THOMAS H LEE CO

Reading the Thomas H Lee Co × 2008 cell

Lead with the number: $673,232. Then name both keys: THOMAS H LEE CO and 2008. Then name the source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. 60 contributions and 7 donors are the volume fields that accompany the dollars. None of those fields names a recipient committee on this page. The join is itemized individual Schedule A activity only.

Seven donor identities produced the 2008 cell. That is a Schedule A identity count, not a headcount of the firm and not a named-person list. The overlay path Thomas H Lee Co 2008 is where rows can be inspected. The industry page Thomas H Lee Co drops the year. The cycle page 2008 election cycle drops the employer string. All FEC ties indexes other joins.

Independent expenditures, PAC-to-PAC transfers, and unitemized gifts are outside $673,232. Mixing those tables with this cell would invent a total the packet does not publish.

Thomas H Lee Co on the employer/occupation axis

Thomas H Lee Co is employer string as stored. Filers typed THOMAS H LEE CO (or a string that grouped to it). THOMAS H LEE, THL, LEE PARTNERS, and THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS remain other keys. Exact-match grouping is why a short label can look smaller than a reader’s mental sector. $673,232 counts only this key inside 2008. Named people are not invented here; the packet’s identity field is 7 donors.

The all-cycle figure $16,493,576 uses the same string with the year filter off. $15,820,344 sits in other cycles (95.9%). That remainder is not missing money; it is money tagged to other even-year windows on the Thomas H Lee Co hub.

Questions

What is the Thomas H Lee Co total for the 2008 cycle?

$673,232 in itemized individual contributions, on 60 receipts from 7 donors, for the stored string THOMAS H LEE CO. Source: FEC.gov. The all-cycle grouping is $16,493,576, which already includes this cell. The join is not a PAC total.

Why is 2008 only 4.1% of Thomas H Lee Co money?

Because $16,493,576 spans every cycle in the table. $673,232 is the 2008 slice (4.1%). Other even-year windows hold $15,820,344. A smaller share is a calendar fact, not a ranking of Thomas H Lee Co and not a judgment about the grouping.

Are the 7 donors named on this page?

No. The packet publishes a donor count, not names. 7 is an identity total for THOMAS H LEE CO in 2008. Repeat gifts help explain 60 contributions versus 7 identities. The overlay holds itemized rows; this file does not invent a roster.

Is Thomas H Lee Co 2008 money the same as federal spending?

No. These are FEC individual contributions. USAspending awards are a different dataset and a different form. The packet has no obligation amount. Do not treat $673,232 as grants, contracts, or assistance tied to Thomas H Lee Co. Cite FEC.gov. THOMAS H LEE CO in 2008 is $673,232 on 60 itemized receipts from 7 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $16,493,576.