How much have ADVERTISING-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $3,402,257 to the ADVERTISING employer string, from 5,473 contributions and 214 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not an industry PAC and not a NAICS advertising-agencies total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is ADVERTISING AGENCY included?

Only if those receipts grouped to the one-word ADVERTISING key. ADVERTISING AGENCY and PUBLIC RELATIONS are separate grouped keys if filers used them. The $3.4M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to ADVERTISING. LobbyVault does not merge those variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.

Does this include holding-company staff who typed WPP or Omnicom?

No. Those legal names are separate employer strings if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text ADVERTISING. Staff who typed only EXECUTIVE are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed ADVERTISING?

The rollup counts 214 donors and 5,473 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an agency employment headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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ADVERTISING

Total Donated

$3,402,257

Contributions

5,473

Unique Donors

214

Top Employer

ADVERTISING

Filers who listed ADVERTISING on federal campaign reports account for $3.4M ($3,402,257) in itemized receipts on FEC.gov. The cluster holds 5,473 contributions and 214 donors. ADVERTISING is a one-word function stamp as typed, not a NAICS advertising-agencies total, not an industry PAC, and not ADVERTISING AGENCY, ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE, or a holding-company legal name such as WPP or OMNICOM.

Key figures

ADVERTISING as FEC employer text totals $3.4M ($3,402,257) from 214 donors.
5,473 contribution lines sit under that one-word function stamp.
ADVERTISING AGENCY and PUBLIC RELATIONS are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or association PAC total.

One-word function, not an agency-sector recode

Two hundred fourteen unique donors produced 5,473 contributions totaling $3,402,257. About 26 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $622 describe the arithmetic — a higher mean gift than several payroll-heavy employer stamps near this dollar band. ADVERTISING AGENCY, ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE, PUBLIC RELATIONS, and MARKETING can exist as other keys. They are not inside $3,402,257 unless they grouped to ADVERTISING.

Top employer matches ADVERTISING. The FEC field records what was typed, not a Census advertising-agencies category. LobbyVault does not recode agency legal names into this one-word stamp. Researchers who want a combined advertising-services family must recode after export. Two hundred fourteen unique people is a narrower roster than university stamps at similar dollars.

214 donors and 5,473 lines

5,473 lines from 214 people is a moderate receipt pattern relative to the dollar total. Mean per donor is about $15,900 — among the higher per-person means in this packet wave, driven by fewer unique donors. The packet does not publish a creative-versus-media-buying split or a cycle year.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $3,402,257 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

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Questions

How much have ADVERTISING-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $3,402,257 to the ADVERTISING employer string, from 5,473 contributions and 214 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not an industry PAC and not a NAICS advertising-agencies total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Is ADVERTISING AGENCY included?: Only if those receipts grouped to the one-word ADVERTISING key. ADVERTISING AGENCY and PUBLIC RELATIONS are separate grouped keys if filers used them. The $3.4M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to ADVERTISING. LobbyVault does not merge those variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.
Does this include holding-company staff who typed WPP or Omnicom?: No. Those legal names are separate employer strings if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text ADVERTISING. Staff who typed only EXECUTIVE are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed ADVERTISING?: The rollup counts 214 donors and 5,473 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an agency employment headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

2016 · $264,051 2014 · $187,020 2000 · $169,433 2008 · $162,595 2012 · $136,272 1998 · $120,040 2006 · $95,527 2010 · $86,450 1996 · $86,200 2004 · $83,178

ADVERTISING political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$40,500	47	37
1982	$25,250	22	14
1984	$19,000	24	13
1986	$19,000	21	18
1988	$35,108	47	32
1990	$47,359	65	33
1992	$55,847	91	32
1994	$72,143	117	38
1996	$86,200	122	47
1998	$120,040	124	50
2000	$169,433	172	70
2002	$53,030	73	33
2004	$83,178	101	44
2006	$95,527	84	33
2008	$162,595	121	50
2010	$86,450	62	33
2012	$136,272	109	41
2014	$187,020	83	31
2016	$264,051	524	46
2018	$81,200	334	39

Top Donors

Top ADVERTISING donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	HOLLAND, RICHARD D	$897,750	162	OMAHA, NE	—	1980–2014
2	GAINES, STANLEY	$130,699	69	ATLANTA, GA	—	1990–2014
3	HOST, W JAMES	$103,095	118	LEXINGTON, KY	—	1980–2014
4	VITT, SAM B	$88,175	95	LARCHMAONT, NY	—	1990–2000
5	EVANS, DAVID W	$48,064	59	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	—	1980–2014
6	NEMIROW, GRANT L	$41,500	9	STUDIO CITY, CA	—	1992–2010
7	COLEMAN, DONALD A	$41,050	23	BINGHAM FARMS, MI	—	1994–2010
8	ORTHWEIN, JAMES B	$37,350	32	ST LOUIS, MO	—	1980–2006
9	PUGH, ALEXIS C	$37,100	15	ORLANDO, FL	—	1992–2012
10	MCCLENAHAN, BRUCE	$36,950	43	LAS VEGAS, NV	—	1988–2002
11	JACOBY, ROBERT E	$36,925	39	SADDLE RIVER, NJ	—	1980–2014
12	DAVIS, TROY MR	$27,125	9	ATLANTA, GA	—	1986–2014
13	BARR, PETER C	$22,042	39	ORLANDO, FL	—	1984–2014
14	BALDWIN, JOHN L	$21,443	22	LAKELAND, FL	—	1980–2014
15	PATTERSON, MARK A	$21,050	20	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	—	1992–2014
16	BABBIT, JOEL	$18,250	23	ATLANTA, GA	—	1992–2012
17	BECK, STEVEN	$17,560	43	SIOUX FALLS, SD	—	1998–2014
18	HUGHES, K PAYNE	$17,500	10	GREENSBORO, GA	—	2002–2014
19	DORE, MICHAEL	$16,660	25	LOS ANGELES, CA	—	1992–2008
20	COREY, WILLIAM E MR	$15,800	9	CONYERS, GA	—	1986–2014
21	LASPATA, ROCCO	$15,700	46	NEW YORK, NY	—	1994–2012
22	DAVIS, TROY	$15,550	16	ATLANTA, GA	—	1986–2014
23	BATSON, JOE	$15,150	19	AMARILLO, TX	—	1982–2014
24	BERGIN, JOHN	$14,600	36	DARIEN, CT	—	1992–2010
25	MANNEY, RICHARD	$14,250	7	IRVINGTON, NY	—	1980–1984
26	LAMBERT, MARK	$13,595	22	NEWPORT BEACH, CA	—	1980–2014
27	CAMPBELL, WILLIAM MR	$11,650	22	GREENWICH, CT	—	1980–2014
28	MINGLE, JON	$11,025	31	LOS ANGELES, CA	—	2000–2014
29	COREY, WILLIAM S	$10,750	13	DECATUR, GA	—	1998–2014
30	DODSON, DANIEL	$10,700	17	ATLANTA, GA	—	1990–2014
31	OHMIT, TERESA	$10,500	9	JUPITER, FL	—	1988–2002
32	COTTON, STEPHANN	$10,000	9	STUART, FL	—	2002–2006
33	COOK, WILLIAM W	$9,750	9	ATLANTIC BEACH, FL	—	1980–2012
34	STEVENSON, HAL	$9,550	17	COLUMBIA, SC	—	1996–2012
35	GAINES, STANLEY MR	$9,000	6	ATLANTA, GA	—	1988–2014
36	WEST, WILLIAM T MR	$8,960	10	SAN ANTONIO, TX	—	1986–2012
37	COOK, CRAWFORD	$7,900	11	COLUMBIA, SC	—	1980–2008
38	MCNAMARA, AUSTIN	$7,500	14	SIMSBURY, CT	—	1994–2006
39	ROTTERMAN, KAREN	$7,500	9	RALEIGH, NC	—	2000–2010
40	KAFKA, TERRY B	$7,000	10	DALLAS, TX	—	1996–2014
41	FARRINGTON, DENNIS G	$6,850	8	BOSTON, MA	—	1980–2008
42	MARZ, JOHN F	$6,750	4	RENO, NV	—	1980–2002
43	JOHNSON, ERNEST S	$6,000	2	WASHINGTON, DC	—	1980–1988
44	HOOVER, HILARY	$6,000	7	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	—	1998–2008
45	DAKIN, DANA	$5,875	18	LARKSPUR, CA	—	1992–2014
46	COOK, WILLIAM W MR	$5,850	14	ATLANTIC BEACH, FL	—	1980–2012
47	SHEEHAN, DENNIS J MR	$5,550	5	FREEHOLD, NJ	—	1988–2008
48	HOLLINGSWORTH, JAMES	$5,251	13	MAIMI, FL	—	1990–2014
49	GRAVELLE, DAVID A MR	$5,000	4	DALLAS, TX	—	1988–2004
50	SHIRLEY, R H	$5,000	6	SHREVEPORT, LA	—	1980–1988

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received ADVERTISING donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	DCCCC00000935	$238,820	434
2	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$225,796	474
3	HMPC00495028	$210,000	162
4	DSCCC00042366	$201,897	366
5	ACTBLUEC00401224	$166,648	438
6	END THE GRIDLOCKC00519595	$125,000	162
7	CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS PACC00541292	$100,000	69
8	NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTYC00003988	$79,000	162
9	WINREDC00694323	$60,416	344
10	REPUBLICAN PARTY OF KENTUCKYC00156810	$54,275	118
11	NRSCC00027466	$46,886	509
12	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$45,359	506
13	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$34,975	469
14	ROMNEY VICTORY, INC.C00518282	$31,070	76
15	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931	$28,220	200
16	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009	$27,254	189
17	AB PACC00492140	$25,000	162
18	REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDAC00099259	$23,000	291
19	OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740	$22,912	279
20	FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975	$20,594	300
21	IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTYC00035600	$20,000	162
22	EXPAND ENERGY CORP. EMPLOYEE PACC00389288	$18,945	59
23	TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371	$17,620	158
24	HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTC00431569	$16,300	79
25	BILL NELSON FOR US SENATEC00344051	$15,400	35