MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Microsoft Corporation crossed with 2012

LobbyVault’s industry axis and cycle axis meet here. Every itemized individual contribution in 2012 whose employer field rolled up to Microsoft Corporation sums to $1,192,444. The total is not a company disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers sit in other FEC tables and are not folded into this cell.

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $8,998,472. The 2012 slice is about 13.3% of that running sum. A presidential-year cell that is roughly one-eighth of the key’s history is a real intersection, not a substitute for the unfiltered employer hub or for a shorter Microsoft label that lives on another page.

Why the legal name is a separate key

Filers type employer text. Some write Microsoft, some write Microsoft Corporation, some write a subsidiary. Those strings do not automatically collapse. This join reports only Microsoft Corporation. A Microsoft 2014 page, if you open it, is a different key and a different year; mixing the two would invent a combined total.

Self-reported employer fields can include retirees, contractors, and household members who reuse a workplace. The Commission does not certify employment. The 141 donors are contributor identities that matched this string in 2012, not a headcount of Redmond staff.

Treat $8,998,472 as the denominator for the 13.3% share. It is not a market capitalization and not proof of a multi-year corporate program. Neighboring Microsoft-related keys have their own denominators.

Questions

How much did Microsoft Corporation donors give in 2012?

FEC.gov aggregates show $1,192,444 in itemized individual contributions for the Microsoft Corporation grouping in the 2012 cycle, across 675 contributions and 141 donors. That sum is not a company PAC total.

Is this the same as the Microsoft grouping?

No. This page is the Microsoft Corporation employer key only. A shorter Microsoft label is a different grouping with its own cycle cells. Combining them would invent a total the packet does not contain.

What share of Microsoft Corporation FEC money is 2012?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,998,472. The 2012 cell of $1,192,444 is about 13.3% of that figure. Other cycles are not listed here.

Where is the overlay for this join?

Open Microsoft Corporation 2012 for the cycle overlay, Microsoft Corporation for the grouping hub, and the 2012 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages.