Support PT-PAC

Corporate Contributions

PT-PAC was formed to empower physical therapists and physical therapist assistants to be more involved in the determination of federal laws and policies. APTA decided to create a mechanism that would allow the physical therapy profession to channel its financial and grassroots support to help elect candidates to Congress who are responsive to the physical therapy profession's goals and viewpoints.

PT-PAC can accept either personal (hard money) or business/corporate (soft money) contributions from APTA members. Unfortunately PT-PAC can not use these contributions in the same way. In fact when the contributions are received by PT-PAC we must separate the two different kinds of contributions in different banking accounts.

Contributions that come from a business/corporate checking account or from a business/corporate credit card can only be used to pay the administrative costs of PT-PAC. Administrative costs could include telemarketing expenses, staff expenses, incentive gifts to higher club levels, etc. It is illegal to use business/corporate contributions for contributions to federal political campaigns.

PT-PAC appreciates any kind of contribution from APTA members. PT-PAC would prefer to receive personal contributions from APTA members since this money can go directly as PT-PAC contributions to a Member of Congress's political campaign.