> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Progressive Turnout Project - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/progressive-turnout-project/ - Published: 1999-01-02T22:39:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-21T23:08:22.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization The **Progressive Turnout Project (PTP)** is an American political action committee (PAC) based in Chicago, Illinois. ## History The Progressive Turnout Project was founded in 2015 by Harry Pascal and Ram Villivalam.[\[1\]](#fn1) PTP filed its first Statement of Organization with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on June 26, 2015.[\[2\]](#fn2) The Progressive Turnout Project paid the [Analyst Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Analyst-Institute) $4,000 on March 9, 2019 for services related to the 2020 United States presidential election.[\[3\]](#fn3) [Thomas Matthew Crooks](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks) donated $15 to PTP via ActBlue on January 20, 2021, the day of President [Joe Biden](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Joe-Biden)'s inauguration.[\[4\]](#fn4) In July 2023, the PTP initiated a campaign to "ban [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr) from the ballot."[\[5\]](#fn5) Stop Republicans, a shell PAC of the PTP, also engaged in the campaign, as did Progressive Takeover.[\[6\]](#fn6)[\[7\]](#fn7) ## Organization The Progressive Turnout Project collaborates with the Analyst Institute.[\[8\]](#fn8)[\[3:1\]](#fn3) PTP is a client of [Elias Law Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Elias-Law-Group)[\[9\]](#fn9) and [Hardpin Media](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Hardpin-Media).[\[10\]](#fn10) ### Subsidiaries - Postcards to Swing States - Progressive Takeover - Stop Republicans[\[11\]](#fn11) ### Personnel | Name | Position | Notes | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Harry Pascal | Founder;[\[12\]](#fn12) Treasurer[\[13\]](#fn13) | \- | | Ram Villivalam | Co-founder;[\[1:1\]](#fn1) Treasurer (former)[\[2:1\]](#fn2) | \- | | Alex Morgan | President | Students for Barack Obama, Michigan Federation of College Democrats, Kalamazoo College, [Teach For America](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Teach-For-America), Malakai Early Learning Center, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), [Sierra Club](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Sierra-Club), Organization for Positive Action and Leadership (OPAL)[\[14\]](#fn14) | | Colleen Martin | Vice President, Political | Stop Republicans, Dick Durbin, Chet Edwards, Schneider for Congress, [A Safe Place](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/A-Safe-Place), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), [williamsworks](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/williamsworks)[\[15\]](#fn15) | | Dori Taxy | Deputy Director, Compliance and Finance | \- | | Emily Kowey | Payroll and Benefits Manager | Kalamazoo College | | John Miller | Data and Analytics Director | Obama for America, Arkansas Voter Registration Project, Give Arkansas a Raise, Bernie Sanders, NextGen Climate, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party of Arkansas, Beto for Texas, [Joe Biden](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Joe-Biden)[\[16\]](#fn16) | | Julio Guzmán | Fellows Program Manager | Chicago Botanic Garden, Lake Forest Open Lands Association, [Sierra Club](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Sierra-Club), Genesee Theatre, Waukegan Public Schools, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Clean Power Lake County, Phi Kappa Phi[\[17\]](#fn17) | | Mason Astill | Fundraising Manager | Forest Preserve District of Cook County, [A Safe Haven Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/A-Safe-Haven-Foundation), Work for Progress, Change Corps, PennEnvironment, Warren for President, League of Conservation Voters[\[18\]](#fn18) | | Reid McCollum | Program Outreach Coordinator | Postcards to Swing States, McMaster-Carr, Postcards for Climate | | Sabrina Chan | Deputy Data Director | Bernie Sanders, [BallotReady](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/BallotReady), Chicago Democratic Socialists of America | ### Funding In 2022, the Progressive Turnout Project's top ten donors were:[\[19\]](#fn19) 1. [Dustin Moskovitz](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Dustin-Moskovitz) 2. Progressive Takeover 3. Progressive Turnout Project Victory 4. Judith Miller 5. Nancy Nordhoff 6. Mark Stevens (Fenwick & West) 7. Jennifer Clark 8. Murray Cohen 9. Morris Oiring (Genesis Adult Day Care) 10. James Buffett (Sails in Concert) Other donors of interest since 2016 include:[\[19:1\]](#fn19)[\[20\]](#fn20)[\[21\]](#fn21)[\[22\]](#fn22) - ActBlue - Arlene Ash (UMass Chan Medical School) - Jeff Bambrook (First Republic Bank) - Patricia Brennan (Continuum Home Health) - Martha Fuller Clark (New Hampshire State Senate) - Arthur Cohen (HealthCor Management) - Pamela Conley (Portola Pharmaceuticals) - [Thomas Matthew Crooks](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks)[\[4:1\]](#fn4) - Michael Evans (Group Health Cooperative) - Debra Garceau (The Miriam Hospital) - GlaxoSmithKline[\[23\]](#fn23) - Linda Gochfeld (SERV Behavioral Health System) - Adelaide Gomer (Park Foundation) - Diana Hansen (Kaiser Permanente) - Honeywell[\[24\]](#fn24) - John Hood (Impact Biomedicines) - Lucinda Jewell (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Curelator, Pear Therapeutics, Ignite Mental Health) - Jeremy Kahan (North Peak Capital) - Jerry Kauper (Norton Hospital) - Grant La Farge (New Mexico Medical Board) - Howard Law (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - Ruth Messinger (American Jewish World Service) - Dana Meyer (Global Green USA) - Diane Meyer Simon (Global Green USA) - James Musslewhite (Oncology Convergence) - Claire Myers ([Food and Drug Administration](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Food-and-Drug-Administration), [AstraZeneca](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/AstraZeneca)) - Paul Monahan (Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic) - [Pfizer](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pfizer)[\[25\]](#fn25) - Charles Potter (Social Security Administration) - Rosemary Pritzker (Local Voices) - Dave Richter (Richter International Consulting) - Matt Rollefson (Apple) - Vicki Schneider (IBM) - Linda Young (United Parcel Service) - Paul Zykofsky (CivicWell) ### Expenditures Companies and organizations who have received funds from the Progressive Turnout Project since 2016 include:[\[26\]](#fn26)[\[27\]](#fn27)[\[28\]](#fn28)[\[29\]](#fn29)[\[30\]](#fn30)[\[31\]](#fn31)[\[32\]](#fn32) - ActBlue - Arena - [Battleground Texas](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Battleground-Texas) - Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) - Change Campaign Super PAC - Change.org - Deliver Strategies - Democratic Victory PAC - EveryAction - [Facebook](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Facebook) - Fair Fight - Google - Gumbinner & Davies Communications - Left Action - [Meta Platforms](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Meta-Platforms) - [Mothership Strategies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Mothership-Strategies) - The Nation - North Shore Opco - North Shore Printers - Paychex - Pivot Group - Powered by People - [Revolution Field Strategies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Revolution-Field-Strategies) - RWT Production - Senate Majority PAC - Sisneros Strategies - Stop 45 PAC - Tatango - Toskr - United States Postal Service (USPS) - UnitedHealth Group - Windward Strategies ## External links - [InfluenceWatch](https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/progressive-turnout-project/) - [KeyWiki](https://keywiki.org/Progressive%5FTurnout%5FProject) - [OpenCorporates](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fdc/EXTUID%5F4155585) - [Website](https://www.turnoutpac.org/) ### Further reading - August 24, 2023: "[Who’s Behind the Progressive Turnout Project?](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/blog/whos-behind-the-progressive-turnout-project/)" by [Liam Sturgess](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Liam-Sturgess), published by *The Kennedy Beacon* --- 1. *Our Team.* Progressive Turnout Project. Retrieved August 26, 2015, from [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 2. *Statement of Organization: Progressive Turnout Project.* (2015, June 26). Federal Election Commission. [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) 3. Federal Election Commission. (2021, February 1). *Vendor/Recipient Profile: Analyst Institute.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) 4. *Itemized Receipts - Image #202102049425405473.* New York Times; Federal Election Commission. Retrieved July 17, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref4) [↩︎](#fnref4:1) 5. *PET: Ban RFK.* Progressive Turnout Project. Retrieved July 25, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *PET: Ban RFK.* Stop Republicans. Retrieved July 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *PET: Ban RFK.* Progressive Takeover. Retrieved July 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. Progressive Turnout Project. (2021, December 16). *A Gateway to Activism, Postcards Win Close Elections.* Medium. [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Browse Disbursements - Elias Law Group - 2023-2024.* Federal Election Commission. Retrieved March 6, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. *What We Do.* Hardpin Media. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. *Home.* Stop Republicans PAC. Retrieved July 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. *Our Team.* Progressive Turnout Project. Retrieved February 23, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref12) 13. *Reports Image Index for Committee ID: C00580068.* (2023, June 26). Federal Election Commission. [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. *Experience | Alex Morgan.* LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref14) 15. *Experience | Colleen Martin.* LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref15) 16. *Experience | John Miller.* LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref16) 17. *Experience | Julio Gonzalez.* LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref17) 18. *Experience | Mason Astill.* LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref18) 19. *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2022.* OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 24, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref19) [↩︎](#fnref19:1) 20. *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2020.* OpenSecrets. Retrieved March 23, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref20) 21. *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2016.* OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 24, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref21) 22. *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Donors - 2018.* OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 24, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref22) 23. Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). *GlaxoSmithKline Profile: Recipients.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref23) 24. Center for Responsive Politics. *Honeywell International: Summary.* OpenSecrets. Retrieved August 24, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref24) 25. Center for Responsive Politics. *Pfizer Inc: Summary.* OpenSecrets. Retrieved August 24, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref25) 26. Federal Election Commission. (2017, November 27). *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref26) 27. Federal Election Commission. (2019, June 10). *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures - 2018.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref27) 28. Federal Election Commission. (2021, March 22). *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures - 2020.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref28) 29. Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). *Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures - 2022.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref29) 30. Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). *Progressive Turnout Project Profile: Recipients - 2016.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref30) 31. Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). *Progressive Turnout Project Profile: Recipients - 2018.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref31) 32. Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). *Progressive Turnout Project Profile: Recipients - 2020.* OpenSecrets. [↩︎](#fnref32)