NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Total Donated

$5,038,256

Contributions

23,763

Unique Donors

547

Top Employer

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$2,950	5	4
1982	$1,000	1	1
1984	$2,000	2	1
1986	$1,500	3	3
1988	$4,500	7	7
1990	$4,200	9	5
1992	$12,750	20	13
1994	$7,200	12	7
1996	$26,510	58	25
1998	$25,850	59	18
2000	$46,775	82	29
2002	$29,200	51	29
2004	$144,571	209	96
2006	$129,945	174	59
2008	$413,858	575	184
2010	$126,512	260	86
2012	$440,281	661	170
2014	$222,090	406	77

Top Donors

Top NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	CALABRESI, STEVEN	$259,920	108	CHICAGO, MI	—	1994–2022
2	LURIE, ALEXANDER	$241,874	668	ROSS, CA	STUDENT	2004–2022
3	ALAM, MURAD	$182,650	94	CHICAGO, IL	PHYSICIAN	2008–2022
4	FERSTER, DAVID	$175,055	257	EVANSTON, IL	—	2004–2022
5	ONDRA, STEPHEN	$157,436	206	WILMETTE, IL	—	1998–2022
6	Spear, Patricia	$139,792	320	Chicago, IL	Professor	2002–2022
7	PAGE, BENJAMIN	$132,100	1,252	EVANSTON, IL	—	1996–2022
8	PACHMAN, LAUREN	$91,088	147	WILMETTE, IL	—	1996–2020
9	SPEAR, PATRICIA G	$80,800	64	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
10	LAKONISHOK, MARGOT MRS.	$79,800	9	CHICAGO, IL	BIO-CHEMIST	2008–2018
11	LAVINE, MERYL	$69,325	30	EVANSTON, IL	—	1996–2020
12	BRETT, JEANNE M MS.	$69,250	32	EVANSTON, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
13	MOLITCH, MARK	$65,490	201	RIVER FOREST, IL	PHYSICIAN	2016–2022
14	WESTON, MICHAEL	$65,314	472	EVANSTON, IL	—	1992–2022
15	DEVRIES, STEVEN	$51,100	120	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
16	HONIG, BONNIE	$47,225	61	EVANSTON, IL	PROFESSOR	2008–2020
17	FREY, DONALD	$47,055	179	EVANSTON, IL	—	2002–2022
18	EARLE, ELIZA	$45,916	91	WINNETKA, IL	ADMINISTRATOR	2008–2022
19	SPEIDEL, DOROTHY	$45,348	685	WILMETTE, IL	—	1998–2018
20	GENTNER, DEDRE	$45,108	327	EVANSTON, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
21	KLEVAN, MIRIAM	$44,400	41	CHICAGO, IL	GRADUATE STUDENT	2012–2022
22	MILLER, DEREK	$44,339	289	CHICAGO, IL	—	1990–2022
23	BRETT, JEANNE	$39,250	69	CHICAGO, IL	—	1996–2018
24	SASSER, COLLIN	$39,100	29	CHICAGO, IL	IT MANAGEMENT	2012–2020
25	Haider, Donald H. Mr.	$38,950	27	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2006–2022
26	LAKONISHOK, MARGOT MS	$37,000	3	CHICAGO, IL	RESEARCHER	2012–2014
27	MACLEAN, NANCY	$36,210	131	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
28	ENGLAND, PAULA	$35,800	278	EVANSTON, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
29	WALDENBERG, ADAIR	$34,487	216	NORTHFIELD, IL	ACADEMIC ADMINSTRATOR	2006–2022
30	PENNISTON, ANNE	$34,123	47	CHICAGO, IL	PLAYWRIGHT/TEACHER	2004–2020
31	SONTHEIMER, ERIK	$33,601	36	KENILWORTH, IL	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
32	CORLEY, ELLEN	$31,235	147	VALPAARAISO, IN	—	1980–2022
33	KATHY, HARPER	$31,000	32	WILMETTE, IL	LECTURER	2012–2020
34	FORBUS, KENNETH	$27,365	174	EVANSTON, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2022
35	OPPENS, URSULA	$26,605	120	NEW YORK, NY	—	2000–2020
36	RODMAN, TARA	$25,900	9	CHICAGO, IL	PHD STUDENT	2016–2020
37	DEVRIES, STEVEN H	$25,900	75	GRANGER, IN	PROFESSOR	2006–2022
38	VILLA-KOMAROFF, LYDIA	$25,504	94	CHICAGO, IL	—	1996–2022
39	BARRIS, ROBERT	$25,166	198	HIGHLAND PARK, IL	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
40	MYERSON, REGINA	$24,525	71	WILMETTE, IL	UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR	2008–2022
41	VASSAR, ROBERT	$24,219	71	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
42	EDELSTON, CARLA	$23,108	45	GLENCOE, IL	COLLEGE COUNSELOR	2006–2022
43	GALINSKY, ADAM	$23,023	18	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
44	CHATTERTON, ROBERT	$22,938	381	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2008–2022
45	MILLER, JON D	$22,700	31	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2004–2020
46	BIENEN, HENRY	$21,987	103	EVANSTON, IL	—	1998–2022
47	EMERTON, MATTHEW	$21,750	48	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2008–2020
48	COLYVAS, JEANNETTE	$21,605	13	CHICAGO, IL	PROFESSOR	2018–2022
49	PINKERT, DANIEL	$21,323	49	CHICAGO, IL	GRADUATE STUDENT	2008–2022
50	MEYER, ELAINE	$21,278	1,116	WILMETTE, IL	STUDENT	2004–2022

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	ACTBLUEC00401224	$1,269,330	21,738
2	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$252,369	8,798
3	FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975	$160,352	13,719
4	EMILYS LISTC00193433	$148,490	4,394
5	DSCCC00042366	$142,402	12,604
6	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$112,961	9,683
7	WINREDC00694323	$89,036	3,826
8	DCCCC00000935	$85,974	11,239
9	HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795	$82,024	9,888
10	ROMNEY VICTORY, INC.C00518282	$80,000	442
11	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSC00435099	$65,895	3,263
12	OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740	$58,104	3,059
13	AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC)C00359539	$51,750	97
14	HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946	$44,613	4,702
15	HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537	$43,816	4,728
16	NRSCC00027466	$42,168	505
17	OBAMA VICTORY FUNDC00451393	$40,685	2,399
18	MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONC00341396	$40,055	7,376
19	FRIENDS OF RAJA FOR CONGRESSC00575092	$39,399	755
20	FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEEC00148999	$31,097	4,390
21	MARK KELLY FOR SENATEC00696526	$29,762	6,847
22	BERNIE 2016C00577130	$29,181	4,584
23	AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC)C00012880	$28,350	60
24	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP EMPLOYEE ACTION FUNDC00392464	$28,080	179
25	BERNIE 2020C00696948	$26,089	1,880