By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 19th. 2016On Aug. 16th, the American Spark revealed the top individual contributors to the Clinton presidential campaign today, we look at Donald Trump’s leading donors.Trump so far has decided to largely self-fund his presidential campaign. According to Federal Election Commission information released on July 21st, 2016 and obtained via the Center for Responsive Politics, Trump’s campaign committee war chest holds almost $89 million – and a whopping 56% of those funds come from his own pocket.
That’s not too bad for a guy who has filed for bankruptcy six times.
But over $12.3 million of Trump’s campaign funds have quietly come from large individual donations … and the wealthy donors include those from among the best-known corporate, financial and government entities.
Such a truth reveals the ugly workings of America’s capitalist-based election process, that openly allows the country’s most wealthy to “contribute” massive sums of money to political campaigns … it’s a charade that journalist Greg Palast has insightfully called “the best democracy money can buy.”
So who is buying Donald Trump? Below, the Spark shows the total contributions made by each large donor (i.e., entities contributing at least $10,000) to Trump’s 2016 presidential run. This tally includes donations to his campaign committee, as well as to any pro-Trump Political Action Committees (PACs).
It also must be noted that the money from these entities “came from the organizations’ PACs their individual members, employees or owners and those individuals’ immediate families,” states the Center for Responsive Politics (CPR).
“At the federal level, the organizations themselves did not donate, as they are prohibited by law from doing so,” CPR added.
John Powers Middleton Companies: $150,000
Philips International Realty: $100,000
Kushner Companies: $100,000
Manchester Financial Group: $50,000
AON Corp: $28,950
AJD Construction: $25,000
US Government: $15,357
Snow Leopard: $13,500
US Army: $12,121
American Airlines Group: $11,404
Bank of America: $11,392
Stark1: $10,800
MDC Holdings: $10,800
Acorn Advisors: $10,800
Americas Catch Inc.: $10,800
Sotheby’s: $10,600
Genie Energy Ltd.: $10,000
In Mocean Group: $10,000
Crown Acquisitions: $10,000
Adjfam Management: $10,000
Rainbow Apparel Companies: $10,000
McKool Smith PC: $10,000
Midtown Equities: $10,000
Brach Eichler Ll: $10,000
Braha Brothers LLC: $10,000
Iron Hound Management Co.: $10,000
Thor Equities: $10,000
Centurion Realty: $10,000
Atalanta Corp.: $10,000
