There were at least 226 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Northwestern Medicine employees, 69.5 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 Northwestern Medicine
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranya Sweis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $7,200 |
| Traci Kurtzer | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $5,640 |
| Doreen Jantzmakofski | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $4,500 |
| William Stinson | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $4,000 |
| Dalila Fridi | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Mary C. Whorlow | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $3,822 |
| Ranya Sweis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $3,600 |
| Sarah Conley Miyata | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Robert Breit | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Doreen Jantzmakofski | - | Republican Party | $2,459 |
| Jerome Kolavo | - | Republican Party | $2,350 |
| Erin Schutte | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,100 |
| Ranya Sweis Faasse | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Mona Gandhi | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Avi Mazumdar | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Stephen Heim | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $1,910 |
| Heidi Rahn | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,870 |
| Traci Kurtzer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,867 |
| Elias Hohlastos | - | Republican Party | $1,581 |
| Mary Whorlow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,503 |
| Lisa Blanchard | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Alpa Chandarana | - | Republican Party | $1,455 |
| Elias Hohlastos | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $1,400 |
| Elizabeth Talarico | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,328 |
| Robert Eisner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,280 |
| Kathleen M. Mclaughlin | - | $1,248 | |
| Stephen E. Heim | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $1,201 |
| Donna Metz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,175 |
| Jerome Kolavo | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $1,100 |
| Erin Schutte | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Alison Lewan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,053 |
| Denise Smith | - | Republican Party | $1,044 |
| Elias Hohlastos | - | $1,020 | |
| Viren Patel | Mohammad Dar | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Stephen Hrim | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Stephen Hrim | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Shannon Parker Havenhill | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Scott Resnick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Saadia Sherwani | - | $1,000 | |
| Ranya Sweis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Mary Mikhailov | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Jerome L. Kolavo | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Jerome Kolavo | - | $1,000 | |
| Jennifer Bierman | - | $1,000 | |
| Edward Ted Yaghmour | - | $1,000 | |
| Dalila Fridi | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Catherine Stika | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anthony Vaccaro | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Albert Lin | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Alan Amberg | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Kenneth Moresco | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $988 |
| Daniel Olson | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $966 |
| Christine Amstadt | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Nancy L. Napp | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Ryan Earhart | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $880 |
| Jeff Albers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Jennifer Johnston | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $831 |
| Lorrie Elliott | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Rebecca Exiner | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $785 |
| Lindsey Gradone | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $764 |
| Stephen Heim | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Raja Mutharasan | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Kevin Lenkart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Elias Hohlastos | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $750 |
| Benjamin Singer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Donna Metz | - | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Heather Angell | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $618 |
| Kathryn Causley | - | $605 | |
| Neha Parikh | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Rebecca Exiner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $599 |
| Annie Cuellar | - | Republican Party | $560 |
| Lynn B. Singer | - | $555 | |
| Eva Olson | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $544 |
| Benjamin Tennant | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $501 |
| Sean Boyer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Samir Patel | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Reynold Matz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Raj B. Uppal | Gordon J. Kinzler | Republican Party | $500 |
| Nathan Kakish | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Murad Omery | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Lorrie Elliott | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kannan Mutharasan | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Justin Fiala | Lauren Baer | Democratic Party | $500 |
| George Chiampas | Robert Menendez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Feyce Peralta | - | $500 | |
| Erin Schutte | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Emma Oanes | - | $500 | |
| David Licas-Kamm | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Christine Salvator | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anuradha Athanikar | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Amber Watters | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patricia Casey | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $495 |
| Janet Peterson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $483 |
| Nancy L. Napp | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Laura Wernke | - | Republican Party | $450 |
| Shirley Hanson | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $438 |
| Omer Sultan | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $410 |
| James Lava | - | Democratic Party | $405 |
| Lorrie Elliott | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Lorrie Elliott | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Kenneth Moresco | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Kenneth Maskell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Heidi Rahn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| David Watt | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $400 |
| Alpa Chandarana | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $400 |
| Catherine Angle | - | Republican Party | $392 |
| Inne Flaherty | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $384 |
| Barbara Bromstrup | - | Republican Party | $375 |
| Ben Bernstein | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $361 |
| Traci Kurtzer | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Inne K. Flaherty | - | $332 | |
| Julane Clarke | Robin L. Kelly | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Tracy Sorce | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Traci Kurtzer | - | $300 | |
| Elizabeth Sams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Elizabeth Sams | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Amy Willetts | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Cherri Saltijeral | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $295 |
| Benjamin C. Tennant | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $295 |
| Sara Fredrickson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $290 |
| Catherine Angle | - | Republican Party | $284 |
| Kathleen M. Mclaughlin | - | $275 | |
| Catherine Angle | - | Republican Party | $267 |
| Sean Grimm | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $265 |
| Weronika Horembala | Bryant Cameron Webb | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sarah Miyata | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sara Matson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sara Matson | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Eisner | - | $250 | |
| Robert Breit | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michelle Buck | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mark Modesto | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $250 |
| Magdy Milad | - | $250 | |
| Lenard Labelle | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Lenard Labelle | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kali Arduini | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jing Liang | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jesse Taber | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jesse Taber | - | $250 | |
| Jesse Taber | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jerome Kolavo | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $250 |
| Habib Shaikh | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Eric Russell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elias S. Hohlastos | Gordon J. Kinzler | Republican Party | $250 |
| Delilah Bastone | - | $250 | |
| Dalila Fridi | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bernice Man | - | $250 | |
| Bernadette Szczepanski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Audrey Tatar | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anna Strohl | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Angela Chaudhari | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alpa Chandarana | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Peter Ronson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $240 |
| Melanie Sharratt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $232 |
| Elizabeth Sams | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Alan Amberg | - | $225 | |
| Heidi Rahn | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $216 |
| Timothy Janetos | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $215 |
| Kathleen M. Mclaughlin | - | $208 | |
| Shakira Sanchez-Collins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $205 |
| Valentin Stosor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Gary Dillehay | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Cynthia Barnard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Ryan Lichtenstein | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $177 |
| Melanie Sharratt | - | $175 | |
| Albert Lin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Brady Luby | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $170 |
| Catherine Angle | - | Republican Party | $159 |
| Barbara Guido | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $154 |
| Brad Falco | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $133 |
| Cheryl Hayden | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Carlyn Kimmel | - | Republican Party | $125 |
| Elizabeth Pompe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Aggie St Leger | - | Republican Party | $107 |
| Valerie E. Lewandowski | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Suzanne Royer | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Susan Klock | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sajit Bux | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Rebecca Exiner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Prince Cindy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nancy Napp | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lee Shulman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kathryn Causley | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| James Schnabel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Hadassah Rosen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Debra Brunetti | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Cynthia Laughlin | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Rebecca Exiner | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $99 |
| Peter Ronson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $98 |
| Patrick Lank | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Kate Strejcek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Selene Guzman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $87 |
| Heather Angell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $86 |
| Charles Philpott | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $86 |
| Micheal Macken | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Keeley Hoffman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Christy Griskey | - | Republican Party | $67 |
| Benjamin Tennant | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $61 |
| Lindsey Gradone | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Julane L. Clarke | - | $60 | |
| Deanna Satin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $56 |
| Kim Grady | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $55 |
| Sandeep Samant | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Ron Albertson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gordon Nuber | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| David Hensley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Bethany Monahan | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Traci Kurtzer | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Kathryn M. Causley | - | Republican Party | $45 |
| Kathryn Causley | - | Republican Party | $45 |
| Annie E. Kinney | - | Republican Party | $45 |
| Marilyn Pearson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $44 |
| Tom Flynn | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Judy Mckee | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Raul Reynoso | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $37 |
| Diana Courtright | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $37 |
| Daniel Biggs | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Campsie Grothendieck | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Ronald Daszkiewicz | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $25 |
| Jennifer Lizzadro | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Catherine Angle | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $22 |
| Andy Eichler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Ryan Earhart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Charles Philpott | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Judy Mckee | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $10 |
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