BANKER
Total Donated
$13,677,025
Contributions
36,102
Unique Donors
713
Top Employer
BANKER
Contributors who listed BANKER on federal itemized receipts account for $13,677,025, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 36,102 contributions from 713 donors. BANKER is a self-reported job-title word stored in the employer grouping, not a NAICS commercial-banking total, and not the same row as BANK OF AMERICA, MORGAN STANLEY, or INVESTMENT BANKER. The 713 unique donors and 36,102 lines describe the title-word cluster only; unitemized gifts stay outside the $13,677,025.
Key figures
- BANKER as FEC employer text totals $13,677,025 from 713 donors.
- 36,102 contribution lines sit under that job-title string.
- BANK OF AMERICA and INVESTMENT BANKER are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS banking industry.
A title word, not a call-report industry
FEC forms do not apply NAICS 5221. They store BANKER when that is what the filer typed. The $13,677,025 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the title. It is not FDIC-insured deposits, not a bank holding-company PAC, and not every person who works at a bank and typed the bank’s legal name instead. Those 713 people and 36,102 lines are the BANKER grouping only.
People who typed INVESTMENT BANKER, BANK OF AMERICA, MORGAN STANLEY, or SELF-EMPLOYED sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into BANKER.
713 donors and 36,102 lines
713 unique donors produced 36,102 BANKER contribution lines totaling $13,677,025. That is on the order of 51 itemized receipts per person — high repeats relative to the unique-person count. Dollars per unique donor also run high compared with wide payroll names that spread similar totals across thousands of people. 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-bank PAC filings are other documents.
Full analysis: BANKER as FEC employer text: $13.7 million →
Questions
- How much have BANKER-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $13,677,025 to the BANKER employer string, from 36,102 contributions and 713 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS banking 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 BANKER the same as BANK OF AMERICA or INVESTMENT BANKER?
- No. BANK OF AMERICA is a firm-name row. INVESTMENT BANKER is a longer title string. A receipt stamped BANKER is counted only in the $13,677,025 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 bank employee who donated?
- No. Only receipts whose grouped employer text is BANKER are in the total. People who wrote a bank legal name or INVESTMENT BANKER are elsewhere. The 713 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not an FDIC employment census.
- Why so many contributions from 713 donors?
- The 36,102 lines include repeat gifts from the same 713 people — on the order of 51 itemized receipts per donor. Recurring itemized programs raise that ratio. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-person census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer 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
| Cycle | Total | Contributions | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $186,186 | 265 | 154 |
| 1982 | $77,630 | 106 | 44 |
| 1984 | $130,002 | 117 | 37 |
| 1986 | $121,536 | 132 | 48 |
| 1988 | $143,795 | 142 | 48 |
| 1990 | $77,621 | 127 | 47 |
| 1992 | $172,338 | 194 | 51 |
| 1994 | $134,420 | 160 | 47 |
| 1996 | $251,991 | 239 | 50 |
| 1998 | $166,922 | 149 | 42 |
| 2000 | $198,939 | 221 | 48 |
| 2002 | $110,788 | 152 | 38 |
| 2004 | $272,548 | 268 | 44 |
| 2006 | $198,380 | 184 | 39 |
| 2008 | $335,384 | 312 | 42 |
| 2010 | $193,388 | 193 | 32 |
| 2012 | $233,057 | 256 | 36 |
| 2014 | $237,355 | 208 | 29 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELKINS, J A JR | $24,172 | 16 | HOUSTON, TX | — | 1980 |
| 2 | CHAMPLIN, H H MR | $7,500 | 3 | ENID, OK | — | 1980 |
| 3 | ENGLEMAN, G E | $6,500 | 3 | FT WORTH, TX | — | 1980 |
| 4 | COX, E MORRIS | $6,300 | 3 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 5 | BLAIR, WILLIAM MCCORMICK | $4,700 | 6 | CHICAGO, IL | — | 1980 |
| 6 | GERRY, ELBRIDGE T | $4,000 | 4 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 7 | HALL, W G | $3,950 | 6 | LEAGUE CITY, TX | — | 1980 |
| 8 | BENES, BERNARDO | $3,500 | 4 | MIAMI BEACH, FL | — | 1980 |
| 9 | KNAPP, EDWARD D | $3,500 | 2 | NEWARK, NJ | — | 1980 |
| 10 | GLANVILLE, JAMES W | $3,450 | 5 | DARIEN, CT | — | 1980 |
| 11 | GILBERT, BENJAMIN D | $3,300 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 12 | MEYER, CHARLES A MR | $3,250 | 5 | LAKE FOREST, IL | — | 1980 |
| 13 | LOEB, HENRY A | $3,000 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 14 | COLLINS, LEE | $2,900 | 3 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — | 1980 |
| 15 | LEWIS, ROBERT B | $2,500 | 3 | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | — | 1980 |
| 16 | EBERLY, ORVILLE MR | $2,500 | 1 | CHALKHILL, PA | — | 1980 |
| 17 | CARTER, KEITH | $2,200 | 3 | BARTLESVILLE, OK | — | 1980 |
| 18 | CHANDLER, JAMES E | $2,200 | 3 | AMHERST, NH | — | 1980 |
| 19 | COLEMAN, BURLIN | $2,125 | 3 | PIKEVILLE, KY | — | 1980 |
| 20 | JAMISON, JOHN C | $2,000 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 21 | CAUGHLIN, G M MR | $2,000 | 3 | LAKE WORTH, FL | — | 1980 |
| 22 | FUNDERBURG, R ROBERT | $2,000 | 1 | BELVIDERE, IL | — | 1980 |
| 23 | MANHART, PETER A | $2,000 | 3 | TAHLEQUAH, OK | — | 1980 |
| 24 | FAULKNER, B E | $1,750 | 2 | PRATTVILLE, AL | — | 1980 |
| 25 | BALL, DALE | $1,588 | 3 | OMAHA, NE | — | 1980 |
| 26 | CLAWSON, ROBERT G SR | $1,500 | 3 | HARTSVILLE, SC | — | 1980 |
| 27 | BROOKS, C E MR | $1,500 | 2 | ORLANDO, FL | — | 1980 |
| 28 | LANE, EDWARD W JR | $1,500 | 2 | JACKSONVILLE, FL | — | 1980 |
| 29 | COLLINS, LEE MR | $1,500 | 2 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — | 1980 |
| 30 | DAVIS, CLAY PARKER | $1,500 | 4 | SOMERSET, NY | — | 1980 |
| 31 | EPSTEIN, RUBIN MR | $1,500 | 2 | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | — | 1980 |
| 32 | FINGER, PERRY H | $1,500 | 2 | KINGSVILLE, TX | — | 1980 |
| 33 | BAKER, JERRY | $1,250 | 3 | MUSKOGEE, OK | — | 1980 |
| 34 | COOK, CHARLES W JR | $1,250 | 3 | NASHVILLE, TN | — | 1980 |
| 35 | JACKSON, JERRY | $1,200 | 2 | STIGLER, OK | — | 1980 |
| 36 | BAILEY, CHARLES D | $1,200 | 2 | SARASOTA, FL | — | 1980 |
| 37 | HYDE, IRA B III | $1,000 | 1 | PRINCETON, MO | — | 1980 |
| 38 | DUNLAP, PAUL D MR | $1,000 | 1 | DES MOINES, IA | — | 1980 |
| 39 | FINNEGAN, CLARE | $1,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 40 | DEAK, NICHOLAS L | $1,000 | 3 | SCARSDALE, NY | — | 1980 |
| 41 | CARLSON, DAN | $1,000 | 1 | BRIGHAM CITY, UT | — | 1980 |
| 42 | FARMER, TRACY W | $1,000 | 1 | CYNTHIANA, KY | — | 1980 |
| 43 | EWING, WILLIAM JR MR | $1,000 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 44 | HENDRIX, DENNIS MRS | $1,000 | 1 | OWENSBORO, KY | — | 1980 |
| 45 | BOWERS, RUTH M MS | $1,000 | 1 | SAN ANTONIO, TX | — | 1980 |
| 46 | MURRAY, WILLIAM P JR | $1,000 | 1 | SAN RAFAEL, CA | — | 1980 |
| 47 | CHYSTAL, JOHN | $1,000 | 1 | COON REPIDS, IA | — | 1980 |
| 48 | BRICKMAN, GUSTAVE | $1,000 | 1 | LOS ALAMITOS, CA | — | 1980 |
| 49 | FRASHER, JAMES | $1,000 | 1 | SELMA, AL | — | 1980 |
| 50 | COLEMAN, FRANCIS C JR | $1,000 | 1 | PORT WASHINGTON, NY | — | 1980 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACTBLUEC00401224 | $700,743 | 38 |
| 2 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418 | $307,648 | 57 |
| 3 | HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946 | $302,432 | 15 |
| 4 | WINREDC00694323 | $162,994 | 28 |
| 5 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603 | $126,924 | 42 |
| 6 | KENTUCKY STATE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEC00011197 | $124,850 | 15 |
| 7 | DSCCC00042366 | $106,066 | 46 |
| 8 | FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975 | $86,564 | 26 |
| 9 | MCCAIN VICTORY 2008C00448498 | $67,800 | 1 |
| 10 | OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445 | $65,382 | 21 |
| 11 | RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEEC60000015 | $61,457 | 6 |
| 12 | NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00144766 | $60,000 | 3 |
| 13 | TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371 | $58,266 | 24 |
| 14 | DCCCC00000935 | $44,903 | 44 |
| 15 | HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795 | $42,108 | 25 |
| 16 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931 | $40,651 | 41 |
| 17 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376 | $37,250 | 25 |
| 18 | US SENATE VICTORY COMMITTEEC00473389 | $33,600 | 1 |
| 19 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009 | $33,025 | 53 |
| 20 | REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDAC00099259 | $31,940 | 8 |
| 21 | RIGHT TO RISE USAC00571372 | $30,446 | 1 |
| 22 | NRSCC00027466 | $28,032 | 44 |
| 23 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PACC00580100 | $26,486 | 13 |
| 24 | BIDEN ACTION FUNDC00746651 | $25,000 | 1 |
| 25 | HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537 | $23,180 | 18 |