GOLDMAN SACHS
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$2,967,839
Contributions
1,457
Unique Donors
707
$3,561,127 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the grouping Goldman Sachs. FEC.gov aggregates count 1,745 contributions from 802 donors. The same string totals $44,049,682 across every cycle in this table, so the 2008 cell is about 8.08% of the lifetime bucket. Goldman Sachs is brand text as typed on Schedule A. Alumni who still wrote the brand share the cell with people who listed it as current employer. The key is not a securities-sector NAICS total and not the firm’s PAC.
Key figures
- Goldman Sachs × 2008: $3,561,127 in itemized individual contributions.
- 1,745 contributions from 802 donors; about $2,040.76 per gift and $4,440.31 per donor.
- 2008 is about 8.08% of the grouping’s $44,049,682 all-cycle total.
- GOLDMAN, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO, and GS or other truncations remain other keys if filers used them.
- Itemized individual receipts only — not PAC disbursements and not USAspending awards.
Goldman Sachs employer string × 2008
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Goldman Sachs and 2008 — sum to $3,561,127. The cell holds 1,745 itemized contributions and 802 unique donors. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.
Neither the Goldman Sachs hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Goldman Sachs is brand text as typed on Schedule A. Alumni who still wrote the brand share the cell with people who listed it as current employer. GOLDMAN, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO, and GS or other truncations remain other keys if filers used them. Open Goldman Sachs 2008 for the overlay rows, Goldman Sachs for other cycles, and the 2008 election cycle for other employer strings.
Dividing $3,561,127 by 1,745 contributions yields about $2,040.76 per itemized gift. Dividing by 802 donors yields about $4,440.31 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 2.2. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians, not a party split, and not a typical salary.
2008 as a share of the Goldman Sachs grouping
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $44,049,682. The 2008 slice of $3,561,127 is about 8.08% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 91.92%. Treating 2008 as the entire Goldman Sachs FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $44,049,682 as the denominator for the 8.08% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $44,049,682.
Full analysis: Goldman Sachs contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle →
Questions
- How much did Goldman Sachs donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $3,561,127 in itemized individual contributions for the Goldman Sachs grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 1,745 contributions and 802 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $44,049,682 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Goldman Sachs FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $44,049,682. The 2008 cell of $3,561,127 is about 8.08% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 91.92% on the industry hub. Do not treat 2008 as the whole Goldman Sachs story.
- Is this Goldman Sachs PAC spending?
- No. The join is itemized individual receipts whose employer text grouped to Goldman Sachs. A separate segregated fund is a committee filing, not this occupation/employer rollup. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Goldman Sachs hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Where is the overlay for the Goldman Sachs 2008 join?
- Open Goldman Sachs 2008 for the cycle overlay, Goldman Sachs for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON names the join; the overlay holds the rows.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Related ties
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MANAS, JEAN | $85,000 | 14 | NEW YORK, NY | BANKER |
| 2 | HEYMAN, BRUCE | $81,160 | 18 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 3 | SCARAMUCCI, ANTHONY | $78,100 | 15 | TARRYTOWN, NY | — |
| 4 | STRONGIN, STEVE | $75,477 | 8 | NEW YORK, NY | EXECUTIVE |
| 5 | BROSENS, FRANK | $58,090 | 22 | SHORT HILLS, NJ | — |
| 6 | KRAUS, PETER | $56,406 | 14 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 7 | SACERDOTE, PETER M | $53,500 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 8 | CONNELL, LIAM | $49,290 | 19 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 9 | BIDDLE, LESLIE D | $40,000 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 10 | YOUNG, PAUL DR. | $40,000 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | BANKER |
| 11 | ZIMMEL, JOSEPH R | $35,900 | 6 | GREENWICH, CT | — |
| 12 | CORZINE, JON | $34,900 | 12 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 13 | MURPHY, THOMAS S JR | $33,100 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 14 | GORDON, ANDREW MARK | $31,000 | 2 | HIDDEN HILLS, CA | PARTNER |
| 15 | TREVOR, STEPHEN S | $30,800 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 16 | TROTT, BRYON D | $30,800 | 2 | WINNETKA, IL | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 17 | ALI, REZA | $28,500 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 18 | JOHNSON, SUZANNE MR. | $28,500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 19 | FLOWERS, J C MR | $28,500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 20 | SCHWARTZ, ERIC S. MR. | $28,500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | MANAGING DIRECTOR |
| 21 | LINDEN, JOSEPHINE BRAZIL | $28,500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT |
| 22 | LOPEZ-BALBOA, FRANK MR | $25,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 23 | PRINCE, SCOTT | $22,250 | 16 | SCARSDALE, NY | — |
| 24 | SCHWARTZ, HARVEY M | $21,700 | 5 | BASKING RIDGE, NJ | — |
| 25 | RAVITCH, JOSEPH | $19,500 | 13 | HONG KONG, ZZ | — |
| 26 | DEHNERT, MARK | $18,400 | 6 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 27 | BACKER, DEAN C | $17,900 | 11 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 28 | BRIGER, PETER | $16,100 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 29 | MERCY, EUGENE JR | $15,150 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 30 | REIMERS, ARTHUR | $15,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 31 | FOUSSIANES, GEORGE B | $14,600 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 32 | INGRASSIA, TIMOTHY | $14,500 | 7 | BROOKLYN, NY | — |
| 33 | DELANEY, MICHAEL | $14,100 | 8 | GREENWICH, CT | — |
| 34 | ROSS, GEORGE | $14,000 | 14 | BRYN MAWR, PA | — |
| 35 | SCHROEDER, JEFFREY | $13,800 | 4 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 36 | LILLY, KEVIN | $13,500 | 3 | BELLAIRE, TX | — |
| 37 | LITZENBERGER, ROBERT | $12,900 | 6 | WESTPORT, CT | — |
| 38 | CARR, MICHELLE MS. | $12,500 | 4 | CHICAGO, IL | VICE PRESIDENT, PRIVATE WEALTH |
| 39 | KAHAN, ROBERT L | $12,500 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 40 | BRAM, BENJAMIN | $12,300 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 41 | ROSS, IVAN | $11,075 | 11 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 42 | BARTER, CHRISTOPHER | $11,000 | 2 | — | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 43 | LANE, JAMES | $10,750 | 19 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 44 | SACHS, PETER | $10,700 | 6 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 45 | WRIGHT, MARGARET | $10,640 | 15 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 46 | MIN, JI H | $10,000 | 1 | SEOUL, ZZ | — |
| 47 | MNUCHIN, STEVEN T | $10,000 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 48 | ZURACK, MARK ALAN | $9,900 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 49 | TENENBAUM, JAY | $9,800 | 6 | REDWOOD CITY, CA | — |
| 50 | SMITH, CODY | $9,700 | 4 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $493,685 | 303 |
| 2 | C00350744 | $345,600 | 207 |
| 3 | C00431569 | $271,060 | 134 |
| 4 | C00010603 | $246,200 | 39 |
| 5 | C00451393 | $209,775 | 68 |
| 6 | C00434191 | $182,248 | 75 |
| 7 | C00430470 | $124,050 | 55 |
| 8 | C00431205 | $102,900 | 57 |
| 9 | C00431171 | $81,200 | 46 |
| 10 | C00401224 | $58,790 | 29 |
| 11 | C00035600 | $58,090 | 22 |
| 12 | C00450601 | $57,000 | 2 |
| 13 | C00190991 | $56,406 | 14 |
| 14 | C00027466 | $54,500 | 3 |
| 15 | C00328245 | $46,900 | 9 |
| 16 | C00430512 | $46,550 | 23 |
| 17 | C00431379 | $41,600 | 20 |
| 18 | C00434332 | $34,900 | 12 |
| 19 | C00042366 | $32,400 | 7 |
| 20 | C00434043 | $22,250 | 16 |
| 21 | C00368829 | $21,200 | 13 |
| 22 | C00215699 | $19,850 | 15 |
| 23 | C00435370 | $19,500 | 13 |
| 24 | C00389197 | $15,150 | 7 |
| 25 | C00448498 | $14,100 | 7 |