How much have IBM-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $10,520,465 to the IBM employer string, from 64,416 contributions and 1,877 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the company’s PAC and not a NAICS information-technology total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is this IBM corporate political spending?

No. The $10,520,465 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to IBM. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. Federal contract obligations are a different dataset. Figures here are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include Microsoft or Google employees?

No. MICROSOFT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, GOOGLE, and GOOGLE INC. are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text IBM. Staff who typed only ENGINEER sit in that occupation-style row instead. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Why so many contributions from 1,877 donors?

The 64,416 lines include repeat gifts from the same 1,877 people — on the order of 34 itemized receipts per donor. Recurring itemized programs raise the line count. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-employee census. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only.

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IBM

Total Donated

$10,520,465

Contributions

64,416

Unique Donors

1,877

Top Employer

IBM

Contributors who listed IBM on federal itemized receipts account for $10,520,465, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 64,416 contributions from 1,877 donors. IBM is a three-letter employer string as typed, not a NAICS computer-systems total, and not International Business Machines’ PAC or corporate treasury. MICROSOFT CORPORATION and GOOGLE INC. are sibling tech-employer spellings with their own pages.

Key figures

IBM as FEC employer text totals $10,520,465 from 1,877 donors.
64,416 contribution lines sit under that three-letter firm string.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION and GOOGLE INC. are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or company PAC total.

A ticker-length firm name on Schedule A

LobbyVault’s industry table ranks grouped employer text from FEC.gov individual receipts. IBM is the abbreviation committees stored when filers typed those three letters. The $10,520,465 total is those itemized gifts. It is not IBM’s disclosed committee PAC spending, not federal contract awards, and not a NAICS 5415 or 3341 rollup of information-technology services.

People who typed IBM CORPORATION, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, IBM GLOBAL SERVICES, or ENGINEER without the company sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this key. Former employees who still write IBM share the string with current staff; the FEC field is not an HR roster.

1,877 donors and 64,416 contribution lines

1,877 unique donors produced 64,416 IBM contribution lines totaling $10,520,465. That is on the order of 34 itemized receipts per donor — a paperwork volume closer to recurring payroll-style giving than to a handful of large one-time gifts. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the company’s committee PAC filings sit outside the $10,520,465 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Repeat names among 64,416 lines are expected.

Full analysis: IBM as FEC employer text: $10.5 million →

Questions

How much have IBM-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $10,520,465 to the IBM employer string, from 64,416 contributions and 1,877 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the company’s PAC and not a NAICS information-technology total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Is this IBM corporate political spending?: No. The $10,520,465 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to IBM. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. Federal contract obligations are a different dataset. Figures here are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Does this include Microsoft or Google employees?: No. MICROSOFT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, GOOGLE, and GOOGLE INC. are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text IBM. Staff who typed only ENGINEER sit in that occupation-style row instead. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.
Why so many contributions from 1,877 donors?: The 64,416 lines include repeat gifts from the same 1,877 people — on the order of 34 itemized receipts per donor. Recurring itemized programs raise the line count. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-employee census. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Industry ties

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

2012 · $9,510 1994 · $4,950 2014 · $3,985 2006 · $3,500 2004 · $1,500 2008 · $1,500 1980 · $1,100 2002 · $1,025 1992 · $1,000 2000 · $825

IBM political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$1,100	3	3
1992	$1,000	1	1
1994	$4,950	7	1
1996	$250	1	1
1998	$750	2	1
2000	$825	3	1
2002	$1,025	4	1
2004	$1,500	5	1
2006	$3,500	7	1
2008	$1,500	3	1
2010	$500	2	1
2012	$9,510	21	2
2014	$3,985	11	1

Top Donors

Top IBM donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	BEALS, J A	$500	1	OKLA CITY, OK	—	1980
2	BEALS, TERI	$500	1	OKLA CITY, OK	—	1980
3	HILLMAN, TRISHA	$500	1	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980
4	KUO, JEN-KAI MR	$500	1	TUCSON, AZ	—	1980
5	BURNS, THOMAS	$300	1	SPOKANE, WA	—	1980
6	FAIRCHILD, CAROLYN	$300	1	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	—	1980
7	MCELROY, S L	$300	1	BEWEDERE, CA	—	1980
8	DEEDE, LAWRENCE	$250	1	HOPEWELL JUNC, NY	—	1980
9	DENNIS, SALLY F	$250	1	OSSINING, NY	—	1980
10	JANIK, GEORGE	$250	1	HUDSON, OH	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received IBM donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	WINREDC00694323	$24,886	1
2	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONC00162818	$16,403	1
3	ACTBLUEC00401224	$16,032	1
4	AZOA SERVICES CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALLIANZ OF AMERICA PAC)C00095109	$12,600	1
5	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$10,066	2
6	MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PACC00580100	$5,822	1
7	TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371	$5,082	3
8	HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795	$4,448	1
9	FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975	$4,361	1
10	DSCCC00042366	$3,580	1
11	CONN APPLIANCES, INC. EMPLOYEES PAC (CONN'S PAC)C00660027	$3,552	1
12	ENSIGN FOR SENATEC00286476	$3,500	1
13	NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC)C00130773	$3,000	1
14	WIN THE ERA PACC00697441	$2,800	1
15	PERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCC00500587	$2,500	1
16	MCCONNELL SENATE COMMITTEEC00193342	$2,040	1
17	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$1,850	1
18	DCCCC00000935	$1,755	1
19	NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PACC00238725	$1,390	1
20	TRUMP SAVE AMERICA JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEEC00770941	$1,345	1
21	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$1,213	1
22	HONOR BOUND PACC00711549	$1,100	1
23	MARK KELLY FOR SENATEC00696526	$1,081	1
24	INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)C00022343	$1,000	1
25	ROMNEY FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEE INCC00285866	$1,000	1