Hybrid PAC · TN · C00952093

The Progress Fund

Runs two accounts: a limited one that can give to campaigns, and an unlimited one for independent ads.

Treasurer: Phillip O Lawson. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $127,000
  • Spent
    $119,781
  • Cash on hand
    $7,219
  • Outside spending
    $52,414

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

Phillip Lawson$100KEveryone else$27KFor Chaz Molder (D)$34KFor Vincent Dixie (D)$19KThe Progress 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
    • Given$5K
    • For$34K
    • Given$5K
    • For$19K

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

It also gave $2,000 to parties and other committees this cycle. See the list on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab).

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
Phillip LawsonPerson3$100,000

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
Phillip LawsonChairman, LHP CapitalPersonKnoxville, TNJuly 16, 2026$50,000
Phillip LawsonChairman, LHP CapitalPersonKnoxville, TNJune 26, 2026$40,000
Phillip LawsonChairman, LHP CapitalPersonKnoxville, TNJune 26, 2026$10,000

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