INVESTMENTS on FEC forms: $48.9M itemized

A shop-description word

Some filers write INVESTMENTS as the employer, the way others write REAL ESTATE: a line of work, not a legal entity. The $48.9M total is that word. It is not AUM, not a 13F, and not 'Wall Street' as a researched category.

NAICS finance codes are not applied. LobbyVault does not recode INVESTMENTS into funds, trusts, or broker-dealers.

2,898 donors and $48.9M

2,898 donors produced 95,496 INVESTMENTS contribution lines. That unique-donor count is smaller than INVESTOR's a separate donor count, and the dollar total is smaller than INVESTOR's the INVESTOR total. The two strings remain unmerged.

Party share is not on this industry headline. Follow committees on the donor table.

INVESTOR, banks, and brokerages

INVESTOR is a person-title row. GOLDMAN SACHS, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO, and MERRILL LYNCH are firm-name rows. None of those dollars sit inside $48.9M.

Occupation pages show when occupation is INVESTOR and employer is INVESTMENTS — harvest may pick one key. Read both tables if you need both words. The plural noun INVESTMENTS behaves like REAL ESTATE: a shop description, not a CRD number. The $48.9M total is 2,898 donors and 95,496 lines. Broker-dealer registrations live at FINRA, not in this FEC row. Named firms (GOLDMAN SACHS, MERRILL LYNCH) are other keys.

Donor table

The INVESTMENTS donor table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public contribution. It is not a finding about a portfolio or a client. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the noun.

Generic workplace words collide across people. Match on committee and date. INVESTOR is the person-title sibling, with its own total. Adding the noun and the title invents a capital-income recode. This page stays at $48.9M for INVESTMENTS only.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $48.9M, 95,496 contributions, 2,898 donors, top employer INVESTMENTS. Unitemized and non-federal activity are omitted.

Follow recipient committees from the table. Family-office legal names, if typed, leave this generic noun. Occupation pages show INVESTOR as occupation with employer INVESTMENTS; harvest may pick one key. Read both tables.

Plural noun versus person title versus firm name

INVESTMENTS describes a shop the way REAL ESTATE does. The $48.9M total, 95,496 contribution lines, and 2,898 donors omit INVESTOR (the title, a separate row), GOLDMAN SACHS, MERRILL LYNCH, and fund legal names. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. LobbyVault does not translate the noun into AUM or a 13F.

Occupation pages show INVESTOR as occupation with employer INVESTMENTS — harvest may pick one key. Open the INVESTMENTS donor table for names and committees. The plural noun is self-reported FEC text, not a NAICS finance sector, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. 13F filings list holdings. FEC INVESTMENTS lines list political gifts. Do not cross-walk them on this page. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 523. CRD numbers live at FINRA. This FEC row is the plural noun INVESTMENTS: $48.9M, 2,898 donors, 95,496 lines. INVESTOR is the person-title sibling, with its own total. GOLDMAN SACHS, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO, and MERRILL LYNCH are firm-name keys. Family-office legal names, if typed, leave this generic noun. Occupation pages show INVESTOR as occupation with employer INVESTMENTS; harvest may pick one key. 13F filings list holdings, not these political gifts. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. Cite $48.9M as the INVESTMENTS string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 523 and not AUM. A CRD lookup will not return the 2,898 INVESTMENTS donors. $48.9M and 95,496 lines are a shop noun, like REAL ESTATE, not a registration. INVESTOR is the person title at the INVESTOR total and a separate donor count donors. GOLDMAN SACHS and MERRILL LYNCH are firm names. Family-office legal names, if typed, left this noun. Occupation pages mix INVESTOR as occupation with employer INVESTMENTS. 13Fs list holdings. This table lists gifts. FEC.gov via LobbyVault stores the plural noun, not AUM. Brokerage letterheads already sit on GOLDMAN SACHS and MERRILL LYNCH pages. This INVESTMENTS noun is $48.9M from 2,898 people and 95,496 lines. INVESTOR at the INVESTOR total is the title sibling. FEC.gov via LobbyVault keeps the noun separate. The noun remains a self-reported FEC string.

Questions

How much have INVESTMENTS donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $48.9M to the INVESTMENTS FEC string, from 95,496 contributions and 2,898 donors. INVESTOR and named brokerages are separate. The figure is not a NAICS finance total. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is INVESTMENTS the same as INVESTOR?

No. INVESTMENTS is a plural workplace word; INVESTOR is a title. LobbyVault keeps two rows because FEC.gov stores two strings. 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 employees?

Only if the grouped label is INVESTMENTS. Staff who typed GOLDMAN SACHS or GOLDMAN SACHS & CO are on those firm pages. The $48.9M total is the generic noun. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique INVESTMENTS donors are listed?

The rollup counts 2,898 donors and 95,496 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. This answer uses only the packet totals for that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov, with no NAICS overlay applied.