Ranking of the 50 biggest givers is based solely on money given out, not pledged, in calendar year 2013. Published by Forbes 10/2/2014.

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Sanford School of Public Policy $5,800,000 David Rubenstein
California Charter Schools Association Advocates Independent Expenditure Committee $5,524,916 Irwin Mark Jacobs, Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad, John Arnold
New Republican PAC $5,500,000 Ken Griffin, Bernie Marcus
Republican National Committee $5,342,830 Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, Leonard A Lauder, Charles B Johnson, Gordon Earle Moore, Michael Bloomberg, David Koch, Ronald Perelman, Leonard Blavatnik, Stephen Bechtel Jr, Ray Dalio, John A Paulson, Ken Griffin, Richard Kinder, Barron Hilton, Trevor Rees-Jones, T Denny Sanford, Thomas Frist Jr, Julian Robertson Jr, Bernie Marcus, Michael Moritz, Susan Dell, Raymond J Harbert, Karen H Huntsman, Nancy Kinder, Billi Marcus, Jan Rees-Jones
Ron DeSantis $5,023,600 Leonard Blavatnik, Ken Griffin, Bernie Marcus
Fair Fight $5,010,500 Irwin Mark Jacobs, Michael Bloomberg, Edythe Broad
Moveon.Org Voter Fund $5,005,014 George Soros, Herbert Sandler
Rebuilding America Now $5,000,000 Bernie Marcus
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Health Systems and Hospital $5,000,000 David Rubenstein
American Crossroads $4,562,000 Charles B Johnson, Ken Griffin, Trevor Rees-Jones, Julian Robertson Jr, Bernie Marcus, Nancy Kinder
Better Future Mi Fund $4,400,000 Ken Griffin, Bernie Marcus
Citizens for a Strong Senate $4,272,965 Herbert Sandler
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Action Fund $3,943,553 Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad
RNC Republican National State Elections Committee $3,577,344 Michael Dell, Charles B Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, David Koch, Leonard Blavatnik, Ken Griffin, Richard Kinder, Julian Robertson Jr, Bernie Marcus, Susan Dell, Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Strong Leaders Fund $3,500,000 Ken Griffin
Prostate Cancer Foundation $3,500,000 Larry Ellison, Gordon Earle Moore, David Koch, Ronald Perelman, Julian Robertson Jr
Fund for America $3,500,000 George Soros
Yes on 1240: Washington Coalition for Public Charter Schools $3,350,000 Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, Eli Broad
Take Back The House 2022 $3,205,900 Charles B Johnson, Ken Griffin, Trevor Rees-Jones, Bernie Marcus
Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte $3,069,850 Leonard A Lauder, Charles B Johnson, David Koch, Eli Broad, John A Paulson, Ken Griffin, Richard Kinder, Trevor Rees-Jones, T Denny Sanford, Julian Robertson Jr, Bernie Marcus, Edythe Broad, Nancy Kinder