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STANFORD UNIVERSITY

2012 Election Cycle

Total Donated

$779,995

Contributions

770

Unique Donors

252

Donors listing Stanford University reported $1,157,270 in itemized individual contributions during the 2012 federal election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates. Those dollars arrived in 969 contributions from 312 donors. The figure is a slice of the Stanford University employer grouping, not a university PAC and not an endowment transfer. This page joins that campus employer string to the 2012 two-year window so the overlap can be read without treating it as a faculty census or a ranking of colleges. Campus employer keys and professor-title keys split the same real-world people; this page reports only filers who typed Stanford University as the workplace string.

Key figures

  • Stanford University × 2012 is $1,157,270 in itemized individual contributions.
  • The cell includes 969 contributions from 312 donors.
  • 2012 is about 7.5% of the grouping’s $15,350,461 all-cycle total.
  • The key is a campus employer string, not a faculty census.
  • FEC gifts and federal research awards are different datasets.

Stanford University crossed with 2012

Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Stanford University and 2012 — sum to $1,157,270. The total is not an official university disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $15,350,461. The 2012 slice is about 7.5% of that running sum. A presidential-year cell that is roughly one-thirteenth of the key’s history is a real intersection. It is not the whole story of the label, and it is not a substitute for occupation keys such as Educator Professor, which store title text rather than a school name.

What the campus employer string holds

Filers type employer text. Stanford University collects strings that match this institution name. People who listed a hospital affiliate, a lab with a different legal name, or simply “professor” without the school may land elsewhere. This join does not merge those neighbors.

312 donors are contributor identities, not a headcount of faculty plus staff plus alumni. Alumni who listed a current employer other than the university are absent from this cell. Retirees who still typed the school name can be present. The Commission does not certify affiliation.

Treat $15,350,461 as the denominator for the 7.5% share. It is not an endowment figure and not proof of a university political program. Neighboring school keys have their own denominators.

Full analysis: Stanford University and the 2012 FEC election cycle

Questions

How much did Stanford University donors give in 2012?
FEC.gov aggregates show $1,157,270 in itemized individual contributions for the Stanford University grouping in the 2012 cycle, across 969 contributions and 312 donors. That sum is not a university PAC or an endowment transfer.
Are these 312 donors all faculty?
No. They are contributor identities whose employer field matched Stanford University. Staff, retirees, or others who typed the school name can appear. People who listed only a title, or a different affiliate name, land on other keys.
What share of Stanford University FEC money is 2012?
The grouping’s all-cycle total is $15,350,461. The 2012 cell of $1,157,270 is about 7.5% of that figure. Other cycles are not listed here.
Where is the overlay for this join?
Open Stanford University 2012 for the cycle overlay, Stanford University for the grouping hub, and the 2012 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages.

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

Related ties

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Top Donors in 2012

Top STANFORD UNIVERSITY donors in the 2012 election cycle.
#NameTotalContributionsCity / StateOccupation
1WINOGRAD, TERRY$222,00055STANFORD, CA
2KELLY, MICHAEL A$46,1008PORTOLA VALLEY, CA
3TINKLENBERG, JARED$36,00016PALO ALTO, CAPHYSICIAN
4GOTTLIEB, LAWRENCE$27,10027PALO ALTO, CA
5MEYER, TOBIAS$25,0001MENLO PARK, CAPROFESSOR
6MARSHALL, HUBERT$22,50031STANFORD, CA
7LANGSEV, TERILYNN$19,60029PORTOLA VALLEY, CA
8FREEDMAN, ESTELLE$17,09035SAN FRANCISCO, CAHISTORIAN
9HENIG, DAVID$11,2505SEATTLE, WA
10LONG, SHARON R.$9,2504PALO ALTO, CAPROFESSOR
11DAVID, SEAN DR.$8,1004PALO ALTO, CAPHYSICIAN
12WHEELWRIGHT, STEVEN C$7,7507PALO ALTO, CA
13JOHNSON, ALFRED I$7,5003WASHINGTON, DCSTUDENT
14DIXON, LANCE$6,2505MENLO PARK, CAPHYSICIST
15JUDD, KENNETH$5,5003STANFORD, CAECONOMIST
16SHENKER, STEPHEN$5,2505PORTOLA VALLEY, CAPROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
17MORANTZ, ALISON$5,2502PALO ALTO, CALAW PROFESSOR
18LIPSICK, JOSEPH$5,0007STANFORD, CAPROFESSOR/SCIENTIST
19MULHAUPT, DENNIS$5,0002MENLO PARK, CA
20ELAM, HARRY$5,0001SAN MATEO, CAPROFESSOR
21MOUNTAIN, JOANNA$5,0001REDWOOD CITY, CA
22GABRIELI, JOHN$5,0002STANFORD, CA
23EGLASH, STEPHEN J.$5,0001PALO ALTO, CAEXECUTIVE
24LO, EDITH$4,5002PALO ALTO, CACHEMIST
25KENNEDY, ROBIN$4,2738STANFORD, CA
26SILVER-BALBUS, SHAYLA$4,0002SAN FRANCISCO, CARESEARCHER
27WHEELWRIGHT, STEVEN$4,0005PALO ALTO, CA
28REILLY, WILLIAM K$4,0003STANFORD, CA
29LYMAN, RICHARD$3,95012STANFORD, CA
30MINDICH, DANIEL$3,8508STANFORD, CARESEARCH ASSISTANT
31OSHEROFF, DOUGLAS$3,8447WOODSIDE, CAPROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
32CORNEY, ANDREA$3,5002MENLO PARK, CAEXECUTIVE COACHING
33SMILOVITZ, PATTI$3,3757REDWOOD CITY, CADATA MANAGEMENT
34MARTIN, JOANNE$3,3005STANFORD, CA
35KENNEDY, DAVID M$3,2504STANFORD, CAPROFESSOR, AUTHOR
36HERRING, RONALD B$3,1006SAN CARLOS, CAED COORDINATOR
37PAULRAJ, AROGYASWAMI$3,0253STANFORD, CAPROFESSOR
38BREST, PAUL$3,0003STANFORD, CA
39DEKKER, CORNELIA MS.$2,8006OAKLAND, CAPEDIATRICIAN
40ROBINSON, HEYWARD G$2,7504REDWOOD CITY, CA
41GAMBURD, BETSY$2,7505PALO ALTO, CAWRITER
42MARMOR, MICHAEL F$2,7006STANFORD, CA
43HUBBARD, SCOTT$2,6002BURLINGAME, CAPROFESSOR
44OATES, ELEANOR$2,5001PORTOLA VALLEY, CASTUDENT
45HELLMAN, DOROTHIE$2,5001STANFORD, CARETIRED
46BOLTON, DERRICK$2,5003STANFORD, CAADMINISTRATOR
47SCHWELZER, PETER$2,5001TALLAHASSEE, FLRESEARCH
48ELLIS, RUSSELL MR$2,5002STANFORD, CALECTURER
49FERNALD, RUSSELL$2,5009STANFORD, CASCIENTIST
50NOLAN, GARRY$2,5001SAN FRANCISCO, CAPROFESSOR

Top Recipients in 2012

Top committees that received STANFORD UNIVERSITY donations in 2012.
#CommitteeTotalContributions
1C00441949$222,00055
2C00494740$195,122128
3C00431445$111,773195
4C00401224$30,97665
5C00500843$29,25023
6C00010603$25,89057
7C00285171$22,50031
8C00431171$20,90015
9C00042366$13,05026
10C00435099$8,00013
11C00518282$8,0009
12C00347260$7,7507
13C00315176$7,7254
14C00000935$6,79418
15C00193433$5,85014
16C00393652$5,2505
17C00264697$4,2507
18C00494203$4,0003
19C00501031$4,0005
20C00431304$3,7505
21C00289603$3,7006
22C00434563$2,6504
23C00493981$2,5002
24C00495531$2,5001
25C00412304$2,2504