Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC is a political action committee (PAC) associated with the left-of-center advocacy group Pennsylvania Stands Up. It is a hybrid PAC that assists in financing Pennsylvania Stands Up’s advocacy for left-of-center prison, climate, and housing policies. 1
Background
Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC is a left-of-center political action committee focused on advancing left-wing causes in Pennsylvania associated with the 501(c)(4) advocacy group Pennsylvania Stands Up. 2
Pennsylvania Stands Up was formed as a consolidation of local chapters in Pennsylvania dedicated to advocating for left-wing housing and voting policies. 3 Chapters have worked to end solitary confinement, 4 ensure “redistributive justice,” and enact “universal living wages.” 5 Carrie Santoro, the executive director of PA Stands Up 6 and a Lehigh Valley Stands Up founder, 7 is also the treasurer of PA Stands Up PAC. 8
Finances
From 2021-2022, Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC received $5,146 from Get Organized BK, 9 a New York-based PAC that granted the PAC’s affiliated 501(c)(4) Pennsylvania Stands Up $2,573 from 2021-2022. 10 This New York-based PAC also gave $3,196 to Peter Hogness, 11 affiliated with the left-of-center group Seed the Vote. 12 This group, dedicated to registering voters to elect left-wing candidates, named Pennsylvania Stands Up as a 2022 canvassing partner. 13 Seed the Vote focused its efforts on building the left in swing states. 14
Pennsylvania Stands Up receives a portion of its money from Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC, with the PAC paying it $212,867 in the 2022 election cycle. 15 PA Stands Up PAC also funds local PA Stands Up chapters such as Lancaster Stands Up, 16 Lehigh Valley Stands Up, 17 and NEPA Stands Up. 18
From 2019-2020, the PAC received $27,441 from the San Francisco-based left-of-center Everyday People PAC 19 and $5,000 from the AFL-CIO member union Communications Workers of America. 20
From 2020-2022, it made 100% of its independent expenditures on behalf of Democratic Party candidates. According to OpenSecrets, Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC made $119,726 in expenditures on behalf of Joe Biden in the 2020 cycle 21 and $161,583 in the 2022 cycle. 22
References
- “Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC Expenditures.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/pennsylvania-stands-up/C00743021/expenditures/2022.
- “Up to Us.” Pennsylvania Stands Up. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://pastandsup.org/up-to-us/.
- “Up to Us.” Pennsylvania Stands Up. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://pastandsup.org/up-to-us/.
- “PA Stands Up Announces Victory.” Pennsylvania Stands Up. August 10, 2022. https://pastandsup.org/news/pa-stands-up-announces-victory-toward-ending-solitary-confinement-in-lackawanna-county/.
- “Theory pf Change.” Reclaim Philadelphia. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.reclaimphiladelphia.org/vision.
- “Up to Us.” Pennsylvania Stands Up. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://pastandsup.org/up-to-us/.
- PA Stands Up. Twitter Post. August 4, 2022, 11:30 am. https://twitter.com/pastandsup/status/1422942906415976448?lang=en.
- “Statement of Organization.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/579/202207209522440579/202207209522440579.pdf#navpanes=0
- “Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC to PAC/Party.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/pennsylvania-stands-up/C00743021/pac-to-pac/2022.
- “Get Organized BK PAC Expenditures.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/get-organized-bk/C00678078/expenditures/2022.
- “Vendor/Recipient Profile: Hogness, Peter.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2022&vendor=Hogness%2C+Peter.
- Hogness, Peter. Twitter. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://twitter.com/peterhogness?lang=en.
- “Our 2022 Partners.” Seed the Vote. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.seedthevote.org/our-2022-partners/.
- “Seed the Vote: Political Assessment.” Convergence. December 5, 2019. https://convergencemag.com/articles/seed-the-vote-political-assessment/.
- “Vendor/Recipient Profile: Pennsylvania Stands Up.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2022&vendor=Pennsylvania+Stands+Up.
- Homepage. Lancaster Stands Up. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://lancasterstandsup.org/.
- Homepage. Lehigh Valley Stands Up. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://lvstandsup.org/.
- Homepage. NEPA Stands Up. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.nepastandsup.org/.
- “Pennsylvania Stands Up PAC to PAC/Party.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/pennsylvania-stands-up/C00743021/pac-to-pac/2020
- “Communication Workers of America (CWA).” InfluenceWatch. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.influencewatch.org/labor-union/communications-workers-of-america/.
- “Pennsylvania Stands Up Independent Expenditures.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/pennsylvania-stands-up/C00743021/independent-expenditures/2020.
- “Pennsylvania Stands Up Independent Expenditures.” OpenSecrets. Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/pennsylvania-stands-up/C00743021/independent-expenditures/2022.