Goldman Sachs contributions received by THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Goldman Sachs meeting its Group PAC, not the whole map

GOLDMAN SACHS is the grouped employer key as two words. THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE is committee C00350744. This page reports itemized individual gifts that carried both labels. The $6,508,252 figure is the intersection. Name overlap is expected for a connected PAC. Expected overlap does not make the PAC equal to the $44,049,682 industry hub.

Filers who typed GOLDMAN SACHS & CO, GS, or GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP may sit in other keys if stored separately. This join stays on GOLDMAN SACHS. Individual contributions remain personal gifts even when the PAC name matches the bank.

Ten thousand nine hundred fifty-five contributions is a substantial PAC file, but it is not the majority of Goldman-coded dollars.

Fifteen percent of a $44 million grouping

The GOLDMAN SACHS grouping shows $44,049,682 in itemized individual money. The Group PAC cell is $6,508,252, or about 15% of that total. About 85% of GOLDMAN SACHS-coded receipts went to other committees — candidates, parties, super PACs, and conduits. Those leftover dollars dominate the industry hub.

A 15% share is the opposite of the near-total connected-PAC pattern seen on some railroad and accounting joins. Here the connected PAC is a minority destination. Opening only this tie would hide most of the employer string.

10,955 contributions and a $594 mean

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE received $6,508,252 from GOLDMAN SACHS-coded receipts across 10,955 contributions. Dividing dollars by gifts gives about $594 per contribution. That mean sits between payroll-deduction PAC gifts and the seven-figure means on thin super PAC joins. The packet does not publish a median or a partner-versus-staff split.

The committee overlay for C00350744 also includes receipts whose employer field did not group to GOLDMAN SACHS. Independent expenditures, if any, are outside this source note.

Bank names on FEC versus USAspending

Goldman Sachs entities appear in securities, TARP-era, and contracting records. Those ledgers are not these PAC gifts. This join does not claim that the Group PAC funded federal awards, or that awards funded PAC contributions. A bank name shared across datasets is a label, not a pipeline.

Correlation between a bank employer string and a connected PAC is a reporting pattern. Causation of financial-policy outcomes is not in the 10,955 lines. Most Goldman-coded individual money in this grouping sits outside this PAC.

Why the industry hub still matters more here

The Goldman Sachs industry page keeps the $44,049,682 grouping and the other committees that received about 85% of it. The PAC page keeps C00350744. All industries ranks other bank keys. All FEC ties lists neighboring cells so this 15% connected-PAC slice is not mistaken for Goldman’s full FEC footprint.

Fifteen percent is the fact that should lead any citation of this connected PAC. $6,508,252 is large; $44,049,682 is larger. About 85% of GOLDMAN SACHS-coded individual receipts in this table went to committees other than C00350744. The 10,955-line PAC file and the $594 mean describe only the 15% slice. The industry hub holds the rest.

Minority connected PAC: quoting 15% without burying $6.5 million

A 15% share can make the PAC look small; $6,508,252 across 10,955 lines is not small. The accurate citation holds both: THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (C00350744) received $6,508,252 of $44,049,682, about 15%, across 10,955 itemized contributions. Candidate committees, party committees, and other PACs in the 85% remainder are on the industry hub.

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO and GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, if stored, are other keys. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures are omitted. USAspending and securities-settlement records are omitted. About $594 is $6,508,252 divided by 10,955, not a typical bonus or a partner census. All FEC ties is where other bank connected-PAC cells with different shares can be compared without averaging them.

Questions

How much did Goldman Sachs-coded donors give the Goldman Sachs PAC?

FEC.gov aggregates show $6,508,252 in itemized individual contributions grouped to GOLDMAN SACHS and received by THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (C00350744). That join covers 10,955 contributions. The employer grouping across all committees is $44,049,682. These figures are not independent expenditures.

What share of Goldman Sachs FEC money went to this PAC?

About 15% of the $44,049,682 GOLDMAN SACHS total is in this join: $6,508,252 to C00350744. About 85% went to other committees. A minority share means the connected PAC is not the main destination of this employer string.

Is this Goldman Sachs corporate political spending?

No. The total is itemized individual contributions whose employer text grouped to GOLDMAN SACHS and whose recipient is C00350744. Corporate treasury activity and independent expenditures are other FEC categories. The join does not merge those documents.

Does the PAC total equal all Goldman Sachs political giving?

No. The PAC cell is $6,508,252 against a $44,049,682 employer grouping. Most Goldman-coded individual receipts in this table went to other committees. Use the industry hub for the full grouping.