There's one main rule at the conservative donor conclaves held twice a year by Charles and David Koch at luxury resorts: What happens there, stays there. The billionaire industrialists and their political operatives strive to ensure the anonymity of the wealthy conservatives who fund their sprawling political operation—which funneled more than $400 million into the 2012 elections—and to keep their plans private. Attendees of these summits are warned that the seminars, where the Kochs and their allies hatch strategies for electing Republicans and advancing conservative initiatives on the state and national levels, are strictly confidential; they are cautioned to keep a close eye on their meeting notes and materials. But last week, following the Kochs' first donor gathering of 2014, one attendee left behind a sensitive document at the Renaissance Esmeralda resort outside of Palm Springs, California, where the Kochs and their comrades had spent three days focused on winning the 2014 midterm elections and more.

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago $125,000,000 Ken Griffin
Senate Leadership Fund (Super PAC) $51,250,000 Robert Rowling, Ken Griffin, John W Childs, Richard Baxter Gilliam, Ron Cameron
Congressional Leadership Fund $33,355,000 Robert Rowling, Ken Griffin, John W Childs, Richard Baxter Gilliam, Ron Cameron
Norton Museum of Art $20,000,000 Ken Griffin
Citizens for Rauner, Inc. $13,423,590 Ken Griffin, John W Childs
American Crossroads $12,022,500 Robert Rowling, Ken Griffin, John W Childs, Karen Wright, Richard Baxter Gilliam, Dian Graves Stai, Fred Klipsch
Conservative Solutions PAC $10,130,000 Ken Griffin, James E Stephenson, Richard T Weiss, Ron Cameron
University of Chicago Crime Lab $10,000,000 Ken Griffin
National Victory Action Fund $8,000,000 Ken Griffin
Honor Pennsylvania, Inc. $7,500,000 Ken Griffin
Freedom Partners Action Fund $6,750,000 Robert Rowling, Ken Griffin, John W Childs, George J Records, Richard Baxter Gilliam, Dian Graves Stai, Robert Luddy, Richard T Weiss, Ron Cameron
Americans For Prosperity Action $6,617,000 Dian Graves Stai, Richard T Weiss, Ron Cameron
Ron DeSantis $5,435,700 Ken Griffin, James E Stephenson, John W Childs, Dian Graves Stai, Robert Luddy, Fred Klipsch, Richard T Weiss
New Republican PAC $5,030,000 Ken Griffin, James E Stephenson, Robert Luddy
Club for Growth $5,000,000 John W Childs
Better Future Mi Fund $4,600,000 Ken Griffin, John W Childs, Ron Cameron
Club For Growth Action $4,575,000 John W Childs, Ron Cameron
Restore Our Future PAC $4,350,000 Robert Rowling, Ken Griffin, John Griffin, John W Childs, Richard A Kayne, Richard Baxter Gilliam, Dian Graves Stai
Republican National Committee $3,869,410 Debra S Waller, Robert Rowling, Ken Griffin, Carl Berg, James E Stephenson, Dan Kirby, Jamie B Coulter, John Griffin, John W Childs, Lew Ward III, Karen Wright, George J Records, Richard A Kayne, Richard Baxter Gilliam, John Schnatter, Richard G Haworth, Dian Graves Stai, Robert Luddy, Fred Klipsch, Frank Kozel, Hugh Maclellan, Cecil O'Brate, Verl Purdy, Craig Snider, Richard T Weiss, Ron Cameron
Strong Leaders Fund $3,500,000 Ken Griffin