--- title: Steven Mnuchin: Donald Trump's New Campaign Finance Guru description: Donald Trump's new campaign finance chairman previously donated to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Kerry and Al Gore. canonical: https://time.com/4319821/steven-mnuchin-donald-trump-campaign-donations-finance/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-05T17:05:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T19:31:47.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Meet the Clinton Donor Now Running Trump's Fundraising og:description: He also gave to Barack Obama, John Kerry and Al Gore. og:url: https://time.com/4319821/steven-mnuchin-donald-trump-campaign-donations-finance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f84cacf01f510f4/69889209cd1bba33e270094a/steven-mnuchin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Heather Mnuchin and Steven Mnuchin speak onstage City Harvest: An Event Of Practical Magic on April 24, 2014 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet the Clinton Donor Now Running Trump's Fundraising twitter:description: He also gave to Barack Obama, John Kerry and Al Gore. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f84cacf01f510f4/69889209cd1bba33e270094a/steven-mnuchin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet the Hillary Clinton Donor Now Running Donald Trump's Fundraising ## Video: Indiana Primary Results [Watch (HLS stream): Indiana Primary Results](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/A76oTSPf.m3u8) (1:06)  _Published 2016-05-04. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders had big nights in Indiana._ by [Center for Public Integrity / Carrie Levine, Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal and Cady Zuvich](https://time.com/author/center-for-public-integrity/) ## Center for Public Integrity / Carrie Levine, Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal and Cady Zuvich Updated: Dec 14, 2023 7:31 PM UTCPublished: May 5, 2016 5:05 PM UTC  Heather Mnuchin and Steven Mnuchin speak onstage City Harvest: An Event Of Practical Magic on April 24, 2014 in New York City. Heather Mnuchin and Steven Mnuchin speak onstage City Harvest: An Event Of Practical Magic on April 24, 2014 in New York City.Andrew H. Walker—Getty Images for City Harvest by [Center for Public Integrity / Carrie Levine, Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal and Cady Zuvich](https://time.com/author/center-for-public-integrity/) ## Center for Public Integrity / Carrie Levine, Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal and Cady Zuvich Updated: Dec 14, 2023 7:31 PM UTCPublished: May 5, 2016 5:05 PM UTC Like Donald Trump himself, the Trump campaign’s new national finance chairman has a long history of contributing to Democrats—including Hillary Clinton. Private investor Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s new campaign fundraising guru, has contributed more than $120,000 to a mix of Democrats, Republicans and bipartisan political groups since 1995, a [Center for Public Integrity](http://www.publicintegrity.org) analysis of Federal Election Commission and [Center for Responsive Politics](http://www.opensecrets.org/) data indicates. Over the years, more than half of Mnuchin’s federal-level political contributions have benefited Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Clinton, Trump’s all-but-certain general election rival. About one-third of Mnuchin’s giving has benefited Republicans. The rest has gone to nonpartisan political action committees such as the PAC of Goldman Sachs, where Mnuchin worked for 17 years. Each election cycle, Mnuchin — also a bankroller of blockbuster movies such as “American Sniper,” “Gravity” and “Avatar” — has frequently donated to the campaigns of presidential contenders. During the 2000 presidential election, Mnuchin donated to Democrats Al Gore and Bill Bradley and Republican Steve Forbes. During the 2004 presidential race, he donated to two Democratic candidates: John Kerry and John Edwards. And ahead of the 2008 presidential election, Mnuchin donated not only to Obama, Clinton and Edwards, but also to Democrats Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson. Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney also received contributions from Mnuchin. During the 2012 presidential race, Mnuchin donated to both Romney and fellow Republican Tim Pawlenty. Mnuchin’s contributions to Democrats extend to the current cycle. For instance, he [donated](http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/senate/sforms/C00571919/1372/sa/11AI/6) $2,000 in February to the U.S. Senate campaign of California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a Democrat. Last year, Harris [described Trump](http://blog.sfgate.com/politics/2015/07/10/kamala-harris-speaks-out-on-steinle-sanctuary-sheriff-and-trump/), who had personally contributed money [in 2013](http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2016/may/03/ted-cruz/yep-donald-trump-gave-12k-jerry-brown-gavin-newsom/) to Harris’ political committee, as “someone who clearly cannot be a leader.” Mnuchin and the Trump campaign could not immediately be reached for comment on Mnuchin’s political contributions. Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs partner, is the chairman and chief executive officer of private investment company Dune Capital LP. Mnuchin also has professional ties to George Soros, the billionaire financier who’s contributed tens of millions of dollars to Democratic political causes over the years, including $7 million this election cycle to Priorities USA Action, a pro-Clinton super PAC. From 2003 to 2004, Mnuchin worked as chief executive of SFM Capital Management, which the _Wall Street Journal_ reports is backed by Soros. He also worked for Soros Fund Management LLC, according to Bloomberg. _(The Center for Public Integrity receives funding from the_ _Open Society Foundations_ _, which Soros funds. A complete list of Center for Public Integrity funders is_ _found here_ _.)_ Trump himself has been [forced to defend](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/donald-trump-donations-democrats-hillary-clinton-119071) his past campaign contributions to Democrats this cycle, arguing that there are few alternatives to Democrats in New York. “Am I going to contribute to a Republican for my whole life when they get, they run against some Democrat?” he said. “And the most they can get is one percent of the vote.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4319821/steven-mnuchin-donald-trump-campaign-donations-finance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4319821/steven-mnuchin-donald-trump-campaign-donations-finance/"},"headline":"Meet the Hillary Clinton Donor Now Running Donald Trump's Fundraising","datePublished":"2016-05-05T17:05:50.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T19:31:47.000Z","description":"He also donated to Barack Obama, John Kerry and Al Gore","url":"https://time.com/4319821/steven-mnuchin-donald-trump-campaign-donations-finance/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Hillary Clinton","Campaign Finance","2016 elections"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f84cacf01f510f4/69889209cd1bba33e270094a/steven-mnuchin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Center for Public Integrity / Carrie Levine, Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal and Cady Zuvich"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f84cacf01f510f4/69889209cd1bba33e270094a/steven-mnuchin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Heather Mnuchin and Steven Mnuchin speak onstage City Harvest: An Event Of Practical Magic on April 24, 2014 in New York City.","caption":"Heather Mnuchin and Steven Mnuchin speak onstage City Harvest: An Event Of Practical Magic on April 24, 2014 in New York City.","creditText":"Andrew H. 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