UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Campus employer string × 2008

Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — University of Chicago and 2008 — sum to $424,663. The cell holds 562 itemized contributions and 208 unique donors. 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 University of Chicago hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. University of Chicago is the spelled-out campus employer string. Two hundred eight donors in 2008 are text matches, not a faculty census. Hospital or medical-center suffixes can land in neighboring keys. The city of Chicago’s FEC geography is a different dimension. U OF CHICAGO, UNIV OF CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS, and CHICAGO as a city key are other groupings.

9.1% of the University of Chicago roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $4,684,875 ($4.7 million). The 2008 slice of $424,663 is about 9.1% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 90.9%. Treating 2008 as the University of Chicago FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $4,684,875 as the denominator for the 9.1% 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 $4,684,875.

Questions

How much did University of Chicago donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $424,663 in itemized individual contributions for the University of Chicago grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 562 contributions and 208 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,684,875 all-cycle figure.

What share of University of Chicago FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,684,875. The 2008 cell of $424,663 is about 9.1% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 90.9% on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the University of Chicago hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Is this University of Chicago’s institutional PAC or endowment?

No. $424,663 is contributor disclosures that listed University of Chicago as employer. The university as an institution is not the payor. Endowment figures and research awards are different datasets. 208 donors are text matches, not a faculty census. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the University of Chicago hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Where is the overlay for the University of Chicago 2008 join?

Open University of Chicago 2008 for the cycle overlay, University of Chicago 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.