Pro-Issue 2 Top Individual Contributors
 
Name
Affiliation
Sector
Amount
1 George Soros Soros Fund Management
Finance
$110,000
2 Linda Pritzker Sustainable World Corp.
Ideological
$90,000
3 B. L. Schwartz Loral Corporation
Telecommunications
$75,000
4 Steven M. Lipson Lipson Trading Company
Finance
$50,000
5 Agnes Varis Agvar Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals
$20,000
  Susie Tompkins Buell Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation
Ideological
$20,000
  Haim Saban Saban Entertainment
TV Production
$20,000
6 S. Daniel Abraham Slimfast Foods
Food & Beverage
$15,000
7 Andrea Colombel Trace Foundation
Nonprofits
$10,000
8 Norman Hsu Because . . .
Fashion
$10,000
9 Theresa P. Pretlow Case Western Reserve University
Education
$6,000
10 Joseph S. Kanfer GoJo Industries
Toiletries & Cosmetics
$5,000
  Morton J. Weisberg MultiCare, Inc.
Health
$5,000
Top organizational contributors include both monetary and in-kind contribution. These totals include contributions from both employees and political action committees (PACs).


Anti-Issue 2 Top Individual Contributors
  Name Affiliation Sector Amount
1 David L. Brennan
Brennan Management
Education
$15,000
2 David Paul Fisher
University of Dayton
Education
$2,500
3 Bruce A. Parsley
Parsley Enterprises, Inc.
Vitamins & Nutrition
$1,200
4 Scott Womack
Womack Restaurant
Restaurants
$1,000
  Edward Lozick
Nerts, Inc.
Manufacturing
$1,000
  Sally A. Estvanik
Westfield Group
Insurance
$1,000
  Charles Young
Young’s Dairy
Restaurants/Agriculture
$1,000
5 John R. Imscher
Unknown
Unknown
$750
6 Kelli Glasser
Exhibit Concepts
Business Services
$500
7 Peter Cary Benjamin
Unknown
Unknown
$300
8 Gary E. Lucarelli
Restaurateur
Restaurants
$200


Pro-Issue 3 Top Individual Contributors
No Individual Contributors


Anti-Issue 3 Top Individual Contributors
  Name Affiliation Sector Amount
1 Carl H. Lindner American Financial Group
Insurance
$400,000
2 Leslie H. Wexner Limited Brands
Manufacturing
$25,000
3 Mary F. Cannon Enviro-Tech
Environmental Services
$3,000
4 J. Gilbert Reese Reese, Pyle, Drake & Meyer
Lawyers
$1,000
5 Cynthia R. Beutell Unknown
Unknown
$200
  Suzanne E. Neckers Retired
Retired
$200


Pro-Issue 4 Top Individual Contributors
No Individual Contributors


Pro-Issue 5 Top Contributors
  Name Affiliation Sector Amount
1 Edward Lozick Stren, Inc.
Unknown
$10,000
2 Rob Crane Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation
Health
$5,000
3 Frank Caetta Frank Caetta, Realtor
Real Estate
$1,000
  J. Gilbert Reese Reese, Pyle, Drake & Meyer
Lawyers
$1,000
  Ronald Fadell Kettering Radiologist Imaging Centers
Health
$1,000
4 Brien Dyer, M.D. Samaritan Crisis Care
Health
$550
5 Lori Fenton Homemaker
Homemaker
$500
  Adam Cristo Cristo Homes, Inc.
Construction
$500
  Susan Jagers American Cancer Society
Health
$500
6 Tracy Sabetta American Cancer Society
Health
$400
7 Lisa Fredericks Unknown
Unknown
$250
  William Mercer Wheeling/Ohio County Health Department
Civil Servants
$250
  Lee Palmer Lee Palmer, CPA
Finance
$250
  David Sangree U.S. Real Estate Consulants
Real Estate
$250
  Margaret Kearsey American Lung Association
Health
$250


Top Organizational Contributors to
Ohioans to Protect Personal Privacy/ Anti-Issue 2
  Contributor Type Amount
1 McDonald’s
Restaurants
$141,800
2 National Restaurants Association
Restaurants
$100,000
3 Timken Company
Manufacturing
$75,000
  Outback Steakhouse
Restaurants
$75,000
4 Duke Energy
Energy
$50,000
  Ohio Health Care Association
Healthcare
$50,000
  Ohio Hospital Association
Healthcare
$50,000
  Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Insurance
$50,000
5 CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Restaurants
$40,000
6 Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Insurance
$35,000
  National Federation of Independent Business
Business Association
$35,000
7 Apple American Group
Restaurants
$33,000
8 FirstEnergy
Energy
$25,000
  Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Business Association
$25,000
  Limited Brands
Manufacturing/ Retail
$25,000
  Buffalo Wild Wings
Restaurants
$25,000
  Meijer
Grocery Store
$25,000
  Cedar Point
Entertainment
$25,000
9 Frisch’s Restaurants
Restaurants
$20,000
  Ohio Trucking Association
Transportation
$20,000
  COSE Group Services, Inc.
Business Association
$20,000
  Marathon Petroleum Company
Oil & Gas
$20,000
  Kroger
Grocery Store
$20,000
10 GMRI, Inc.
Computers
$15,000
  Brennan Management
Management/ Charter Schools
$15,000
11 Applebee’s
Restaurants
$11,000
12 Brennan Industrial Group
Manufacturing
$10,000
  Worthington Industries
Manufacturing
$10,000
  Columbia Gas of Ohio
Energy
$10,000
  White Castle
Restaurants
$10,000
  CBC Companies
Finance
$10,000
13 Kentucky Fried Chicken
Restaurants
$5,000
  Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Association
Restaurants
$5,000
  Ohio Home Builders Association
Construction
$5,000
  AK Steel
Manufacturing
$5,000
  Central Ohio Restaurant Association
Restaurants
$5,000
  Con-Way Freight
Transportation
$5,000
  Verizon
Telecommunications
$5,000
  American Pan
Manufacturing
$5,000
  American Signature, Inc.
Retail
$5,000
  International Franchise Association
Restaurants
$5,000
Top organizational contributors include both monetary and in-kind contribution. These totals include contributions from both employees and political action committees (PACs).

Top Organizational Contributors to
Vote Yes on Issue 3/ Pro-Issue 3
  Contributor Type Amount
1 Ohio Legacy Fund
Pro-Gaming
$3,098,118
2 Jacobs Entertainment
Entertainment
$2,240,804
3 Forest City Entertainment
Developers
$2,122,285
4 MTR Gaming
Gaming
$2,030,000
5 Penn National
Gaming
$2,000,000
  Riversdowns Investment Company
Gaming
$2,000,000
  Heartland Jockey Club
Gaming
$2,000,000
6 Thistledown, Inc.
Gaming
$1,504,508
7 Delaware North Gaming & Entertainment
Gaming
$1,500,000
8 Northfield Park
Gaming
$501,500
9 International Gaming Technology, Inc.
Gaming
$250,000
10 Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers
Gaming
$100,000
11 Greater Cleveland Partnership
Business Association
$52,272
12 Lebanon Raceway
Gaming
$47,658
13 Jacobs Investments
Finance
$18,923
14 Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association
Gaming
$11,820
15 Jarvis Mechanical Constructors, Inc.
Construction
$3,000
16 Northfield Park
Gaming
$2,923
17 Meadow Lane Building
Construction
$1,875
Top organizational contributors include both monetary and in-kind contribution. These totals include contributions from both employees and political action committees (PACs).

Top Organizational Contributors to
Vote No to Gambling in Ohio and Vote No Casinos/ Anti-Issue 3
  Contributor Type Amount
1 American Financial Group
Insurance
$400,000
2 Wolfe Enterprises
Media/Publishing
$100,000
  Nork, Inc.
Unknown
$100,000
3 United Methodist Ohio Conferences
Clergy
$28,750
4 Limited Brands
Manufacturing/Retail
$25,000
5 Roundtable Freedom Forum
Ideological
$18,027
6 Cedar Point
Entertainment
$10,000
7 Ohioans for the Third Frontier (Taft Leadership PAC)
Ideological
$7,800
8 Buckeye PAC (Voinovich Leadership PAC)
Ideological
$5,000
9 Enviro-Tech
Environment
$3,000
10 Reese, Pyle, Drake & Meyer
Lawyers
$1,000
Top organizational contributors include both monetary and in-kind contribution. These totals include contributions from both employees and political action committees (PACs).

Top Pro-Issue 4 Contributors
(Smoke Less Ohio & The Smoking Ban Ballot Petition Committee)
Contributor Type Amount
1
Smoke Less Ohio, Inc.
Pro-Smoking/ Tobacco
$6,001,221
2
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Tobacco
$264,636
3
Ohio Restaurants Association
Restaurants
$2,000
Top organizational contributors include both monetary and in-kind contribution. These totals include contributions from both employees and political action committees.

Top Issue 5 Contributors (Smoke Free Ohio)
  Contributor Type Amount
1 American Cancer Society
Healthcare Policy
$1,559,706
2 American Heart Association
Healthcare Policy
$82,147
3 Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund
Healthcare Policy
$76,233
4 Ohio State Medical Association
Healthcare/Physicians
$20,000
5 Stren, Inc.
Manufacturing
$12,500
6 Nationwide Insurance
Insurance
$10,000
7 Assoc.  of Ohio Health Commissioners
Public Health
$5,094
8 Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation
Healthcare Policy
$5,000
9 St. Rita’s Medical Center
Healthcare/Hospital
$1,020
10 Holzer Medical Center
Healthcare/Hospital
$1,000
  Kettering Radiologist Imaging Centers
Healthcare
$1,000
  Reese, Pyle, Drake & Meyer
Lawyers
$1,000
  Frank Caetta, Realtor
Real Estate
$1,000
Top organizational contributors include both monetary and in-kind contribution. These totals include contributions from both employees and political action committees (PACs).