What It Takes To Win Understanding the Fundraising Landscape in Pennsylvania
Brainstorming Which individuals or organizations are the major contributors to progressive campaigns in your area?
Western Pennsylvania
What It Takes To Win – State Representative Winner - $100,649 Loser - $51,336 – State Senate Winner - $198,436 Loser - $76,120 – Pittsburgh City Council – Range from $50,000 to $500,000 – Pittsburgh School Board – Range from $10,000 to $75,000
Western Pennsylvania Largest Foundations in Pittsburgh * FoundationAnnual Awards Richard King Mellon$91 million Howard Heinz Endowment$45 million McCune$28 million Vira Heinz Endowment$24 million Pittsburgh Foundation$22 million *Data for 2000
Central Pennsylvania
What It Takes To Win – State Representative Winner - $71,610 Loser - $29,695 – State Senate Winner - $226,463 Loser - $19,911 – Harrisburg City Council – Range from $5,000 - $10,000 – Major City Mayoral Race - $20,000 - $30,000
Eastern Pennsylvania
What It Takes To Win – State Representative Winner - $116,295 Loser - $48,906 – State Senate Winner - $335,491 Loser - $139,924 Philadelphia Winner - $372,696 – Philadelphia City Council District Seat - $200,000 to $300,000 At-Large Race - $500,000
Eastern Pennsylvania Largest Foundations Awarding in Philadelphia * FoundationAnnual Awards Annenberg$240 million William Penn$47 million Pew Charitable Trusts$42 million Abramson Family$16 million Robert Wood Johnson$22 million *Data for 2002
Statewide
Statewide Look
Pennsylvania Money Summary, CategoryTotalRank Total Itemized Contributions † $31,308,9557 Total to Democrats$18,879,1088 Percent to Democrats60.3%12 Total to Republicans$12,262,1858 Percent to Republicans39.2%39 Individual donations ($200+)* $33,772,5477 Soft money donations$10,0007 PAC donations$4,960,5847
Statewide Look Contributions by Zip Code
Contributions to Democrats Contributions to Republicans
Top Donors In the State Comcast Corp$3,051,402 United Steelworkers$1,290,200 Bank of New York Mellon$567,280 Cozen & O'Connor$496,176 Bayer AG$417,250 Berger & Montague$400,142 AmerisourceBergen Corp$394,060 PPL Corp$373,700 Vanguard Group$340,132 US Steel$335,975 Federated Investors Inc$311,920 University of Pennsylvania$309,213 Duane Morris LLP$298,958 Genesis HealthCare$285,650 Susquehanna International Group$267,100 Toll Brothers Inc$246,325 We the People PAC$235,700 Ace Ltd$234,900 John Templeton Foundation$234,900 Blank Rome LLP$216,850
Leading Industries In the State Employer Listed/Category Unknown$9,622,213 Lawyers/Law Firms$8,148,872 Retired$5,294,659 TV/Movies/Music$3,549,652 Pharmaceuticals/Health Products$2,206,482 Real Estate$2,010,652 Securities & Investment$1,963,178 Health Professionals$1,829,286 Homemakers/Non-income earners$1,615,213 Industrial Unions$1,431,600
Internet Resources FollowtheMoney.org Opensecrets.org Fec.gov Phila-records.com/campaign-finance/ Openbookpittsburgh.com Foundationcenter.org Charitynavigator.org