Leroy Gaines

Non-profit Director | Leroy Gaines for Oakland School Board 2020

This candidate has agreed to voluntary spending limits. The maximum contribution this candidate can accept is $900 from any individual, business entity, committee or other organization and $1,700 from a qualified broad-based committee. If the candidate does not accept spending limits then: The maximum contribution this candidate can accept is $200 from any individual, business entity, committee or other organization and $400 from a qualified broad-based committee.

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Voter’s Edge profile

Contributions: $48,672

Expenditures: $50,172

Current balance: ($1,500)

Money coming in

Contributions

$48,672

Committee

$700

$700

Individual

$41K

$41K

Unitemized

$4.9K

$4.9K

Other (includes Businesses)

$1.9K

$1.9K

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Money going out

Expenditures

$50,172

Print Ads

$600

$600

Phone Banks

$3.0K

$3.0K

Civic Donations

$345

$345

Office Expenses

$384

$384

Campaign Consultants

$1.9K

$1.9K

Campaign Workers' Salaries

$11K

$11K

Polling and Survey Research

$1.8K

$1.8K

Campaign Paraphernalia/Misc.

$4.4K

$4.4K

Campaign Literature and Mailings

$24K

$24K

Postage, Delivery and Messenger Services

$525

$525

Professional Services (Legal, Accounting)

$1.2K

$1.2K

Information Technology Costs (Internet, E-mail)

$450

$450

Money coming in

Contributions

$48,672

Out of State

12%

12%

Within Oakland

47%

47%

Within California

30%

30%

Money coming in

Where individual contributors work

Based on the employer and occupation that individual contributors report on itemized contributions. Different spellings of the same employer or occupation are grouped together. Some similar reported occupations are grouped together. E.g. Realtor, Real Estate Broker, etc. Contributions reporting neither an employer nor an occupation are not shown. Retired people often put Not Employed so we group those together.

Top employers

Oakland Unified School District

$3.7K

$3.7K

Self-Employed

$2.6K

$2.6K

Rogers Family Foundation

$1.7K

$1.7K

Oakland

$1.5K

$1.5K

Arthur Rock & Co.

$900

$900

Emerson Collective

$900

$900

Fitzgerald Parker Thomas

$900

$900

Riaz Capital

$900

$900

T. Gary and Kathleen Rogers Family Private Foundation

$900

$900

TMG Partners

$900

$900

Top occupations

Retired/Not Employed

$9.3K

$9.3K

Chief Executive Officer/President

$4.9K

$4.9K

Self-Employed

$2.5K

$2.5K

Philanthropy

$2.2K

$2.2K

Attorney

$1.6K

$1.6K

Real Estate

$1.5K

$1.5K

Principal

$1.5K

$1.5K

Consultant

$1.4K

$1.4K

Educator

$1.1K

$1.1K

Communications

$920

$920

Independent expenditures supporting candidate $155,285

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Spending breakdown by committee

In support of the candidate

Families in Action for Justice Fund

$17,489

$17K

$17K

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GO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADVOCATES Community-Powered Candidate Committee

$137,796

$138K

$138K

See all contributions to this committee

In opposition of the candidate

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