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Adam J. Lewis

Occupation:

Executive Film Producer

Philanthropist

Democratic Party Donor
Father:

Peter B. Lewis

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Adam J. Lewis is the son of the late billionaire Peter B. Lewis, the former chairman of Progressive Insurance and an early partner in the liberal donor collective Democracy Alliance, who died in 2013. Adam Lewis is a board member of Spear Point Energy, a solar energy company. 2  and left-wing political candidates. 3

Lewis has a private foundation, the Lewis Foundation, through which he donates to several left-of-center groups. 2

Environmentalist Projects

The Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) counts Lewis as one of its supporters. 9

Political Contributions

Lewis is a large political donor to Democratic Party campaigns, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). 3

2018 Election

During the 2018 midterm election cycle Lewis contributed the federal maximum of $2700 to Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Lisa Brown (D-WA), Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA), Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA), and Karl Hanlon (D-CO). 12

2020 Elections

In the 2020 election cycle, Lewis donated $1,858.34 to U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff (D-GA), $1,333.33 to U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock (D-GA), $500 to U.S. Senatorial candidate Jaime Harrison (D-SC), and the maximum of $2,800 to then-U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), U.S. Congressional candidate Diane Mitsch Bush (D-CO), U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Presidential candidate Joe Biden, U.S. Rep. Max Rose (D-NY), U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon (D-ME), U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly (D-AZ), then-Governor Steve Bullock (D-MT), U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham (D-NC), U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO), U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), U.S. Senate candidate Dan Baer (D-CO), and U.S. Rep. Sean Maloney (D-NY). Lewis also donated $1,000 to U.S. Congressional candidate Wendy Davis (D-TX) and $500 to U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO). 13

During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, he made donations to the presidential campaigns of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D), and U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO). He also donated $1,000 to the presidential campaigns of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Rep Tim Ryan (D-OH). 13

His largest donation was $750,000 to the LCV Victory Fund. He also donated to the Democratic National Committee, Need to Impeach PAC, the Hickenlooper Victory Fund, Let’s Get Colorado Back to Business, the Colorado Democratic Party, the Democracy Engine Inc. PAC, the Cry Freedom PAC, Fair Fight, the Kaine for Common Ground PAC, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and People Powered Action. 13

2022 Elections

In the 2022 election cycle, Lewis donated to U.S. Congressional candidate Eric Sorensen (D-IL), U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes (D-WI), U.S. Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), U.S. Congressional candidate Andrea Salinas (D-OR), U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA), U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA), U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Congressional candidate Val Hoyle (D-OR), U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), U.S. Congressional candidate Christina Bohannan (D-IA), U.S. Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley (D-NC), U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH), U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV), U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), U.S. Rep. Andrew Kim (D-NJ), U.S. Congressional candidate Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA), U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Congressional candidate Adam Frisch (D-CO), U.S. Congressional candidate Sol Sandoval (D-CO), U.S. Rep. Sean Maloney (D-CA), U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and U.S. Congressional candidate Kerry Donovan (D-CO). 14

Lewis’s largest single contribution was of $414,308.06 to the LCV Victory Fund. 14

He also donated $100,000 which made him the largest single contributor to the People for Good Sense PAC, which aired television ads against U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO). 15

Lewis also donated to the Warnock Victory Fund, the Schiff Leads PAC, the Colorado Democratic Party, the Georgia Federal Elections Committee, the Bennet Colorado Victory Fund, the Purpose PAC, Frontline USA, the DSCC, Democratic Victory PAC, the Tim Ryan Victory Fund 2022, the Democracy Engine PAC, and the March On PAC. 14

In the 2022 election cycle, Lewis donated $704,000 to national Democratic campaigns and $4,400 to state-level candidates and committees. 15

2024 Elections

In the 2024 election cycle, Adam Lewis’s largest donation was $929,600 to the Harris Victory Fund. His second-largest donation was $386,372.36 to the LCV Victory Fund. Lewis was also a major donor to the Democratic National Committee, Real Leadership for Colorado, America Works USA’s federal PAC, and most state Democratic parties. 16

Lewis supported U.S. Congressional candidate Adam Frisch (D-CO), U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), then-Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, then-U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), then-U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), then-U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), then-U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN), U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC), U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH), U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR), U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO). 16

2026 Elections

As of September 2025, Lewis was supporting U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) in the 2026 election cycle. He has also donated $10,000 to the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. 17

Lewis Foundation

Adam Lewis makes most of his charitable donations through the Lewis Foundation. In 2023, through the foundation he gave to left-of-center and environmentalist groups such as Earthjustice, the Aspen Institute, and the Obama Foundation. 2

References

  1. “Our Team.” Spear Point Energy. Accessed April 11, 2019. https://www.spearpointenergy.com/our-team/.
  2. “Lewis Foundation – Nonprofit Explorer.” ProPublica, ProPublica, projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412063101. Accessed 29 September 2025.
  3. “Browse Individual Contributions.” FEC. Accessed September 29, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Adam%2BLewis&contributor_city=Aspen.
  4. “Introduction to PCAP.” Presidential Climate Action Project. Accessed April 12, 2019. http://pcap2016.org/about/.
  5. Becker, William S. “Vote on the Green New Deal? Game On!” Presidential Climate Action Project. February 13, 2019. Accessed April 12, 2019. http://pcap2016.org/vote-on-the-green-new-deal-game-on/.
  6. McConnell, Mitch. Twitter Post. March 25, 2019, 5:18 P.M. Accessed March 29, 2019. https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1110289975386492929
  7. Daly, Matthew, “Senate Shuns Green New Deal amid Claims of Bad Faith,” Fox35 Orlando. March 26, 2019. Accessed March 29, 2019. http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/politics/mcconnell-to-put-green-new-deal-to-vote-forcing-democrats-to-go-on-record
  8. “About the 11th Hour Film.” 11th Hour Film. Accessed April 12, 2019. http://11thhourfilm.com/.
  9. “The 11th Hour.” IMDb, October 10, 2007. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492931/.
  10. “Individual Contributions | Adam Lewis | Colorado | 2017-2018.” FEC.gov. Accessed April 17, 2019. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?two_year_transaction_period=2018&contributor_name=Adam+Lewis&min_date=01/01/2017&max_date=12/31/2018&contributor_state=CO.
  11. “Our Story.” House Majority PAC. Accessed April 11, 2019. http://www.thehousemajoritypac.com/about-us/our-story.
  12. “Browse Individual Contributions.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed October 6, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Adam%2BLewis&contributor_city=Aspen&two_year_transaction_period=2018&contributor_state=CO.
  13. “Browse Individual Contributions.” FEC, www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Adam%2BLewis&contributor_city=Aspen&two_year_transaction_period=2020. Accessed 29 September 2025.
  14. “Browse Individual Contributions.” FEC, www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Adam%2BLewis&contributor_city=Aspen&two_year_transaction_period=2022. Accessed 29 September 2025.
  15. Fish, Sandra. “Top 10 Federal Campaign Donors from Colorado in 2022.” The Colorado Sun, January 16, 2023. https://coloradosun.com/2023/01/16/colorado-top-2022-election-donors/.
  16. “Browse Individual Contributions.” FEC. Accessed September 29, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Adam%2BLewis&contributor_city=Aspen&two_year_transaction_period=2024.
  17. “Browse Individual Contributions.” FEC. Accessed September 29, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Adam%2BLewis&contributor_city=Aspen&two_year_transaction_period=2026.
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