INVESTMENT BANKER as FEC employer text: $11.0 million

A deal-title phrase, not a broker-dealer census

FEC forms store INVESTMENT BANKER when that is what the filer typed. They do not apply NAICS 5231. The $10,972,200 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the two words. It is not underwriting fees, not a FINRA member census, and not every M&A associate who typed a firm legal name instead. Those 483 people and 15,398 lines are the INVESTMENT BANKER grouping only.

People who typed BANKER without INVESTMENT, GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN STANLEY, MERRILL LYNCH, or SALOMON BROTHERS sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into INVESTMENT BANKER.

483 donors and 15,398 lines

483 unique donors produced 15,398 INVESTMENT BANKER contribution lines totaling $10,972,200. Dollars per unique person run high — similar in concentration to KIRKLAND & ELLIS’s 524-donor law-firm row. Receipts per donor run near 32. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Unitemized gifts never appear. Named-firm PAC filings are other documents.

BANKER versus named banks

BANKER is a one-word title row. GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN STANLEY, and BANK OF AMERICA are firm-name rows. Combining them with INVESTMENT BANKER would mix a longer title and legal names. This page stays at $10,972,200 for INVESTMENT BANKER only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the phrase. Some later receipts drop INVESTMENT and keep BANKER; those later receipts leave this row.

Donor table

The INVESTMENT BANKER donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. With 483 unique donors, individual lines are inspectable. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a deal tombstone, an SEC registration, or a motive to that line. The FEC field is not a FINRA CRD file.

Repeat names among 15,398 lines are expected. Analysts who typed the bank’s legal name are not in these 483 unless a receipt also carried INVESTMENT BANKER.

INVESTMENT BANKER’s 15,398 lines from 483 donors totaling $10,972,200 are the long title, not BANKER, GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN STANLEY, MERRILL LYNCH, SALOMON BROTHERS, or BANK OF AMERICA. Unitemized gifts and named-firm PAC filings stay out. A later receipt that keeps only BANKER leaves this row. Occupation pages show titles beside the two words. The donor table does not certify FINRA CRD numbers. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 5231.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $10,972,200, 15,398 contributions, 483 donors, top employer INVESTMENT BANKER. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Compare BANKER, GOLDMAN SACHS, and MORGAN STANLEY on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles next to this phrase. Follow committees on the donor table for party and office.

Keep INVESTMENT BANKER’s $10,972,200, 15,398 contributions, and 483 donors on this two-word title. BANKER and MORGAN STANLEY stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside INVESTMENT BANKER. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not FINRA headcount and not NAICS 5231.

Long title versus BANKER and named broker rows

INVESTMENT BANKER’s $10,972,200 from 483 donors and 15,398 lines is the two-word title, not NAICS securities and not a FINRA member census. BANKER is the shorter title row ($13,677,025, 713 donors, 36,102 lines). GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN STANLEY, MERRILL LYNCH, SALOMON BROTHERS, and BANK OF AMERICA are firm-name rows. An M&A associate who typed the bank’s legal name is in that firm row, not necessarily in the 483.

Dollars per unique person run high, similar in concentration to KIRKLAND & ELLIS’s 524-donor law-firm row. Receipts per donor run near 32. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and named-firm PAC documents are outside the $10,972,200. A later receipt that drops INVESTMENT and keeps BANKER leaves this row.

The donor table is inspectable at 483 unique names. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a deal-tombstone inference. Occupation pages show titles beside the phrase. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault — $10,972,200, 15,398 contributions, 483 donors — self-reported form text, not NAICS 5231.

Questions

How much have INVESTMENT BANKER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $10,972,200 to the INVESTMENT BANKER employer string, from 15,398 contributions and 483 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS securities total and not a named bank’s PAC. 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 INVESTMENT BANKER the same as BANKER or MORGAN STANLEY?

No. BANKER is a shorter title string. MORGAN STANLEY is a firm-name row. A receipt stamped INVESTMENT BANKER is counted only in the $10,972,200 here. LobbyVault does not merge titles and bank legal names into one finance industry. 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 every Wall Street employee who donated?

No. Only receipts whose grouped employer text is INVESTMENT BANKER are in the total. People who wrote GOLDMAN SACHS, BANKER, or another firm name are elsewhere. The 483 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a FINRA headcount.

Why so few donors for $11.0 million?

The rollup counts 483 unique people and 15,398 lines. Dollars are concentrated across a small unique-person set compared with wide payroll names. Repeat itemized gifts still raise the line count. The packet does not publish a mean gift. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.