How much have STATE OF CALIFORNIA-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $8,112,855 to the STATE OF CALIFORNIA employer string, from 43,952 contributions and 1,093 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not California’s party committees and not a NAICS public-administration total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure.

Is this the same as UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA?

No. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA is a separate employer string for people who typed the campus system. The $8,112,855 total is only receipts whose grouped text is STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Named agencies sit in other keys when typed. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include Ohio or Florida state employees?

No. STATE OF OHIO and STATE OF FLORIDA are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text STATE OF CALIFORNIA. US GOVERNMENT is another generic public-employer key. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

How many unique donors listed STATE OF CALIFORNIA?

The rollup counts 1,093 donors and 43,952 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count — on the order of 40 itemized receipts per donor. This is not a California employee headcount. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Total Donated

$8,112,855

Contributions

43,952

Unique Donors

1,093

Top Employer

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Contributors who listed STATE OF CALIFORNIA on federal itemized receipts account for $8,112,855, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 43,952 contributions from 1,093 donors. STATE OF CALIFORNIA is a government-employer string as typed, not a NAICS public-administration total, and not California’s state PAC. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA is a campus-system row, not this state-payroll string. STATE OF OHIO and STATE OF FLORIDA are sibling state-name rows.

Key figures

STATE OF CALIFORNIA as FEC employer text totals $8,112,855 from 1,093 donors.
43,952 contribution lines sit under that government-employer string.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA and STATE OF OHIO are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS public-administration sector.

A state payroll name, not the UC system

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. Employees of agencies, courts, and other units sometimes type STATE OF CALIFORNIA rather than a department legal name. The $8,112,855 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not the California general-fund budget, not a NAICS 92 public-administration rollup, and not a statewide party committee.

People who typed UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, a named agency, CITY OF LOS ANGELES, TEACHER, or US GOVERNMENT sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The FEC field is not a CalHR export. Former employees who still type the state name remain among the 1,093.

1,093 donors and 43,952 lines

1,093 unique donors produced 43,952 STATE OF CALIFORNIA contribution lines totaling $8,112,855. That is on the order of 40 itemized receipts per donor — higher paperwork volume than STATE OF OHIO’s thinner cluster in this ranking’s neighborhood of state strings, still as a separate stored key. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and state-party filings are outside the $8,112,855 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Repeat names among 43,952 lines are expected.

Full analysis: STATE OF CALIFORNIA as FEC employer text: $8.1 million →

Questions

How much have STATE OF CALIFORNIA-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $8,112,855 to the STATE OF CALIFORNIA employer string, from 43,952 contributions and 1,093 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not California’s party committees and not a NAICS public-administration total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure.
Is this the same as UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA?: No. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA is a separate employer string for people who typed the campus system. The $8,112,855 total is only receipts whose grouped text is STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Named agencies sit in other keys when typed. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Does this include Ohio or Florida state employees?: No. STATE OF OHIO and STATE OF FLORIDA are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text STATE OF CALIFORNIA. US GOVERNMENT is another generic public-employer key. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.
How many unique donors listed STATE OF CALIFORNIA?: The rollup counts 1,093 donors and 43,952 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count — on the order of 40 itemized receipts per donor. This is not a California employee headcount. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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

1992 · $7,725 1986 · $4,500 1988 · $3,500 2008 · $3,300 1990 · $3,250 1980 · $2,500 1982 · $2,000 1984 · $2,000 2006 · $2,000 1994 · $1,000

STATE OF CALIFORNIA political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$2,500	3	3
1982	$2,000	2	1
1984	$2,000	2	1
1986	$4,500	5	1
1988	$3,500	4	1
1990	$3,250	4	2
1992	$7,725	14	2
1994	$1,000	1	1
1998	$333	1	1
2000	$1,000	1	1
2002	$500	1	1
2006	$2,000	1	1
2008	$3,300	2	2
2012	$1,000	1	1

Top Donors

Top STATE OF CALIFORNIA donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	BROWN, WILLIE JR	$1,000	1	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	—	1980
2	COLLINS, BRIEN T	$1,000	1	SACRAMENTO, CA	—	1980
3	JASKE, FRED	$650	1	TEMPLE CITY, CA	—	1980
4	CAYO, FELIX	$500	1	LOS ANGELES, CA	—	1980
5	DOOLEY, DANIEL M	$500	1	SACRAMENTO, CA	—	1980
6	MATTIAS, NANCY	$400	1	SACRAMENTO, CA	—	1980
7	MATTRAS, NANCY	$250	1	—	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received STATE OF CALIFORNIA donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	DOOLEY FOR THE VALLEYC00236711	$3,000	1
2	CALIFORNIANS FOR SENATOR PETE WILSONC00165720	$3,000	1
3	CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.C00140590	$3,000	1
4	BARBARA LEE FOR CONGRESSC00331769	$2,300	1
5	BROWN FOR U S SENATEC00141283	$2,000	1
6	FEINSTEIN FOR SENATEC00315176	$2,000	1
7	FRIENDS OF RICHARD ROBINSON FOR CONGRESSC00202036	$2,000	1
8	BROWN FOR PRESIDENT (1980 PCC)C00111740	$1,500	2
9	U S SENATOR JOHN SEYMOUR COMMITTEEC00250480	$1,500	1
10	NAPOLITANO FOR CONGRESSC00334706	$1,000	1
11	JOHN BURTON CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEC00013011	$1,000	1
12	FEINSTEIN FOR SENATE '94C00279646	$1,000	1
13	HERSCHENSOHN FOR U S SENATE-1992C00251702	$1,000	1
14	CAMPBELL FOR U S SENATEC00251322	$1,000	1
15	FRIENDS OF JEVIN D. HODGEC00778464	$1,000	1
16	DOLE FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCC00213850	$1,000	1
17	PENNSYLVANIANS FOR DON BAILEYC00201814	$1,000	1
18	REAGAN-BUSH '84C00171140	$1,000	1
19	ANDREI FOR ARIZONAC00511980	$1,000	1
20	FEINSTEIN FOR SENATE COMMITTEEC00250530	$750	1
21	FUND FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE, INC; THEC00195107	$500	1
22	WOMEN BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE - THE FUTURE PACC00381160	$500	1
23	THORSNESS FOR U S SENATEC00251785	$500	1
24	REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY (FED. ACCT.)C00254490	$500	1
25	SANDY SMOLEY FOR CONGRESSC00254748	$500	1