There were at least 185 contributions made to political candidates and committees by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign employees, 94.1 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faye Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $11,000 |
| Michael B. Weissman | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Anna M. Marshall | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Faye Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,400 |
| Faye Jones | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $5,400 |
| Amy Ando | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $4,600 |
| Faye Jones | - | $4,000 | |
| Mary Kraft | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $3,910 |
| Anna Marshall | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $3,300 |
| John Meyers | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Normand Paquin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Normand Paquin | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Amy Laviers Minnick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Faye Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| Bruce Murray | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,633 |
| Faye Jones | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $2,300 |
| Normand Paquin | - | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Victor Ramirez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,830 |
| Ming Kuo | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| John Meyers | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| John Meyers | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| Faye Jones | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,631 |
| Yonatan Kahn | - | $1,500 | |
| James Quisenberry | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| John Wetzel | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $1,475 |
| Keith Campbell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,352 |
| John Hepp | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $1,300 |
| Bruce Murray | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,297 |
| Kathy L. Sweedler | - | $1,200 | |
| Momo Anderson | - | Republican Party | $1,175 |
| Igor Mineyev | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Nancy Mcelwain | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| William King | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ming Kuo | Bernard Sanders | Independent | $1,000 |
| John Wetzel | Jill Darlyne Schupp | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Faye Jones | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anna Marshall | Cindy Axne | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Alexander Bartik | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Mitchell Altschuler | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $900 |
| John Meyers | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $900 |
| John Meyers | - | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Mark Van Moer | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Amy Ando | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Joshua Bruce | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Faye Jones | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Faye Jones | - | $700 | |
| Whitney Kwok | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $644 |
| Faye Jones | Phillip Charles Ehr | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Allison A. O'Dwyer | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $575 |
| William Mischo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Julia Shelton | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Keith Campbell | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $545 |
| Wendy Tam K. Cho | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jonathan V. Sweedler | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jeffrey Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Faye Jones | - | $500 | |
| Faye Jones | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anna Marshall | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anna Marshall | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anna Marshall | Kara Eastman | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alexander Bartik | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alexander Bartik | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Victor Ramirez | Hiral Vyas Tipirneni | Democratic Party | $475 |
| Martin Burke | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $468 |
| Rebecca Smith | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $455 |
| Antony Crofts | - | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Jacob Laurel | - | Republican Party | $442 |
| Martin Burke | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $440 |
| Tatyana Deryugina | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $420 |
| Stuart Shapiro | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Mary Kraft | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Normand Paquin | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Damir Vucicevic | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $370 |
| Zachary Weiner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $351 |
| Yuliy Baryshnikov | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Anna Marshall | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $326 |
| Yuliy Baryshnikov | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Max Leal-Gomez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $321 |
| Teresa Ostler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Mary Kraft | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Victor Ramirez | - | $285 | |
| Mary Kraft | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $280 |
| Bill Trent | - | Democratic Party | $267 |
| Rini Mehta | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $263 |
| Heather Grossman | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $260 |
| Shanondora Billiot | Rush Darwish | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Season Barrett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rachel Switzky | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lexi Shurilla | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lexi Shurilla | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kathryn Huff | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan Van Sweedler | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan V. Sweedler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jim Hansen | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Harold G. Diamond | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Faye Jones | Phil Arballo | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Faye Jones | Tedra Lynne Cobb | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Faye Jones | Col. Morris D. Davis | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Faye Jones | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Faye Jones | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Erik Reale | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Cynthia Fisher | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anna Marshall | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Angela Kou | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alexander Bartik | Jon Hoadley | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alexander Bartik | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joshua Bruce | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $235 |
| Mary Kraft | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $203 |
| Yonatan Kahn | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Victor Ramirez | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Philip Godfrey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Matthew Tomei | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Mary Kraft | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Mary Kraft | - | $200 | |
| Bruce Murray | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Amy Ando | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kate Gardiner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $180 |
| William Montag | - | $176 | |
| Mary Kraft | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Carolyn Orson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Charles Gammie | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Kristin Romberg | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $158 |
| Yelena Grinkova | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Frederick K. Lamb | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Charles Gammie | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Mary Kraft | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $145 |
| Ann Reisner | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $132 |
| Guy Garnett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Jordan Samet | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Daniel Briley | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Carolyn Orson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Michael Leroy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $122 |
| Tyler Pathradecha | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Mary Kalantzis | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Garrett Mccomas | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Melanie Muller | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Eileen Westervelt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $110 |
| William Trent | - | Democratic Party | $104 |
| Whitney Kwok | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $103 |
| Tyler Pathradecha | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Mitchell Altschuler | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lucas Wagner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Wetzel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Lee | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Hans Henrich H. Hock | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Daniel Mosiman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Cynthia Buckley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Charles Sing | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Carol A. Lichtensteiger | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bruce Murray | Paula Jean Swearengin | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Alvaro Hernandez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Molly Briggs | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $98 |
| Juan Manuel Alzate | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $98 |
| Alejandro Gomez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $97 |
| Maryam Ghadiri | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $89 |
| Erik Ziehm | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Kevin Gomez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $81 |
| Eugena Lee-Olukoya | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Stephen Bullwinkel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $64 |
| Thomas Schrepfer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Keith Campbell | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Gail Tittle | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Alexey Voronin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $56 |
| Daniel Briley | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $52 |
| Victor Ramirez | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kerrith Livengood | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Eric Keeley | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Brian Fields | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Brian Fields | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Aaron D. Saxton | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Barbra Bleier | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $40 |
| William T. Trent | - | Democratic Party | $39 |
| Amy Heggemeyer | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Kate Lyons | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $33 |
| Melanie Muller | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Benjamin Holbrook | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Guy Garnett | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Juan Manuel Alzate | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $24 |
| Rebecca Smith | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $22 |
| Ming Kuo | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $21 |
| Emily Knox | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Heather Grossman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Grace Giorgio | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $13 |
| Juan Manuel Alzate | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $12 |
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