PaidForPolitics

Super PAC · NY · C00950030

Progressive Unity Fund

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: Peter Frank. View on FEC.gov

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $2,727,056
  • Spent
    $2,715,539
  • Cash on hand
    $11,517
  • Outside spending
    $1,875,000

Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Oct. 14, 2026. Outside spending from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026.

Donors and outside spending

. Next NY INC$1.4MAFT Solidarity$400KINC. . Make The Road Action$200KGershon Gary Barnett$150K. Proximo Action$100K. Two Trees Management$50KEveryone else$377KFor Adriano Espaillat (D)$1.9MProgressive Unity Fund
  • Raised from its largest donors
  • Outside spending for
  • Outside spending against

Left: what the group raised, from reports through Oct. 14, 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. Adriano Espaillat (D)House · NY-13
    • For$1.9M

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

It also gave $639,692 to parties and other committees this cycle. See the list on FEC.gov.

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
. Next NY INCPerson2$1,450,000
AFT SolidarityPAC2$400,000
INC. . Make The Road ActionPerson1$200,000
Gershon Gary BarnettPerson1$150,000
. Proximo ActionPerson1$100,000
. Two Trees ManagementPerson1$50,000
Wendy Kelman NeuPerson1$50,000
Jeff AronsonPerson2$50,000
New York Fights - Luchando Por Nueva YorkPAC1$39,692
William RudinPerson1$33,333
Eric RudinPerson1$33,333
Beth Rudin DewoodyPerson1$33,333
NORPACPAC1$26,139
Mark SpilkerPerson1$25,000
Allan MutchnikPerson1$25,000
Daniel LubetzkyPerson1$25,000
John FishPerson1$15,000
Jeff SchoenfeldPerson1$10,000
Management Corps. SL GreenPerson1$5,000
Todd MoscowitzPerson1$5,000
Andrew FinePerson1$1,025

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
. Next NY INCPersonNew York, NYJune 12, 2026$1,300,000
AFT SolidarityPACWashington, DCJune 11, 2026$200,000
AFT SolidarityPACWashington, DCJune 5, 2026$200,000
INC. . Make The Road ActionPersonBrooklyn, NYJune 3, 2026$200,000
. Next NY INCPersonNew York, NYJune 17, 2026$150,000
Gershon Gary BarnettPresident & Founder, Extell Development CompanyPersonMonsey, NYJune 9, 2026$150,000
. Proximo ActionPersonJune 17, 2026$100,000
. Two Trees ManagementPersonBrooklyn, NYJune 3, 2026$50,000
Wendy Kelman NeuChairwoman and CEO, Hugo Neu CorporationPersonNew York, NYJune 9, 2026$50,000
New York Fights - Luchando Por Nueva YorkPACAstoria, NYJune 2, 2026$39,692
William RudinCo-Executive Chairman, Rudin Management Co. INCPersonNew York, NYJune 3, 2026$33,333
Eric RudinCo-Executive Chairman, Rudin Management Co. INCPersonNew York, NYJune 2, 2026$33,333
Beth Rudin DewoodyPresident, Rudin Family FoundationPersonNew York, NYJune 9, 2026$33,333
NORPACPACEnglewood Cliffs, NJJune 23, 2026$26,139
Mark SpilkerFounder, Diane & Mark Spilker FoundationPersonBoston, MAJune 23, 2026$25,000
Allan MutchnikPresident, Harbor Freight ToolsPersonCalabasas, CAJune 9, 2026$25,000
Daniel LubetzkyFounder, Kind, LLCPersonAustin, TXJune 9, 2026$25,000
Jeff AronsonCo-Founder and Managing Principal, Centerbridge PartnersPersonNew York, NYJune 17, 2026$25,000
Jeff AronsonCo-Founder and Managing Principal, Centerbridge PartnersPersonNew York, NYJune 17, 2026$25,000
John FishCEO, Suffolk ConstructionPersonBoston, MAJune 23, 2026$15,000

See every contribution to Progressive Unity Fund on FEC.gov. Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.