CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Total Donated

$5,990,437

Contributions

21,866

Unique Donors

540

Top Employer

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

CORNELL UNIVERSITY political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1982	$2,000	3	3
1984	$8,253	9	4
1986	$5,500	7	3
1988	$3,250	5	4
1990	$2,700	8	6
1992	$5,400	19	16
1994	$11,145	18	13
1996	$15,400	34	16
1998	$9,100	24	15
2000	$24,064	58	26
2002	$21,537	51	17
2004	$116,212	217	107
2006	$55,417	114	44
2008	$187,040	405	136
2010	$82,313	188	76
2012	$357,613	583	164
2014	$241,279	545	131

Top Donors

Top CORNELL UNIVERSITY donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	MINSKY, YARON	$2,199,387	184	NEW YORK, NY	—	2000–2022
2	PEDERSEN, JANE	$183,210	1,272	TRUMANSBURG, NY	—	1992–2022
3	BRANFMAN, JONATHAN	$162,570	78	BROOKTONDALE, NY	PROFESSOR	2020–2022
4	ERB, HOLLIS	$160,115	129	ITHACA, NY	—	1998–2022
5	BRESLOW, ESTHER	$107,098	129	ENGLEWOOK, NJ	—	1992–2014
6	STURM, ALICE	$89,544	30	WASHINGTON, DC	GRADUATE STUDENT	2016–2022
7	CHASE, CYNTHIA	$83,264	1,228	ITHACA, NY	—	2004–2022
8	FARNSWORTH, ANDREW	$53,900	30	ITHACA, NY	GRADUATE STUDENT	2004–2020
9	SCHAFFER, CHRIS	$52,864	87	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
10	KATZENSTEIN, PETER	$49,000	68	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
11	MCLAUGHLIN, ED	$48,878	169	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
12	FERGER, MARTHA F	$43,472	280	DRYDEN, NY	—	1992–2020
13	TALMAN, RICHARD	$41,155	96	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR EMERITUS	2012–2022
14	NORTON, MARY BETH	$40,125	138	WEST TISBURY, MA	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
15	NORTON, MARY BETH MS	$39,084	96	ITHACA, NY	—	1988–2020
16	coffey-edelman, lynn	$38,901	146	huntington station, NY	Administrator	2002–2022
17	PASS, GREG	$38,300	2	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	ENTREPRENEUR	2012–2016
18	FULTON, THERESA	$38,180	103	DRYDEN, NY	SCIENCE EDUCATION	2008–2020
19	MCCLANE, KENNETH	$32,928	196	ITHACA, NY	—	1998–2022
20	GOMES, CARLA	$32,530	75	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
21	BISHOP, JOHN H	$31,015	63	ITHACA, NY	—	1992–2020
22	WOLFRAM, CHARLES	$28,322	19	ITHACA, NY	—	1998–2022
23	HARWIT, MARTIN	$27,500	40	WASHINGTON, DC	ASTROPHYSICIST	2004–2022
24	BRONFENBRENNER, KATE	$26,701	237	ITHACA, NY	LABOR EDUCATOR	2004–2022
25	MORRISON, TREVOR	$25,904	27	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
26	HARRIS-WARRICK, RONALD	$25,800	40	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
27	CHABOT, BRIAN	$25,611	129	ITHACA, NY	—	1996–2022
28	NISHIMURA, NOZOMI	$25,560	27	ITHACA, NY	POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTIST	2008–2020
29	HSU, MARTHA	$23,551	325	ITHACA, NY	LIBRARIAN	2004–2020
30	HARRISON, RICHARD G MR	$23,465	29	ITHACA, NY	—	1996–2012
31	RASMUSSEN, KATHLEEN	$21,890	30	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
32	SHUNGU, DIKOMA	$21,700	60	ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NY	PROFESSOR	2012–2022
33	WINTER, ALEXANDER J	$21,425	52	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2010–2022
34	TELHAMI, SHIBLEY	$21,400	29	ITHACA, NY	—	1992–2022
35	PEDERSEN, JANE V.	$21,235	72	SANTA FE, NM	RETIRED	2012–2022
36	STREETER, DEBORAH	$20,595	42	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2016–2020
37	TARDOS, EVA	$19,980	183	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2012–2022
38	VANRENESSE, ROBBERT	$19,750	33	ITHACA, NY	COMPUTER SCIENTIST	2006–2020
39	CHABOT, BRIAN F	$19,100	60	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
40	LEVITSKY, DAVID	$19,035	824	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2016–2022
41	DOLEN, JIM	$18,200	21	VENICE, CA	STUDENT	2020
42	KATZ, JAN	$18,027	54	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
43	COFFMAN, CHARLOTTE W	$17,750	22	ITHACA, NY	EDUCATOR	2010–2022
44	GRIES, DAVID	$17,730	510	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2010–2022
45	EVANGELISTA, MATTHEW	$17,130	83	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2016–2020
46	WEIL, RACHEL	$16,914	105	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
47	SMIDT, SEYMOUR	$16,675	24	ITHACA COLLEGE, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2016
48	ABOWD, JOHN	$16,580	33	ITHACA, NY	ECONOMIST	2008–2016
49	GENDLER, TAMAR	$16,250	41	ITHACA, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
50	TANKSLEY, STEVEN	$15,725	34	DRYDEN, NY	PROFESSOR	2004–2022

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received CORNELL UNIVERSITY donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	ACTBLUEC00401224	$1,051,818	18,982
2	UNITE THE COUNTRYC00701888	$1,000,000	184
3	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$553,768	10,485
4	TRACY MITRANO FOR CONGRESSC00654525	$169,805	7,241
5	DCCCC00000935	$167,797	9,016
6	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$166,990	6,828
7	DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACC00468314	$142,300	185
8	FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975	$129,797	9,858
9	DSCCC00042366	$128,034	6,898
10	COMMITTEE TO ELECT MARTHA ROBERTSONC00543785	$102,557	4,143
11	OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740	$94,250	2,746
12	EMILYS LISTC00193433	$84,869	2,069
13	HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946	$83,189	3,428
14	FRIENDS OF JOHN PLUMBC00580829	$81,628	5,888
15	HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795	$76,255	7,146
16	JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCC00383653	$53,060	3,988
17	NANCY PELOSI VICTORY FUNDC00492421	$50,000	184
18	WINREDC00694323	$46,991	2,094
19	WARNOCK FOR GEORGIAC00736876	$41,823	5,122
20	HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537	$38,459	4,262
21	BERNIE 2016C00577130	$31,693	3,544
22	GEORGIA FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEEC00041269	$30,000	184
23	HARRISON VICTORY FUND 2020C00737718	$30,000	184
24	MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONC00341396	$27,450	5,291
25	COMMITTEE TO ELECT NATHAN SHINAGAWAC00512905	$27,425	2,957