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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Total Donated

$8,849,740

Contributions

40,160

Unique Donors

1,089

Top Employer

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY political contributions by election cycle.
CycleTotalContributionsDonors
1980$8,500129
1982$1,50022
1984$7,00087
1986$2,40032
1988$8,750109
1990$5,200108
1992$30,1007238
1994$24,6304425
1996$66,3059240
1998$45,5736331
2000$86,46213576
2002$61,2505634
2004$312,789389221
2006$159,589240105
2008$684,221984337
2010$263,276511140
2012$681,172978297
2014$277,940335134

Top Donors

Top COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY donors ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsCity / StateOccupationHistory
1BLAUSTEIN, SUSAN$607,830349CHEVY CHASE, MDPROGRAM DIRECTOR2008–2022
2MORPHOS, EVANGELINE$311,484335NEW YORK, NY2000–2022
3SILVERBERG, SHONNI$277,30042NEW YORK, NYPHYSICIAN2010–2022
4GERSHON, MICHAEL D.$202,755210COPAKE, NYMEDICAL SCIENTIST2012–2022
5WULF, EVAN$194,616643BROOKLYN, NYGRADUATE STUDENT2006–2016
6SABIC-EL-RAYESS, AMRA$118,70043TUXEDO PARK, NYPROFESSOR2014–2022
7STAROPOLI, JOHN$115,412861NEW YORK, NYGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOW2004–2022
8HOOVER, JAMES$113,6381,228NEW YORK, NY1994–2022
9KASDIN, ROBERT$108,35080NEW YORK, NYSENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT2004–2022
10STIGLITZ, ANYA$96,600116NEW YORK, NYPROFESSOR2008–2022
11LIEBERMAN, JEFFREY$87,10036NEW YORK, NYPHYSICIAN2008–2020
12LOWENSTEIN, LOUIS$86,15069LARCHMONT, NY1990–2018
13ACHILLES, DAPHNE$81,0363,385NEW YORK, NY1980–2022
14SIVOLELLA, JOHN$73,38036SUMMIT, NJACADEMICS2006–2018
15GINSBERG, HENRY$71,567421DOBBS FERRY, NYDOCTOR2006–2022
16STIGLITZ, JOSEPH$70,85029NEW YORK CITY, NYECONOMIST2004–2020
17DOUBLEDAY, CHARLES$68,1541,107NEW YORK, NYSCIENTIST2016–2022
18O'DONNELL, AMY$64,51352BROOKLYN, NYSTAFF DEVELOPER FOR K-12 SCIENCE TEACH2008–2020
19PALMER, ABRAHAM$62,98078NEW YORK, NYRESEARCH SCIENTIST2004–2022
20PICKER, HARVEY$60,15647MAMARONECK, NY1980–2018
21KRAMARSKY, DANIEL$54,974159NEW YORK, NYTEACHER2004–2022
22SILVERMAN, ANN-JUDITH$48,391826NY, NYRESEARCH SCENTIST2012–2022
23VAGELOS, ANDREW$48,20021NEW YORK, NYMEDIA ANALYST2016–2020
24FEAGIN, SUSAN KAY MS.$45,95021NEW YORK, NYUNIVERSITY ADMINISTR2008–2020
25GRAHAM, NORMA$45,616286NEW YORK, NYPROFESSOR2008–2022
26FAHN, STANLEY$45,60083HASTINGS, NY2000–2022
27RABKIN, MIRIAM$44,70381NEW YORK, NYPHYSICIAN2004–2022
28CLEVELAND, SARAH$43,081314NEW YORK, NYLAW PROFESSOR2008–2022
29SECUNDA, AMY$43,00016NEW YORK, NYSTUDENT2016–2020
30KOSTO, ADAM$42,00015BALA CYNWYD, PACOLLEGE TEACHER2020
31LEDERMAN, SETH$41,78356NEW YORK, NY1992–2022
32THADDEUS, MICHAEL$39,60039NEW YORK, NY2000–2020
33LIEBMAN, CAROL$39,430129NEW YORK, NY1998–2022
34SASSENVANELSLOO, SASKIA$37,899149NEW YORK, NYPROFESSOR2012–2020
35LIEBMAN, JAMES$37,590120NEW YORK, NY1990–2022
36HUBBARD, ROBERT GLENN$37,2508NEW YORK, NY1996–2020
37POZEN, DAVID$36,55040NEW YORK, NYPROFESSOR2012–2020
38CAIRNS, BRIAN$36,08085NEW YORK, NYSCIENTIST2004–2020
39EPSTEIN, DAVID L MR.$34,7003NEW YORK, NYPROFESSOR2004–2008
40DAMIRON, DESIREE$33,3004BRONX, NYNURSE2016–2020
41LODGE, HENRY$33,02015NY, NYMD2004–2018
42NIDIRY, MARY ANNE$32,658125NEW YORK, NYPHYSICIAN2012–2022
43YEMINI, YECHIAM$32,50017ALPINE, NJPROFESSOR2012–2018
44YOUNGBLOOD, PATRICK$32,02588NEW YORK, NYRESEARCH2020
45ORR, MARGARET$31,978128HASTINGS-ON-HUSDON, NYPROFESSOR2004–2022
46KRATTER, KATHERINE$31,700208NEW YORK, NYDATABASE ADMINISTRATOR2008–2022
47LERMAN, ZAFRA$30,791145EVANSTON, IL2000–2022
48OZ, MEHMET C$30,75015CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ2002–2020
49TARGOFF, KIMARA$29,3009NEW YORK, NYPHYSICIAN2008–2020
50GARFINKEL, IRWIN$28,60023NEW YORK, NYPROFESSOR2018–2020

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY donations.
#CommitteeTotalContributions
1ACTBLUEC00401224$2,178,79536,372
2OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$408,69313,326
3FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975$327,58422,036
4DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$289,53618,560
5DSCCC00042366$250,42519,286
6EMILYS LISTC00193433$185,0385,070
7HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795$180,66712,915
8HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537$178,7637,524
9BLUE TIDE NY-1 LLCC00747931$172,000210
10DCCCC00000935$162,71418,750
11HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946$111,99811,321
12OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740$111,5904,980
13JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCC00383653$88,2143,032
14WINREDC00694323$82,0873,810
15OBAMA VICTORY FUNDC00451393$72,0442,340
16BIDEN ACTION FUNDC00746651$61,00051
17HOUSE VICTORY PROJECT 2020C00729657$58,80078
18FORWARD MAJORITY ACTIONC00631549$50,00036
19WARNOCK FOR GEORGIAC00736876$47,33712,889
20REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$44,3303,000
21BERNIE 2016C00577130$44,1154,664
22BERNIE 2020C00696948$42,9773,959
23JON OSSOFF FOR SENATEC00718866$41,07515,345
24WARREN FOR PRESIDENT, INC.C00693234$40,8106,436
25MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONC00341396$39,6314,856