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GOLDMAN SACHS &

finance banking

Tracked direct giving

$1,271,341

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Coalition view

GOLDMAN SACHS & operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with Goldman Sachs PAC. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).

Combined direct giving + IE support

$2,103,341

Combined tracked receipts

$674,488

The Money Trail

How money flowed from GOLDMAN SACHS &

$1.3M
6 transactions across 2 counterparties
sum of 6 tracked donations shown

GOLDMAN SACHS & directed $271K to CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988 across 5 contributions between March 2023 and September 2024. GOLDMAN SACHS & opposes Basel III Endgame Capital Rules (Fed/OCC/FDIC proposal).

Mar 2023 – Sep 2024corporate→ Basel III Endgame Capital Rules (Fed/OCC/FDIC prop… no recorded vote
$1.3M tracked across 2 counterparties (sum of 6 tracked donations shown)·1 policy outcome
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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
Trump Inaugural Committee (2025)$1,000,000Dec 9, 20242024
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988$70,200Sep 30, 20242024
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988$65,618Dec 29, 20232024
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988$52,817Mar 29, 20242024
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988$51,320Mar 31, 20232024
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988$31,385Jun 30, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Coalition withFinance and banking industryGoldman Sachs is Wall Street's most politically connected investment bankEditorial
Funded research atThe Brookings InstitutionGoldman Sachs donor to Brookings economic researchEditorial
Funded research atCouncil on Foreign RelationsGoldman Sachs corporate member of Council on Foreign RelationsEditorial
Targeted bySecurities and Exchange CommissionGoldman Sachs subject to SEC enforcement (1MDB)Source
Commented onDepartment of the TreasuryPublic comment on TREAS-DO-2024-0012: U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of ConcernSource
OpposedBasel III Endgame Capital Rules (Fed/OCC/FDIC proposal)Goldman Sachs opposed the Basel III Endgame capital rules proposed by the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC, working through SIFMA and the Bank Policy Institute.Source
Has as instrumentGoldman Sachs PACGoldman Sachs PAC is the political arm of Goldman SachsEditorial
EmployedDavid SolomonCEO of Goldman SachsEditorial