PHILANTHROPIST
2014 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$446,254
Contributions
81
Unique Donors
27
Filers who wrote Philanthropist in the employer or occupation rollup reported $1,001,004 in itemized individual contributions during the 2014 election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates. Those dollars arrived in 107 contributions from 31 donors. Philanthropist here is a self-described title bucket, not a foundation PAC and not a census of donors to charity. This page joins that occupation-style key to 2014 so a 31-person cell can be read as an overlap rather than as a ranking of giving. Thirty-one self-described philanthropists are not a foundation directory; charitable grants are not in this itemized individual table. Do not treat 31 title-string donors as a directory of grant-making foundations. Charitable grant tables and federal award files are outside this itemized individual cell.
Key figures
- Philanthropist × 2014 is $1,001,004 in itemized individual contributions.
- The cell includes 107 contributions from 31 donors.
- 2014 is about 8.2% of the grouping’s $12,157,931 all-cycle total.
- The key is a self-described title, not a foundation.
- FEC itemized gifts are not charitable grants and not federal awards.
Why Philanthropist and 2014 are joined
LobbyVault’s industry keys include occupation-like strings that appear often enough to form buckets. Philanthropist is one of those buckets. Crossing it with 2014 keeps every other occupation and every other cycle out of the dollar total. The result is $1,001,004 — a cell, not a verdict on private giving as a class. Named-foundation keys, if they exist, are stored separately.
The same grouping, added across all stored cycles, is $12,157,931. The 2014 slice is about 8.2% of that stack. A midterm cell that is roughly one-twelfth of a title bucket usually means the label is used in other windows. It does not mean 2014 was quiet; the cycle hub holds that wider view without the Philanthropist filter.
What the Philanthropist string captures
Donors type titles. Some write philanthropist, some write retired, some write a foundation name. Those strings do not collapse into one official taxonomy. People who listed a company or a family office as employer land in other groupings. Mixing this page with Unemployed or Entrepreneur would mix different self-descriptions.
31 donors are contributor identities whose matched text fell in this grouping, not a sample of one city’s foundations. A filer who listed both philanthropist and a company name may still land in only one rollup on this site.
Treat $12,157,931 as the denominator for the 8.2% share. Neighboring self-description keys keep their own facts. This page does not rank them.
Full analysis: Philanthropist filings and the 2014 FEC election cycle →
Questions
- How much did Philanthropist-labeled donors give in 2014?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $1,001,004 in itemized individual contributions for the Philanthropist grouping in the 2014 cycle, across 107 contributions and 31 donors. The label is a self-reported title bucket, not a foundation PAC.
- Are these 31 donors a list of foundations?
- No. Philanthropist is an occupation-style grouping built from FEC text. The 31 donors are contributor identities that matched that string, not a roster of grant-making organizations.
- What share of the Philanthropist total is 2014?
- The grouping’s all-cycle sum is $12,157,931. $1,001,004 divided by that figure is about 8.2%. Other cycles make up the remainder.
- Where is the overlay for this join?
- Open Philanthropist 2014 for the table, Philanthropist for the grouping hub, and the 2014 election cycle for the year without this title filter. All FEC ties collects other two-dimension pages.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Top Donors in 2014
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MESSINGER, ALIDA | $176,000 | 16 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 2 | ALDRICH, HOPE | $115,250 | 9 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 3 | MESSINGER, ALIDA R | $65,600 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 4 | ASNES, NORMA | $27,500 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 5 | GALEN, HELENE | $15,500 | 5 | RANCHO MIRAGE, CA | — |
| 6 | LEWIS, MELONY | $7,600 | 3 | CLEVELAND, OH | PHILANTHROPIST |
| 7 | LEWIS, DIANA | $5,500 | 11 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 8 | PFLEGER, THOMAS G | $5,200 | 1 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | PFLEGER FOUNDATION |
| 9 | Schusterman, Lynn Ms | $5,200 | 2 | Tulsa, OK | — |
| 10 | BULLITT, HARRIET S | $5,000 | 1 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 11 | EVANS GOLDEN, BARBARA | $3,200 | 4 | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | PSYCHOLOGIST/PHILANTHROPIST |
| 12 | BRILLIANT, GIRIJA | $3,000 | 2 | ANN ARBOR, MI | — |
| 13 | BOWDITCH, LOUISE J | $2,000 | 2 | BROOKLINE, MA | — |
| 14 | MANILOW, SUSAN R | $2,000 | 1 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 15 | LEVY, JANET | $1,250 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 16 | WARBURG, JOAN MELBER MS. | $1,000 | 2 | GREENWICH, CT | PHILANTHROPIST |
| 17 | MEYER, AUDREY H | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 18 | MCDONALD, ELLA | $1,000 | 1 | LITTLE ROCK, AR | — |
| 19 | ALVORD, NANCY D | $1,000 | 1 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 20 | MELANDER-DAYTON, STEVE | $500 | 1 | SANTA FE, NM | — |
| 21 | FIELD, MARSHALL MR | $500 | 1 | SOUTHPORT, CT | — |
| 22 | VAUGHN, GENEVIEVE | $254 | 1 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 23 | HARRIS, LORI | $250 | 1 | BERWYN, PA | — |
| 24 | GELLERT, ANNETTE | $250 | 1 | BELVEDERE, CA | — |
| 25 | COHEN, PAULETTE | $250 | 1 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 26 | TODD, RUTH | $250 | 1 | KALAMAZOO, MI | — |
| 27 | KEY, ADELAIDE | $200 | 1 | ASHEVILLE, NC | — |
Top Recipients in 2014
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00553305 | $176,000 | 16 |
| 2 | C00329896 | $115,250 | 9 |
| 3 | C00437889 | $65,600 | 7 |
| 4 | C00540997 | $27,500 | 2 |
| 5 | C00543660 | $15,500 | 5 |
| 6 | C00540500 | $7,600 | 3 |
| 7 | C00350785 | $5,700 | 3 |
| 8 | C00401224 | $5,700 | 12 |
| 9 | C00564633 | $5,200 | 1 |
| 10 | C00568592 | $5,000 | 1 |
| 11 | C00548537 | $3,200 | 4 |
| 12 | C00000935 | $3,000 | 2 |
| 13 | C00042366 | $2,254 | 2 |
| 14 | C00196774 | $2,000 | 2 |
| 15 | C00494617 | $1,250 | 2 |
| 16 | C00494203 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 17 | C00193433 | $1,000 | 2 |
| 18 | C00466482 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 19 | C00257642 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 20 | C00443689 | $500 | 1 |
| 21 | C00480384 | $250 | 1 |
| 22 | C00543272 | $250 | 1 |
| 23 | C00010603 | $250 | 1 |
| 24 | C00041269 | $250 | 1 |