Super PAC · MA · C00887323

The Progress Coalition

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: Ethan Jeske. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $373,706
  • Spent
    $509,645
  • Cash on hand
    $568
  • Outside spending
    $9,615

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

Don McManus$1KLee R Barnes$1KLorraine Sheinberg$1KLois Reiniche$1KJack Mattice$1KMaureen Lee$1KEveryone else$368KFor Gay Valimont (D)$10KThe Progress Coalition
  • 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
    • For$10K

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.

Biggest donors by total given
DonorTypeContributionsTotal
Don McManusPerson1$1,000
Lee R BarnesPerson1$1,000
Lorraine SheinbergPerson1$1,000
Lois ReinichePerson1$1,000
Jack MatticePerson1$1,000
Maureen LeePerson1$1,000
Thomas HalePerson1$1,000
James GarveyPerson1$1,000
Caroline GabelPerson1$1,000
Sally DavidsonPerson1$1,000
Mark StraussPerson1$1,000
David PatzPerson1$1,000
Amy MengePerson1$1,000
Robert MackPerson1$1,000
Bruce HoustonPerson1$1,000
Winifred DooleyPerson2$1,000
Steve ButlerPerson1$500
Dewalt BrownPerson1$500
Carol E. SimsonPerson1$500
Melody SeldenPerson1$500
Lynn LoftisPerson1$500
Constance CulkinPerson1$500
Kamila BenzinaPerson1$500
Gary OttPerson1$500
Laurie LanniganPerson1$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.

Largest contributions received this cycle
ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Don McManusNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonRancho Mirage, CAMay 15, 2025$1,000
Lee R BarnesLand Consultant, Lee R BarnesPersonWaynesville, NCMay 2, 2025$1,000
Lorraine SheinbergNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonBeverly Hills, CAJan. 18, 2025$1,000
Lois ReinicheNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonKnoxville, TNJan. 25, 2025$1,000
Jack MatticeNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonPatchogue, NYJan. 31, 2025$1,000
Maureen LeeNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonSeattle, WAMarch 7, 2025$1,000
Thomas HaleNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonSan Francisco, CAMarch 8, 2025$1,000
James GarveyNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonDowningtown, PAMarch 8, 2025$1,000
Caroline GabelNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonChestertown, MDJan. 18, 2025$1,000
Sally DavidsonNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonWashington, DCJan. 24, 2025$1,000
Mark StraussPhysician, Thomas Spann ClicPersonOdem, TXMarch 20, 2025$1,000
David PatzPhysician, University of Colorado HospitalPersonDurango, COMarch 22, 2025$1,000
Amy MengeTranslator, SelfPersonFairfax, VAAug. 18, 2025$1,000
Robert MackNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonCambridge, MAJuly 24, 2025$1,000
Bruce HoustonNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonFairfax, CASept. 17, 2025$1,000
Steve ButlerAttorne, Warner Music GroupPersonRedondo Beach, CAMay 1, 2025$500
Dewalt BrownAdministrator, IcoPersonSan Marino, CAJune 12, 2025$500
Carol E. SimsonNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonSyracuse, NYJan. 19, 2025$500
Melody SeldenNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonGlen Cove, NYFeb. 28, 2025$500
Lynn LoftisAttorney, SelfPersonMuskogee, OKFeb. 28, 2025$500

See every contribution to The Progress Coalition on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.