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KOCH INDUSTRIES

2008 Election Cycle

Total Donated

$216,588

Contributions

177

Unique Donors

40

Donors listing Koch Industries reported $331,383 in itemized individual contributions during the 2008 federal election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates. Those dollars arrived in 279 contributions from 48 unique donors. The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $3,916,660; the 2008 slice is about 8.5% of that running sum. The key is filer-entered employer or occupation text, not a PAC disbursement table.

Key figures

  • Koch Industries × 2008 is $331,383 in itemized individual contributions.
  • The cell includes 279 contributions from 48 donors.
  • 2008 is about 8.5% of the grouping’s $3,916,660 all-cycle total.
  • The label is filer-entered form text (KOCH INDUSTRIES), not a PAC disbursement and not a NAICS total.
  • FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.

Koch Industries as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Koch Industries (KOCH INDUSTRIES) and 2008 — sum to $331,383. 279 itemized contributions and 48 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.

Neither the Koch Industries hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. KOCH INDUSTRIES is the stored employer string. KOCH, KOCH BROS, and KOCH COMPANIES are other keys. Forty-eight unique donors produced 279 itemized lines. Do not invent those names. The page does not assign motive, ideology, or a legislative outcome. It is not Koch PAC disbursements. LobbyVault does not merge neighboring spellings into $331,383. This URL exists because the two dimensions meet.

8.5% of the Koch Industries roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $3,916,660 ($3.9 million). The 2008 slice of $331,383 is about 8.5% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 91.5% ($3,585,277). Treating 2008 as the Koch Industries FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $3,916,660 as the denominator for the 8.5% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $3,916,660.

Full analysis: Koch Industries political money — 2008 cycle

Questions

How much did Koch Industries donors give in 2008?
FEC.gov aggregates show $331,383 in itemized individual contributions for the Koch Industries grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 279 contributions and 48 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $3,916,660 all-cycle figure. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
What share of Koch Industries FEC money is 2008?
The grouping’s all-cycle total is $3,916,660. The 2008 cell of $331,383 is about 8.5% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 91.5% ($3,585,277) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Koch Industries hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
Is $331,383 the Koch Industries PAC total for 2008?
No. $331,383 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to Koch Industries (KOCH INDUSTRIES) in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 279 contributions came from 48 donors. Do not invent those names from the grouping label.
Where is the overlay for the Koch Industries 2008 join?
Open Koch Industries 2008 for the cycle overlay, Koch Industries for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.

Related ties

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Top Donors in 2008

Top KOCH INDUSTRIES donors in the 2008 election cycle.
#NameTotalContributionsCity / StateOccupation
1KOCH, WILLIAM I MR$28,5001WILLESLEY, MA
2KOCH, DAVID HAMILTON MR.$28,5001WICHITA, KSEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
3KOCH, WILLIAM I$16,1006WICHITA, KS
4ELLENDER, PHILIP$11,0003BATON ROUGE, LAMANAGING DIRECTOR
5TATUM, STEVE$10,74421WICHITA, KS
6BREHM, JULIE$10,0002WICHITA, KS
7DIANDRETH, JAMES$10,0002HOCKESSIN, DEGLOBAL TECHNOLOGY & MARKET DEV
8SCHLAPP, MATTHEW$9,74424ALEXANDRIA, VAGOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
9MARHAVER, CARL$8,5002WICHITA, KS
10DURKIN, TIMOTHY$7,8005WICHITA, KS
11DISHMAN, DAVID$7,74421WICHITA, KS
12ROBERTSON, DAVID L$7,6008WICHITA, KS
13FARHA, S. JIM MR.$7,1006WICHITA, KSEXECUTIVE
14WOLFF, MARK$6,3515WICHITA, KS
15JARVIS, MARY$6,0002WICHITA, KS
16FINK, RICHARD H$4,3002CENTREVILLE, VA
17PITTENGER, JOHN$4,24419WICHITA, KS
18BEACH, DOUGLAS$4,19420
19HANNA, JANICE$3,4502WICHITA, KS
20PYLE, THOMAS J$3,0003WASHINGTON, DC
21ESTES, RON$2,6003WICHITA, KS
22WORMS, ROBERT C MR.$2,3001HOUSTON, TXPETROLEUM TRADING
23MAHONEY, KAREN$2,3001WICHITA, KS
24KOCH, CHASE C$2,3001WICHITA, KSEXECUTIVE VP
25KOCH, WILLIAM L. MR.$2,3001PALM BEACH, FLPRESIDENT & C.E.O.
26BEASLEY, REX$2,0001WICHITA, KS
27PARKHURST, KORY J.$1,0001WICHITA, KSSENIOR COUNSEL
28JARVIS, MARY BETH$1,0001WICHITA, KSCOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
29ROSE, JOHN ROBERT MR.$1,0001HOUSTON, TXENERGY TRADER
30COUGHLIN, RICHARD J$1,0001HASTINGS, MN
31PITTENGER, JOHN C MR.$5001PRINCETON, NJSUSANTIVE
32HUGHES, VICTORIA A$5001FALLS CHURCH, VA
33RAMSEYER, ROGER$5001WICHITA, KS
34FAZIO, RAFFAELE G$5001WICHITA, KSASSOCAITE GENERAL COUNSEL
35FAZIO, RAFFAELE$5001WICHITA, KSASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
36MCKENNA, MICHAEL A.$5001MIDLOTHIAN, VAGOVERNMENT RELATIONS
37PARK, JOE$2501WICHITA, KS
38HAGGETT, CATHERINE$2501ARLINGTON, VADIRECTOR, FEDERAL AFFAIRS
39STECKLEIN, DANIEL J$2171WICHITA, KS
40WITTE, ROBERT$2001WICHITA, KS

Top Recipients in 2008

Top committees that received KOCH INDUSTRIES donations in 2008.
#CommitteeTotalContributions
1C00236489$49,46134
2C00027466$28,5001
3C00003418$28,5001
4C00393033$16,1006
5C00431445$14,35111
6C00433342$10,74421
7C00295592$9,24423
8C00010603$8,93840
9C00435271$8,7506
10C00207993$7,6008
11C00446104$7,1006
12C00428706$6,0002
13C00409581$3,0003
14C00004606$2,6003
15C00430470$2,3001
16C00443218$2,3001
17C00450841$2,3001
18C00431171$2,3001
19C00453738$2,0001
20C00430694$1,0001
21C00430512$1,0001
22C00341396$1,0001
23C00413070$5001
24C00431569$5001
25C00258855$2501