VIACOM
Total Donated
$4,344,777
Contributions
8,849
Unique Donors
296
Top Employer
VIACOM
Filers who listed VIACOM as employer or occupation on federal campaign reports account for $4,344,777 in itemized receipts on FEC.gov. The cluster holds 8,849 contributions and 296 donors. Mean gift size is about $491; mean per donor is about $14,678. The name is a historical media-employer string as typed on FEC forms. Successor or sibling brand spellings are not merged here, and the label is not a NAICS broadcasting code.
Key figures
- VIACOM FEC strings sum to $4,344,777.
- 8,849 contributions came from 296 donors.
- About $491 per gift and $14,678 per donor on a simple mean.
- Paramount and other successor spellings may be other keys.
- The label is FEC free text, not NAICS.
296 donors and $4,344,777
Two hundred ninety-six unique people produced 8,849 contributions, about 30 itemized gifts per donor. $4,344,777 ÷ 296 ≈ $14,678 per person. Media holding-company names change; FEC text does not automatically follow rebrands. People who listed ViacomCBS, Paramount, or a cable-network name sit in other keys if ingest kept those strings separate. This page is VIACOM only.
Top employer matches VIACOM. The bucket is that spelling, not a coded entertainment-sector total.
Holding-company text across cycles
Aggregates that span many cycles retain whatever employer the filer wrote at the time. $4,344,777 can therefore mix years when VIACOM was the current letterhead with later gifts that still used the old name. The packet has no year breakout, so this guide does not assign the dollars to a merger date.
Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Occupation breakdowns help for producer, executive, and related titles that co-occur with this employer string.
Full analysis: Viacom money in federal elections →
Questions
- How much have Viacom-labeled filers given federally?
- The VIACOM industry cluster totals $4,344,777 in itemized FEC contributions, from 8,849 contributions and 296 donors. Filers listed VIACOM as employer or occupation. Successor names such as Paramount, if stored as other keys, are not included in this sum. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.
- Does this include ViacomCBS or Paramount spellings?
- Only if those spellings were ingested as VIACOM. Other holding-company names stored separately are other slugs. This page’s $4,344,777 is the VIACOM key only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.
- How many unique donors are in this cluster?
- LobbyVault counts 296 donors and 8,849 contributions. Unique-donor count is matching disclosure text, not a historical headcount of the company. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.
- Is this NAICS for broadcasting?
- No. FEC individual files do not include NAICS. LobbyVault groups employer/occupation self-reports. VIACOM is the typed employer name. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.
Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.
Industry ties
Cycle-over-Cycle Trend
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GODDARD, JOHN W | $500 | 1 | DUBLIN, CA | — | 1980 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARAMOUNT GLOBAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00167759 | $26,500 | 1 |
| 2 | NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC)C00010082 | $14,500 | 1 |
| 3 | INVEST FOR AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA BILL BAKER FOR CONG)C00254599 | $3,500 | 1 |
| 4 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418 | $3,000 | 1 |
| 5 | THE MARKEY COMMITTEEC00196774 | $1,800 | 1 |
| 6 | RE-ELECT PACKWOOD COMMITTEEC00142943 | $1,500 | 1 |
| 7 | DCCCC00000935 | $1,500 | 1 |
| 8 | SENATE VICTORY '94C00284976 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 9 | CAMPBELL FOR US SENATEC00473892 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 10 | PETE WILSON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCC00301978 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 11 | LAZIO 2000 INCC00323618 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 12 | GRAY DAVIS FOR US SENATEC00250886 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 13 | MATT FONG U S SENATE COMMITTEEC00326538 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 14 | DUKAKIS/BENTSEN GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUND (GELAC)C00228957 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 15 | SENATE MAJORITY FUNDC00215343 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 16 | BIG SKY FREEDOM PACC00363820 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 17 | DUKAKIS FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, INCC00214213 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 18 | FAZIO FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00088773 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 19 | CALIFORNIANS FOR HUFFINGTONC00283879 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 20 | KENNEDY FOR SENATE (1994)C00174862 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 21 | LEVINE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEC00142216 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 22 | MCCAIN FOR SENATE '98C00280438 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 23 | TOM CAMPBELL FOR CONGRESSC00306753 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 24 | KERRY COMMITTEEC00177147 | $500 | 1 |
| 25 | DSCCC00042366 | $500 | 1 |