"Rainmakers" identified by California Watch, founded by the Center for Investigative Reporting - largest donors to candidates for California state offices, and to state initiatives, during a 10 year period

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Tom Steyer $325,467,527 Tom Steyer, Robert J Fisher
Tom Steyer 2020 $325,467,527 Tom Steyer, Robert J Fisher
Democracy Pac Ii $125,000,000 George Soros
The City Fund $100,000,000 Reed Hastings
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $100,000,000 Reed Hastings
NextGen Climate Action $49,860,981 Tom Steyer
Senate Majority PAC $33,971,000 Reed Hastings, George Soros, Eli Broad, John Doerr, Tom Steyer, Vinod Khosla, Anne Getty Earhart, Robert J Fisher, Fred Eychaner, George M Marcus, Robert N Klein, Steve Bing, Rob Reiner, Ann Doerr, Stephen M Silberstein
House Majority PAC $26,543,600 George Soros, Eli Broad, Anne Getty Earhart, Robert J Fisher, Fred Eychaner, George M Marcus, Stephen M Silberstein
Priorities USA Action $25,156,693 George Soros, Vinod Khosla, Anne Getty Earhart, Fred Eychaner, Ann Doerr, Stephen M Silberstein
Progress for America Voter Fund $15,875,000 Robert A Day, Charles R Schwab, A Jerrold Perenchio, T Boone Pickens, Alex Spanos, Frank Baxter, Dawn Arnall, Robin Arkley
Need to Impeach $14,769,861 Tom Steyer
California Charter Schools Association Advocates Independent Expenditure Committee $11,631,916 Reed Hastings, Eli Broad, William E Bloomfield Jr
Americans for Job Security $9,200,000 Charles R Schwab
Senate Leadership Fund (Super PAC) $8,900,000 John T Chambers, Charles R Schwab, T Boone Pickens, Alex Spanos, William E Oberndorf
DNC-Non-Federal Individual $8,629,898 Reed Hastings, John T Chambers, Peter V Sperling, George Soros, Eli Broad, A Jerrold Perenchio, John Doerr, Tom Steyer, Fred Eychaner, George M Marcus, Robert N Klein, Steve Bing, Rob Reiner, Ann Doerr, David Bohnett, Dawn Arnall, Angelo K Tsakopoulos
Tom Steyer Pac $8,173,603 Tom Steyer
DNC - Building Fund $8,000,000 Fred Eychaner, Steve Bing
American Bridge 21st Century $7,680,000 George Soros, Vinod Khosla, Anne Getty Earhart, George M Marcus, Steve Bing, Stephen M Silberstein
William E Bloomfield Jr $7,583,906 Robert A Day, B Wayne Hughes, Paul F Folino, William E Bloomfield Jr, Brian L Harvey
American Crossroads $7,135,000 B Wayne Hughes, A Jerrold Perenchio, T Boone Pickens, William E Oberndorf, Frank Baxter