PaidForPolitics

Super PAC · WI · C00626036

Grassroots North Shore

Can raise unlimited money from people, companies and unions, and spend it on ads for or against candidates. It can’t give directly to campaigns or coordinate with them.

Treasurer: Marla J Stephens. View on FEC.gov

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $80,741
  • Spent
    $77,375
  • Cash on hand
    $17,543
  • Outside spending
    $283

Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Sept. 30, 2026. Outside spending from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026.

Donors and outside spending

Deborah Patel$9KDeborah Jean Patel$4KLynde Uihlein$4KMegan Hull$3KMark Gennis$3KNorma Gilson$2KEveryone else$57KFor Gwen Moore (D)$155For Mitchell Berman (D)$47For Amy Donahue (D)$33For Rebecca Cooke (D)$30For Brad Smith (D)$19Grassroots North Shore
  • Raised from its largest donors
  • Outside spending for
  • Outside spending against

Left: what the group raised, from reports through Sept. 30, 2026. Donors are ranked by what they gave among the group’s 100 largest contributions. “Everyone else” is the rest of what it raised; select it to see more donors. Right: its outside spending through Oct. 30, 2026, including 24- and 48-hour reports. The two sides come from different reports, so they don’t add up to each other.

Where its money went

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing
  1. Gwen Moore (D)House · WI-04
    • For$155
  2. Mitchell Berman (D)House · WI-01
    • For$47
  3. Amy Donahue (D)House · WI-04
    • For$33
  4. Rebecca Cooke (D)House · WI-03
    • For$30
  5. Brad Smith (D)House · WI-06
    • For$19

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages.

Who funds it

Biggest donors by total given

Each donor’s contributions combined, among the group’s 100 largest this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. A donor who gave many smaller amounts may be missing.

DonorTypeContributionsTotal
Deborah PatelPerson3$9,000
Deborah Jean PatelPerson1$4,000
Lynde UihleinPerson2$3,500
Megan HullPerson5$3,000
Mark GennisPerson2$2,500
Norma GilsonPerson4$2,200
Nancy KaplanPerson15$1,875
Mark OversPerson3$1,600
Nancy A FlorsheimPerson5$1,400
Lois MalawskyPerson1$1,000
Marianne LubarPerson1$1,000
Ellen VenablePerson1$1,000
Kathleen M MichelPerson2$1,000
Jodi Habush SinykinPerson2$1,000
Jim RickabaughPerson2$750
Kathleen SchluterPerson2$750
William BoydPerson7$700
Cheryl MarantoPerson3$650
Shirley HorowitzPerson2$550
Lane KistlerPerson1$500
Terry LynchPerson1$500
Lisa LaskowskiPerson1$500
Kirk BangstadPerson1$500
Gail SchumannPerson2$500
Ginny GoodePerson2$500

Largest single contributions

Largest single contributions this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.

ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Deborah PatelNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMilwaukee, WIFeb. 4, 2026$5,500
Deborah Jean PatelUnemployed, UnemployedPersonMilwaukee, WIFeb. 6, 2025$4,000
Lynde UihleinNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMilwaukee, WIOct. 6, 2025$3,000
Deborah PatelNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMilwaukee, WIOct. 10, 2025$3,000
Mark GennisUnemployed, UnemployedPersonMequon, WIJan. 28, 2026$1,500
Lois MalawskyUnemployed, UnemployedPersonMilwaukee, WIMay 27, 2025$1,000
Marianne LubarNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMilwaukee, WIJan. 21, 2025$1,000
Megan HullActivist, SelfPersonWashington, DCJan. 30, 2025$1,000
Norma GilsonRetired, UnemployedPersonShorewood, WIFeb. 2, 2025$1,000
Mark GennisUnemployed, UnemployedPersonMequon, WIJan. 22, 2025$1,000
Mark OversNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMenomonee Falls, WIFeb. 4, 2026$1,000
Norma GilsonRetired, UnemployedPersonShorewood, WIJan. 20, 2026$1,000
Ellen VenableNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMequon, WISept. 25, 2025$1,000
Mark OversNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMenomonee Falls, WISept. 21, 2026$500
Megan HullActivist, SelfPersonWashington, DCSept. 30, 2026$500
Jim RickabaughNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMequon, WIFeb. 8, 2025$500
Kathleen M MichelNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMequon, WIJan. 19, 2025$500
Lane KistlerUnemployed, UnemployedPersonMilwaukee, WIFeb. 16, 2025$500
Megan HullActivist, SelfPersonWashington, DCJune 14, 2025$500
Megan HullActivist, SelfPersonWashington, DCMarch 21, 2025$500

See every contribution to Grassroots North Shore on FEC.gov. Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.