The top donors to President Joe Biden's 2024 election campaign have been revealed in Federal Election Commission (FEC) documents.
Biden, the Democrats' presumptive 2024 presidential candidate, is expected to battle it out at the polls with Republican rival and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump this November, with both men vying for a second term in the White House.
As their election efforts ramp up, so too have both parties' fundraising efforts. Earlier this month, the campaign for Trump said it attained a single-event fundraising record with a $50.5 million haul in Palm Beach, Florida.
On March 28, President Biden held an event in New York that his campaign said brought in more than $26 million.
On Tuesday, campaign finance data guru Rob Pyer took to X, formerly Twitter, where he shared FEC information on the income and expenditure of the Biden Victory Fund.
Biden Victory Fund, Joe Biden's main joint fundraising committee, raised $121.3 million in Q1. It burned $30.48M on operating expenditures, sent $85.3M to other cmtes ($27M to the DNC, $44.5M to Biden 2024), and had $41.1M remaining. https://t.co/4AXiLRqpwQ pic.twitter.com/vzpWSZo7Q7
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) April 16, 2024
"Biden Victory Fund, Joe Biden's main joint fundraising committee, raised $121.3 million in Q1," Pyer wrote. "It burned $30.48M on operating expenditures, sent $85.3M to other [committees] ($27M to the DNC, $44.5M to Biden 2024), and had $41.1M remaining."
In a follow-up post, Pyer said that of the "$30.48M in Biden Victory operating expenditures, online fundraising accounted for over a third, w/$8M going to Meta, $2.37M to Google). Another $6.1M went to direct mail, $2.6M on list acquisition, $2.1M in processing fees, and $2M on travel."
Of the $30.48M in Biden Victory operating expenditures, online fundraising accounted for over a third, w/$8M going to Meta, $2.37M to Google). Another $6.1M went to direct mail, $2.6M on list acquisition, $2.1M in processing fees, and $2M on travel. pic.twitter.com/3BYmfMHRCn
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) April 16, 2024
In another post in his short thread, Pyer also included a lengthy list of top donors to the Biden Victory Fund—those who had contributed $100,000 or more to the campaign.
The dozens of names on the list included a mix of people from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, art, business, and philanthropy.
Among the famous faces were lawyer and activist George Conway, sitting at the top of the list with $929,600 in donations, followed by Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane ($923,000), filmmaker Antoine Fuqua ($250,000), and Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter ($110,000).
Fashion designers Michael Kors and Vera Wang also made it onto the list with contributions of $100,000 apiece.
Newsweek has compiled a list of some of the well-known donors to Biden's campaign.
Joe Biden's Top Celebrity Donors
- George Conway - $929,600
- Cheryl Saban -$929,600
- Gordon Getty - $929,000
- Seth Macfarlane $923,000
- Timothy Disney - $500,000
- Amy Fowler - $500,000
- Eric Schmidt - $413,000
- Rob Dyson - $350,000
- Giovanna Randall - $299,900
- Christine Kim - $250,000
- Gina Sanders - $250,000
- Maureen White - $250,000
- Trevor Burgess - $250,000
- Antoine Fuqua - $250,000
- Louise Gund - $250,000
- Gwendolyn Sontheim - $200,000
- Agnes Gund - $170,000
- Merle Chambers - $121,300
- Orin Kramer - $110,000
- Lynda Carter - $110,000
- Todd Wagner - $103,250
- Judith Miller - $100,020
- William Seale - $100,000
- Marc Freedman - $100,000
- Michael Kors - $100,000
- Wendy Schmidt - $100,000
- Dagmar Dolby - $100,000
- Vera Wang - $100,000
- Laurance Rockefeller Jr. - $100,000
- Patricia Duff - $100,000
- Michael Skloff - $100,000
- Carole B. Sager - $100,000
- Michael Sonnenfeldt - $100,000
(this is the list of donors who contributed $100,000 or more to the Biden Victory Fund) pic.twitter.com/FC0LmCPOTH
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) April 16, 2024
Newsweek has contacted representatives of Biden via email for comment.
This week, it was revealed that Biden is narrowly beating Trump ahead of November's presidential election, according to a new poll.
The survey from Echelon Insights, which was cofounded by former Republican digital strategist Patrick Ruffini and pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, found that 49 percent of respondents would either definitely, probably or lean to voting for Biden, while 46 percent said they would opt for Trump.
The poll surveyed 1,020 likely voters and was conducted from April 12-14. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.9 percentage points.
A recent string of polls has suggested Biden has taken the lead. The latest poll is significant in that it is from a Republican pollster and still shows Biden in the box seat.
It also found that 49 percent of people said they would vote for a Democratic candidate in Congressional elections, while 46 percent said they would vote for a Republican candidate.
Thirty-eight percent of respondents to the poll said they considered themselves a Democrat, while 37 percent said they were a Republican, and 23 percent identified as independent.
In response to a request for comment, Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesperson, sent Newsweek links to two polls in which Trump is beating Biden. In one, the former president is leading the incumbent in five swing states, while another shows he is beating Biden nationally, with 47 percent of the vote to Biden's 46 percent.
Uncommon Knowledge
Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.
Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.
About the writer
Ryan Smith is a Newsweek Senior Pop Culture and Entertainment Reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on ... Read more
To read how Newsweek uses AI as a newsroom tool, Click here.
