is an American political action committee (PAC) based in Chicago, Illinois.
¶ History
The Progressive Turnout Project was founded in 2015 by Harry Pascal and Ram Villivalam.[1] PTP filed its first Statement of Organization with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on June 26, 2015.[2]
The Progressive Turnout Project paid the Analyst Institute $4,000 on March 9, 2019 for services related to the 2020 United States presidential election.[3]
Thomas Matthew Crooks donated $15 to PTP via ActBlue on January 20, 2021, the day of President Joe Biden's inauguration.[4]
In July 2023, the PTP initiated a campaign to "ban Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the ballot."[5] Stop Republicans, a shell PAC of the PTP, also engaged in the campaign, as did Progressive Takeover.[6][7]
¶ Organization
The Progressive Turnout Project collaborates with the Analyst Institute.[8][3:1] PTP is a client of Elias Law Group[9] and Hardpin Media.[10]
¶ Subsidiaries
- Postcards to Swing States
- Progressive Takeover
- Stop Republicans[11]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Pascal | Founder;[12] Treasurer[13] | - |
| Ram Villivalam | Co-founder;[1:1] Treasurer (former)[2:1] | - |
| Alex Morgan | President | Students for Barack Obama, Michigan Federation of College Democrats, Kalamazoo College, Teach For America, Malakai Early Learning Center, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Sierra Club, Organization for Positive Action and Leadership (OPAL)[14] |
| Colleen Martin | Vice President, Political | Stop Republicans, Dick Durbin, Chet Edwards, Schneider for Congress, A Safe Place, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), williamsworks[15] |
| Dori Taxy | Deputy Director, Compliance and Finance | - |
| Emily Kowey | Payroll and Benefits Manager | Kalamazoo College |
| John Miller | Data and Analytics Director | Obama for America, Arkansas Voter Registration Project, Give Arkansas a Raise, Bernie Sanders, NextGen Climate, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party of Arkansas, Beto for Texas, Joe Biden[16] |
| Julio Guzmán | Fellows Program Manager | Chicago Botanic Garden, Lake Forest Open Lands Association, Sierra Club, Genesee Theatre, Waukegan Public Schools, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Clean Power Lake County, Phi Kappa Phi[17] |
| Mason Astill | Fundraising Manager | Forest Preserve District of Cook County, A Safe Haven Foundation, Work for Progress, Change Corps, PennEnvironment, Warren for President, League of Conservation Voters[18] |
| Reid McCollum | Program Outreach Coordinator | Postcards to Swing States, McMaster-Carr, Postcards for Climate |
| Sabrina Chan | Deputy Data Director | Bernie Sanders, BallotReady, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America |
¶ Funding
In 2022, the Progressive Turnout Project's top ten donors were:[19]
- Dustin Moskovitz
- Progressive Takeover
- Progressive Turnout Project Victory
- Judith Miller
- Nancy Nordhoff
- Mark Stevens (Fenwick & West)
- Jennifer Clark
- Murray Cohen
- Morris Oiring (Genesis Adult Day Care)
- James Buffett (Sails in Concert)
Other donors of interest since 2016 include:[19:1][20][21][22]
- ActBlue
- Arlene Ash (UMass Chan Medical School)
- Jeff Bambrook (First Republic Bank)
- Patricia Brennan (Continuum Home Health)
- Martha Fuller Clark (New Hampshire State Senate)
- Arthur Cohen (HealthCor Management)
- Pamela Conley (Portola Pharmaceuticals)
- Thomas Matthew Crooks[4:1]
- Michael Evans (Group Health Cooperative)
- Debra Garceau (The Miriam Hospital)
- GlaxoSmithKline[23]
- Linda Gochfeld (SERV Behavioral Health System)
- Adelaide Gomer (Park Foundation)
- Diana Hansen (Kaiser Permanente)
- Honeywell[24]
- John Hood (Impact Biomedicines)
- Lucinda Jewell (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Curelator, Pear Therapeutics, Ignite Mental Health)
- Jeremy Kahan (North Peak Capital)
- Jerry Kauper (Norton Hospital)
- Grant La Farge (New Mexico Medical Board)
- Howard Law (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- Ruth Messinger (American Jewish World Service)
- Dana Meyer (Global Green USA)
- Diane Meyer Simon (Global Green USA)
- James Musslewhite (Oncology Convergence)
- Claire Myers (Food and Drug Administration, AstraZeneca)
- Paul Monahan (Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic)
- Pfizer[25]
- Charles Potter (Social Security Administration)
- Rosemary Pritzker (Local Voices)
- Dave Richter (Richter International Consulting)
- Matt Rollefson (Apple)
- Vicki Schneider (IBM)
- Linda Young (United Parcel Service)
- Paul Zykofsky (CivicWell)
¶ Expenditures
Companies and organizations who have received funds from the Progressive Turnout Project since 2016 include:[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
- ActBlue
- Arena
- Battleground Texas
- Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC)
- Change Campaign Super PAC
- Change.org
- Deliver Strategies
- Democratic Victory PAC
- EveryAction
- Fair Fight
- Gumbinner & Davies Communications
- Left Action
- Meta Platforms
- Mothership Strategies
- The Nation
- North Shore Opco
- North Shore Printers
- Paychex
- Pivot Group
- Powered by People
- Revolution Field Strategies
- RWT Production
- Senate Majority PAC
- Sisneros Strategies
- Stop 45 PAC
- Tatango
- Toskr
- United States Postal Service (USPS)
- UnitedHealth Group
- Windward Strategies
¶ External links
Our Team. Progressive Turnout Project. Retrieved August 26, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150826000842/http://www.turnoutpac.org/our-team ↩︎ ↩︎
Statement of Organization: Progressive Turnout Project. (2015, June 26). Federal Election Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20230724153539/https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/197/15971499197/15971499197.pdf#navpanes=0 ↩︎ ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2021, February 1). Vendor/Recipient Profile: Analyst Institute. OpenSecrets. http://archive.today/2023.07.24-152845/https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2020&vendor=Analyst+Institute&year=2018 ↩︎ ↩︎
Itemized Receipts - Image #202102049425405473. New York Times; Federal Election Commission. Retrieved July 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240717094611/https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/fe91e6ba36695009/ac182c3a-full.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎
PET: Ban RFK. Progressive Turnout Project. Retrieved July 25, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230725203926/https://act.turnoutpac.org/pet-ban-rfk ↩︎
PET: Ban RFK. Stop Republicans. Retrieved July 26, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.07.26-000803/https://act.stoprepublicans.com/pet-ban-rfk ↩︎
PET: Ban RFK. Progressive Takeover. Retrieved July 26, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230726002341/https://action.progressivetakeover.org/ban-rfk ↩︎
Progressive Turnout Project. (2021, December 16). A Gateway to Activism, Postcards Win Close Elections. Medium. http://archive.today/2023.07.24-152422/https://turnoutpac.medium.com/a-gateway-to-activism-postcards-win-close-elections-5bf7f45da15a ↩︎
Browse Disbursements - Elias Law Group - 2023-2024. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved March 6, 2024, from https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&recipient_name=Elias+Law+Group&two_year_transaction_period=2024 ↩︎
What We Do. Hardpin Media. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.10.11-000304/https://www.hardpinmedia.com/our-works ↩︎
Home. Stop Republicans PAC. Retrieved July 26, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230726001935/https://stoprepublicans.com/ ↩︎
Our Team. Progressive Turnout Project. Retrieved February 23, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.02.23-051006/https://www.turnoutpac.org/our-team/ ↩︎
Reports Image Index for Committee ID: C00580068. (2023, June 26). Federal Election Commission. http://archive.today/2023.07.24-153516/https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00580068 ↩︎
Experience | Alex Morgan. LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.07-211312/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandermorgan/details/experience/ ↩︎
Experience | Colleen Martin. LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.07-212854/https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-martin-15895b33/details/experience/ ↩︎
Experience | John Miller. LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.07-192414/https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-miller-a50b84a7/details/experience/ ↩︎
Experience | Julio Gonzalez. LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.07-193906/https://www.linkedin.com/in/julio-gonzalez5/details/experience/ ↩︎
Experience | Mason Astill. LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.07-195524/https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-astill-68702bb4/details/experience/ ↩︎
Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2022. OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 24, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230724172621/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/donors/2022 ↩︎ ↩︎
Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2020. OpenSecrets. Retrieved March 23, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.03.23-160437/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/donors/2020 ↩︎
Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2016. OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 24, 2023, from https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/donors/2016 ↩︎
Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2018. OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 24, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230724210218/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/donors/2018?start=825&page_length=25 ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). GlaxoSmithKline Profile: Recipients. OpenSecrets. http://archive.today/2023.08.24-022012/https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/glaxosmithkline/recipients?id=D000000133&t2-search=prog ↩︎
Center for Responsive Politics. Honeywell International: Summary. OpenSecrets. Retrieved August 24, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.24-022320/https://www.opensecrets.org/ORGS/summary.php?cycle=2022&id=D000000334 ↩︎
Center for Responsive Politics. Pfizer Inc: Summary. OpenSecrets. Retrieved August 24, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.24-022723/https://www.opensecrets.org/ORGS/summary.php?id=D000000138&cycle=2022 ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2017, November 27). Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures. OpenSecrets. https://web.archive.org/web/20230724212301/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/expenditures/2016 ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2019, June 10). Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures - 2018. OpenSecrets. http://archive.today/2023.07.24-213331/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/expenditures/2018 ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2021, March 22). Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures - 2020. OpenSecrets. https://web.archive.org/web/20230724173741/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/expenditures/2020 ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures - 2022. OpenSecrets. http://archive.today/2023.07.24-214111/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/expenditures/2022 ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). Progressive Turnout Project Profile: Recipients - 2016. OpenSecrets. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/progressive-turnout-project/recipients?candscycle=2016&id=D000069975&toprecipscycle=2016 ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). Progressive Turnout Project Profile: Recipients - 2018. OpenSecrets. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/progressive-turnout-project/recipients?candscycle=2016&id=D000069975&toprecipscycle=2018&t6-Type=Outside ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). Progressive Turnout Project Profile: Recipients - 2020. OpenSecrets. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/progressive-turnout-project/recipients?candscycle=2016&id=D000069975&toprecipscycle=2020 ↩︎