Top Individual Contributors to 527 Committees [NO SWIFTBOAT VETS ON THE LIST]

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[ejdrapes]

Rank	Contributor	City, State	Total Contributions
1	Peter Lewis Peter B Lewis/Progressive Corp	Cleveland, OH	$14,030,000
2	George Soros Soros Fund Management	New York, NY	$12,600,000
3	Steven Bing Shangri-La Entertainment	Los Angeles, CA	$8,086,273
4	Andrew & Deborah Rappaport August Capital	Woodside, CA	$2,910,000
5	John A & Lawrie Harris Changing Horizons Fund	Berwyn, PA	$1,674,000
6	Lewis Cullman Cullman Foundation/Cullman Ventures	New York, NY	$1,650,000
7	Agnes Varis Agvar Chemicals	New York, NY	$1,500,000
8	Alida R Messinger Alida Messinger Charitable Lead Trust	New York, NY	$1,158,000
9	Fred Eychaner Newsweb Corp	Chicago, IL	$1,150,000
10	Susie Tompkins Buell Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$1,020,000
10	Carl Lindner American Financial Group	Cincinnati, OH	$1,020,000
12	Anne Getty Earhart Investor	Corona del Mar, CA	$1,000,000
12	Marcy Carsey Carsey-Werner-Mandabach	Studio City, CA	$1,000,000
12	Dan Lewis Retired	Coconut Grove, FL	$1,000,000
12	Richard Rosenthal Lois and Richard Rosenthal Foundation	Cincinnati, OH	$1,000,000
16	Robert Glaser RealNetworks Inc	Seattle, WA	$995,000
17	S Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace/Econ Coop	West Palm Beach, FL	$950,000
18	Linda Pritzker Sustainable World Corp/Linda Pritzker	Houston, TX	$900,000
19	Frank Brunckhorst Boar's Head Provisions	Sarasota, FL	$750,000
20	Paul Brainerd Brainerd Foundation	Seattle, WA	$695,010
21	John R Hunting Retired	Grand Rapids, MI	$625,000
22	Harold Snyder HBJ Investments	New York, NY	$500,000
22	Louise Gund Louise Gund Foundation	Berkeley, CA	$500,000
22	Jonathan D Lewis Jonathan Lewis Assoc	Miami, FL	$500,000
22	Paul Singer Elliott Capital Advisors LP	New York, NY	$500,000

NOTE: This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on

Sunday, August 15, 2004.

[ejdrapes]

Geee, I don't see any swifties on here...they're all donars to liberal groups. And Kerry & Bush are basically tied in the polls. LOL!!!

[mattdono]

Can we verify that all of these donations have gone to liberal 527s? I mean, we have like two 527s compared the left's 40 of 50.

But, like someone said on another thread today, when you have the truth on your side, you don't need a lot of money.

[mattdono]

Peter Lewis
Peter B Lewis/Progressive Corp

Note to self:
1. Cancel car insurance
2. Write letter to agent explaining the "boss" of his company is an idiot and that I don't do business with liberals pieces of America-hating scum.
3. Drive slow until I can get State Farm.

[MarkT]

I have been in the securities business for many years - if any one invidual controlled more than 5% of a company, it had to be disclosed and he also would be deemed a control person (if he were a founder on the board or an officer.) If any of these "independent" individuals has contributed more than 5% of the assets of a 527 and was an officer, director or 5% contributor of any other 527, then he should be considered as a matter of fact a control person and the entities related. Where is the f**king press on this matter...does not the so-call independent, hard-charging, investigatory press have any professionalism left?

[Guillermo]

Yeah, but are any of them Texas Republicans?

[mcg1969]

If you click on each name you can see which organizations they contributed to.

[mattdono]

Oh, thanks. Did you verify each already?

[Azzurri]

The top 3 on that list, Lewis/Soros/Bing, are definitely big liberals. Their contributions alone are more than the rest of the list combined.

[mcg1969]

 
Top Contributors to 527 Committees, 2004 Election Cycle

These are the organizations that have contributed the most money to 527 groups that filed disclosure reports with the IRS. Unlimited soft money contributions to 527s may come from the treasuries of corporations and labor unions, which cannot give money directly to federal candidates and parties.

Contributor	Total
Service Employees International Union	$20,160,929
Joint Victory Campaign 2004*	$20,150,000
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees	$17,385,163
Victory Campaign 2004	$14,850,000
Progressive Corp/Peter B Lewis	$14,030,000
Soros Fund Management/George Soros	$12,776,000
Shangri-La Entertainment/Steve Bing	$8,086,623
Retired	$6,963,014
AFL-CIO	$6,741,337
Sustainable World Corp/Linda Pritzker	$5,000,000
Laborers Union	$2,670,238
August Capital/Andrew Rappaport	$2,660,000
Communications Workers of America	$1,952,069
Investor	$1,926,543
Changing Horizons Fund/John A Harris IV	$1,674,000
Sierra Club	$1,657,882
Cullman Foundation/Cullman Ventures	$1,650,000
Media Fund	$1,650,000
National Assn of Realtors	$1,515,445
Agvar Chemicals	$1,500,000

* Joint Victory Campaign 2004 is a joint fund-raising committee run by America Coming Together and the Media Fund. Money raised by JVC is divided between these two beneficiaries. Combining receipts for these three groups would result in double-counting.

NOTE: This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Sunday, August 15, 2004.

[mcg1969]

Peter Lewis
Contributions to 527 Committees
2004 Election Cycle

Recipient	Total Contributions
Joint Victory Campaign 2004	$7,750,000
America Coming Together	$2,995,000
MoveOn.org	$2,500,000
Marijuana Policy Project	$485,000
Young Democrats of America	$250,000
PunkVoter Inc	$50,000

[mattdono]

Nevermind. I just buzzed through the whole list.

There is only 1, Carl Lindner, who has donated to a 527 that could be considered Bush/Republican-leaning. All of the rest on the list are all leftist/anti-Bush/demoCRAP-leaning.

[what's up]

I thought I read on FR that Jane Fonda had donated 13 million to MoveOn.

[mcg1969]

George Soros
Contributions to 527 Committees
2004 Election Cycle

Recipient	Total Contributions
America Coming Together	$5,000,000
Joint Victory Campaign 2004	$4,550,000
MoveOn.org	$2,500,000
Campaign for America's Future	$300,000
Democracy for America	$250,000
Main Street Individual Fund	$0

[mcg1969]

Steven Bing
Contributions to 527 Committees
2004 Election Cycle

Recipient	Total Contributions
Joint Victory Campaign 2004	$6,964,846
MoveOn.org	$971,427
Americans for Progress & Opportunity	$150,000

[ejdrapes]

All but one (Carl Lindner) have donated to liberal organizations. Below is a link to more information on the individal 527s/PACs.

The Major Players

[Ladysmith]

Looks to me the only Republican donor is Carl Lindner.

[newsgatherer]

bump for saturday

[Guillermo]

I'm sure he's evil. If he's from Texas then I know he is.

[mcg1969]

OK, that's all for now. It's kind of a pain in the butt to cut and paste these, though Firefox makes it easier than I.

But you can click on them yourself and see that the vast majority are liberal donors.

[ejdrapes]

What is the Marijuana Policy Project??