| Who gave charitable donations: a ranking of legislators |
During 2001, members of the General Assembly donated more than $168,000 from their campaign accounts to charitable organizations, single-interest groups and other community goodwill. Here is a ranking of legislators by how much they gave..
| Legislator |
Number
of charitable donations
|
Amount
|
| Norment Jr, Thomas K | 26 | $6,137 |
| Chichester, John H | 2 | $6,000 |
| Hall, Franklin P | 42 | $5,414 |
| Saslaw, Richard L | 2 | $5,150 |
| Trumbo, MW "Bo" | 28 | $4,900 |
| Callahan Jr, Vincent F | 28 | $4,845 |
| Jackson, Thomas M | 4 | $4,617 |
| Hawkins, Charles R | 35 | $4,601 |
| Stolle, Kenneth W | 6 | $4,092 |
| Spruill Sr, Lionell | 26 | $4,075 |
| Griffith, H Morgan | 25 | $3,918 |
| Williams, Martin E | 8 | $3,685 |
| Rerras, D Nick | 5 | $3,670 |
| Puller, Linda T | 9 | $3,580 |
| Armstrong, Ward L | 47 | $3,178 |
| Kilgore, Terry G | 23 | $3,106 |
| Christian, Mary T | 18 | $3,067 |
| Howell, Janet D | 1 | $3,000 |
| Drake, Thelma S | 34 | $2,889 |
| Watkins, John C | 10 | $2,814 |
| Wright, Tommy | 12 | $2,666 |
| Marsh, Henry L | 14 | $2,587 |
| Wampler, William C | 2 | $2,572 |
| Abbitt Jr, Watkins M | 38 | $2,525 |
| Ingram, Riley Edward | 26 | $2,382 |
| Robinson, William P | 13 | $2,110 |
| McDonnell, Robert F | 12 | $2,067 |
| Moran, Brian J | 9 | $2,034 |
| Miller, Kevin G | 1 | $2,000 |
| Shuler, James M | 20 | $1,850 |
| Plum, Kenneth R | 10 | $1,780 |
| Tate Jr, John H | 13 | $1,670 |
| Thomas, A Victor | 15 | $1,587 |
| Broman, George | 20 | $1,557 |
| Miller, Yvonne B | 7 | $1,382 |
| Mims, William C | 14 | $1,377 |
| Wilkins Jr, S Vance | 15 | $1,368 |
| Rust Jr, John H | 6 | $1,300 |
| Houck, R Edward | 2 | $1,250 |
| Morgan, Harvey B | 18 | $1,248 |
| Jones, Chris | 11 | $1,245 |
| Wagner, Frank W | 6 | $1,240 |
| Bryant Jr, L Preston | 10 | $1,240 |
| Stosch, Walter A | 9 | $1,203 |
| Stump, Jackie T | 8 | $1,202 |
| Puckett, Phillip | 3 | $1,200 |
| Hamilton, Phillip A | 3 | $1,175 |
| Devolites, Jeannemarie | 4 | $1,150 |
| Suit, Terrie | 12 | $1,137 |
| Rollison III, J A | 10 | $1,133 |
| Clement, Whitt W | 12 | $1,105 |
| Melvin, Kenneth R | 11 | $1,095 |
| Phillips, Clarence E | 9 | $1,075 |
| Van Yahres, Mitchell | 13 | $1,075 |
| Colgan, Charles J | 3 | $1,069 |
| Cox, M Kirkland | 13 | $1,052 |
| Dickinson, V Earl | 2 | $1,052 |
| Bolvin, Thomas M | 7 | $1,035 |
| Purkey, Harry R | 11 | $935 |
| Moss, Thomas W | 5 | $931 |
| Joannou, Johnny S | 15 | $916 |
| O'Bannon, John | 8 | $886 |
| Dudley, Allen W | 15 | $879 |
| Welch III, John J | 5 | $840 |
| Bennett, WW "Ted" | 12 | $836 |
| Louderback, Allen L | 5 | $823 |
| Putney, Lacey E | 11 | $788 |
| Nixon, Samuel A | 3 | $765 |
| Cranwell, C Richard | 9 | $762 |
| Byron, Kathy J | 6 | $733 |
| Lambert, Benjamin J | 5 | $717 |
| Potts Jr, H Russell | 6 | $674 |
| Bolling, William T | 11 | $668 |
| Martin, Stephen H | 7 | $668 |
| Ware, Lee | 7 | $664 |
| Scott, James M | 4 | $660 |
| Weatherholtz, Glenn M | 6 | $625 |
| Maxwell, W Henry | 7 | $600 |
| Keister, Benny | 2 | $600 |
| Quayle, Frederick M | 5 | $576 |
| Crittenden, Flora D | 6 | $570 |
| Woodrum, Clifton A | 6 | $567 |
| Johnson Jr, Joseph P | 6 | $555 |
| Larrabee, Phil | 4 | $510 |
| Ticer, Patricia S | 1 | $500 |
| O'Brien, James K | 2 | $481 |
| Deeds, R Creigh | 9 | $478 |
| Amundson, Kristen | 5 | $470 |
| Reid, John S | 1 | $450 |
| Blevins, Harry | 4 | $450 |
| Rapp, Melanie | 8 | $445 |
| Hull, Robert D | 5 | $433 |
| Wardrup, Leo C | 6 | $425 |
| McEachin, A Donald | 5 | $420 |
| Sherwood, Beverly J | 5 | $408 |
| Almand, James F | 7 | $399 |
| Baskerville, Viola O | 2 | $350 |
| Forbes, J Randy | 3 | $300 |
| Williams, Donald L | 2 | $300 |
| Tata, Robert | 2 | $253 |
| Black, Richard | 5 | $251 |
| May, Joe T | 1 | $250 |
| Jones, Jerrauld C | 5 | $240 |
| Reynolds, W Roscoe | 1 | $200 |
| Hargrove Sr, Frank D | 1 | $200 |
| Hanger, Emmett W | 3 | $195 |
| Parrish, Harry J | 2 | $165 |
| Brink, Robert H | 1 | $130 |
| Watts, Vivian E | 2 | $115 |
| Pollard Jr, Albert | 4 | $115 |
| Edwards, John S | 4 | $106 |
| McQuigg, Michele | 3 | $100 |
| Marshall, Robert G | 1 | $100 |
| Day, Barnie | 1 | $100 |
| Landes, R Steven | 1 | $85 |
| Newman, Stephen D | 1 | $75 |
| Van Landingham, Marian A | 1 | $50 |
| Jones, Dwight C | 1 | $50 |
| Barlow, William K | 1 | $40 |
| Ruff, Frank | 1 | $25 |
| Total | 1086 | $168,435 |
Source: VCU students' analysis of data from the Virginia Public Access Project
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