CME GROUP INC. PAC
PAC — Qualified
CHICAGO, IL · FEC ID: C00076299 · Treasurer: GEPSMAN, MARTY MR.
Total Receipts
$750,244
Total Disbursements
$923,616
Cash on Hand
$1,188,449
Connected Org
None
$3,028,369 in itemized individual contributions is the join between the CME grouping and CME GROUP INC. PAC (C00076299). That cell covers 25,923 contributions. The grouping totals $10,607,839; this committee is 28.5% of that labeled book. It is not a claim that CME wrote the checks from a treasury, and it is not independent-expenditure spending.
Key figures
- CME Group Inc. PAC received $3,028,369 from CME-coded individual contributions across 25,923 itemized gifts.
- The CME grouping totals $10,607,839, so this committee accounts for about 28.5% of that labeled money.
- 25,923 lines average about $117 each; that mean is arithmetic on the packet, not a typical small gift.
- CME is FEC stored text, not a certified NAICS sector or unique-donor census.
- Figures are FEC itemized individual contributions, not independent expenditures or USAspending awards.
25,923 itemized gifts totaling $3,028,369 into CME Group Inc. PAC
CME is the grouped employer or occupation key. CME GROUP INC. PAC is committee C00076299. This page is the overlap: itemized individual gifts whose field grouped to CME and whose recipient is that committee. The $3,028,369 figure is the intersection.
25,923 contributions averaging about $117 ($3,028,369 ÷ 25,923) describe a high-volume itemized book (typical of many small repeat receipts) with a $117 mean. The packet does not name the 25,923 filers or say whether they are one household repeating. A line count is a filing pattern, not a unique-donor census.
The join exists so the industry hub ($10,607,839) and the committee hub are not treated as the same list. C00076299 is the FEC committee ID on this URL. Independent expenditures stay outside $3,028,369.
CME as stored FEC employer text
CME is filer-entered text. a short exchange-operator employer string, not a NAICS commodities-exchange census. CME GROUP, CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, and CME GROUP INC can sit on other keys. This page does not recode a corporate family or a NAICS sector into $10,607,839.
Occupation strings without this employer key sit on occupation hubs. This URL is CME × CME Group Inc. PAC, an industry-to-committee join, not an industry-to-cycle cell. Open the CME industry hub for the $10,607,839 employer total and other committees.
Full analysis: CME contributions received by CME Group Inc. PAC →
Questions
- How much did CME donors give CME Group Inc. PAC?
- FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions show $3,028,369 coded to the CME grouping and received by CME GROUP INC. PAC (C00076299). That join covers 25,923 contributions. The broader grouping across all committees is $10,607,839. These figures are not independent expenditures.
- Is CME the same key as CME Group Inc.?
- Not automatically. The packet stores CME as the grouped text. Longer legal names can sit on other industry keys. This page reports only the CME × C00076299 overlap. Cite FEC.gov for $3,028,369 to CME GROUP INC. PAC (C00076299) from the CME grouping, across 25,923 itemized contributions.
- What share of CME FEC money went to this committee?
- About 28.5% of the $10,607,839 CME total is in this join: $3,028,369 to CME Group Inc. PAC. About $7,579,470 went to other committees. That percentage describes overlap of two FEC groupings, not a finding that the labeled entity directed the gifts.
- Why does the packet list 25,923 contributions?
- The packet lists 25,923 itemized contribution lines totaling $3,028,369, about $117 per line. That is a receipt count, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are not in this join. Use the C00076299 hub for other receipt types.
FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Not independent expenditures.
Committee ties
Cycle History
| Cycle | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on Hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1982 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1986 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1990 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1992 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1994 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2002 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2004 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2006 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2008 | $1,355,458 | $717,071 | $946,640 |
| 2010 | $1,436,594 | $1,288,760 | $1,094,474 |
| 2012 | $1,440,477 | $1,367,500 | $1,167,451 |
| 2014 | $1,387,888 | $1,356,500 | $1,198,839 |
| 2016 | $1,192,229 | $1,096,000 | $1,295,069 |
| 2018 | $1,162,459 | $1,209,800 | $1,247,728 |
| 2020 | $1,095,250 | $1,015,254 | $1,327,724 |
| 2022 | $987,146 | $874,070 | $1,440,800 |
| 2026 | $750,244 | $923,616 | $1,188,449 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Location | Employer | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MELAMED, LEO | $137,500 | 117 | CHICAGO, IL | — | 1980–2014 |
| 2 | Hobert, William W. | $100,000 | 23 | Chicago, IL | CME-30 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago IL/Com | 2002–2014 |
| 3 | Dodek, Alvin B. | $100,000 | 20 | Glenview, IL | CME-30 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago IL/Com | 2002–2014 |
| 4 | SHEPARD, WILLIAM R | $98,000 | 27 | CHICAGO, IL | SELF-EMPLOYED | 1980–2014 |
| 5 | WESCOTT, DAVID J | $93,500 | 41 | HANOVER PARK, IL | CME | 1986–2014 |
| 6 | SIEGEL, HOWARD J | $89,500 | 29 | CHICAGO, IL | SIEGEL TRADING CO | 1982–2014 |
| 7 | HARRIS, YRA G | $88,500 | 43 | CHICAGO, IL | CME | 1982–2014 |
| 8 | SCHWARTZ, LINDA | $85,000 | 60 | PERU, IN | FORD, CHRYSLER, PLYMOUTH DEALERSHIP | 1990–2014 |
| 9 | MULCHRONE, PATRICK J | $78,000 | 57 | CHICAGO, IL | CME | 1982–2014 |
| 10 | ROTTMAN, ALAN G | $77,500 | 17 | CHICAGO, IL | CME | 1992–2012 |
| 11 | KOMETER, KEVIN | $75,000 | 12 | PALATINE, IL | CME 20 S. WACKER DR. CHICAGO | 2006–2014 |
| 12 | CONROY, MARTIN T | $75,000 | 12 | FLOSSMOOR, IL | INDEPENDENT TRADER | 1980–2014 |
| 13 | MASON, MICHAEL A | $70,750 | 42 | CHICAGO, IL | CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE | 1980–2014 |
| 14 | LICHSTEIN, MIRIAM S. | $70,000 | 6 | CHICAGO, IL | SELF-EMPLOYED | 2010–2014 |
| 15 | LICHSTEIN, BENJAMIN C. | $70,000 | 6 | CHICAGO, IL | CME, 20 S. WACKER DR., CHICAGO | 2010–2014 |
| 16 | NEWHOUSE, JOHN D | $69,500 | 23 | LAKE FOREST, IL | CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE | 1980–2014 |
| 17 | Taylor, Kimberly S. | $68,000 | 20 | LaGrange, IL | CME 30 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago IL/Man | 2002–2014 |
| 18 | HOLZRICHTER, JULIE | $67,402 | 17 | CHICAGO, IL | CME GROUP | 2008–2014 |
| 19 | JOHNSON, BRUCE F | $66,000 | 25 | SAN MARINO, CA | BROADCAST CO | 1980–2014 |
| 20 | Gill, Phupinder S. | $66,000 | 23 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Mercantile & Exchange/Trade | 2002–2014 |
| 21 | HOBERT, JULIE C | $65,000 | 14 | CHICAGO, IL | — | 2004–2014 |
| 22 | GEPSMAN, MARTIN J | $64,150 | 24 | CHICAGO, IL | CME | 1990–2014 |
| 23 | GISCH, ELIZABETH C. | $63,000 | 5 | CHICAGO, IL | CME, 20 S. WACKER DR., CHICAGO | 2010–2014 |
| 24 | TOBIN, JACK J. | $60,250 | 5 | GLEN ELLYN, IL | CME, 20 S. WACKER DR., CHICAGO | 2008–2014 |
| 25 | SANDNER, JOHN F | $58,500 | 31 | LAKE FOREST, IL | R B & H INC | 1980–2014 |
| 26 | MONIESON, DOUGLAS M | $56,000 | 11 | CHICAGO, IL | CME | 1998–2014 |
| 27 | HALSTON, JOHN C | $55,500 | 11 | CHICAGO, IL | MARKET MAKER | 1996–2014 |
| 28 | VIOLA, VINCENT JAMES | $55,000 | 6 | NEW YORK, NY | 1 NORTH END AVE., #1101, NY | 2010–2014 |
| 29 | MCNAMARA, JOHN L | $55,000 | 10 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 2004–2014 |
| 30 | DISOMMA, WILLIAM J. | $55,000 | 6 | OAK PARK, IL | JUMP TRADING, CHICAGO | 2010–2014 |
| 31 | COMBS III, EARLE M. | $55,000 | 3 | BARRINGTON, IL | RETIRED | 2012–2014 |
| 32 | Callahan, Jon M. | $55,000 | 13 | Chicago, IL | CME-30 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago IL/Com | 2002–2012 |
| 33 | GREENBERG, STEVEN A | $53,000 | 35 | NEW YORK, NY | ANAMETRICS INC | 1980–2014 |
| 34 | WINKLER, JULIE MARIE | $52,000 | 6 | NAPERVILLE, IL | CME, 20 S. WACKER, CHICAGO | 2010–2014 |
| 35 | OLIFF, JAMES E | $51,650 | 28 | LINCOLNWOOD, IL | LIND-WALDOCK & CO | 1980–2012 |
| 36 | MALCOLM, KIRK F | $51,000 | 6 | DEERFIELD, IL | MADUFF & SONS, INC | 1980–2014 |
| 37 | PIETROWICZ, JOHN WILLIAM | $50,000 | 5 | WILMETTE, IL | CME, 20 S. WACKER DR., CHICAGO | 2010–2014 |
| 38 | NEWHOUSE JR., JOHN D. | $50,000 | 5 | CHICAGO, IL | CME 20 S. WACKER DR. CHICAGO | 2006–2014 |
| 39 | MCNAMARA, RAQUEL U. | $50,000 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | SELF-EMPLOYED | 2010–2014 |
| 40 | HAMPER, SIDNEY C | $50,000 | 5 | CHICAGO, IL | RETIRED | 1998–2014 |
| 41 | DONOHUE, CRAIG S | $50,000 | 20 | NORTHBROOK, IL | CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE | 2002–2014 |
| 42 | GUINAN, JOSEPH M JR | $48,500 | 15 | CHICAGO, IL | MERRILL LYNCH | 1994–2014 |
| 43 | Parisi, James E. | $47,000 | 12 | Carol Stream, IL | CME 30 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago IL/Dir | 2002–2014 |
| 44 | FISHER, MARK B | $45,000 | 41 | NEW YORK, NY | LEHMAN BROTHERS | 1988–2014 |
| 45 | CHERN, ERIC | $45,000 | 22 | NORTHBROOK, IL | CTC | 2004–2014 |
| 46 | NORTON, CAROL P | $43,550 | 25 | CHICAGO, IL | COMMODITIES | 1982–2014 |
| 47 | GELDERMANN, JOHN T | $43,000 | 67 | WILMETTE, IL | — | 1980–2006 |
| 48 | STUDNITZER, ARI L | $42,800 | 6 | CHICAGO, IL | CME, 20 S. WACKER DR., CHICAGO | 2010–2014 |
| 49 | DUFFY, TERRENCE ANDREW | $42,300 | 15 | ALSIP, IL | — | 1988–2014 |
| 50 | LERCH, WILLIAM G | $41,900 | 12 | CHICAGO, IL | — | 1990–2014 |