Coldwell Banker money in federal elections

The $5,020,860 cluster in four numbers

Four facts define this industry row: industry label COLDWELL BANKER, $5,020,860 total, 25,787 contributions, 949 donors, with COLDWELL BANKER also the top employer string. Spread evenly, that is about $5,291 per donor and about $195 per contribution. Twenty-five thousand seven hundred eighty-seven gifts from 949 people averages about 27 itemized transactions per donor—again an arithmetic ratio, not a claim that each agent wrote 27 checks in one cycle.

Franchise systems produce messy employer text. Independent contractors, local offices, and affiliated brokerages may write COLDWELL BANKER, a market-center name, or SELF / REALTOR on the same form family. Only the COLDWELL BANKER string is inside this $5,020,860 total. Other realtor labels are other slugs.

Why an industry page for a brand name

LobbyVault’s industry index is built from FEC employer/occupation self-reports. Brand names, universities, job titles, and “retired” abbreviations all compete in the same list because the Commission stores one text field, not a coded sector. COLDWELL BANKER ranks here as a high-dollar string, not because Census classified residential brokerage as this bucket.

Top employer matching the industry name means the rollup is dominated by that exact string rather than a mix of unrelated employers sharing a fuzzy match. Still, the FEC does not verify that the filer held a Coldwell Banker affiliation on the gift date. Treat the 949 donors as 949 people whose disclosed text matched, not as a roster of current agents.

Contribution volume at 25,787 rows

A contribution is a disclosed itemized transaction. PAC payroll deductions, multiple candidates, and several election cycles all inflate row count relative to unique people. The packet does not say how many of the 25,787 rows are PAC gifts versus candidate gifts. Line-level committee types live on FEC.gov and in the donor table.

If the research question is occupation (real estate agent, broker, investor), the occupation index is the cleaner cut. If the question is this brand string, stay on the COLDWELL BANKER industry table.

What the table is not

The table is not a franchise PAC report, not a lobbying disclosure, and not a count of offices. It does not identify party, geography, or cycle. $5,020,860 is only the sum of itemized amounts tagged to this employer/occupation string in the LobbyVault FEC aggregate.

Compare neighboring real-estate strings under all industries. Job-title views sit under occupation breakdowns. The COLDWELL BANKER donor table is the overlay for names and amounts.

FEC.gov as the source

Every number on this page is from FEC.gov records indexed by LobbyVault for COLDWELL BANKER: $5,020,860, 25,787 contributions, 949 donors. Amendments and refunds on the Commission’s site can move historical sums. This guide does not add market-share statistics or headcount figures that are absent from the packet.

Researchers who want line-level names should start on the COLDWELL BANKER donor table, then confirm committee types on FEC.gov. The $5,020,860 snapshot does not include unitemized receipts, state real-estate PACs, or independent-expenditure ads. Nine hundred forty-nine unique donors is a matching count inside this brand string after LobbyVault’s rules, not a franchise headcount. Twenty-five thousand seven hundred eighty-seven contribution rows remain itemized federal transactions even when the same person appears many times. Occupation breakdowns are the cleaner cut if the question is broker or agent rather than this brand. All industries is the comparison index for other realtor strings. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. This guide does not invent a cycle year. Refunds can move historical amounts. Keep $5,020,860 attached to COLDWELL BANKER as filed. Mean gift size near $195 describes arithmetic on the four facts, not commission schedules.

Franchise text versus the rest of the FEC file

Itemized federal receipts tagged to COLDWELL BANKER sum to $5,020,860 across 25,787 contributions and 949 donors. That is the brand string as stored, not a rollup of every realtor on FEC.gov and not a franchise PAC disbursement report. Independent contractors who wrote a market-center LLC, a personal brokerage, or REALTOR as the industry key are other slugs. Unitemized gifts never enter the 25,787-row count. State real-estate PACs and independent expenditures are different schedules. The 949 unique donors are people whose disclosed text matched this brand after LobbyVault matching, not a headcount of agents in the franchise system.

Mean gift size near $195 and about 27 itemized transactions per donor describe the arithmetic of the four facts. They do not describe commission schedules or office quotas. Open the COLDWELL BANKER donor table for names, committees, and dates. Compare other real-estate strings under all industries. Use occupation breakdowns for broker, agent, and investor titles. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Amendments can revise historical amounts; this guide uses the packet snapshot only: $5,020,860, 25,787 contributions, 949 donors, top employer COLDWELL BANKER.

Questions

How much have Coldwell Banker-labeled filers given federally?

The COLDWELL BANKER industry cluster totals $5,020,860 in itemized contributions on FEC.gov, across 25,787 contributions from 949 donors. Those people listed COLDWELL BANKER as employer or occupation. The sum is a text-field rollup, not a corporate or franchise PAC-only figure.

Are these donations from the company or from agents?

The facts given are employer/occupation self-reports on FEC filings, totaling $5,020,860 from 949 donors. They do not state that Coldwell Banker the corporation funded the gifts. Most corporate treasury contributions to federal candidates are prohibited; read each row on the donor table for the actual contributor name.

Why do 949 donors show 25,787 contributions?

Each itemized gift is a separate FEC transaction. Recurring gifts and multi-cycle activity produce more contribution rows than unique people. Here that ratio is 25,787 contributions to 949 donors. Unique-donor count remains 949 inside this string. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Is COLDWELL BANKER coded as real estate under NAICS?

No. LobbyVault industry labels follow FEC employer and occupation text. NAICS is not in the individual contribution file. Other realtor or brokerage strings appear as separate industry pages if filers typed different words. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.