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Voice of Teachers for Educ/cmte on POL Educ of NY State Untd Teachers of NYSUT

PAC (qualified)Labor organizationLatham, New YorkActive

New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is a nearly 700,000-member New York state teachers union, affiliated since 2006 with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the AFL–CIO, and the National Education Association (NEA). NYSUT is an umbrella group which provides services to local affiliates in New York state; lobbies on the local, state and federal level; conducts research; and organizes new members. NYSUT's membership is diverse, representing all five membership categories of the AFT: preK through 12th grade teachers and paraprofessionals in the public and private sector; higher education faculty and paraprofessionals; public employees; private sector libraries; and nurses and other healthcare workers in the public and private sector. There are more than 900 local affiliates of NYSUT, which range in size from locals of fewer than 10 members to the 140,000-member United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in New York City. Officers of NYSUT are elected annually by a Representative Assembly (RA). The RA also elects a board of directors, which determines policy between conventions. (Linked public record: Wikipedia organization profile)

Raised: $13.2M; $13,172,003
Spent: $11.3M; $11,261,648
Cash on hand: $14.8M; $14,784,505

FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00021121 · files quarterly

SummaryAt a glance

Why it exists: In its sponsor’s words. Read the statement
Money: $13.2M raised, $11.3M spent, $14.8M cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it: 91% from donors giving $200 or less · largest donor David Ritchie, $3K. See who funds it
Where it goes: $5K given to candidates and committees, the largest to Working Families Party ($5K). See where it goes
Audits and penalties: 1 audit report, published by the FEC

Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?

Why this committee exists In its sponsor's words

“NYSUT is a labor union representing nearly 700,000 professionals who work in, or are retired from, New York’s schools, colleges and healthcare facilities. NYSUT is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and the AFL-CIO.”
New York State United Teachers, the organization this committee is the political fund of, nysut.org

Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. Any side it takes is in its own words.

No published list of positions

Its sponsor’s site sums up what it stands for in the statement above, and publishes no list of positions beyond it.

Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient	Count	Amount
Other PACs and committees	1	$5K · 100%
All recipients	1	$5K

Committees this one funds
Name		Amount
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political EducationPAC (qualified) · 9 payments		$900K
Aft/cope3 payments		$300K
Working Families Party PACHybrid PAC (qualified) · 1 payment		$5K

Money inWho funds the PAC?

Where the money came from $13,172,003 reported receipts

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Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$11,937,65991%

Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$723,9805.5%

Where it came from

NBT Bank21 receipts, latest Sep 30, 2026 · Norwich, New York$723,980

Each as the committee named it on this line.

Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$503,7573.8%

Largest donors

David Ritchie19 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · TEACHER · UUP-CORTLAND · ITHACA, NY$3,045
Dolores Thompson19 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · TEACHER · MAMARONECK T A · YONKERS, NY$2,625
Pamela J. Malone58 contributions, latest Sep 28, 2026 · TEACHER · UUP-EMPIRE STATE · ROCHESTER, NY$2,614
Carrie Andrews41 contributions, latest Sep 25, 2026 · MANAGER · NYSUT · SCHENECTADY, NY$2,510
Donna L. Walters31 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · TEACHER · ERIE 1 PROF EDUC ASN · BLASDELL, NY$2,343
Frederick E. Kowal34 contributions, latest Sep 23, 2026 · TEACHER · UUP-COBLESKILL · WARNERVILLE, NY$2,160
Kathleen Hynes16 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · TEACHER · COMMACK T A · BAYPORT, NY$2,125
Janice Den Hamer Cor4 contributions, latest May 7, 2026 · TEACHER · REMSEN TCHRS ASSN · BARNEVELD, NY$2,000
Michelle M. Licht41 contributions, latest Sep 28, 2026 · TEACHER · WILLIAMSVILLE TA,INC · EAST AMHERST, NY$1,950
Ellen Pincus17 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · TEACHER · CHAPPAQUA CONG TCHRS · BRONX, NY$1,940
Kay Staplin17 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · TEACHER · SOMERS FAC ASSN · BEDFORD HILLS, NY$1,890
Martin Sommer17 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · TEACHER · BOCES TCHS ASSN WE2 · PUTNAM VALLEY, NY$1,700

A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 10,141 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $503.6K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.

Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$6,608<0.1%

Total reported receipts $13,172,003

Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.

Where the money traces to $13.2M followed back through up to 3 committees

0.6% to named individuals, 5.5% to organizations, 94% not itemized.

Gave directly$13.1M 99%

Gave directly
Name		Amount
Not itemized by this committee94%		$12,372,629
NBT BankOrganization · 5.5%		$723,980

50 smaller sources, $75.4K in all (0.6%), are not listed.

Each committee that gave is followed to where its own money came from, in proportion to what it received: a committee that got half its money from one person is counted as passing half of what it gave on to that person. Each channel shows the committee the money came through and its place in the money tree. It shows who stood behind the money, not what that money was for, and an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail. It stops at a person, an organization, a committee with nothing on file here, or 3committees deep. A person who gave by more than one route appears under each, a name filed two ways may appear twice, and a person's job and city are as they filed them. "Also behind" counts the other groups, among those that moved $100,000 or more into races, in which $100,000 or more traces to the same person, other than those this money came through or went on to.

Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs

Where the donors live $503,525 placed by state

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under $19.2K
$19.2K+
$76.8K+
$172.9K+
$307.4K+
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Top states

Top donor states
Name		Amount
New York9,722 contributions · 95%		$480,248
Connecticut89 contributions · 1%		$4,962
Florida62 contributions · 0.9%		$4,397
North Carolina38 contributions · 0.6%		$2,844
New Jersey58 contributions · 0.5%		$2,335
South Carolina32 contributions · 0.3%

SpendingWhere does the money go?

How the spending splits $11,261,648 reported

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Transfers to affiliated committeesMoney moved to a committee under the same sponsor or party.$8,040,00071%

Paid to

Aft/cope9 payments · latest Mar 20, 2026 · TRANSFER TO AFFILIATED COMMITTEE$900,000
Voice of Teachers for Educ/cmte on POL Educ of NY State Untd Teachers of NYSUT4 payments · latest Jul 1, 2025 · TRANSFER TO AFFILIATED COMMITTEE$660,000
Aft/cope3 payments · latest Dec 9, 2025 · TRANSFER TO AFFILIATED COMMITTEE$300,000

Other disbursementsEverything the committee reports outside the lines above.$2,709,43324%

Paid to

New York State United Teachers179 payments · latest Sep 18, 2026 · ACCOUNTING HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS$1,335,162
Educators United for Public Schools1 payment · latest Sep 29, 2026 · NON CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT$1,000,000
Fort Orange Press1 payment · latest Apr 25, 2025 · PRINTING OF VOTECOPE MAILERS$38,756
Everyaction, Inc20 payments · latest Sep 29, 2026 · MONTHLY SOFTWARE FEE$19,476
Bonadio & Co, LLP6 payments · latest Aug 12, 2026 · 2024 FORM 990 TAX RETURN$14,350
Rush Order Tess2 payments · latest May 29, 2025 · PAC/VOTECOPE HOODIES FOR DISTRIBUTION$12,082
Bonadio & Co., LLP4 payments · latest Feb 10, 2026 · 12/31/24 AUDIT SERVICES$11,400
Ciani, Robert6 payments · latest Sep 18, 2026 · QUARTERLY PAC STIPENDS$6,943
Smith, Ronald2 payments · latest Dec 17, 2025 · QUARTERLY PAC STIPENDS$5,905
N.G. Slater Corp1 payment · latest Jul 23, 2026 · GIVEAWAYS FOR REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY$5,714
Hudson River Computing, Inc.2 payments · latest Jul 6, 2026 · ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE YEARLY MAINTENANCE FEE$4,740
Greenough, Michelle7 payments · latest Aug 21, 2026 · QUARTERLY PAC STIPENDS$4,526

Operating expendituresThe committee's own running costs.$507,2154.5%

Paid to

Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$5,000<0.1%

Paid to

Working Families Party1 payment · latest Jun 22, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$5,000

Total reported disbursements $11,261,648

Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.

What the payments were for $5,081,190 itemized

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TransfersMoney moved to an affiliated or authorised committee.$1,860,00037%

Filed as

TRANSFER TO AFFILIATED COMMITTEE$1,860,000

Paid to

Aft/cope$1,200,000
Voice of Teachers for Educ/cmte on POL Educ of NY State Untd Teachers of NYSUT$660,000

Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.

Spending over time

$11.3M spent from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026. Most in one report: $2.7M, Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2025.

The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.

Each report’s total

Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026$2,433,994
Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2026$2,684,590
Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026$862,065
Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2025$706,584
Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2025$986,695
Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2025$2,731,739
Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2025$855,982

Show other payments: transfers, refunds and the rest

Other disbursements $2,708,975

AboutWhere does this page come from?

Earlier cycles

Election cycle

Federal record

FEC committee page: fec.gov ↗
Legal name: VOICE OF TEACHERS FOR EDUC/CMTE ON POL EDUC OF NY STATE UNTD TEACHERS (VOTE/COPE) OF NYSUT
Filings covered: Through Sep 30, 2026
Data source: FEC bulk filing data

New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is a nearly 700,000-member New York state teachers union, affiliated since 2006 with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the AFL–CIO, and the National Education Association (NEA). NYSUT is an umbrella group which provides services to local affiliates in New York state; lobbies on the local, state and federal level; conducts research; and organizes new members. NYSUT's membership is diverse, representing all five membership categories of the AFT: preK through 12th grade teachers and paraprofessionals in the public and private sector; higher education faculty and paraprofessionals; public employees; private sector libraries; and nurses and other healthcare workers in the public and private sector. There are more than 900 local affiliates of NYSUT, which range in size from locals of fewer than 10 members to the 140,000-member United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in New York City. Officers of NYSUT are elected annually by a Representative Assembly (RA). The RA also elects a board of directors, which determines policy between conventions. Linked public record: Wikipedia organization profile.

Pages quoted 1 page

nysut.org

Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the committee’s or its sponsor’s; the record marking is ours.

Linked public recordsFEC Wikidata Wikipedia LittleSis

Voice of Teachers for Educ/cmte on POL Educ of NY State Untd Teachers of NYSUT is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.

Structured organization facts

Identity match: Exact FEC committee ID in LittleSis
Match confidence: high
Organization type: labor union
Country: United States
Founded: 1983-00-00

Source coverage

Official pages captured: 6
Wikidata statements: 15
External identifiers: 9
LittleSis classifications: Organization, Political Fundraising Committee
Last captured: Sep 29, 2026

LittleSis data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Employer as filed		Amount
Garden City T A415 contributions · 4.9% of ranked		$22,973
Mexico Academy CS FA392 contributions · 3.6% of ranked		$16,791
Yonkers FED Of TCHRS363 contributions · 3.2% of ranked		$14,883
Kenmore TCHRS Assn276 contributions · 3% of ranked		$14,188
F A Of Suffolk CC412 contributions · 2.8% of ranked		$12,948
Nysut349 contributions · 2.7% of ranked		$12,741
NEW Rochelle F U S E241 contributions · 2.7% of ranked		$12,517
Scarsdale T A353 contributions · 2.3% of ranked		$10,805

Occupation as filed		Amount
Teacher9,792 contributions · 97% of ranked		$490,824
Manager229 contributions · 1.6% of ranked		$7,997
Attorney38 contributions · 0.3% of ranked		$1,299
Legislative REP27 contributions · 0.2% of ranked		$1,209
President21 contributions · 0.2% of ranked		$970
Vice President19 contributions · 0.1% of ranked		$675
Political Director4 contributions · <0.1% of ranked		$247
Retiree1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked		$204

Name		Amount
New York State United Teachers167 payments · 17% of all spending		$1,931,857
Educators United for Public Schools1 payment · 8.9% of all spending		$1,000,000
Aft/cope9 payments · 8% of all spending		$900,000
Voice of Teachers for Educ/cmte on POL Educ of NY State Untd Teachers of NYSUT4 payments · 5.9% of all spending		$660,000
Aft/cope3 payments · 2.7% of all spending		$300,000
Internal Revenue Service2 payments · 1.6% of all spending		$178,631
Fort Orange Press2 payments · 0.5% of all spending		$55,756
Everyaction, Inc20 payments · 0.2% of all spending		$19,476

Voice of Teachers for Educ/cmte on POL Educ of NY State Untd Teachers of NYSUT

SummaryAt a glance

Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?

Why this committee exists In its sponsor's words

Party support distribution

Who this PAC gave to$5,000 in 1 payment

By recipient

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Recipients 1

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Committee money network

Committees funding this one

Committees this one funds

Money inWho funds the PAC?

Where the money came from $13,172,003 reported receipts

Where it came from

Largest donors

Where the money traces to $13.2M followed back through up to 3 committees

Where the donors live $503,525 placed by state

Top states

SpendingWhere does the money go?

How the spending splits $11,261,648 reported

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What the payments were for $5,081,190 itemized

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Spending over time

Other disbursements $2,708,975

FilingsWhat has it reported to the FEC?

FEC filing facts

Audits and penalties

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LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?

AboutWhere does this page come from?

Earlier cycles

Federal record

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