VERIZON money in federal elections

Short brand, not a telecom-sector recode

Seven hundred thirty-one unique donors produced 21,767 contributions totaling $4,014,059. About 30 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $184 describe the arithmetic. VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, and AT&T can exist as other keys. They are not inside $4,014,059 unless they grouped to VERIZON.

Top employer matches VERIZON. The FEC field records what was typed, not a securities-filing legal name. LobbyVault does not recode VERIZON WIRELESS into this short brand. Researchers who want a combined Verizon family must recode after export.

731 donors and 21,767 lines

21,767 lines from 731 people is a thick receipt pattern. Mean per donor is about $5,491. Repeat payroll deductions can inflate contribution counts without raising unique donors. The packet does not publish 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 $4,014,059 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

Verizon Wireless and AT&T stay separate

VERIZON WIRELESS, AT&T, COMCAST CORPORATION, and ENGINEER are separate employer-name or title keys. Combining them with VERIZON would mix distinct FEC fields. This page reports $4,014,059 for VERIZON only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the brand. ENGINEER and TECHNICIAN exist as industry keys when donors put the function in the employer box instead of VERIZON.

Donor table without network inference

The VERIZON donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a spectrum license, a franchise area, or a motive to that line. Alumni who still type the short brand share the string with current staff. The FEC field is not an HR file.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the brand. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Source

Industry VERIZON; $4,014,059; 21,767 contributions; 731 donors; top employer VERIZON. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Unitemized gifts and company PAC documents are omitted. About 30 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $184 are arithmetic on the packet. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS telecommunications total.

Short VERIZON versus Wireless and AT&T

VERIZON keyed $4.0M from 21,767 contributions and 731 donors. COMCAST CORPORATION is another communications-employer page in this ranking. The 731 unique donors are matching text, not a headcount of the company’s workforce. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside the brand.

Keep $4,014,059 on this short brand. VERIZON WIRELESS and AT&T stay on their own pages. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted.

Read $4,014,059 as the short VERIZON brand cluster only. The 21,767 contributions and 731 donors are matching-text counts on FEC.gov via LobbyVault. About 30 gifts per person, a mean gift near $184, and about $5,491 per donor are packet arithmetic. A thick receipt file is consistent with repeat itemized gifts; the packet does not publish a wireless-versus-wireline split. Unitemized gifts and company PAC filings sit outside the $4.0M unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, AT&T, and COMCAST CORPORATION remain other keys.

LobbyVault does not recode VERIZON WIRELESS into this short brand. The FEC field is not a securities-filing legal name and not a NAICS wired-telecommunications total. Occupation breakdowns list ENGINEER and TECHNICIAN titles when those words filled the employer box. The donor table lists disclosed names and committees without attaching a spectrum license or a franchise area. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Open the VERIZON donor table for line-level detail. All industries lists other communications-employer strings without merging them here.

Questions

How much have VERIZON-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $4,014,059 to the VERIZON employer string, from 21,767 contributions and 731 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not the company’s PAC and not a NAICS telecommunications total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is VERIZON WIRELESS included?

Only if those receipts grouped to the short VERIZON key. VERIZON WIRELESS as a longer product-line string is a separate grouped key if filers used it. The $4.0M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to VERIZON. LobbyVault does not merge Wireless variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.

Does this include AT&T employees?

No. AT&T is a separate employer string. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text VERIZON. Staff who typed only ENGINEER are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed VERIZON?

The rollup counts 731 donors and 21,767 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.