There were at least 142 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Columbia University employees, 85.9 percent of which have gone to Democratic Party causes and candidates.
According to the Federal Elections Commission, donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. In a study by opensecrets.org, they found the state with the highest percentage of contributions going to Democrats was Vermont with over 86-percent of the money going to Democratic candidates and committees. The most Republican-leaning state was Mississippi with over 71-percent of the money going to Republican candidates and committees.
Other donations by employees of Columbia University
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Schoenberg | - | Democratic Party | $35,000 |
| Kevin Shi | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $9,894 |
| Robert Goodman | - | $9,285 | |
| Eric Schoenberg | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Anna Kelly | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,500 |
| Eric Schoenberg | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $5,250 |
| Jennifer L. Patricio | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $5,200 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $4,083 |
| Peter Kann | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $3,500 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $3,200 |
| Sara Menegus | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Eric Schoenberg | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Bob Goodman | Josh Gottheimer | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Anne Armstrong-Coben | Al Gross | Independent | $2,800 |
| Aimee M. Layton | Roger Dean R.D. Huffstetler | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Dimitris Anastassiou | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,600 |
| Eric Schoenberg | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Robert Goodman | Josh Gottheimer | Democratic Party | $2,065 |
| Martin Frankel | Zinovia Spezakis | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Eric Schoenberg | - | $2,000 | |
| Eric Schoenberg | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Eric J. Schoenberg | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Dana March | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $1,268 |
| Kevin Dougherty | - | Democratic Party | $1,075 |
| Danna Drori | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Zhuo | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Robert Farrauto | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Richard Betts | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Magda Schaler-Haynes | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ericka Peterson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Eric Schoenberg | - | $1,000 | |
| Eric Schoenberg | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Eric Schoenberg | Amy Kennedy | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Eric Schoenberg | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Eileen Mcginnis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Park | Andy Kim | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Brendan Oflaherty | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Brendan O'Flaherty | Amy Kennedy | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Brendan O'Flaherty | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jennifer Williamson | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Henning Schulzrinne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Danna Drori | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Laila Maher | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $827 |
| Rafael A. Lantigua | Adriano Espaillat | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Danna Drori | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Sharon Wardlaw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Joshua R. Sonnett | - | $750 | |
| Kenneth Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Danielle Mcbrian | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Richard Nephew | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $551 |
| Charles Lightdale | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $515 |
| Tricia Brentjens | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Tricia Brentjens | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Rafael Lantigua | Anibal Acevedo Vil | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Mauel | Christopher Zannetos | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John Kender | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jeffrey Baird | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Claudia Chiriboga | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Brendan Oflaherty | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anthony Ferrante | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Richard Nephew | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $438 |
| Michael Hoyt | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $418 |
| Richard Nephew | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $405 |
| Sara Menegus | Michael F. Bennet | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Jeanne Fox | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $400 |
| David Rogers | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Danna Drori | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Alexandra Ketcham | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $400 |
| David Rogers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| David Kimhy | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $355 |
| Jennifer Laird | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Sameera Husain | - | $300 | |
| Robert Farrauto | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Richard Schlussel | Elaine Luria | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Jeff Baird | - | $300 | |
| Zhiguo Zhang | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $270 |
| Tito Fojo | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Tal Nuriel | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sameera Husain | - | $250 | |
| Robert J. Farrauto | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Richard Baer | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Richard Baer | Burgess Owens | Republican Party | $250 |
| Renotta Young | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Moneek Madra | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Leora Brovman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kim M. Hekimian | Robert Menendez | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kenneth Prager | - | $250 | |
| Gunnar Hasselgren | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Erica Avrami | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Eric Schoenberg | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Edward Bentlyewski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Derek Rudge | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Danna Drori | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Danna Drori | Al Gross | Independent | $250 |
| Conrad Blum | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Aaron Kyle | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Tricia Brentjens | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Miguel Felix | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Kevin Dougherty | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kevin Dougherty | - | $200 | |
| Kenneth C. Smith | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Arthur P. Hays | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Yukino Nakashima | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $188 |
| Amy Johnson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $167 |
| Lisa Robinson | - | Republican Party | $149 |
| Christopher Langfield | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $145 |
| Y. Nakashima | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $137 |
| Rachel Gruver | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $126 |
| Amy Bechelli | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $118 |
| Richard Nephew | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Jason Bordoff | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Jennifer Laird | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $107 |
| Tricia Brentjens | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Taro Takahashi | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sandra Harris | Adriano Espaillat | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Katherine Glenn Bass | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Laird | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Laird | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Laird | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Gray Tuttle | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Chuanjuan Tao | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Andrew Nathan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Andrew J. Nathan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Shazia Mitha | - | Republican Party | $89 |
| Yuriy Shymkiv | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $81 |
| Eugene Larsen-Hallock | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Woods Wiser | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kevin Dougherty | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Richard Nephew | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Anita Gundanna | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Erica Lockhart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Shahid Ahmed | - | $15 | |
| Kevin Shi | Robbie Goldstein | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Jody Drafta | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $5 |
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