ERNST & YOUNG as FEC employer text: $16.3 million

A partnership name on individual receipts

The industry ranking stores grouped employer text. ERNST & YOUNG is the ampersand form as committees stored it. The $16,267,786 figure is itemized individual gifts with that grouping. It is not EY’s global revenue, not audit-fee income, and not a NAICS 5412 rollup of the accounting sector. Those 4,224 people and 37,947 lines are the ERNST & YOUNG grouping only.

People who typed EY, ERNST AND YOUNG without the ampersand, or ACCOUNTANT / CPA without the firm sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into ERNST & YOUNG.

4,224 donors and 37,947 lines

4,224 unique donors produced 37,947 ERNST & YOUNG contribution lines totaling $16,267,786. Receipts per donor run near nine — lower repeat intensity than Honeywell- or Northrop-style rows with tens of lines per person. That shape is still compatible with recurring itemized gifts; it is not an official mean ticket, which the packet does not publish.

Party share is not on the industry headline. The firm’s committee PAC filings are other FEC documents. Unitemized gifts never appear in the $16,267,786.

Big Four siblings

KPMG LLP and DELOITTE & TOUCHE are separate employer-name keys in this same dollar band, each with its own donor and line counts. ACCOUNTANT and CPA are occupation-style rows that may include EY staff who never typed the firm. Combining those keys is a researcher recode. This page stays at $16,267,786 for ERNST & YOUNG.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the partnership — partner, auditor, consultant — as typed. CONSULTANT as an industry key is a different string when it was placed in the employer box.

Donor table

The ERNST & YOUNG donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach an SEC comment letter, a PCAOB inspection, or a motive to that line. Alumni who still type the brand share the string with current staff.

The 4,224 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a worldwide headcount. Repeat names among 37,947 lines are expected. Follow committees on the table for party and office.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $16,267,786, 37,947 contributions, 4,224 donors, top employer ERNST & YOUNG. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts.

The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare KPMG LLP, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, ACCOUNTANT, and CPA on the industry index.

Keep ERNST & YOUNG’s $16,267,786, 37,947 contributions, and 4,224 donors on this partnership string. KPMG LLP, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, ACCOUNTANT, and CPA stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside ERNST & YOUNG. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not NAICS 5412 and not the firm PAC.

Wide headcount beside KPMG, Deloitte, CPA, and ACCOUNTANT

ERNST & YOUNG’s 4,224 unique donors are a wide person count beside $16,267,786 and 37,947 lines — more unique people than KPMG LLP’s 2,292 or DELOITTE & TOUCHE’s 1,273 in the same ranking neighborhood. Receipts per donor run near nine, lower repeat intensity than contractor payroll rows. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and the firm’s PAC documents are outside the $16,267,786.

People who typed EY, ERNST AND YOUNG without the ampersand, ACCOUNTANT, or CPA sit in other rows. ACCOUNTANT (1,319 donors, $12,687,400 in this batch) and CPA (a larger earlier row) are occupation-style keys that may include EY staff who never typed the partnership. LobbyVault does not merge titles, credentials, and firm names into one accounting industry.

The donor table lists disclosed names and committees. LobbyVault does not attach a PCAOB inspection to a large gift. Alumni who still type ERNST & YOUNG remain in the 4,224. Occupation pages show partner, auditor, consultant, and other titles as typed. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault — $16,267,786, 37,947 contributions, 4,224 donors — self-reported employer text, not NAICS 5412.

Questions

How much have ERNST & YOUNG-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $16,267,786 to the ERNST & YOUNG employer string, from 37,947 contributions and 4,224 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the firm’s PAC and not a NAICS accounting total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is this EY corporate political spending?

No. The $16,267,786 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to ERNST & YOUNG. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include KPMG, Deloitte, or all CPAs?

No. KPMG LLP, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, ACCOUNTANT, and CPA are separate strings with their own pages. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text ERNST & YOUNG. Staff who typed only CPA are in that occupation-style row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Why is the donor count so high relative to dollars?

4,224 unique people produced 37,947 lines totaling $16,267,786. That is a wide person count with moderate repeats, not a few mega-donors. The FEC field counts unique contributors in this string, not a worldwide employee census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.