AT&T as FEC employer text: $6.9 million

Ampersand brand, not every Bell successor

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. AT&T is the four-character brand as stored, including the ampersand. The $6,907,678 total is those itemized gifts. It is not wireless-subscriber counts, not DirecTV, and not a NAICS rollup of all telecom employers.

People who typed ATT without the ampersand, AT AND T, SOUTHWESTERN BELL, SBC, or a local operating-company name sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this key.

Predecessor operating companies remain other keys when filers typed those names. The ampersand in AT&T is part of the stored string. LobbyVault does not treat ATT and AT&T as one field.

1,312 donors and 43,713 lines

1,312 unique donors produced 43,713 AT&T contribution lines totaling $6,907,678. That is on the order of 33 itemized receipts per donor — payroll-style volume rather than a small-partnership pattern. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a wireless-versus-wireline split.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the company’s committee PAC filings are outside the $6,907,678 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

1,312 unique donors produced 43,713 lines totaling $6,907,678. Wireless, wireline, and media staff can share the brand if they typed it. The headline does not split those businesses.

Comcast Willow Grove and other communications strings

COMCAST (CC) OF WILLOW GROVE is a separate, highly specific employer-name key in this batch. Combining it with AT&T would mix a national brand with a local Comcast label. This page stays at $6,907,678 for AT&T only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the carrier. ENGINEER and generic TELECOM-style strings are other keys when donors skipped the company name.

Do not treat ENGINEER as an AT&T synonym. Title-as-employer rows stay separate. The brand’s $6,907,678 from 1,312 donors and 43,713 lines is the only total on this guide.

Donor table

The AT&T donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a merger, a spectrum auction, or a motive to that line. Former employees who still type the brand share the string with current staff. The FEC field is not an HR file.

Repeat names are expected among 43,713 lines from 1,312 people. Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the carrier string.

AT&T on the donor table includes the ampersand as stored. ATT without it, if present in the file, is another key. The $6,907,678 from 1,312 donors and 43,713 lines is this brand only. COMCAST (CC) OF WILLOW GROVE is a local cable label, not a second AT&T spelling.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $6,907,678, 43,713 contributions, 1,312 donors, top employer AT&T. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts. State filings are omitted.

The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare COMCAST (CC) OF WILLOW GROVE on the industry index. Use occupation breakdowns for titles stored next to this employer.

Ampersand brand versus predecessor names

AT&T grouped $6,907,678 from 1,312 donors and 43,713 lines. ATT without the ampersand, SOUTHWESTERN BELL, SBC, and local operating-company names are other keys if stored that way. COMCAST (CC) OF WILLOW GROVE is a local cable label, not an AT&T synonym.

Unitemized gifts, state filings, and the company’s committee PAC filings stay outside the $6,907,678 unless an individual receipt carries AT&T. ENGINEER as a title-as-employer string is a different key when donors skipped the brand.

Read the donor table for disclosed recipients. LobbyVault does not attach a spectrum auction or a merger to a large gift. Former employees who still type AT&T remain in the 1,312. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS telecommunications total.

Keep AT&T’s $6,907,678, 43,713 contributions, and 1,312 donors on this carrier brand. COMCAST (CC) OF WILLOW GROVE stays on its own page. Unitemized gifts and the company PAC remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside the brand. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not a NAICS telecommunications total.

Questions

How much have AT&T-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $6,907,678 to the AT&T employer string, from 43,713 contributions and 1,312 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the company’s PAC and not a NAICS telecommunications total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this AT&T corporate political spending?

No. The $6,907,678 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to AT&T. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include Comcast or SBC employees?

No. COMCAST (CC) OF WILLOW GROVE and predecessor names such as SBC are separate strings if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text AT&T. Staff who typed a local operating company are in those other rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed AT&T?

The rollup counts 1,312 donors and 43,713 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount from the company. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.