SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH
PAC — Qualified Nonprofit
ALEXANDRIA, VA · FEC ID: C00431734 · Treasurer: WEYMOUTH D SYMMES
Total Receipts
$0
Total Disbursements
$0
Cash on Hand
$0
Connected Org
None
FEC.gov records $2,000,000 from the Valhi Incorporated grouping into SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734) across 508 itemized individual contributions. The grouping totals $8,089,138; this committee is 24.7% of that labeled book. It is not a claim that Valhi Incorporated wrote the checks from a treasury, and it is not independent-expenditure spending.
Key figures
- Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth received $2,000,000 from Valhi Incorporated-coded individual contributions across 508 itemized gifts.
- The Valhi Incorporated grouping totals $8,089,138, so this committee accounts for about 24.7% of that labeled money.
- 508 lines average about $3,937 each; that mean is arithmetic on the packet, not a typical small gift.
- VALHI INCORPORATED is FEC stored text, not a certified NAICS sector or unique-donor census.
- Figures are FEC itemized individual contributions, not independent expenditures or USAspending awards.
$2,000,000 from the stored grouping into Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth
Valhi Incorporated is the grouped employer or occupation key. SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH is committee C00431734. This page is the overlap: itemized individual gifts whose field grouped to VALHI INCORPORATED and whose recipient is that committee. The $2,000,000 figure is the intersection.
508 contributions averaging about $3,937 ($2,000,000 ÷ 508) describe a thick itemized book with a $3,937 mean. The packet does not name the 508 filers or say whether they are one household repeating. A line count is a filing pattern, not a unique-donor census.
VALHI INCORPORATED, not a veterans roster
VALHI INCORPORATED is filer-entered text. a holding-company employer string, not a veterans-organization census and not a chemicals NAICS rollup. VALHI, VALHI INC, and CONTRAN-related names can sit on other keys. This page does not recode a corporate family or a NAICS sector into $8,089,138.
The recipient name SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH is stored on committee C00431734. This page does not interpret that name as a membership list. 508 itemized lines totaling $2,000,000 are the Valhi overlap.
Full analysis: Valhi Incorporated contributions received by Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth →
Questions
- How much did Valhi Incorporated filers give Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth?
- FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions show $2,000,000 coded to the Valhi Incorporated grouping and received by SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734). That join covers 508 contributions. The broader grouping across all committees is $8,089,138. These figures are not independent expenditures.
- Did Valhi Incorporated donate as a corporation to the Swift Boat committee?
- The join is itemized individual contributions coded to VALHI INCORPORATED and received by SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734) across 508 lines. It is not a certified corporate-treasury line. CONTRAN CORPORATION is a separate key on this slice.
- What share of Valhi Incorporated FEC money went to this committee?
- About 24.7% of the $8,089,138 Valhi Incorporated total is in this join: $2,000,000 to Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth. About $6,089,138 went to other committees. That percentage describes overlap of two FEC groupings, not a finding that the labeled entity directed the gifts.
- Why does the packet list 508 contributions?
- The packet lists 508 itemized contribution lines totaling $2,000,000, about $3,937 per line. That is a receipt count, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are not in this join. Use the C00431734 hub for other receipt types.
FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Not independent expenditures.
Committee ties
Cycle History
| Cycle | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on Hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2008 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Location | Employer | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PERRY, BOB | $4,350,000 | 198 | HOUSTON, TX | — | 1980–2014 |
| 2 | SIMMONS, HAROLD | $2,000,000 | 416 | DALLAS, TX | VALHI INCORPORATED | 1980–2014 |
| 3 | PICKENS, T BOONE | $1,000,000 | 159 | AMARILLO, TX | — | 1982–2014 |
| 4 | PICKENS, BOONE | $1,000,000 | 135 | AMARILLO, TX | MESA PETRO CO | 1984–2014 |
| 5 | LINDER, CARL | $350,000 | 23 | — | — | 1992–2012 |
| 6 | MCCLENDON, AUBREY | $250,000 | 92 | OKLAHOMA, OK | OIL DEVELOPER | 1990–2014 |
| 7 | MATTHEWS, GEORGE JR | $250,000 | 2 | ATLANTA, GA | RET | 2004–2008 |
| 8 | LINDER, ROBERT D SR | $250,000 | 1 | CINCINNATTI, OH | OWNER | 2004 |
| 9 | CAVENEY, JACK E | $125,000 | 83 | TINLEY PK, IL | PANJUIT CORP | 1980–2012 |
| 10 | PERRY, BOB J | $100,000 | 259 | HOUSTON, TX | PERRY HOMES INC | 1980–2014 |
| 11 | COURSON, HAROLD D | $100,000 | 64 | PERRYTON, TX | SELF-EMPLOYED | 1980–2014 |
| 12 | MUMFORD, JOHN | $97,500 | 49 | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTOR | 1988–2014 |
| 13 | THOLEN, C PHILLIP | $50,000 | 3 | TULSA, OK | EXECUTIVE | 2004–2012 |
| 14 | TERRY, HOWARD L | $50,000 | 54 | HOUSTON, TX | INVESTOR | 1980–2010 |
| 15 | STEPHENSON, JAMES E | $50,000 | 141 | ANN ARBOR, MI | HARNESS DICKEY & PIERCE | 1992–2014 |
| 16 | HUDDLESTON, ALBERT D | $50,000 | 60 | HOUSTON, TX | 3H INTERNATIONAL INC | 1980–2014 |
| 17 | HUDDLESTON, ALBERT | $50,000 | 28 | DALLAS, TX | OIL AND GAS | 1984–2012 |
| 18 | FOX, SAM | $50,000 | 377 | BRONX, NY | ALE FINISHING SPRAY | 1980–2014 |
| 19 | CAWOOD, FRANK W | $50,000 | 2 | PEACHTREE CITY, GA | F C & A INC | 1988–2004 |
| 20 | BROOKS, GRETCHEN | $50,000 | 42 | PORTLAND, OR | INVESTOR | 1988–2014 |
| 21 | JULIAN, REBECCA L | $40,000 | 18 | VANCOUVER, WA | INVESTOR | 1996–2014 |
| 22 | FOLLETT, BRIAN R | $40,000 | 7 | AUSTIN, TX | RET | 2004–2012 |
| 23 | O'NEILL, JOHN | $36,360 | 277 | WASHINGTON, DC | REALTOR | 1980–2014 |
| 24 | VALENTINE, MICHAEL | $27,000 | 127 | CINCINNATI, OH | — | 1988–2014 |
| 25 | VINCENT, E DUKE | $25,000 | 5 | LOS ANGELES, CA | F ALTMAN & CO | 1994–2014 |
| 26 | SOWELL, JAMES E | $25,000 | 33 | DALLAS, TX | JIM SOWELL CONSTRUCTION | 1984–2012 |
| 27 | CROW, HARDIN | $25,000 | 1 | DALLAS, TX | RETIRED | 2004 |
| 28 | GERAWAN, MIKE | $21,000 | 41 | REEDLEY, CA | FARMER | 1994–2014 |
| 29 | TERESI, JOSEPH | $20,000 | 64 | AGOURA HILLS, CA | — | 1994–2012 |
| 30 | MARTIN, JOHN | $17,500 | 534 | CHEVY CHASE, MD | — | 1980–2014 |
| 31 | KRISCHER, NORMAN | $17,500 | 7 | BROOKLYN, NY | BLANNOR REALTY CO | 1994–2004 |
| 32 | HILBERG | $15,000 | 1 | LACONIA, NH | RET | 2004 |
| 33 | NELSON, JOHN | $13,500 | 593 | SCARSDALE, NY | ATTORNEY | 1980–2014 |
| 34 | HOLMES, THOMAS | $10,200 | 141 | SOUTHBURY, CT | USCO DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC | 1986–2014 |
| 35 | DANIELS, GEORGE G | $10,002 | 179 | ORLANDO, FL | DANIELS MFG CORP | 1988–2014 |
| 36 | DANIELS, GEORGE | $10,001 | 304 | PEPPER PIKE, OH | DANIELS FURNITURE & APPLI | 1988–2014 |
| 37 | WYLY, SAM | $10,000 | 172 | DALLAS, TX | BONANZA | 1980–2006 |
| 38 | WYLY, CHARLES JR | $10,000 | 25 | DALLAS, TX | SELF-EMPLOYED | 1982–2006 |
| 39 | WALSH, ROBERT T | $10,000 | 5 | GRANBY, CT | HOMEDCO INC | 1990–2004 |
| 40 | STONE, ROGER | $10,000 | 210 | GLENCOE, IL | STONE CORRUGATED CONTAINERS | 1980–2014 |
| 41 | SHERMAN, RICHARD M | $10,000 | 7 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | SONGWRITER | 1988–2004 |
| 42 | PERRY, WAYNE M | $10,000 | 49 | ELIZABETH CITY, NC | PERRY MOTORS | 1986–2014 |
| 43 | PATTERSON, JAMES A | $10,000 | 376 | LOUISVILLE, KY | PATTCO INC | 1980–2014 |
| 44 | MUELLER, JOHN | $10,000 | 128 | LAKE FOREST, IL | — | 1982–2014 |
| 45 | MERUELO, ALEX | $10,000 | 24 | WHITTIER, CA | — | 1992–2014 |
| 46 | MEEHAN, DANIEL E | $10,000 | 17 | MILW, WI | MEEHAN SEAWAY SVCS | 1984–2010 |
| 47 | LINDER, ROBERT D | $10,000 | 11 | CINCINNATI, OH | UNITED DAIRY FARMERS | 1982–2004 |
| 48 | LETICA, MARA | $10,000 | 38 | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | — | 1990–2006 |
| 49 | LARSEN, ROY | $10,000 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | TIME INCORPORATED | 1980–2008 |
| 50 | LANGER, HARRY | $10,000 | 202 | GLENVIEW, IL | — | 1988–2014 |