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

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 PennsylvaniaLargest Foundations in Pittsburgh*

Foundation Annual Awards

Richard King Mellon $91 millionHoward Heinz Endowment $45 million

McCune $28 millionVira Heinz Endowment $24 millionPittsburgh Foundation $22 million

*Data for 2000

Central Pennsylvania

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

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 PennsylvaniaLargest Foundations Awarding in Philadelphia*

Foundation Annual Awards

Annenberg $240 millionWilliam Penn $47 million

Pew Charitable Trusts $42 millionAbramson Family $16 million

Robert Wood Johnson $22 million

*Data for 2002

Statewide

Statewide Look

PennsylvaniaMoney Summary, 2009-2010

Category Total RankTotal Itemized Contributions †

$31,308,955 7

Total to Democrats $18,879,108 8Percent to Democrats 60.3% 12

Total to Republicans $12,262,185 8

Percent to Republicans 39.2% 39

Individual donations ($200+)*

$33,772,547 7

Soft money donations $10,000 7

PAC donations $4,960,584 7

Statewide LookContributions by Zip Code

Statewide LookContributions by Zip Code

Contributions to Democrats

Contributions to Republicans

Top Donors In the StateComcast Corp $3,051,402United Steelworkers $1,290,200Bank of New York Mellon $567,280Cozen & O'Connor $496,176Bayer AG $417,250Berger & Montague $400,142AmerisourceBergen Corp $394,060PPL Corp $373,700Vanguard Group $340,132US Steel $335,975Federated Investors Inc $311,920University of Pennsylvania $309,213Duane Morris LLP $298,958Genesis HealthCare $285,650Susquehanna International Group $267,100Toll Brothers Inc $246,325We the People PAC $235,700Ace Ltd $234,900John Templeton Foundation $234,900Blank Rome LLP $216,850

Leading Industries In the State

Employer Listed/Category Unknown $9,622,213Lawyers/Law Firms $8,148,872Retired $5,294,659TV/Movies/Music $3,549,652Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $2,206,482Real Estate $2,010,652Securities & Investment $1,963,178Health Professionals $1,829,286Homemakers/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