LEHMAN BROS
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$208,100
Contributions
76
Unique Donors
26
Lehman Bros as a stored employer string shows $269,774 in itemized individual contributions for the 2008 cycle. Those receipts arrived in 101 contributions from 32 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $5,527,644 (4.9% in 2008). The name is form text, not a securities NAICS total and not a bankruptcy-estate PAC.
Key figures
- Lehman Bros × 2008 is $269,774 in itemized individual contributions.
- The cell includes 101 contributions from 32 donors.
- 2008 is about 4.9% of the grouping’s $5,527,644 all-cycle total.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a securities NAICS total and not a bankruptcy-estate PAC.
- FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.
Legacy employer spelling × 2008
Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Lehman Bros and 2008 — sum to $269,774. The cell holds 101 itemized contributions and 32 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 Lehman Bros hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Lehman Bros is the shortened spelling stored on 2008 receipts. Thirty-two donors and 101 lines are text matches in that cycle window. Longer LEHMAN BROTHERS spellings are other keys if stored separately. This join does not recode a bankruptcy timeline into the dollar total. LEHMAN BROTHERS, LEHMAN BROTHERS INC, BARCLAYS, and generic BANKER or TRADER strings are other keys.
4.9% of the Lehman Bros roll
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $5,527,644 ($5.5 million). The 2008 slice of $269,774 is about 4.9% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 95.1%. Treating 2008 as the Lehman Bros FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $5,527,644 as the denominator for the 4.9% 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 $5,527,644.
Full analysis: Lehman Bros and the 2008 FEC election cycle →
Questions
- How much did Lehman Bros donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $269,774 in itemized individual contributions for the Lehman Bros grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 101 contributions and 32 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $5,527,644 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Lehman Bros FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $5,527,644. The 2008 cell of $269,774 is about 4.9% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 95.1% on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Lehman Bros hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Should successor or longer spellings be added to this 2008 total?
- No. This page is the stored string Lehman Bros only. Successor labels and longer legal names are different groupings with their own cycle cells. Combining them would invent a total neither packet publishes as a join. The 2008 cell here is $269,774.
- Where is the overlay for the Lehman Bros 2008 join?
- Open Lehman Bros 2008 for the cycle overlay, Lehman Bros 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 file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized 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 | KROUSE, RODGER | $45,800 | 19 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 2 | COLLERTON, ANTHONY J | $42,200 | 8 | NEW YORK, NY | MGR DIR |
| 3 | SPAR, WARREN | $33,100 | 4 | SHORT HILLS, NJ | — |
| 4 | HELLMAN, F WARREN | $31,800 | 4 | WAYLAND, MA | — |
| 5 | SCHWARZMAN, STEPHEN | $13,200 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 6 | COLIN, CYNTHIA GREEN | $5,600 | 3 | NYC, NY | — |
| 7 | MALIK, ANDREW | $5,600 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 8 | POLIZZOTTO, JOSEPH | $4,500 | 4 | BROOKLYN, NY | — |
| 9 | BAND, LAURENCE M | $2,300 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 10 | TARLOWE, ROBERT | $2,300 | 2 | ROSLYN, NY | — |
| 11 | RIVKIN, JACK L MR | $2,300 | 1 | AMAGANSETT, NY | CIO |
| 12 | L'ESPERARCE, ROS | $2,300 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | BANKER |
| 13 | KOFFMAN, LORI | $2,300 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 14 | KENNERLY, KEITH W MR | $2,300 | 1 | NEW ROCHELLE, NY | INVESTMENT BANKER |
| 15 | SIMONS, KENT C | $2,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | CONSULTANT |
| 16 | BYRNE, BARBARA | $2,000 | 4 | PRINCETON, NJ | — |
| 17 | MARIANO, LAURA R | $1,500 | 1 | CHATHAM, NJ | SVP |
| 18 | OWEN, KEVIN | $1,500 | 3 | OAKLAND, CA | STOCKBROKER |
| 19 | KATZ, KARIN | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 20 | REISMAN, MICHAEL | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 21 | ESTEFANO, SERGIO V | $1,000 | 1 | CORAL GABLES, FL | INVESTMENT MGR |
| 22 | BAND, LAURENCE | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | MGR DIRECTOR |
| 23 | RUDY, KERRY | $500 | 1 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 24 | SWANSON, GREGORY | $500 | 1 | WINNETKA, IL | — |
| 25 | JOYCE, SEAN | $250 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | FINANCE |
| 26 | WALLACE, GENE A | $250 | 1 | DALLAS, TX | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $78,800 | 20 |
| 2 | C00431577 | $45,800 | 19 |
| 3 | C00128868 | $42,200 | 8 |
| 4 | C00280206 | $13,200 | 7 |
| 5 | C00413914 | $5,600 | 3 |
| 6 | C00430470 | $5,600 | 3 |
| 7 | C00431569 | $4,800 | 3 |
| 8 | C00451393 | $4,600 | 3 |
| 9 | C00431619 | $4,500 | 4 |
| 10 | C00255752 | $1,500 | 3 |
| 11 | C00386458 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 12 | C00431205 | $250 | 1 |
| 13 | C00369033 | $250 | 1 |