GOOGLE

Why Google and 2012 share a cell

An industry hub stacks every cycle. A cycle hub stacks every employer string. The intersection is one cell: Google × 2012 = $961,821. LobbyVault keeps that cell on its own URL so the 696 receipts and 310 donors are not mixed with later cycles or with people who typed a different tech-employer label. 2012 is a presidential even-year window; that fact describes the FEC calendar, not which contests received the money.

The 3.4% share ($961,821 of $28,141,117) is a scale check, not a peak-year ranking. It says 2012 is a visible but small slice of the Google grouping. Other years for the same key live on the industry hub. Other employers in 2012 live on the cycle hub. Adding those rolls without the join either double-counts or drops years.

310 donors, 696 lines, $961,821

Three hundred ten donors and 696 contributions produce a different shape than a one-person grouping. Contributions per donor average about 2.2 (696 ÷ 310). Dollars per contribution average about $1,382 ($961,821 ÷ 696). Dollars per donor average about $3,103. Those three ratios are arithmetic on the cycle facts. They describe reporting volume, not job title inside the company and not a coordinated program.

Employer on an FEC receipt is whatever the contributor or treasurer entered. People who listed Alphabet, YouTube, Google LLC as a different string, or a generic title such as ENGINEER without the company name, sit in other keys even if they worked there. The 310 donor count is unique keys inside this grouping for 2012, not a payroll headcount.

Questions

How much FEC money is tagged Google in 2012?

The industry–cycle join records $961,821 in itemized individual contributions for Google in the 2012 cycle. That sum covers 696 contributions from 310 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total in this table is $28,141,117. These figures are FEC.gov individual receipts, not PAC disbursements.

Is 2012 most of Google giving in this database?

No. $961,821 is about 3.4% of the $28,141,117 all-cycle total for the grouping. Other even-year windows make up the rest. Compare years on the industry hub rather than treating 2012 as a lifetime figure. The cycle page shows other employers from the same two-year window.

Why are there more contributions than donors?

696 contribution lines and 310 donors mean many people appear more than once in the two-year window—about 2.2 receipts per donor on average. Multiple committees, primaries, and joint fundraising each create separate Schedule A rows. Repeat gifts raise the line count without adding unique donors.

Does this include Google or Alphabet PAC spending?

No. These facts are individual contributions whose employer field grouped to Google. PAC disbursements and independent expenditures are different FEC schedules and are not in the $961,821 cell. Alphabet as a typed string would be a different employer key if it appears.