Matching key campaign backers with first-class embassies is nothing new, and the practice has continued under the Obama administration. After overseeing the process of matching donors with embassies, David Jacobson—a Chicago lawyer (Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal) and Obama fundraiser (deputy to the national finance chair, Penny Pritzker)—matched himself with his own prize: U.S. ambassador to Canada. Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit that tracks money in U.S. politics, calls the American political tradition of giving diplomatic posts to big contributors “a donor rewards program.” Here’s a sample of bundlers for Obama who are now ambassadors posted abroad.

CHARLES RIVKIN
Los Angelino by way of Chicago, producer of children’s television (Muppets, Yo Gabba Gabba!), more than $800,000:
France

FAY HARTOG LEVIN
Chicago attorney, consultant, and wife of The Habitat Company chairman and East Bank Club developer Daniel Levin, $73,850 to Obama and other Democrats in 2008:
The Netherlands

PHILIP D. MURPHY
Former Goldman Sachs executive, former DNC national finance chair, and contributor of nearly $1.5 million to Democrats at the national level:
Germany

HOWARD W. GUTMAN
Partner in the influential D.C. law firm Williams & Connolly, $500,000:
Belgium

BARRY WHITE
A Boston lawyer, more than $200,000:
Norway

ALAN SOLOMONT
A Boston businessman, $800,000:
Spain

DONALD S. BEYER JR.
A Virginia Volvo dealer and the state’s former lieutenant governor, $500,000:
Switzerland

JOHN V. ROOS
A Silicon Valley tech lawyer, $500,000:
Japan

LAURIE S. FULTON
A Williams & Connolly Washington, D.C., partner, between $100,000 and $200,000:
Denmark

BRUCE J. ORECK
The Boulder, Colorado, lawyer and Oreck vacuum cleaner heir, $500,000:
Finland

Photography: U.S. Department of State