GOLDMAN SACHS & CO as FEC text: $32.6M from 550 donors

A legal-name variant, not a second bank

Filers copy letterhead. Some type GOLDMAN SACHS; some type GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LobbyVault keeps both because the public file does. The $32.6M total is the longer string. It does not mean a second company in the industry ranking; it means a second stored spelling.

NAICS 523 is not applied. INVESTOR and INVESTMENTS remain generic-word rows, not this employer.

550 donors, 15,312 lines, $32.6M

550 donors produced 15,312 contribution lines totaling $32.6M. That unique-donor count is about one-fifth of the GOLDMAN SACHS row's a separate donor count, while dollars are in the same thirty-million band as WRITER. Large itemized gifts on a short list can look like that. This page does not invent a mean.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Corporate treasury activity is not inside $32.6M.

Do not silently add the shorter name

Adding GOLDMAN SACHS (the shorter-name total on that page) to GOLDMAN SACHS & CO would double-count people who used both spellings across receipts and would still miss other Goldman legal names. If you combine, document it as a recode.

Occupation pages show titles next to this employer. Those titles are not a NAICS overlay. Letterhead punctuation is the whole difference between this row and GOLDMAN SACHS. The $32.6M total is 550 donors and 15,312 lines with the ampersand form. People who omitted & CO are on the other GOLDMAN SACHS page. Alumni who left the firm may still type the legal name.

Donor table

The GOLDMAN SACHS & CO donor table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public individual contribution. It is not evidence of a client mandate or a regulatory outcome. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the legal-entity string.

With 550 donors, the table is short. Still match on committee and date when names collide. Alumni versus current staff is not encoded. Holding-company and division names (asset management, special situations) may exist as still more strings. This page does not claim to be the full corporate family. It claims $32.6M for GOLDMAN SACHS & CO as stored.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $32.6M, 15,312 contributions, 550 donors, top employer GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. Unitemized and non-federal activity are omitted.

Follow recipient committees from the table. The firm PAC is a committee. Individual '& CO' receipts are not that PAC's spending. Corporate treasury activity is not in the 15,312 lines. Keep those categories apart in any citation.

Ampersand spellings and double-counting risk

Adding GOLDMAN SACHS (the shorter-name total) to GOLDMAN SACHS & CO ($32.6M) can double-count people who used both spellings. The 15,312 contribution lines and 550 donors on this page are the '& CO' key only. Other Goldman legal names may exist as still more strings. Unitemized gifts, state races, and the firm PAC are omitted. LobbyVault does not merge punctuation variants.

Occupation pages show titles next to this legal-entity employer. Alumni versus current staff is not encoded. Open the GOLDMAN SACHS & CO donor table for names and committees. The string is self-reported FEC text, not NAICS 523, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Occupation titles next to this employer (partner, analyst, vice president) live on occupation pages. They do not split the $32.6M industry total. Source remains FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 523. If a methods note adds GOLDMAN SACHS to GOLDMAN SACHS & CO ($32.6M, 550 donors), it must flag double-counting of people who used both spellings. This page stays on the ampersand form: 15,312 lines. Other division names may exist as additional keys. The firm PAC and corporate treasury are other FEC categories. Alumni who still type the legal name remain among the 550. Occupation titles sit on occupation pages and do not split $32.6M. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. Cite the '& CO' string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 523 and not a full corporate-family total. Legal-entity punctuation is the entire methodology story on this page. $32.6M, 550 donors, and 15,312 lines use GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. The shorter GOLDMAN SACHS page has its own donor count and dollar total. Adding them double-counts people who used both spellings and still misses other division names. The firm PAC is a committee. Alumni remain after they leave. Occupation titles do not split $32.6M. FEC.gov via LobbyVault stores the ampersand form, not NAICS 523.

Questions

How much is tagged GOLDMAN SACHS & CO on FEC forms?

LobbyVault attributes $32.6M to that employer string, from 15,312 contributions and 550 donors. GOLDMAN SACHS without '& CO' is a separate row. These are individual receipts, not the firm's PAC, and not a NAICS total. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is this a different company from GOLDMAN SACHS?

In FEC storage it is a different text key. Many filers mean the same employer. LobbyVault does not merge the spellings. The $32.6M figure is only GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Why only 550 donors?

Fewer people typed the ampersand form. The shorter GOLDMAN SACHS string has a separate donor count donors on its page. Unique-donor count here is 550 against 15,312 contribution lines. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include Goldman Sachs PAC spending?

No. This page is itemized individual contributions grouped under the '& CO' employer text. Committee activity is a different FEC category. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.