Lehman Brothers and the 2014 FEC election cycle

2014 filtered to Lehman Brothers

Apply the Lehman Brothers filter to the 2014 election cycle and the remaining money is $397,411. FEC.gov itemized that amount across 316 contributions and 84 donors. The overlay at the cycle path lists the rows; this file explains the relationship.

Lehman Brothers is investment-bank employer text still stored after the firm’s 2008 collapse. It is not NAICS. It is not a donor biography. 84 unique donors matched the stored string in 2014. Repeat gifts can raise 316 contributions without raising the donor count at the same pace.

The all-cycle Lehman Brothers total of $8,758,084 still includes other windows. Citing $8,758,084 as if it were 2014 would overstate this cell. Citing the 2014 hub as if it were Lehman Brothers-only would overstate the year.

4.5% in 2014, 95.5% elsewhere

4.5% of stored Lehman Brothers money is tagged 2014 ($397,411). 95.5% is not ($8,360,673). Both percentages use $8,758,084 as the base. Changing the string changes the base.

The industry hub holds the year-by-year index. This tie isolates 2014 so $8,758,084 is not mistaken for a two-year number. Lifetime Lehman Brothers storage is $8,758,084. Subtract the 2014 cell and $8,360,673 remains. That remainder is 95.5% of the grouping. 4.5% is the 2014 share. Both percentages use packet facts only.

Itemized count versus unique donors

Contribution count (316) and donor count (84) measure different things. The first counts itemized receipts; the second counts distinct identities in this aggregate. $397,411 is their dollar sum.

If a searcher wants names, the overlay is the next stop. This JSON file reports 84 donors without listing them. Inventing names would violate the packet contract. Contributor identities (84) are not a headcount of a firm or a profession. Repeat itemized gifts explain 316 lines from fewer identities. About 3.8 lines per donor is the mean on this packet.

Dropping the Lehman Brothers filter

Dropping the Lehman Brothers filter returns the reader to the 2014 election cycle index. That index is not $397,411. Adding the filter back recovers this cell: 316 contributions, 84 donors, $397,411.

No cycle-wide denominator is in the packet, so Lehman Brothers cannot be ranked as a percent of 2014 national itemized giving. 4.5% remains a share of $8,758,084 only. Open the 2014 election cycle to see every grouping that year. This file does not copy that list. Lehman Brothers remains one cell: $397,411, 316 contributions, 84 donors.

Self-reported fields and missing tables

Missing from the packet: recipient names, party split, unitemized totals, PAC disbursements, and any USAspending figure. Present: $397,411, 316 contributions, 84 donors, $8,758,084 lifetime, cycle 2014, string LEHMAN BROTHERS.

Self-reported fields create split spellings. Researchers who need a firm-level view must inspect neighboring keys on the industry index rather than assume $8,758,084 is complete for a legal entity. Federal award files can reuse famous names. Those files are not FEC itemized individual contributions. This join does not claim that $397,411 funded contracts or grants.

What to carry forward from this packet

Carry forward $397,411, 316, 84, 4.5%, $8,758,084, and the string LEHMAN BROTHERS. Leave behind invented recipients, party shares, and contract dollars. The source note is FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.

$1,258 per contribution and $4,731 per donor are derived means. Label them as such. Investment-bank employer text still stored after the firm’s 2008 collapse remains the right description of the grouping. If live hubs disagree with $397,411, the overlay and FEC.gov control. This snapshot recorded 316 contributions and 84 donors for LEHMAN BROTHERS in 2014. Restating the join without new numbers: Lehman Brothers in 2014 is $397,411 from 316 itemized individual contributions and 84 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $8,758,084 across cycles, so 2014 is about 4.5% and other windows hold $8,360,673 (95.5%). The grouping is investment-bank employer text still stored after the firm’s 2008 collapse, not Lehman as a corporate treasury, a successor-bank PAC, or Barclays or Nomura as sibling strings. No donor names, recipient committees, party split, or USAspending dollars are in this packet. Live overlay pages override this snapshot. Mean gift size is about $1,258; mean per donor about $4,731; about 3.8 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The two-year FEC window tagged 2014 can include receipts from both years. Independent expenditures remain outside $397,411.

Questions

How much did Lehman Brothers donors give in 2014?

FEC.gov aggregates show $397,411 in itemized individual contributions for the Lehman Brothers grouping in the 2014 cycle, across 316 contributions and 84 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $8,758,084 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.

What share of Lehman Brothers FEC money is 2014?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,758,084. The 2014 cell of $397,411 is about 4.5% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 95.5% ($8,360,673) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.

Does a 2014 Lehman Brothers string mean the firm still existed?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string LEHMAN BROTHERS. The FEC does not verify licenses, current jobs, or corporate identity. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2014 only, totaling $397,411 from 84 donors across 316 contributions.

Where is the overlay for the Lehman Brothers 2014 join?

Open Lehman Brothers 2014 for the cycle overlay, Lehman Brothers for the grouping hub, and the 2014 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. Cite FEC.gov for $397,411, 316 contributions, and 84 donors.