PAC · CA · C00842369
Whitesides Victory Fund
A traditional political action committee. It raises limited contributions and can give directly to candidates. Joint fundraising committee.
First filed June 7, 2023. Treasurer: Jay Petterson. Connected organization: None. View on FEC.gov
- Raised (2025-26)$226,545
- Spent$180,975
- Cash on hand$45,573
- Outside spending$0
Through reports covering June 30, 2026.
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
No candidate-level spending reported by these groups yet this cycle.
Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages.
Who funds it
Largest single contributions this cycle. 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.
| Contributor | Type | From | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Neal BlueCEO, General Atomics | Person | La Jolla, CA | June 30, 2026 | $22,000 |
| Ray RothrockRetired, Not Employed | Person | Portola Valley, CA | Feb. 24, 2026 | $22,000 |
| Taylor, DylanCEO, Voyager Space Holdings INC | Person | Littleton, CO | April 12, 2026 | $15,000 |
| Whitesides, BarbaraNot Employed, Not Employed | Person | Newton, MA | March 24, 2026 | $15,000 |
| Whitesides, GeorgeNot Employed, Not Employed | Person | Newton, MA | March 24, 2026 | $13,500 |
| Vanaken, JohnTrader in Securities, Self Employed | Person | Canyon Country, CA | April 22, 2026 | $10,000 |
| Glen TullmanCEO, Trancarent INC | Person | Chicago, IL | Jan. 20, 2026 | $10,000 |
| Whitesides, GeorgeNot Employed, Not Employed | Person | Newton, MA | Dec. 31, 2025 | $10,000 |
| Whitesides, BarbaraNot Employed, Not Employed | Person | Newton, MA | Dec. 31, 2025 | $10,000 |
| Vanaken, JohnTrader in Securities, Self Employed | Person | Canyon Country, CA | Dec. 5, 2025 | $10,000 |
| Mary Breasted SmythProject Manager, Nyct | Person | New York, NY | Nov. 10, 2025 | $10,000 |
| Derek SmythNot Employed, Not Employed | Person | Tamworth, NH | Nov. 10, 2025 | $10,000 |
| Callahan, AndrewTechnical Staff, Anthropic PBC | Person | Oakland, CA | June 23, 2026 | $9,000 |
| Ziegler, DanielMachine Learning Researcher, Anthropic PBC | Person | San Francisco, CA | June 30, 2026 | $8,000 |
| Bills, StevenAI Researcher, Anthropic | Person | San Francisco, CA | June 24, 2026 | $8,000 |