Jeb Bush discloses donors to his education nonprofit

Jeb Bush

A nonprofit education group founded by Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush disclosed a full list of its donors Wednesday, a day after Bush released more than three decades of tax returns.

The hundreds of donations,

The former Florida governor created the Foundation for Excellence in Education after he left office and it served as a platform for him to push education reforms. Those include his advocacy for school choice and his support of the Common Core, a set of academic guidelines adopted by more than 40 states.

Donors range from the foundations tied to billionaires, such as Republican hedge-funder Paul Singer, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and philanthropist Eli Broad, to companies with a financial stake in education debates, such as Learning.com and testing and textbook giants McGraw-Hill and Pearson.

The amounts donated were reported in broad ranges only.

Bush, who stepped down as the foundation’s chairman late last year, said this week that the group collected $46 million over its eight-year existence “to advance proven reform policies at the state level to give more children the opportunity to rise up and achieve success in school and life.”

The Associated Press first reported the release of the donor list.