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Top Contributors
This chart lists the top donors to the candidates during the 2004 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
Bush
1. Merrill Lynch $458,204
2. PriceWaterhouseCoopers $431,800
3. UBS Americas $358,850
4. MBNA Corp $337,750
5. Lehman Brothers $288,559
6. Goldman Sachs $282,725
7. Credit Suisse First Boston $257,750
8. Bear Stearns $240,250
9. Ernst & Young $234,655
10. Blank Rome LLP $207,400
11. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu $207,050
12. Citigroup Inc $196,000
13. Southern Co $182,247
14. Morgan Stanley $177,075
15. Microsoft Corp $160,850
16. Union Pacific Corp $160,000
17. Haynes & Boone $157,650
18. Winston & Strawn $156,450
19. Ameriquest Capital $152,800
20. SBC Communications $150,350
Kerry
1. Skadden, Arps et al $105,650
2. Robins, Kaplan et al $91,750
3. Citigroup Inc $82,900
4. Piper Rudnick LLP $77,050
5. Mintz, Levin et al $72,050
6. Goldman Sachs $68,750
7. CHarvard University $55,600
8. Hill, Holliday et al $53,750
9. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance $50,250
10. Akin, Gump et al $45,550
11. International Profit Assoc $44,250
12. Time Warner $41,950
13. Clifford Law Offices $41,850
14. Morgan Stanley $40,000
15. Bain Capital $38,500
16. Hale & Dorr $37,750
17. UBS Americas $36,800
18. Holland & Knight $36,200
19. Latham & Watkins $32,500
20. FleetBoston Financial $32,500
All the numbers on this page are for the 2004 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Monday, March 01, 2004. Data comes courtesy of the Center for Responsive Politics.
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