PAC · DC · C00765198

Leading People Forward PAC

A traditional political action committee. It raises limited contributions and can give directly to candidates. Leadership PAC (tied to a sitting politician).

First filed Dec. 22, 2020. Treasurer: Melissa Nissen. Connected organization: Fletcher. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)

Raised (2025-26)
$218,000
Spent
$188,947
Cash on hand
$101,675
Outside spending
$0

Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Oct. 14, 2026.

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

Kathy Castor (D) (opens in a new tab)House · FL-14
- Given$5K
Johnny C. Garcia (D) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-35
- Given$2K
Henry Cuellar (D) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-28
- Given$2K
Vicente Gonzalez (D) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-34
- Given$2K
LaMonica R. McIver (D) (opens in a new tab)House · NJ-10
- Given$2K
Tom Malinowski (D) (opens in a new tab)House · NJ-11
- Given$2K
Bobby Pulido (D) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-15
- Given$2K
Diana DeGette (D) (opens in a new tab)House · CO-01
- Given$2K
Rebecca Cooke (D) (opens in a new tab)House · WI-03
- Given$2K
Marcy Kaptur (D) (opens in a new tab)House · OH-09
- Given$1K
Susie Lee (D) (opens in a new tab)House · NV-03
- Given$1K
Josh Riley (D) (opens in a new tab)House · NY-19
- Given$1K
Sylvia Garcia (D) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-29
- Given$1K
R. Todd Ivey (D) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-09
- Given$1K
Chaz Molder (D) (opens in a new tab)House · TN-05
- Given$1K
Gabe Vasquez (D) (opens in a new tab)House · NM-02
- Given$1K
Derek Tran (D) (opens in a new tab)House · CA-45
- Given$1K
Elaine Luria (D) (opens in a new tab)House · VA-02
- Given$1K
Emanuel Cleaver (D) (opens in a new tab)House · MO-05
- Given$1K
Jahana Hayes (D) (opens in a new tab)House · CT-05
- Given$1K

Showing the top 20 of 33 candidates.

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

Money to parties and other committees

Largest contributions to parties and other committees
Recipient	Amount
Equality PAC	$5,000

Who funds it

Largest single contributions this cycle. 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.

Largest contributions received this cycle
Contributor	Type	From	Date	Amount
Friends of Lizzie Fletcher	Committee	Washington, DC	March 20, 2025	$20,000 (opens in a new tab)
Friends of Lizzie Fletcher	Committee	Washington, DC	Feb. 26, 2025	$20,000 (opens in a new tab)
Friends of Lizzie Fletcher	Committee	Washington, DC	Nov. 18, 2025	$20,000 (opens in a new tab)
Friends of Lizzie Fletcher	Committee	Washington, DC	June 26, 2026	$15,000 (opens in a new tab)
McKesson Corporation Employees Political Fund	PAC	Washington, DC	June 26, 2026	$5,000 (opens in a new tab)
Phillips 66 PAC	PAC	Washington, DC	Feb. 20, 2025	$5,000 (opens in a new tab)
Deborah DeteringRetired, Not Employed	Person	Houston, TX	April 17, 2026	$5,000 (opens in a new tab)
Arnold, John DCo-Founder, Arnold Ventures	Person	Houston, TX	April 1, 2026	$5,000 (opens in a new tab)
National Association of Realtors PAC	PAC	Chicago, IL	March 19, 2026	$5,000 (opens in a new tab)
Steven BillsAI Researcher, Anthropic PBC	Person	San Francisco, CA	March 10, 2026	$5,000 (opens in a new tab)
Gene GrahamRetired, Not Employed	Person	Houston, TX	Feb. 27, 2026	$5,000 (opens in a new tab)

See every contribution to Leading People Forward PAC on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.