COMCAST
Total Donated
$3,674,669
Contributions
16,513
Unique Donors
554
Top Employer
COMCAST
Filers who listed COMCAST on federal campaign reports account for $3.7M ($3,674,669) in itemized receipts on FEC.gov. The cluster holds 16,513 contributions and 554 donors. COMCAST is the short brand as typed, not a NAICS cable-and-other-subscription-programming total, not Comcast’s PAC, and not COMCAST CORPORATION, COMCAST CABLE, or NBCUNIVERSAL as longer product-line strings.
Key figures
- COMCAST as FEC employer text totals $3.7M ($3,674,669) from 554 donors.
- 16,513 contribution lines sit under that short brand string.
- COMCAST CORPORATION, NBCUNIVERSAL, and VERIZON are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or company PAC total.
Short brand, not a cable-sector recode
Five hundred fifty-four unique donors produced 16,513 contributions totaling $3,674,669. About 30 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $223 describe the arithmetic. COMCAST CORPORATION, COMCAST CABLE, COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL, and XFINITY can exist as other keys. They are not inside $3,674,669 unless they grouped to the short COMCAST brand.
Top employer matches COMCAST. The FEC field records what was typed, not a securities-filing legal name. LobbyVault does not recode COMCAST CABLE or NBCUNIVERSAL into this short brand. Researchers who want a combined Comcast family must recode after export. A COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE spelling exists as another regional key and is not assumed to sit inside $3,674,669.
554 donors and 16,513 lines
16,513 lines from 554 people is a thick receipt pattern. Mean per donor is about $6,633. Repeat payroll deductions can inflate contribution counts without raising unique donors. The packet does not publish a cable-versus-broadcast split or a cycle year.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the company’s committee PAC filings are outside the $3,674,669 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.
Full analysis: COMCAST money in federal elections →
Questions
- How much have COMCAST-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $3,674,669 to the COMCAST employer string, from 16,513 contributions and 554 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not the company’s PAC and not a NAICS cable total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Is COMCAST CORPORATION included?
- Only if those receipts grouped to the short COMCAST key. COMCAST CORPORATION, COMCAST CABLE, and NBCUNIVERSAL as longer strings are separate grouped keys if filers used them. The $3.7M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to COMCAST. LobbyVault does not merge those variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.
- Does this include Verizon or AT&T employees?
- No. VERIZON and AT&T are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text COMCAST. Staff who typed only ENGINEER 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 COMCAST?
- The rollup counts 554 donors and 16,513 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount from the company. 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
| Cycle | Total | Contributions | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | $5,950 | 7 | 5 |
| 1992 | $4,950 | 7 | 5 |
| 1994 | $3,161 | 6 | 3 |
| 1996 | $12,250 | 12 | 6 |
| 1998 | $16,804 | 22 | 11 |
| 2000 | $44,400 | 44 | 21 |
| 2002 | $23,500 | 33 | 23 |
| 2004 | $108,256 | 90 | 52 |
| 2006 | $126,841 | 112 | 50 |
| 2008 | $179,575 | 183 | 102 |
| 2010 | $208,370 | 233 | 131 |
| 2012 | $321,359 | 290 | 142 |
| 2014 | $230,784 | 227 | 117 |
| 2016 | $353,699 | 1,937 | 133 |
| 2018 | $334,447 | 1,610 | 101 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROBERTS, BRIAN | $137,663 | 115 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | — | 1990–2014 |
| 2 | ANGELAKIS, MICHAEL MR | $60,600 | 11 | GLADWYNE, PA | INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS | 2008–2016 |
| 3 | HONICKMAN, JEFF | $50,800 | 4 | RYDAL, PA | EXECUTIVE | 2012 |
| 4 | KIRIACOULACOS, PETER | $50,500 | 21 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | EXECUTIVE | 2008–2014 |
| 5 | BURCH, STEPHEN A | $46,550 | 38 | BALTIMORE, MD | — | 1990–2014 |
| 6 | ROBERTS, BRIAN K | $45,000 | 11 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | EXECUTIVE | 2006–2014 |
| 7 | LOPEZ, FILEMON | $43,000 | 27 | CHADDS FORD, PA | — | 2002–2014 |
| 8 | TALLENT, MICHAEL | $40,550 | 15 | NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA | — | 1998–2012 |
| 9 | DOONER, MARLENE | $35,500 | 18 | BRYN MAWR, PA | VP FOR INVESTOR RELATIONS | 2006–2014 |
| 10 | COLTHARP, JAMES | $25,250 | 37 | ARLINGTON, VA | — | 1998–2014 |
| 11 | BURCH, STEPHEN | $24,959 | 17 | BALTIMORE, MD | — | 1992–2014 |
| 12 | GONZALES, SUSAN | $23,500 | 37 | WASHINGTON, DC | SENIOR DIRECTOR, FEDERAL GOV'T AFFAIRS | 2006–2012 |
| 13 | LANCASTER, SAMUEL G MR | $22,750 | 12 | WASHINGTON, DC | SENIOR DIRECTOR | 2008–2014 |
| 14 | FILON, PETER J | $18,250 | 11 | ARLINGTON, VA | SENIOR DIRECTOR, FED. GOV. AFFAIRS | 2008–2014 |
| 15 | BOWLING, MITCH | $18,000 | 7 | CHALFONT, PA | EXECUTIVE | 2010–2014 |
| 16 | HERSCOVICI, DANIEL | $17,200 | 4 | PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ | VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY | 2010–2014 |
| 17 | BROOKSTEIN, STEVEN | $17,000 | 9 | AMBLER, PA | — | 1998–2010 |
| 18 | KENNA, BRIAN | $17,000 | 17 | DUNDEE, IL | VICE PRESIDENT | 2006–2014 |
| 19 | GAMBLE, JAYE | $16,750 | 9 | REISTERTOWN, MD | — | 2000–2012 |
| 20 | GAMBLE, JAYE S | $16,300 | 6 | REISTERSTOWN, MD | — | 2000–2008 |
| 21 | BURKE, GRETCHEN H MRS. | $15,800 | 6 | HAVERFORD, PA | EXECUTIVE | 2008 |
| 22 | GIBBS, JOHN F. MR. | $15,000 | 18 | BLOOMINGTON, MN | VICE PRESIDENT | 2008–2014 |
| 23 | WATERS, CELESTINE | $14,750 | 17 | PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | 2008–2012 |
| 24 | HACKLEY, STEPHEN L | $11,750 | 9 | PINEHURST, MA | — | 2008–2012 |
| 25 | CELONA, RAYMOND | $11,500 | 15 | MARLTON, NJ | — | 2002–2014 |
| 26 | ARMSTRONG, JASON | $11,000 | 5 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, INVESTOR RELATI | 2014–2016 |
| 27 | GERMANO, RICHARD D | $10,750 | 7 | GLENMOORE, PA | — | 2002–2012 |
| 28 | WAZ, JOSEPH JR | $10,250 | 10 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | — | 2000–2014 |
| 29 | FELLOWS, DAVID MR | $9,800 | 4 | BEVERLY, MA | ENGINEER | 2008–2012 |
| 30 | SCHUBERT, MARY BETH | $9,450 | 10 | INVER GROVE HEIGHT, MN | AREA DIRECTOR, CORPORATE AFFAIRS | 2004–2014 |
| 31 | BAER, ANDREW J | $9,150 | 8 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | 2008–2010 |
| 32 | DUNBAR, EDWARD MR. | $8,500 | 2 | ENGLEWOOD, CO | GROUP VICE PRESIDENT - WEST | 2004 |
| 33 | NESTER, TIMOTHY | $8,500 | 11 | DENVER, CO | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE & ACCOU | 2010–2014 |
| 34 | GOETZ, WILLIAM R | $8,350 | 10 | JUPITER, FL | — | 2000–2014 |
| 35 | CASEY, KEVIN MR | $7,940 | 9 | BEDFORD, NH | SR V.P. NEW ENGLAND REGION | 2006–2014 |
| 36 | LANCASTER, SAMUEL | $7,900 | 13 | WASHINGTON, DC | DIRECTOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 2008–2014 |
| 37 | DICKINSON, LINDSEY | $7,650 | 15 | WASHINGTON, DC | DIRECTOR | 2008–2012 |
| 38 | ALLISON, DOUGLAS S | $7,500 | 4 | PHOENIX, MD | SENIOR EXECUTIVE | 2010–2016 |
| 39 | ALCOTT, SCOTT | $7,500 | 5 | PRINCETON, NJ | CIO | 2014–2016 |
| 40 | TURPEN, JANET | $7,500 | 16 | BELLEVUE, WA | V.P. - GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 2008–2014 |
| 41 | WAZ, JOSEPH W JR. | $7,000 | 6 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | VICE PRESIDENT | 2004 |
| 42 | DUDKIN, GREGORY N MR | $6,900 | 5 | BIRMINGHAM, MI | VICE PRESIDENT | 2006–2014 |
| 43 | AVGIRIS, CATHERINE | $6,692 | 47 | HORSHAM, PA | — | 2002–2016 |
| 44 | LANCASTER, SAMUEL G | $6,650 | 11 | WASHINGTON, DC | SENIOR DIRECTOR | 2010–2014 |
| 45 | SHATLOCK, EUGENE JR | $6,500 | 4 | ATLANTA, GA | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT BUSINESS DEV. | 2010–2014 |
| 46 | KNOTT, KERRY MR. | $6,300 | 3 | ARLINGTON, VA | GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | 2008 |
| 47 | WAX, SANDRA M. | $6,250 | 6 | NARBERTH, PA | EXECUTIVE | 2008–2012 |
| 48 | BUCHHOLZ, KAREN DOUGHERTY | $6,214 | 8 | FLOURTOWN, PA | EXECUTIVE | 2004–2014 |
| 49 | INTERMAGGIO, PETER | $6,000 | 7 | BRYN MAWR, PA | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT MKTG. COMMS | 2010–2014 |
| 50 | MUEHL, MARK | $6,000 | 5 | BRYN MAWR, PA | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | 2008–2014 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERALC00248716 | $757,445 | 719 |
| 2 | NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC)C00010082 | $424,359 | 917 |
| 3 | ACTBLUEC00401224 | $180,233 | 512 |
| 4 | NRSCC00027466 | $85,381 | 327 |
| 5 | DSCCC00042366 | $64,755 | 193 |
| 6 | NRCCC00075820 | $62,625 | 195 |
| 7 | OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740 | $50,950 | 120 |
| 8 | WINREDC00694323 | $49,760 | 278 |
| 9 | DCCCC00000935 | $36,257 | 231 |
| 10 | OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445 | $29,475 | 228 |
| 11 | PHOENIX EDUCATION PARTNERS, INC. GOVERNANCE FUNDC00309781 | $24,216 | 13 |
| 12 | BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INCC00386987 | $22,400 | 145 |
| 13 | QUAYLE FOR CONGRESSC00475863 | $22,100 | 15 |
| 14 | NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC)C00480863 | $20,500 | 5 |
| 15 | FRIENDS OF ERIK PAULSENC00439661 | $18,750 | 27 |
| 16 | FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975 | $18,555 | 247 |
| 17 | ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT, INC.C00431171 | $18,000 | 62 |
| 18 | HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795 | $16,902 | 234 |
| 19 | BOEHNER FOR SPEAKERC00478354 | $16,500 | 92 |
| 20 | WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTC00093054 | $16,027 | 13 |
| 21 | DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLANDC00141812 | $16,000 | 55 |
| 22 | CITIZENS FOR BIDENC00334037 | $15,600 | 282 |
| 23 | THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTSC00228296 | $15,000 | 115 |
| 24 | REPUBLICAN FEDERAL COMMITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIAC00044842 | $14,800 | 119 |
| 25 | FRIENDS OF PAT TOOMEYC00461046 | $13,450 | 52 |