VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUS

Federal · FEC · C00258855

$2.02M
Direct disbursements
155
Distinct vendors
1,414
Disbursement rows
Jan 2017 – Jun 2026
Activity window
$24Kacross 12 months

Top vendors paid last 12 months · top 4

MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN $17K Legal & Compliance · 4 txns ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING $3K Software & Tech · 3 txns INTUIT $192 Wages & Payroll · 1 txn McAfee $109 — · 1 txn VF VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUS

Staff & officers 1 officer on file (FEC Form 1)

Treasurer Maxwell, Mary Ellen
Single treasurer on file — no other committees served by this officer in our records.

No cross-committee operative network for VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUS — this committee's officers don't serve at other committees in our records. Common for institutional committees (national party committees, large PAC infrastructure) where a single staff treasurer manages only this filer.

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Other federal committees that pay the same vendors or share officers with this one — the operational network this filer sits inside. Inferred from cross-filing, not present in any single source. Click a row to open the full relationship page.

Committee Shared Combined spend
R RODNEY FOR CONGRESS 10 vendors $5,258,792 Network ↗
R DAN CRENSHAW FOR CONGRESS 9 vendors $5,835,074 Network ↗
R CLAUDIA TENNEY FOR CONGRESS 7 vendors $370,281 Network ↗
R TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA 7 vendors $240,076 Network ↗
R ASHLEY FOR IOWA 7 vendors $190,253 Network ↗
R MIKE BOST FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE 7 vendors $65,846 Network ↗
R LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS 6 vendors $2,001,958 Network ↗
R ESTHER FOR CONGRESS 6 vendors $128,329 Network ↗
R KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESS 6 vendors $33,819 Network ↗
D THE MARKEY COMMITTEE 6 vendors $16,595 Network ↗

People paid by VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUS top 7 · $307,170 · 2 of 7 linked to person profile

Individuals who received disbursements from this committee — salaried staff, consultants on personal-name contracts, and reimbursements for travel / mileage / per diem. Includes 1 name identified via state-data name-pattern fallback (entity_tp not populated on state filings).

Name Most-common purpose Payments Total paid Activity window
Mary Ellen Maxwell PAYROLL FOR CAMPA… 74 $266,443 Jan 2018 → May 2026
Reno Jamison RETAINER FOR CAMP… 13 $14,270 Sep 2018 → Sep 2019
Jordan Haverly RETAINER FOR CAMP… 11 $13,000 Sep 2018 → Sep 2019
Jennifer Hurley DATA ENTRY 14 $4,637 Jan 2017 → Jul 2019
John M Shimkus · EXPENSE REIMBURSE… 2 $3,772 Feb 2021
Flavio Amaya Cardon FEBRUARY 2017 IT … 2 $2,565 Jan 2017
Steve Tomaszewski PAYROLL 2 $2,484 Jan 2017 → Mar 2017

Spend by category

all-cycle
Fundraising $860K Wages & Payroll $352K Media $171K Legal & Compliance $125K Travel & Events $122K Print & Mail $106K Strategy & Research $57K Software & Tech $50K Admin & Office $46K Contributions & Transfers $42

Spend by service category

Category Total spend Disbursements
Fundraising $860,137 194
Wages & Payroll $352,016 114
Media $171,498 17
Legal & Compliance $124,787 47
Travel & Events $121,567 606
Other / Unclassified $116,830 125
Print & Mail $106,326 62
Strategy & Research $56,595 25
Software & Tech $50,321 84
Admin & Office $45,924 135
Contributions & Transfers $42 1

Recent activity showing 20 of 1,414

Date Vendor Purpose Amount
Jun 10, 2026 McAfee ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE FOR COMMITTEE COMPUTER $109
May 18, 2026 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $4,500
May 6, 2026 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q2 2026 $900
Apr 9, 2026 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $4,500
Feb 6, 2026 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q1 2026 $900
Jan 27, 2026 INTUIT FINANCIAL SOFTWARE FOR COMMITTEE TAX RETURNS $192
Jan 5, 2026 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $4,500
Dec 1, 2025 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $3,000
Nov 5, 2025 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q4 2025 $900
Oct 1, 2025 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $2,000
Aug 20, 2025 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q3 2025 $900
Jul 7, 2025 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN QUARTERLY RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $2,000
May 12, 2025 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q2 2025 $900
Apr 1, 2025 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN QUARTERLY RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $2,000
Feb 27, 2025 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q1 2025 $900
Jan 2, 2025 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN QUARTERLY RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $2,000
Nov 5, 2024 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q4 2024 $900
Oct 3, 2024 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN QUARTERLY RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $1,500
Aug 26, 2024 ARISTOTLE PUBLISHING FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE Q3 2024 $900
Jul 10, 2024 MAXWELL, MARY ELLEN QUARTERLY RETAINER FOR COMMITTEE FINANCE AND BANKING SERVICES $1,500