INVESTMENT BANKER
Total Donated
$10,972,200
Contributions
15,398
Unique Donors
483
Top Employer
INVESTMENT BANKER
Contributors who listed INVESTMENT BANKER on federal itemized receipts account for $10,972,200, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 15,398 contributions from 483 donors. INVESTMENT BANKER is a self-reported two-word title stored in the employer grouping, not a NAICS securities-brokerage total, and not the same row as BANKER, MORGAN STANLEY, or GOLDMAN SACHS. The 483 unique donors and 15,398 lines describe the two-word title only; unitemized gifts stay outside the $10,972,200.
Key figures
- INVESTMENT BANKER as FEC employer text totals $10,972,200 from 483 donors.
- 15,398 contribution lines sit under that two-word title.
- BANKER, MORGAN STANLEY, and GOLDMAN SACHS are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS securities industry.
A deal-title phrase, not a broker-dealer census
FEC forms store INVESTMENT BANKER when that is what the filer typed. They do not apply NAICS 5231. The $10,972,200 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the two words. It is not underwriting fees, not a FINRA member census, and not every M&A associate who typed a firm legal name instead. Those 483 people and 15,398 lines are the INVESTMENT BANKER grouping only.
People who typed BANKER without INVESTMENT, GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN STANLEY, MERRILL LYNCH, or SALOMON BROTHERS sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into INVESTMENT BANKER.
483 donors and 15,398 lines
483 unique donors produced 15,398 INVESTMENT BANKER contribution lines totaling $10,972,200. Dollars per unique person run high — similar in concentration to KIRKLAND & ELLIS’s 524-donor law-firm row. Receipts per donor run near 32. 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-firm PAC filings are other documents.
Full analysis: INVESTMENT BANKER as FEC employer text: $11.0 million →
Questions
- How much have INVESTMENT BANKER-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $10,972,200 to the INVESTMENT BANKER employer string, from 15,398 contributions and 483 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS securities 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 INVESTMENT BANKER the same as BANKER or MORGAN STANLEY?
- No. BANKER is a shorter title string. MORGAN STANLEY is a firm-name row. A receipt stamped INVESTMENT BANKER is counted only in the $10,972,200 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 Wall Street employee who donated?
- No. Only receipts whose grouped employer text is INVESTMENT BANKER are in the total. People who wrote GOLDMAN SACHS, BANKER, or another firm name are elsewhere. The 483 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a FINRA headcount.
- Why so few donors for $11.0 million?
- The rollup counts 483 unique people and 15,398 lines. Dollars are concentrated across a small unique-person set compared with wide payroll names. Repeat itemized gifts still raise the line count. The packet does not publish a mean gift. 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.
Industry ties
Cycle-over-Cycle Trend
| Cycle | Total | Contributions | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $176,860 | 144 | 66 |
| 1982 | $42,500 | 50 | 24 |
| 1984 | $80,938 | 87 | 21 |
| 1986 | $69,700 | 52 | 17 |
| 1988 | $63,950 | 44 | 21 |
| 1990 | $35,491 | 34 | 13 |
| 1992 | $32,600 | 41 | 15 |
| 1994 | $37,375 | 40 | 15 |
| 1996 | $56,905 | 59 | 16 |
| 1998 | $24,066 | 26 | 12 |
| 2000 | $40,350 | 50 | 16 |
| 2002 | $41,225 | 41 | 12 |
| 2004 | $83,349 | 49 | 21 |
| 2006 | $108,518 | 61 | 13 |
| 2008 | $142,540 | 71 | 16 |
| 2010 | $57,001 | 44 | 13 |
| 2012 | $60,234 | 43 | 10 |
| 2014 | $55,450 | 24 | 9 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEHRMAN, LEWIS E | $29,000 | 17 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 2 | KERNAN, FRANCIS | $20,500 | 17 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 3 | MACDONALD, ROBERT B | $20,000 | 2 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — | 1980 |
| 4 | GORDON, ALBERT F | $19,500 | 15 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 5 | BREDIN, J BRUCE | $10,500 | 3 | WILMINGTON, DE | — | 1980 |
| 6 | BAKER, GEORGE F III | $9,000 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 7 | DAVIS, SHELBY CULLAM HON | $5,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 8 | KRIEGER, DENNIS G MR | $5,000 | 1 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — | 1980 |
| 9 | GORDON, A H MR | $4,500 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 10 | HERZOG, EDWIN H | $3,750 | 5 | LOCUST VALLEY, NY | — | 1980 |
| 11 | KOLDYKE, MARTIN J | $3,650 | 10 | KENILWORTH, IL | — | 1980 |
| 12 | FOLGER, JOHN CLIFFORD MR | $3,000 | 3 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1980 |
| 13 | BAKER, WILLIAM G JR MR | $2,000 | 2 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — | 1980 |
| 14 | MARKUS, FRITS | $1,510 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 15 | COOK, DONALD C | $1,500 | 2 | NYC, NY | — | 1980 |
| 16 | LOEB, ROBERT | $1,500 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 17 | GLANILLE, JAMES W | $1,000 | 1 | NY, NY | — | 1980 |
| 18 | FOLGER, J C MR | $1,000 | 1 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1980 |
| 19 | EVERETT, EDITH MRS | $1,000 | 1 | BROOKLYN, NY | — | 1980 |
| 20 | GROSSMAN, WALTER S | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 21 | GITICS, ENRIQUE | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 22 | EHRLICH, BURTT MR | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 23 | HAMBRECKT, WILLIAM R | $1,000 | 1 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 24 | HOOVER, RICHARD V | $1,000 | 1 | MCCRACKEN, KS | — | 1980 |
| 25 | JACKSON, W C | $1,000 | 1 | DALLAS, TX | — | 1980 |
| 26 | JANCU, PAUL MR | $1,000 | 1 | FOREST HILLS, NY | — | 1980 |
| 27 | KARR, DAVID MR | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 28 | LOEB, CARL M III | $1,000 | 1 | NY, NY | — | 1980 |
| 29 | LOEWI, J VICTOR MR | $1,000 | 1 | MILWAUKEE, WI | — | 1980 |
| 30 | MCTEAGUE, BERTRAND | $1,000 | 1 | NOANK, CT | — | 1980 |
| 31 | MORGAN, HENRY S | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 32 | MUNSON, DAVD MURRAY | $1,000 | 1 | DALLAS, TX | — | 1980 |
| 33 | BECK, JEFFREY P | $1,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 34 | BROWN, DAVID R MR | $1,000 | 1 | HARRISBURG, PA | — | 1980 |
| 35 | BUTTERWEISER, BENJAMIN | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 36 | BOSTWICK, DUNBAR W MR | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 37 | BOSTWICK, ALBERT C | $1,000 | 1 | OLD WESTBURY, NY | — | 1980 |
| 38 | CROCKER, C | $1,000 | 1 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 39 | DAVIS, SHEBLY CULLOM HON | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 40 | BAKER, GEORGE III | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 41 | DENISON, ROBERT J | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 42 | DIXON, FRED L MR | $1,000 | 1 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1980 |
| 43 | FRISCHKORN, DAVID E K JR | $900 | 1 | HOUSTON, TX | — | 1980 |
| 44 | BRAMSON, EDWARD J | $750 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 45 | HICKEY, JOSEPH M JR | $750 | 1 | BRATENAHL, OH | — | 1980 |
| 46 | DILLON, JOHN C | $750 | 1 | CHAPPAQUA, NY | — | 1980 |
| 47 | KAUTZ, JAMES C | $750 | 2 | NY, NY | — | 1980 |
| 48 | EBERSTADT, WALTER A | $500 | 1 | NYC, NY | — | 1980 |
| 49 | MERCY, EUGENE | $500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 50 | MULLARKEY, THOS F X | $500 | 1 | NYC, NY | — | 1980 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DCCCC00000935 | $75,202 | 14 |
| 2 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376 | $64,500 | 47 |
| 3 | ACTBLUEC00401224 | $50,590 | 6 |
| 4 | GIFFORDS PACC00540443 | $43,500 | 2 |
| 5 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009 | $43,300 | 57 |
| 6 | FUND TO KEEP AMERICA #1C00167007 | $39,540 | 17 |
| 7 | GOLDMAN SACHS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00201483 | $28,000 | 3 |
| 8 | ILLINOIS VICTORY 2006C00427336 | $25,000 | 10 |
| 9 | PERDUE VICTORY INCC00571620 | $23,200 | 1 |
| 10 | NRSCC00027466 | $21,750 | 22 |
| 11 | WINREDC00694323 | $19,351 | 5 |
| 12 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931 | $17,250 | 40 |
| 13 | GIFFORDS FOR CONGRESSC00417618 | $15,900 | 2 |
| 14 | OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445 | $15,490 | 14 |
| 15 | RON BARBER FOR CONGRESSC00512129 | $15,100 | 2 |
| 16 | OBAMA VICTORY FUNDC00451393 | $14,500 | 3 |
| 17 | ELIZABETH PANNILL FLETCHER FOR CONGRESSC00640045 | $14,200 | 3 |
| 18 | FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975 | $13,642 | 29 |
| 19 | DSCCC00042366 | $13,450 | 27 |
| 20 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PACC00580100 | $11,757 | 3 |
| 21 | CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW MAJORITY (FEDERAL) (FKA CAMPAIGN FOR PROSPERITY)C00013490 | $10,750 | 50 |
| 22 | HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTC00431569 | $10,200 | 18 |
| 23 | SENATE VICTORY 2008C00447094 | $10,000 | 10 |
| 24 | CHIEF DEPUTY WHIP'S FUNDC00292995 | $10,000 | 1 |
| 25 | ANDREI FOR ARIZONAC00511980 | $10,000 | 2 |