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The Donor Registry · A Gen Us Data Surface
The mega-donors
behind every vote.
Every chain we trace runs: donor → PAC → candidate → vote. This is the donor end. Profiles, allegiances in their own words, the PACs they fund, the candidates they targeted, and receipts for every claim.
Donors tracked
34
GOP-aligned
20
Dem-aligned
8
Cross-partisan
4
$2B+ tracked across 30+ donor profiles (2024 cycle, publicly reported)
01 · The Registry
Track the variable, not the meme.
GOP-aligned
Miriam Adelson
Israel-first GOP mega-donor (her own self-description: she has said she would happily 'give up' US democracy to ensure Israel's security).
Total reported
$100M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Republican Jewish CoalitionPreserve America PACAIPAC PAC
Dem-aligned
Haim Saban
Self-described 'one-issue guy' on Israel — Democratic-aligned pro-Israel mega-donor.
Total reported
$30M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI)AIPAC PACUnited Democracy Project
GOP-aligned
Paul Singer
Pro-Israel-policy Republican mega-donor — explicit foreign-policy alignment with the Israeli right.
Total reported
$50M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Republican Jewish CoalitionAIPAC PACUnited Democracy Project
Cross-partisan
Bill Ackman
Pro-Israel-policy donor; recent Trump endorser. Cross-partisan in giving but explicitly Israel-aligned in messaging.
Total reported
$15M+ (2024 cycle reported; rapidly escalating)
AIPAC PACUnited Democracy ProjectPreserve America PAC
GOP-aligned
Ken Griffin
Corporate-libertarian GOP mega-donor. Not Israel-focused — foreign policy is not his explanatory variable; tax, antitrust and education reform are.
Total reported
$100M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Senate Leadership FundCongressional Leadership FundPreserve America PAC
GOP-aligned
Larry Ellison
Pro-Israel-policy Republican mega-donor; major personal funder of Friends of the IDF.
Total reported
$50M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Preserve America PACRepublican Jewish Coalition
Dem-aligned
Reid Hoffman
Anti-Trump, pro-democracy Democratic mega-donor. Not foreign-policy-aligned — civic-institutions framing.
Total reported
$75M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Future ForwardMajority Forward
Cross-partisan
Daniel Loeb
AIPAC-aligned pro-Israel-policy donor; gives across both parties when foreign-policy interests align.
Total reported
$10M+ (2024 cycle reported)
AIPAC PACUnited Democracy ProjectRepublican Jewish Coalition
GOP-aligned
Charles Koch
Corporate-libertarian — free-market deregulation, low-tax, anti-labor. NOT Israel-aligned; foreign policy is not the explanatory variable here.
Total reported
$70M+ (2024 cycle reported network-wide)
Americans for Prosperity Action
Dem-aligned
George Soros
Pro-democracy / criminal-justice-reform Democratic donor. NOT Israel-aligned. Soros has been openly critical of the Netanyahu government's policies — distinct from the pro-Israel-policy donors on this list.
Total reported
$60M+ (2024 cycle reported, primarily via Democracy PAC)
Democracy PAC
GOP-aligned
Bernard Marcus
Pro-Israel-policy Republican mega-donor — explicitly framed his giving around US support for Israel and Trump-aligned conservatism.
Total reported
$50M+ across 2016-2024 cycles (publicly reported)
Republican Jewish CoalitionAIPAC PACAmerica First Action
GOP-aligned
David Sacks
Tech-right Trump-aligned donor; foreign-policy-skeptical (publicly opposed extended US support for Ukraine).
Total reported
$10M+ (2024 cycle reported)
America PACTrump 47 Committee
GOP-aligned
Diane Hendricks
Corporate-conservative GOP mega-donor; pro-Trump, pro-tax-cut, anti-regulation.
Total reported
$95M+ (2024 cycle reported)
MAGA Inc.Senate Leadership FundAmericans for Prosperity Action
Dem-aligned
Donald Sussman
Anti-Trump Democratic mega-donor; civic-institutions and voter-access focus.
Total reported
$40M+ (2024 cycle reported)
House Majority PACSenate Majority PACFuture Forward
GOP-aligned
Elon Musk
Tech-right Trump-aligned mega-donor; explicit free-speech / anti-regulation framing.
Total reported
$290M+ (2024 cycle reported — largest individual donor of the cycle)
America PACRBG PACFairshake PAC
Dem-aligned
Fred Eychaner
Pro-Democracy Democratic mega-donor; supports Dem majorities and LGBT-rights causes.
Total reported
$30M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Senate Majority PACHouse Majority PACFuture Forward
GOP-aligned
Henry Kravis
Corporate-conservative GOP mega-donor; financial-deregulation, low-tax framing.
Total reported
$25M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Senate Leadership FundCongressional Leadership FundAmerican Israel Friendship League
GOP-aligned
Howard Lutnick
Trump-aligned GOP mega-donor and bundler; pro-Israel-policy framing.
Total reported
$5M+ direct + tens of millions bundled (2024 cycle reported)
MAGA Inc.Republican Jewish CoalitionAIPAC PAC
Independent
Jeff Bezos
Historically Independent / cross-partisan; recent posture interpreted as Trump-accommodating.
Total reported
$1M+ direct (2024 cycle reported — relatively small for net worth)
Amazon Corporate PAC
GOP-aligned
Joe Ricketts
Conservative GOP mega-donor; evolution from anti-Trump primary funder to Trump-aligned giving.
Total reported
$15M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Ending Spending Action FundSenate Leadership FundRepublican Governors Association
Dem-aligned
Karla Jurvetson
Progressive Democratic mega-donor; women's electoral infrastructure and reproductive-rights framing.
Total reported
$25M+ (2020-2024 cycles reported)
EMILYs ListPersist PACSenate Majority PAC
Cross-partisan
Larry Fink
Cross-partisan corporate-establishment; climate-transition advocate; not Israel-foreign-policy aligned.
Total reported
$1M+ direct political giving (relatively small for net worth)
BlackRock PAC
GOP-aligned
Linda McMahon
Trump-aligned GOP mega-donor and operative; institutional Trumpism.
Total reported
$20M+ (2024 cycle reported)
MAGA Inc.America First Policy InstituteAmerica First Action
Independent
MacKenzie Scott
Progressive philanthropist; not a direct political donor but funds the broader progressive nonprofit ecosystem.
Total reported
$19B+ donated philanthropically (2019-2024); direct political giving under $500K
GOP-aligned
Marc Andreessen
Tech-right Trump-aligned donor; 'little tech' / pro-AI / pro-crypto framing.
Total reported
$5M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Fairshake PACAmerica PACTrump 47 Committee
Cross-partisan
Marc Rowan
Pro-Israel-policy donor; cross-partisan but pivoted Trump-ward in 2024.
Total reported
$10M+ (2024 cycle reported)
AIPAC PACUnited Democracy ProjectMAGA Inc.
Dem-aligned
Michael Bloomberg
Cross-partisan technocrat; climate, gun-control, and anti-Trump framings dominate his giving.
Total reported
$200M+ (2024 cycle reported, plus ~$1B self-funded 2020 presidential run)
Independence USA PACEverytown for Gun SafetyFuture Forward
GOP-aligned
Peter Thiel
Tech-right post-libertarian; explicit national-conservative framing and Trump alignment.
Total reported
$35M+ across 2022 cycle; reduced direct giving 2024 but Vance-aligned operations
Protect Ohio Values PACSaving Arizona PAC
GOP-aligned
Richard Uihlein
Ultra-conservative GOP mega-donor; explicit primary-challenge / hard-right framing.
Total reported
$80M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Club for Growth ActionRestoration PACTea Party Patriots Action
GOP-aligned
Robert Mercer
Hard-right GOP / national-conservative; founder of the right-wing-media + data-operation infrastructure.
Total reported
$25M+ (peak 2016 cycle; reduced post-2017)
Make America Number 1 PACClub for Growth Action
GOP-aligned
Stephen Ross
Trump-aligned GOP mega-donor; pro-business framing.
Total reported
$15M+ (2024 cycle reported)
America First ActionMAGA Inc.Congressional Leadership Fund
GOP-aligned
Stephen Schwarzman
Corporate-conservative GOP mega-donor; Trump-aligned (after a brief 2021-2023 break).
Total reported
$30M+ (2024 cycle reported)
Senate Leadership FundMAGA Inc.Congressional Leadership Fund
GOP-aligned
Timothy Mellon
Hard-right GOP mega-donor; nativist / anti-immigration framing.
Total reported
$190M+ (2024 cycle reported — one of largest individual cycle totals)
MAGA Inc.American Values 2024Texas DPS / Border-wall fund
Dem-aligned
Tom Steyer
Climate-focused Democratic mega-donor; pro-democracy / anti-Trump framing.
Total reported
$30M+ (2024 cycle reported, plus $340M self-funded 2020 presidential run)
NextGen AmericaNeed to ImpeachFuture Forward
02 · Editorial note
How we frame each donor.
We track foreign-policy alignment, not ethnicity. For Israel-aligned donors the framing comes from their own published statements — “one-issue guy,” “first love,” explicit AIPAC affiliations. Receipts on every claim.
For Charles Koch and George Soros, the variable is different. Koch is corporate-libertarian and not Israel-focused. Soros is criminal-justice-reform and pro-democracy, and has been publicly critical of the Netanyahu government — distinct from the pro-Israel-policy donors here. Both are included for editorial breadth. The surface only works if every donor is tracked accurately.
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