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Saturday, May 22, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 a.m.
Seattle giving to tax-exempt groups
A large percentage of the money being raised in this year's presidential election comes from so-called 527 groups tax-exempt organizations that engage in political activities, often through unlimited soft money contributions. Often, 527s organize voter registration and mobilization work which used to fall to the political parties, and pay for "issue ads," which praise or criticize a candidate's record. This chart lists the largest donors to 527 groups in Seattle through March 2004.
Washington state donors outside of Seattle
| SEATTLE GIVING |
| DONOR |
AMOUNT |
| GLASER, ROBERT D |
$995,000 |
| BRAINERD, PAUL |
$705,010 |
| GOLDMAN, PETER |
$195,000 |
| WASHINGTON STATE HOSPITAL ASSN |
$159,259 |
| BOEING COMPANY |
$70,000 |
| JACOBSEN, BRUCE S |
$50,000 |
| SEIU LOCAL 925 |
$50,000 |
| JOINT COUNCIL OF TEAMSTERS NO 28 |
$40,000 |
| WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC |
$35,000 |
| DUNN. MILDRED |
$30,000 |
| ALVORD, NANCY |
$25,000 |
| ALASKA AIR GROUP INC |
$20,000 |
| CARNIVAL CORPORATION |
$17,500 |
| PRINCESS TOURS |
$15,000 |
| HAGENS BERMAN P S |
$10,000 |
| PREMERA BLUE CROSS |
$10,000 |
| PRINCESS CRUISES INC |
$10,000 |
| WESTWARD SEAFOODS INC |
$10,000 |
| ELAINE NONNEMAN |
$7,000 |
| NATIONAL FOOD ASSN |
$7,000 |
| TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO 117 |
$7,000 |
| THOMAS CAMPION |
$7,000 |
| AEROSPACE MACHINISTS INDUST DIST LODGE |
$5,000 |
| AMERICAN SEAFOODS COMPANY |
$5,000 |
| AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES INC |
$5,000 |
| CONTINENTAL MILLS INC |
$5,000 |
| FLOYD U JONES |
$5,000 |
| JENNY DURKAN |
$5,000 |
| PAUL G ABRAMS |
$5,000 |
| PORT BLAKELY TREE FARMS LP |
$5,000 |
| SHAULA ED MASSENA |
$5,000 |
| WASHINGTON ST ASSN OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS |
$5,000 |
| WASHINGTON TEAMSTERS LEGISLATIVE LEAGUE |
$5,000 |
| WILLIAM T POPE |
$5,000 |
| WOMA GOLF EVENT |
$5,000 |
| CURT FIRESTONE |
$3,998 |
| ROBBINS, BONNIE |
$2,525 |
| REGENCE BLUESHIELD |
$2,500 |
| SAFECO CORPORATION |
$2,500 |
| UFCW LOCAL 1105 |
$2,500 |
| WASHINGTON MACHINISTS COUNCIL |
$2,500 |
| AGC OF WASHINGTON |
$2,000 |
| HOMESTREET BANK |
$2,000 |
| PEMCO MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY |
$2,000 |
| W GEORGE GOSLINE |
$2,000 |
| WILLIAM POPE |
$1,950 |
| PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC |
$1,632 |
| DAVID BRADLEE |
$1,500 |
| CHARLES M BAGLEY JR |
$1,250 |
| FRIENDS OF GARY LOCKE FOR GOVERNOR |
$1,250 |
| JONATHAN MARK |
$1,250 |
| MERRILL WRIGHT |
$1,250 |
| NANCY H BAGLEY |
$1,250 |
| LAWRENCE TAUBMAN |
$1,210 |
| DENYS HOWARD |
$1,200 |
| JUDY DRAKE |
$1,100 |
| RANDY REVELLE |
$1,025 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR GROUP INC PS |
$1,000 |
| CASEY MARGARD |
$1,000 |
| DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE |
$1,000 |
| DICKS DRIVE-IN |
$1,000 |
| JOANNE ROBERTS |
$1,000 |
| JUDITH DRAKE |
$1,000 |
| PETER D ADKISON |
$1,000 |
| RINEHART ROBBLEE AND HANNAH |
$1,000 |
| SCOTT ARMSTRONG |
$1,000 |
| VALERIE TARICO |
$1,000 |
| WELLS, BARBARA |
$1,000 |
| ERIC MENNINGA |
$900 |
| MR DAVID CASS |
$800 |
| RUSSELL DAGGETT -- IN KIND |
$795 |
| DAVID AHLERS |
$770 |
| JEREMY STEWARD |
$750 |
| JACOB GABRIELSON |
$730 |
| GERARD VAN WESEP |
$700 |
| PETERSON SULLIVAN |
$700 |
| WESTERN WA BEVERAGE |
$700 |
| WESTERN WA BEVERAGE SEATTLE |
$700 |
| WESTERN WASHINGTON BEVERAGE |
$700 |
| JOYCE, ANNETTE |
$650 |
| PORT BLAKELY TREE FARMS |
$650 |
| GARY LOCKE FOR GOVERNOR |
$648 |
| JAKE ZUKOWSKI |
$621 |
| DANIEL PEWZNER |
$600 |
| GOVERNOR LOCKE CAMPAIGN - REFUND |
$600 |
| GREEN PARTY OF SEATTLE |
$600 |
| JOSIAH M ERICKSON JR |
$600 |
| LENNARTZ, ANN |
$600 |
| ROBERT L RICHMOND |
$600 |
| SOOZ APPEL |
$600 |
| STUART WEISS |
$600 |
| WEYERHAEUSER REALTY INVESTORS |
$600 |
| WIGINTON, BILL |
$600 |
| VICTORIA GALANTI |
$585 |
| HENRY, BRAD |
$550 |
| MARCIA MCCRACKEN |
$540 |
| DAVE JETTE |
$530 |
| RUSSELL DAGGATT |
$530 |
| CHERYL M SCOTT |
$500 |
| CONTORER, AARON |
$500 |
| DANIEL E BRIDGE |
$500 |
| DARREN TANNER |
$500 |
| DARYL MILLER |
$500 |
| DAVID MEANS |
$500 |
| DAVID S BLACK |
$500 |
| DAVIP REINHARDT |
$500 |
| EUGENE MOEN |
$500 |
| GREGORY C VANPELT |
$500 |
| HUGH M FOY |
$500 |
| JAMES CANNON |
$500 |
| KATHLEEN SELLICK |
$500 |
| MAIA KRAHL ASTLEY |
$500 |
| MARTHA M WYCKOFF |
$500 |
| NICHOLAS LOVEJOY |
$500 |
| NINA KANG |
$500 |
| PETER C LAMB |
$500 |
| RALPH FASCITELLI |
$500 |
| RAYMOND CRERAND |
$500 |
| REYNOLDS, ANDY |
$500 |
| ROBERT W WINSOR |
$500 |
| ROGERS ROBERT |
$500 |
| SARA ARNOLD |
$500 |
| SCOTT TENNICAN |
$500 |
| STANLEY GOLUB |
$500 |
| STUART HENNESSEY |
$500 |
| TERESA HEALY |
$500 |
| TIM WOOD |
$500 |
| WASHINGTON MUTUAL BA |
$500 |
| WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK |
$500 |
| WEBSTER MRAK AND BLUMBERG |
$500 |
| ESTHER WOLF |
$450 |
| SERGEY SOLYANIK |
$450 |
| TIM GREYHAVENS |
$450 |
| SHURGARD STORAGE CENTERS INC |
$434 |
| CRAIG PARKIN |
$425 |
| DAVID LOVELL |
$400 |
| FRANCO, JOHN |
$400 |
| HELENA STEPHENS |
$400 |
| KENT JOHNSON |
$400 |
| LESLIE WALL |
$400 |
| MARGARET FISHER |
$400 |
| MRS EVELYN CASEY STEEN |
$400 |
| NORBERT UNTERSTEINER |
$400 |
| RICK HANGARTNER |
$400 |
| STEVE WASHBURN |
$400 |
| WALTER A HANSON |
$400 |
| VANCE MARTIN |
$398 |
| GRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION |
$390 |
| MARSHA IVERSON |
$390 |
| MARIANNE PETTERSEN |
$370 |
| MARK LACEY |
$365 |
| SEAN JENSEN-GREY |
$353 |
| BRENNEKE, ANDREA |
$350 |
| CATHE CLAPP |
$350 |
| GRANT HILDEBRAND |
$350 |
| JOSIAH ERICKSON JR |
$350 |
| LESLIE CHRISTIAN |
$350 |
| LYNN GREINER |
$350 |
| MRS PATRICIA A MARTIN |
$350 |
| SCOTT J HAVEL |
$350 |
| TIMOTHY WOOD |
$330 |
| DAVID GORDON |
$320 |
| MRS ELIZABETH L TAYLOR |
$315 |
| MR RICHARD D YAMAMOTO |
$310 |
| CAM DEVORE |
$300 |
| CHITLIK, ALAN |
$300 |
| CHRIS CAPUTO |
$300 |
| DAVID LAHAIE |
$300 |
| GREG KATZ |
$300 |
| JAMES DOUGLAS |
$300 |
| JEFF STETSON |
$300 |
| JOE CURIEL |
$300 |
| KATHRYN GARDOW |
$300 |
| LISA RICHMOND |
$300 |
| MICHAEL RICHARDSON |
$300 |
| PATRICIA KUSHMERICK |
$300 |
| RICHARD E BALDWIN |
$300 |
| SAXON, ANDREW J |
$300 |
| SHAUN LEACH |
$300 |
| SIMMONS, BEVERLY |
$300 |
| STUART DESPAIN |
$300 |
| SUSAN KOPPELMAN |
$300 |
| SUSAN PERKINS |
$300 |
| THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT SCHUAL-BURKE |
$300 |
| TONY RAUGUST |
$300 |
| WATSON, BOB |
$300 |
| WAYNE BALSIGER |
$300 |
| ELIZABETH BURKE |
$280 |
| FLORIAN HLADIK |
$280 |
| DAVID JAEGER |
$275 |
| KATHY NEUKIRCHEN |
$275 |
| NICHOLSON |
$275 |
| PAT STARKOVICH |
$275 |
| SARAJANE E MILDER |
$275 |
| DICK BURTON |
$270 |
| CLAUDIA SANDERS |
$260 |
| SUITER, BRENDA |
$260 |
| TROY HUTSON |
$260 |
| BENJAMIN A LIPSKY MD |
$250 |
| CAROL T PENCKE |
$250 |
| CHARLES MOCK MD PHD |
$250 |
| CHERYL LAWRENCE |
$250 |
| CINDY GANTZ |
$250 |
| DAN MERKLE |
$250 |
| DIANE MORRISON |
$250 |
| ELIZABETH CATHERINE SAUER |
$250 |
| GIDEON ROSENBLATT |
$250 |
| GREGORY VIGDOR |
$250 |
| JAMES P SCOTT |
$250 |
| JANE FELDMAN |
$250 |
| JANET LIANG |
$250 |
| JEAN COLMAN |
$250 |
| JOHNESE SPISSO |
$250 |
| LAURA HART |
$250 |
| LINDA ROBBINS |
$250 |
| MICHAEL DAUDT |
$250 |
| MICHAEL FLORENCE MD |
$250 |
| MIGUEL DE CAMPOS |
$250 |
| MRS JULIA L QUINTON |
$250 |
| NICHOLAS HART |
$250 |
| PAM MACEWAN |
$250 |
| PAUL CLARK |
$250 |
| PAUL TUCKER |
$250 |
| RAYBURN S LEWIS MD |
$250 |
| RICHARD GOLDSMITH |
$250 |
| RICHARD HILFER |
$250 |
| RICHARD THIRLBY MD |
$250 |
| RUTH KORKOWSKI |
$250 |
| SANDRA PERKINS |
$250 |
| SAUNDRA SEVERTSON |
$250 |
| SHICKICH, BARBARA ALLEN |
$250 |
| STEPHANIE ELLIS SMITH |
$250 |
| STEVEN BROWN AND SALLY FOX |
$250 |
| STEVEN KLEIN |
$250 |
| TAYA BRILEY FOX |
$250 |
| THOMPSON ROBERT S |
$250 |
| ZOE ROTHCHILD |
$250 |
| MR BILL WILLIAMS |
$245 |
| DICK LEWIS |
$240 |
| KEN CAMPBELL |
$240 |
| MATTHEW NOELL |
$240 |
| MR AND MRS RANGER E TRAVIS |
$234 |
| DAVID GILL |
$230 |
| GILBERT, ANNE |
$230 |
| MATHERN, BRYCE |
$230 |
| MURIEL DACHS |
$230 |
| STERLING MORRIS |
$230 |
| WILLIAM ATKINS |
$230 |
| JAMES A VAN ZEE |
$225 |
| JOHNSTONE, BARBARA |
$225 |
| THAD SPRATLEN |
$225 |
| DENNIS KINNAN |
$220 |
| JANICE HICKEY |
$220 |
| JEFF & JEAN BIALER |
$220 |
| ROBERT K MENAUL |
$220 |
| ROBERT S SHIELDS |
$220 |
| SHIRLEY NELSEN |
$220 |
| STEPHEN MCCARTHY |
$220 |
| ERIC DE PLACE |
$210 |
| JSCOTT WILLIAMS |
$210 |
| ARVIA MORRIS AND PETER CLITHEROW |
$200 |
| BARTELS, ANGIE |
$200 |
| CHRIS BEHRENS |
$200 |
| CHRISTINE PAINTNER |
$200 |
| COLIN FRENCH |
$200 |
| DAN PETESCH |
$200 |
| DAVID POPE |
$200 |
| DIANE TOMHAVE |
$200 |
| DONNA SHIRLEY |
$200 |
| E R PITTS |
$200 |
| EDIE HILLIARD |
$200 |
| ERIC C NELSEN |
$200 |
| ERIC MAGNUSON |
$200 |
| ERIC ROTHCHILD |
$200 |
| EVAN SUTTON |
$200 |
| FRANK ZUCKER |
$200 |
| GARY J WANG |
$200 |
| GARY OCHSNER |
$200 |
| GEORGE H ALLISONM/D |
$200 |
| HAMILTON, BOB |
$200 |
| HELENE KAPLAN |
$200 |
| HOWARD,ALLEN R III |
$200 |
| HUGH LADE |
$200 |
| JAMES TOWNSEND |
$200 |
| JEFF BRONSON |
$200 |
| JENNIFER C HUMOWIECKI |
$200 |
| JESSE D GREEN & NANCY S GREEN |
$200 |
| JOHNINE LARSEN |
$200 |
| JONATHAN B ALBERTS |
$200 |
| JUDITH AMES |
$200 |
| KAMINSKI, ANNA |
$200 |
| KAROL KING |
$200 |
| KATHLEEN BISHOP |
$200 |
| KRIS ZAWISZA |
$200 |
| LAURA RUPERT |
$200 |
| LEAH LACIVITA |
$200 |
| LEE DANEKER |
$200 |
| LEE MURRAY |
$200 |
| LEE, ANTHONY |
$200 |
| LIEGEOIS, BILL |
$200 |
| LISA BELIEL |
$200 |
| LISANNE YURICICH |
$200 |
| LLOYD, ALAN |
$200 |
| LOTUS HOWARD |
$200 |
| MARGARET ANDERSON |
$200 |
| MARK D SULLIVAN |
$200 |
| MARK NIEHAUS |
$200 |
| MONTE HAYWARD |
$200 |
| NEAL TRAVEN |
$200 |
| PATRICIA MERRILL |
$200 |
| PAUL WEST |
$200 |
| PAULA HEATH |
$200 |
| REX BALDWIN |
$200 |
| RICK & DIANE TURNER |
$200 |
| SALING, BEVERLY MARSHALL |
$200 |
| SCOTT RANKIN |
$200 |
| SEAN CORRY |
$200 |
| SHARON CAMPBELL |
$200 |
| SOOZ APPEL & BILL WIGINTON |
$200 |
| STEVE HORN |
$200 |
| SUSAN LYNN GORDON |
$200 |
| TERENCE QUIGLEY MD |
$200 |
| THE SEGAL COMPANY |
$200 |
| VICTOR BREMSON |
$200 |
| WALSH CONSTRUCTION CO |
$200 |
| MR AND MRS BILL WILLIAMS |
$160 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION |
$115 |
| CARLOS PELLEGRINI MD |
$100 |
| CHRISTOPHER LEININGER MD |
$100 |
| CINDY STRAUSS |
$100 |
| CONNIE RAY |
$100 |
| JANET DONELSON |
$100 |
| KEVIN BROWN |
$100 |
| MICHAEL KELLY MD |
$100 |
| PEGGI SHAPIRO |
$100 |
| SARAH H CAVE |
$100 |
| SCOTT STRANDJORD |
$100 |
| SUSAN MCKEE |
$83 |
| CHRISTINA R ST MARTIN |
$75 |
| MARY JOSEPHINE MCHUGH |
$75 |
| RANDY REVELL |
$75 |
| BRODIE, BEN |
$50 |
| FEIGE, A H JR |
$50 |
| MARILYN HEIMAN |
$50 |
| MICHAEL RICHMOND |
$35 |
| PATTI CROME |
$25 |
| PENELOPE REID |
$25 |
| JOHN A WILLIAMS |
$20 |
| WILLIAMS, BILL |
$20 |
| DAN MCGOWAN |
$10 |
| ELIZABETH CASTLE SAUER |
$10 |
| J ALLEN HOBART |
$10 |
| JOE TESSIER |
$10 |
| MARK MANNING |
$10 |
| MIKE WILSON |
$10 |
| NATALIE J GREGORY-MOTT |
$10 |
| PEGGI W SHAPIRO |
$10 |
| SCOTT SULLIVAN |
$10 |
| SPENCER THAL |
$10 |
| WILL RANCE |
$10 |
| JOINT COUNCIL OF TEAMSTERS NO 28 TRANSFER ACCOUNT |
$4 |
Source: Dwight L. Morris & Associates
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