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To: ejdrapes

 
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.

9 posted on 08/20/2004 4:55:12 PM PDT by mcg1969
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Re: Service Employees International Union $20,160,929

No wonder kerry is endorsed by the communist party

33 posted on 08/20/2004 5:06:54 PM PDT by ChadGore (Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
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