Top All-Time Political Donors 1989-2010
Why do these corporations pour millions into a political party? That is the real million dollar question.
1989-2010
| Dems | Repub | |||
| 1 | AT&T Inc | $43,501,240 | 44% | 55% |
| 2 | American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees | $40,965,173 | 98% | 1% |
| 3 | National Assn of Realtors | $35,179,013 | 48% | 51% |
| 4 | Goldman Sachs | $31,183,662 | 64% | 35% |
| 5 | Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $30,920,696 | 97% | 2% |
| 6 | American Assn for Justice | $30,734,429 | 90% | 9% |
| 7 | National Education Assn | $29,908,625 | 92% | 6% |
| 8 | Laborers Union | $28,201,600 | 92% | 7% |
| 9 | Service Employees International Union | $27,510,257 | 95% | 3% |
| 10 | Teamsters Union | $27,402,304 | 92% | 6% |
| 11 | Carpenters & Joiners Union | $27,368,258 | 89% | 10% |
| 12 | Communications Workers of America | $26,748,746 | 99% | 0% |
| 13 | Citigroup Inc | $26,562,905 | 50% | 49% |
| 14 | American Medical Assn | $26,213,449 | 39% | 60% |
| 15 | American Federation of Teachers | $25,996,071 | 98% | 0% |
| 16 | United Auto Workers | $25,767,002 | 98% | 0% |
| 17 | Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union | $24,793,477 | 98% | 0% |
| 18 | National Auto Dealers Assn | $24,048,808 | 31% | 68% |
| 19 | Altria Group | $23,869,891 | 28% | 71% |
| 20 | United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $23,742,074 | 98% | 1% |
| 21 | United Parcel Service | $23,649,476 | 36% | 63% |
| 22 | American Bankers Assn | $21,945,966 | 41% | 58% |
| 23 | National Assn of Home Builders | $21,401,355 | 35% | 64% |
| 24 | EMILY’s List | $20,984,384 | 99% | 0% |
| 25 | National Beer Wholesalers Assn | $20,300,845 | 31% | 68% |
| 26 | Microsoft Corp | $19,692,774 | 52% | 46% |
| 27 | Time Warner | $19,653,331 | 71% | 28% |
| 28 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | $19,395,548 | 51% | 48% |
| 29 | National Assn of Letter Carriers | $19,206,784 | 88% | 11% |
| 30 | Morgan Stanley | $18,173,708 | 45% | 53% |
| 31 | AFL-CIO | $18,034,967 | 95% | 4% |
| 32 | Verizon Communications | $17,812,927 | 39% | 59% |
| 33 | FedEx Corp | $17,676,556 | 40% | 58% |
| 34 | Lockheed Martin | $17,638,388 | 42% | 57% |
| 35 | General Electric | $17,349,803 | 50% | 49% |
| 36 | National Rifle Assn | $17,095,136 | 17% | 82% |
| 37 | Sheet Metal Workers Union | $16,907,563 | 97% | 2% |
| 38 | Ernst & Young | $16,746,413 | 44% | 55% |
| 39 | Credit Union National Assn | $16,694,237 | 47% | 51% |
| 40 | Bank of America | $16,568,591 | 47% | 52% |
| 41 | Operating Engineers Union | $16,235,350 | 85% | 14% |
| 42 | American Dental Assn | $16,134,579 | 46% | 53% |
| 43 | American Hospital Assn | $16,126,109 | 52% | 46% |
| 44 | Plumbers & Pipefitters Union | $15,807,536 | 94% | 5% |
| 45 | Blue Cross/Blue Shield | $15,779,305 | 39% | 60% |
| 46 | Air Line Pilots Assn | $15,478,917 | 84% | 15% |
| 47 | International Assn of Fire Fighters | $15,372,243 | 82% | 17% |
| 48 | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | $15,366,870 | 34% | 65% |
| 49 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | $15,073,033 | 36% | 63% |
| 50 | Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors | $14,845,205 | 42% | 56% |
| 51 | AFLAC Inc | $14,582,269 | 44% | 55% |
| 52 | Merrill Lynch | $14,299,160 | 37% | 61% |
| 53 | Union Pacific Corp | $13,847,948 | 23% | 76% |
| 54 | Boeing Co | $13,579,262 | 47% | 52% |
| 55 | United Steelworkers | $13,477,947 | 99% | 0% |
| 56 | United Transportation Union | $13,373,545 | 88% | 11% |
| 57 | Reynolds American | $13,302,827 | 24% | 75% |
| 58 | Pfizer Inc | $13,210,087 | 29% | 70% |
| 59 | BellSouth Corp | $12,993,782 | 45% | 54% |
| 60 | Ironworkers Union | $12,923,775 | 92% | 7% |
| 61 | American Institute of CPAs | $12,698,585 | 42% | 57% |
| 62 | Credit Suisse Group | $12,141,215 | 44% | 55% |
| 63 | American Postal Workers Union | $11,925,473 | 95% | 4% |
| 64 | National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn | $11,745,871 | 52% | 47% |
| 65 | General Dynamics | $11,496,724 | 46% | 53% |
| 66 | American Financial Group | $11,334,675 | 18% | 81% |
| 67 | GlaxoSmithKline | $10,895,744 | 28% | 70% |
| 68 | Walt Disney Co | $10,810,549 | 67% | 32% |
| 69 | Chevron | $10,709,395 | 25% | 74% |
| 70 | Exxon Mobil | $10,511,023 | 14% | 85% |
| 71 | Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn | $10,430,000 | 77% | 21% |
| 72 | MBNA Corp | $10,059,006 | 17% | 82% |
| 73 | General Motors | $9,950,919 | 38% | 60% |
| 74 | UST Inc | $9,935,061 | 21% | 78% |
| 75 | Freddie Mac | $9,859,490 | 43% | 56% |
| 76 | AIG | $9,744,312 | 50% | 49% |
| 77 | Human Rights Campaign | $9,741,375 | 90% | 9% |
| 78 | National Restaurant Assn | $9,645,995 | 15% | 83% |
| 79 | Southern Co | $9,544,345 | 31% | 68% |
| 80 | Prudential Financial | $9,345,074 | 48% | 51% |
| 81 | MetLife Inc | $9,284,365 | 55% | 44% |
| 82 | American Academy of Ophthalmology | $9,162,538 | 52% | 47% |
| 83 | National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare | $9,144,499 | 80% | 19% |
| 84 | Eli Lilly & Co | $9,039,674 | 28% | 71% |
| 85 | CSX Corp | $8,935,785 | 31% | 68% |
| 86 | Associated General Contractors | $8,811,941 | 14% | 85% |
| 87 | Amway/Alticor Inc | $8,716,601 | 0% | 99% |
| 88 | National Cmte for an Effective Congress | $8,707,940 | 99% | 0% |
| 89 | American Maritime Officers | $8,606,031 | 46% | 53% |
| 90 | Archer Daniels Midland | $8,303,364 | 43% | 56% |
| 91 | Seafarers International Union | $8,140,144 | 84% | 14% |
| 92 | MCI Inc | $8,093,472 | 46% | 53% |
| 93 | American Airlines | $8,052,023 | 47% | 52% |
| 94 | American Council of Life Insurers | $7,581,090 | 37% | 62% |
| 95 | Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn | $7,353,627 | 74% | 25% |
| 96 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | $7,282,437 | 21% | 78% |
| 97 | Enron Corp | $6,633,457 | 29% | 70% |
| 98 | Andersen | $6,313,422 | 37% | 62% |
| 99 | BP | $6,120,971 | 28% | 70% |
| 100 | Vivendi | $4,455,940 | 66% | 32% |