INVESTOR
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$3,712,242
Contributions
3,016
Unique Donors
880
$5,353,276 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the grouping Investor. FEC.gov aggregates count 3,912 contributions from 1,144 donors. The same string totals $89,862,902 across every cycle in this table, so the 2008 cell is about 5.96% of the lifetime bucket. Investor is a status word. It is not portfolio size. Investments as a noun is a different grouping. The key is not a 13F holdings file and not a brokerage PAC.
Key figures
- Investor × 2008: $5,353,276 in itemized individual contributions.
- 3,912 contributions from 1,144 donors; about $1,368.42 per gift and $4,679.44 per donor.
- 2008 is about 5.96% of the grouping’s $89,862,902 all-cycle total.
- INVESTMENTS, PRIVATE INVESTOR, and RETIRED INVESTOR remain other keys.
- Itemized individual receipts only — not PAC disbursements and not USAspending awards.
Investor as occupation text × 2008
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Investor and 2008 — sum to $5,353,276. The cell holds 3,912 itemized contributions and 1,144 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 Investor hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Investor is a status word. It is not portfolio size. Investments as a noun is a different grouping. INVESTMENTS, PRIVATE INVESTOR, and RETIRED INVESTOR remain other keys. This page is the one-word Investor string. Open Investor 2008 for the overlay rows, Investor for other cycles, and the 2008 election cycle for other employer strings.
Dividing $5,353,276 by 3,912 contributions yields about $1,368.42 per itemized gift. Dividing by 1,144 donors yields about $4,679.44 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 3.4. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians, not a party split, and not a typical salary.
2008 Investor dollars inside the all-cycle total
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $89,862,902. The 2008 slice of $5,353,276 is about 5.96% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 94.04%. Treating 2008 as the entire Investor FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $89,862,902 as the denominator for the 5.96% 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 $89,862,902.
Full analysis: Investor contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle →
Questions
- How much did Investor donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $5,353,276 in itemized individual contributions for the Investor grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 3,912 contributions and 1,144 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $89,862,902 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Investor FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $89,862,902. The 2008 cell of $5,353,276 is about 5.96% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 94.04% on the industry hub. Do not treat 2008 as the whole Investor story.
- Is Investor the same as Investments?
- No. Investor and Investments are different stored strings and different LobbyVault pages. This 2008 cell uses only Investor. Do not add the Investments 2008 cell unless that packet is in front of you. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Investor hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Where is the overlay for the Investor 2008 join?
- Open Investor 2008 for the cycle overlay, Investor 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.
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HUNTING, JOHN | $211,800 | 65 | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | — |
| 2 | ANDERSON, TRAVIS | $116,200 | 40 | HOBOKEN, NJ | — |
| 3 | SOROS, ROBERT | $85,000 | 34 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 4 | BAILEY, CAMP | $79,200 | 21 | WACO, TX | — |
| 5 | BAGLEY, SMITH | $74,200 | 21 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 6 | FELDMAN, GREG | $63,496 | 16 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 7 | LUCAS, CLAIRE N | $59,300 | 7 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 8 | MOTT, TIMOTHY | $57,000 | 2 | KETCHUM, ID | — |
| 9 | Richardson, Tarrus | $48,200 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | ICV CAPITAL PARTNERS |
| 10 | ALVORD, NANCY | $41,400 | 19 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 11 | LANSING, ROBERT | $38,600 | 15 | LAKE FOREST, IL | — |
| 12 | RENSIN, DAVID | $34,200 | 4 | WATERFORD, VA | — |
| 13 | HORMEL, JAMES C | $31,881 | 11 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 14 | CAMPBELL, ALEX | $31,150 | 14 | LEXINGTON, KY | — |
| 15 | TRATT, JONATHAN | $31,050 | 24 | SCOTTDALE, AZ | — |
| 16 | WARREN, DAVID | $30,990 | 26 | PRIDES CROSSING, MA | — |
| 17 | NEVILLE, RONALD | $30,000 | 46 | SPRINGFIELD, MO | — |
| 18 | LIFTON, ROBERT K | $28,500 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 19 | BEHAR-YBARRA, ELIAS | $28,500 | 1 | SAN JUAN, PR | — |
| 20 | PARASOL, RICK | $28,500 | 1 | MILL VALLEY, CA | — |
| 21 | TESSLER, FERN K | $28,500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 22 | WEINBERG, LEWIS | $28,410 | 19 | ELK POINT, SD | — |
| 23 | BROIDY, ELLIOTT | $27,900 | 11 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 24 | TURNER, JOHN | $27,650 | 46 | DALLAS, TX | — |
| 25 | BLANCHARD, JAMES | $27,000 | 21 | NEW ORLEANS, LA | — |
| 26 | MOSBACHER, ROBERT | $26,671 | 10 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 27 | BRACHMAN, MARSHALL | $26,650 | 34 | FT WORTH, TX | — |
| 28 | PEAY, NICHOLAS | $25,750 | 62 | CLEVELAND HTS, OH | — |
| 29 | GORMAN, JAMES | $24,600 | 12 | SAN ANTONIO, TX | — |
| 30 | ANDERSON, DONALD B | $20,700 | 7 | ROSWELL, NM | — |
| 31 | DONNELLEY, LAURA | $20,000 | 2 | ASPEN, CO | — |
| 32 | THREN, ROBERT | $19,200 | 12 | CAMARILLO, CA | — |
| 33 | GART, THOMAS | $18,100 | 17 | ENGLEWOOD, CO | — |
| 34 | GODWIN, JEANNE | $17,300 | 14 | PENSACOLA, FL | — |
| 35 | RIGSBY, DAVID | $16,700 | 12 | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | — |
| 36 | OMIDYAR, PAMELA | $16,100 | 6 | LOS GATOS, CA | — |
| 37 | HENRY, PATRICK | $16,000 | 12 | PALM BEACH, FL | — |
| 38 | GARDNER, ROBERT | $14,700 | 16 | EAST HAMPTON, NY | — |
| 39 | NELSON, RUTH K | $14,700 | 10 | TULSA, OK | — |
| 40 | WRIGHT, JEFFREY | $14,670 | 14 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | — |
| 41 | OMIDYAR, PAMELA K | $14,200 | 5 | LOS GATOS, CA | — |
| 42 | ROGERS, REGINA J | $14,000 | 9 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 43 | SMITH, JOAN | $13,900 | 24 | MCLEAN, VA | — |
| 44 | LEWIS, HENRY | $13,787 | 11 | PANAMA CITY, FL | — |
| 45 | AYER, WILLIAM F | $13,100 | 19 | FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA | — |
| 46 | ROTHSCHILD, STANFORD | $13,000 | 8 | TOWSON, MD | — |
| 47 | GRALLA, LAWRENCE | $12,900 | 6 | HARTSDALE, NY | — |
| 48 | COWELL, PHYLLIS | $12,505 | 7 | ROCKY MOUNT, NC | — |
| 49 | EICHLER, ROBERT M | $12,500 | 6 | BELLEVUE, WA | — |
| 50 | STEINER, RICHARD | $12,350 | 8 | CINCINNATI, OH | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $330,656 | 423 |
| 2 | C00431569 | $239,696 | 175 |
| 3 | C00437293 | $216,600 | 71 |
| 4 | C00042366 | $188,365 | 78 |
| 5 | C00000935 | $187,346 | 100 |
| 6 | C00451393 | $130,350 | 61 |
| 7 | C00410118 | $120,200 | 46 |
| 8 | C00401224 | $101,255 | 39 |
| 9 | C00010603 | $67,075 | 19 |
| 10 | C00266932 | $66,800 | 82 |
| 11 | C00434985 | $63,151 | 63 |
| 12 | C00416826 | $53,800 | 10 |
| 13 | C00430470 | $44,525 | 34 |
| 14 | C00453738 | $44,012 | 38 |
| 15 | C00257642 | $41,900 | 20 |
| 16 | C00432260 | $41,650 | 83 |
| 17 | C00369033 | $39,939 | 35 |
| 18 | C00386458 | $39,500 | 34 |
| 19 | C00420745 | $38,600 | 15 |
| 20 | C00088484 | $38,100 | 12 |
| 21 | C00355461 | $36,850 | 29 |
| 22 | C00453720 | $34,200 | 4 |
| 23 | C00431205 | $34,150 | 33 |
| 24 | C00003418 | $33,925 | 16 |
| 25 | C00027466 | $33,251 | 35 |