Tennessee

Frederick Dewayne Tappan

County School Bd., Dist. 6 Independent

Also ran for Tennessee Senate, District 33 on Who Funds Tennessee

Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 9, 2026 · source: Shelby County

5 filings · Pre-General 2026–Q3 2026

Cash on Hand The campaign’s ending cash balance from its most recent filing. Cash shown as “carried over” was held before this election cycle began — usually from a prior campaign for the same office. Full definition →
$3,860
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services appear separately. Full definition →
$21,997
Total Spent
$18,138
net of $1,000 refunded back to the campaign — not shown in the table below
Donors
48
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
0.3%
$62 of $21,997 raised · self-contributions
Out-of-State
15%
$3,232 from outside TN

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q3 2026 Initial $3,860 filing-stated

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $21,934
Candidate's own contributions $62
Raised (cash) $21,997
From each filing:
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Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $18,138
Total spent $18,138
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Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $3,232 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $21,997
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $3,232
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$21,997
Spent
$18,138

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →

The candidate’s own money made up 0.3% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 97%, organizations and PACs 2%.

Candidate’s own money $62 · 0.3% Individuals $21K · 97% Organizations & PACs $500 · 2%

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $62 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $21,997
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $62
From individuals $21,434
From organizations and PACs $500
Source filings:

Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →

$466average gift
$103median gift
46individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
28%
2%
$100–200
24%
5%
$200–500
20%
12%
$500–1K
15%
19%
$1K+
13%
63%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $21,434 ÷ Individual donors: 46
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $21,434
Median gift $103
Individual donors 46
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Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →

85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).

Tennessee $18,702 Out of state $3,232
  • Memphis $13K61%
  • Germantown $4K20%
  • Rochester, MN $2K9%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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Itemized contribution dollars from outside Tennessee, divided by all itemized dollars whose contributor state is known. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it OR it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into elsewhere-in-Tennessee and other-out-of-state. Shown only above 99% state coverage. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $3,232 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $21,934
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,232
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2026 – Sep 2026. Peak $9,356 in Jul 2026. Spending peaked at $8,225 in Aug 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 25 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 24 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,457 and their names are withheld.

25 named donors 40 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Bayard B Morgan 2 $3,800.00
James R Thomason 2 $3,800.00
Dragan Kocic 1 $1,957.00
Snowden B Morgan 1 $1,900.00
Steve Hutton 4 $1,030.00
Paul Boyle 1 $1,000.00
Louise M Smith 2 $950.00
Owen Tabor 1 $515.00
Mark White 1 $515.00
Barry Griffith 1 $515.00

Expenditures

20 vendors 49 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Susan Black 2 $7,222.00 38%
iHeartMedia 4 $3,187.75 17%
Abacus Strategic 2 $2,000.00 10%
Watkins Uiberall PLLC 1 $1,500.00 8%
Graphically Speaking Custom Printing 1 $675.00 4%
DOPE Marketing 2 $648.00 3%
Abacus Strategic 1 $500.00 3%
Rocking Chair Restaurant 1 $450.00 2%
WLOK Radio 1 $420.00 2%
JustMy Communications Corp 1 $350.00 2%

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Frederick Dewayne Tappan’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $8,722 46%
  • Advertising & media $5,621 29%
  • Field & voter contact $3,160 17%
  • Fundraising & events $800 4%
  • Office & operations $495 3%
  • Printing & mail $175 1.0%
  • Other $165 0.9%

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2026 $13,415.23 $3,859.60 Source: Q3 2026 filing
Pre-General 2026 $9,954.24 $13,415.23 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing
Q2 2026 $6,246.80 $9,954.24 Source: Q2 2026 filing
Pre-Primary 2026 $6,287.37 $6,246.80 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing
Q1 2026 $0.00 $6,287.37 Source: Q1 2026 filing