How much have MORGAN STANLEY-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $18,776,463 to the MORGAN STANLEY employer string, from 35,979 contributions and 2,235 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the firm’s PAC and not a NAICS securities total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings 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 this Morgan Stanley corporate political spending?

No. The $18,776,463 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to MORGAN STANLEY. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. 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 Goldman Sachs or Merrill Lynch employees?

No. GOLDMAN SACHS and MERRILL LYNCH are separate employer strings with their own pages. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text MORGAN STANLEY. Staff who typed only INVESTMENT BANKER are in that occupation-style row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique donors listed MORGAN STANLEY?

The rollup counts 2,235 donors and 35,979 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. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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MORGAN STANLEY

Total Donated

$18,776,463

Contributions

35,979

Unique Donors

2,235

Top Employer

MORGAN STANLEY

Contributors who listed MORGAN STANLEY on federal itemized receipts account for $18,776,463, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 35,979 contributions from 2,235 donors. MORGAN STANLEY is a self-reported employer string, not a NAICS securities-brokerage total, and it is not the firm’s PAC or corporate treasury. GOLDMAN SACHS, MERRILL LYNCH, and BANK OF AMERICA are sibling firm-name rows with their own figures.

Key figures

MORGAN STANLEY as FEC employer text totals $18,776,463 from 2,235 donors.
35,979 contribution lines sit under that firm string.
GOLDMAN SACHS, MERRILL LYNCH, and BANK OF AMERICA are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or company PAC total.

A bank holding-company name on Schedule A

LobbyVault’s industry table ranks grouped employer text. MORGAN STANLEY is a firm name as typed on individual receipts. The $18,776,463 total is those itemized gifts. It is not Morgan Stanley’s disclosed PAC spending, not underwriting fees, and not a NAICS 5231 rollup of the securities industry.

People who typed MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY, a wealth-management subsidiary, MS as a ticker, or INVESTMENT BANKER without the firm sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this key.

2,235 donors, 35,979 lines

2,235 unique donors produced 35,979 MORGAN STANLEY contribution lines totaling $18,776,463. Receipts per donor run lower than Honeywell-style payroll volume and higher than some partnership rows with a few hundred people. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the firm’s committee PAC filings are outside the $18,776,463 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

Full analysis: MORGAN STANLEY as FEC employer text: $18.8 million →

Questions

How much have MORGAN STANLEY-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $18,776,463 to the MORGAN STANLEY employer string, from 35,979 contributions and 2,235 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the firm’s PAC and not a NAICS securities total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings 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 this Morgan Stanley corporate political spending?: No. The $18,776,463 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to MORGAN STANLEY. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. 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 Goldman Sachs or Merrill Lynch employees?: No. GOLDMAN SACHS and MERRILL LYNCH are separate employer strings with their own pages. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text MORGAN STANLEY. Staff who typed only INVESTMENT BANKER are in that occupation-style row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
How many unique donors listed MORGAN STANLEY?: The rollup counts 2,235 donors and 35,979 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. 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

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

1992 · $49,500 1996 · $43,550 1984 · $25,473 1988 · $21,750 2012 · $19,600 1980 · $19,000 1998 · $19,000 1982 · $17,200 1994 · $17,150 2014 · $13,050

MORGAN STANLEY political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$19,000	8	4
1982	$17,200	6	3
1984	$25,473	6	3
1986	$7,500	7	2
1988	$21,750	20	2
1990	$6,000	6	2
1992	$49,500	17	2
1994	$17,150	14	2
1996	$43,550	19	3
1998	$19,000	19	2
2000	$11,208	10	2
2002	$6,250	7	3
2004	$7,000	8	3
2006	$5,100	3	2
2008	$4,620	7	2
2010	$7,900	6	2
2012	$19,600	21	3
2014	$13,050	7	3

Top Donors

Top MORGAN STANLEY donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	BALDWIN, ROBERT H	$16,000	4	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
2	BLACK, WILLIAM H	$1,500	2	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
3	GRAY, GORDEN S	$1,000	1	GREENWICH, CT	—	1980
4	COPELAND, JACK	$500	1	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
5	GREENHILL, ROBERT E	$500	1	GREENWICH, CT	—	1980
6	BEARD, ANSON MC C JR MR	$250	1	GREENWICH, CT	—	1980
7	GIOBBE, EDWARD N MR	$250	1	GREENWICH, CT	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received MORGAN STANLEY donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376	$50,000	4
2	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$27,000	1
3	PRESIDENT'S DINNER/AKA 1991 REPUBLICAN SEANTE-HOUSE DINNER COMMITTEEC00250845	$25,000	1
4	RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEEC60000015	$23,100	1
5	BERKLEY FOR SENATEC00325738	$16,800	4
6	DSCCC00042366	$16,600	5
7	CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURYC00281923	$12,500	1
8	AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)C00360354	$7,800	1
9	HORSFORD FOR CONGRESSC00504613	$7,500	4
10	NEVADA RESORT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00219634	$7,500	4
11	ENSIGN FOR SENATEC00286476	$6,500	5
12	MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEC00031054	$6,320	2
13	TITUS FOR CONGRESSC00499467	$6,200	4
14	MORGAN STANLEY & CO INCORPORATED BETTER GOVERNMENT FUNDC00067215	$6,173	2
15	CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATEC00575548	$5,400	4
16	NOV VICTORY '92 COMMITTEE - TEXASC00275768	$5,000	1
17	ALEXANDER FOR SENATE 2020 INCC00383745	$4,600	1
18	NRSCC00027466	$4,250	1
19	HALEYS PACC00406314	$3,000	1
20	MCEWEN '92C00166900	$3,000	1
21	HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946	$2,825	1
22	RUBEN KIHUEN FOR CONGRESSC00502773	$2,700	4
23	NEWT 2012C00496497	$2,500	1
24	JIM SANTINI FOR SENATEC00203174	$2,000	4
25	KENT HANCE SENATE COMMITTEEC00169987	$2,000	1