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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Total Donated

$3,693,312

Contributions

16,544

Unique Donors

463

Top Employer

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Contributors who listed UNIVERSITY OF IOWA on federal itemized receipts account for $3.7M ($3,693,312), according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 16,544 contributions from 463 donors. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA is a public-campus employer string as typed, not a NAICS colleges-and-universities total, not the university’s PAC, and not UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS or IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY as sibling campus keys.

Key figures

  • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA as FEC employer text totals $3.7M ($3,693,312) from 463 donors.
  • 16,544 contribution lines sit under that public-campus string.
  • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY and UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS are separate FEC keys.
  • The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or campus PAC total.

Campus name as stored, not a higher-ed recode

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA is the campus as committees stored it on individual receipts. The $3,693,312 total is those itemized gifts. It is not tuition revenue, not a Big Ten athletic budget, and not a NAICS educational-services category covering every Iowa public campus.

People who typed U OF IOWA, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS, UIHC, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, or PROFESSOR without the campus sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not collapse those spellings into this key. Researchers who want a combined Iowa-system family must recode after export. Top employer matches UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

463 donors and 16,544 lines

463 unique donors produced 16,544 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA contribution lines totaling $3,693,312. That is on the order of 36 itemized receipts per donor and a mean gift near $223. Mean per donor is about $7,977. The packet does not publish a faculty-versus-staff split, a hospitals-versus-main-campus cut, or a cycle year.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and any campus-affiliated committee PAC filings are outside the $3,693,312 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.

Full analysis: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA money in federal elections β†’

Questions

How much have UNIVERSITY OF IOWA-listed donors given federally?
LobbyVault attributes $3,693,312 to the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA employer string, from 16,544 contributions and 463 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not a campus PAC and not a NAICS colleges-and-universities total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Is Iowa State included in this total?
No. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY is a separate grouped string. The $3.7M total is only receipts whose employer text grouped to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. LobbyVault does not merge sibling public campuses into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault.
Does this include University of Iowa Hospitals staff?
Only if the grouped employer text is UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS and UIHC are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the campus string as grouped. Staff who typed only PHYSICIAN sit in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed UNIVERSITY OF IOWA?
The rollup counts 463 donors and 16,544 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount of the university. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA political contributions by election cycle.
CycleTotalContributionsDonors
1980$50011
1988$2,00033
1990$5,620137
1992$11,7172915
1994$11,7753021
1996$24,0164726
1998$14,8783920
2000$97,2256325
2002$99,1258038
2004$61,18014170
2006$71,73013864
2008$172,845359138
2010$91,35923199
2012$197,888464134
2014$168,424406107
2016$330,3601,885120
2018$407,4261,530104

Top Donors

Top UNIVERSITY OF IOWA donors ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsCity / StateOccupationHistory
1NEPOLA, JAMES V DR$66,80016IOWA CITY, IAβ€”2000–2014
2HOWARD, MARY$57,87074IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1996–2014
3ROBINSON, MARILYNNE$41,300104IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2008–2014
4Nepola, JamesV. Mrs.$25,0001Iowa City, IAβ€”2002
5Nepola, JamesV. Dr.$25,0001Iowa City, IAβ€”2002
6JACOBSON, GERALDINE M DR.$20,95047IOWA CITY, IAPHYSICIAN2008–2014
7GUSSIN, GARY$20,50045IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1990–2014
8BAUER, PATRICK$19,00066IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1992–2014
9MORITA, CRAIG T$18,25944IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2006–2014
10CORSON, JOHN P$17,0001IOWA CITY, IAβ€”2002
11MENNINGER, JOHN R$16,29028IOWA CITY, IABIOLOGIST2006–2014
12GREEN, MIKE$16,15027IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1990–2014
13CALLAGHAN, JOHN J MD$16,0004IOWA CITY, IAβ€”2000–2014
14TODD, MICHAEL MILLER M.D.$15,70017IOWA CITY, IAMD, PROFESSOR OF ANESTHESIA2008–2014
15SCRUGGS JR., THOMAS$14,80011IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2006–2012
16SOKOLL, MARTIN D$13,42026CORALVILLE, IAβ€”1988–2010
17MENNINGER, JOHN R ROBERT$12,8007IOWA CITY, IABIOLOGIST2008–2014
18MARSHALL, LESLIE$12,75121IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1992–2014
19GABLE, DAN$11,7007IOWA CITY, IAβ€”2002–2012
20SHANE, PETER$11,22539IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1994–2014
21SCAMMAN, FRANKLIN$10,70028IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1998–2012
22ZWERLING, CRAIG$10,60019IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1996–2012
23TUETKEN, REBECCA S$10,40020CORALVILLE, IAβ€”2002–2014
24GERR, FRED$10,25025IOWA CITY, IAPHYSICIAN2008–2014
25HAUGEN, ALICE$9,86533IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2008–2014
26SAKS, MICHAEL$9,73031IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1994–2014
27BALDERSTON, DANIEL$9,53124IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2004–2012
28SAVIN, NATHAN E$8,65435IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1996–2014
29SAVIN, NATHAN MR.$8,62535IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2006–2014
30MORITA, CRAIG TAKASHI$7,90016IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2008–2014
31KLEIBER, PAUL$7,75011IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2004–2014
32SCRUGGS, THOMAS JR$7,5506IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2006–2012
33SCRUGGS, TM$7,5007IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1996–2012
34BAUER, PATRICK B.$7,35025IOWA CITY, IALAW PROFESSOR2004–2014
35GEWEKE, JOHN$7,2809IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2004–2014
36SAVIN, NATHAN EUGENE$7,25028IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2008–2014
37BARTLETT, LARRY DEAN$7,10015SOLON, IAPROFESSOR2008–2014
38ZIEGLER, EKHARD$6,85028IOWA CITY, IAPHYSICIAN2006–2014
39FUNK, DAVID C DR$6,67519IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1992–2000
40EHLY, STEWART W$6,5009IOWA CITY, IAINFORMATION REQUESTED2006–2014
41BARKER, JASON$6,37514IOWA CITY, IAPHYSICIAN2006–2014
42SCUDDER, JACK$6,25018IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2012–2014
43EHLY, STEWART$6,25019IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1992–2010
44BURTON, STEVEN J$6,2507IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1992–2004
45ODEN, GREGG$6,24514IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2004–2012
46WESTEFELD, JOHN$6,15016IOWA CITY, IAPROFESSOR2008–2014
47BUSS, WILLIAM$6,05012IOWA CITY, IAβ€”1992–2014
48AMENDOLA, ANNUNZIATO MD$6,0006IOWA CITY, IAORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON2012–2016
49JONES, DAWN$5,50013WELLMAN, IACOMPUTER MAPPING2006–2012
50COOK, JENNIFER$5,38016IOWA CITY, IAPROGRAM ASSOC2004–2012

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received UNIVERSITY OF IOWA donations.
#CommitteeTotalContributions
1ACTBLUEC00401224$705,6271,233
2ACTION FOR A PROGRESSIVE FUTUREC90020066$250,0001
3LOEBSACK FOR CONGRESSC00414318$168,607587
4DSCCC00042366$161,648702
5OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$122,142951
6DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$111,965828
7REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$71,787224
8RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEEC60000015$65,85021
9POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOSC00343137$64,20019
10FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975$58,303739
11WINREDC00694323$55,880279
12DCCCC00000935$49,436578
13EMILYS LISTC00193433$41,560151
14HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946$41,483280
15IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTYC00035600$40,517620
16HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795$35,359490
17CITIZENS FOR HARKINC00166827$34,166364
18RITA HART FOR IOWAC00706457$32,212344
19THERESA GREENFIELD FOR IOWAC00708164$28,982572
20CHRISTINA BOHANNAN FOR CONGRESSC00787820$26,401291
21NRSCC00027466$26,279187
22CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESSC00646844$21,953314
23JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCC00383653$19,500181
24END CITIZENS UNITEDC00573261$18,095214
25MOWRER FOR IOWAC00546549$16,050126