VERIZON
Total Donated
$4,014,059
Contributions
21,767
Unique Donors
731
Top Employer
VERIZON
Filers who listed VERIZON on federal campaign reports account for $4.0M ($4,014,059) in itemized receipts on FEC.gov. The cluster holds 21,767 contributions and 731 donors. VERIZON is the short brand as typed, not a NAICS wired-telecommunications total, not Verizon’s PAC, and not VERIZON WIRELESS as a longer product-line string.
Key figures
- VERIZON as FEC employer text totals $4.0M ($4,014,059) from 731 donors.
- 21,767 contribution lines sit under that short brand string.
- VERIZON WIRELESS and AT&T are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or company PAC total.
Short brand, not a telecom-sector recode
Seven hundred thirty-one unique donors produced 21,767 contributions totaling $4,014,059. About 30 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $184 describe the arithmetic. VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, and AT&T can exist as other keys. They are not inside $4,014,059 unless they grouped to VERIZON.
Top employer matches VERIZON. The FEC field records what was typed, not a securities-filing legal name. LobbyVault does not recode VERIZON WIRELESS into this short brand. Researchers who want a combined Verizon family must recode after export.
731 donors and 21,767 lines
21,767 lines from 731 people is a thick receipt pattern. Mean per donor is about $5,491. Repeat payroll deductions can inflate contribution counts without raising unique donors. The packet does not publish a wireless-versus-wireline split.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the company’s committee PAC filings are outside the $4,014,059 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.
Full analysis: VERIZON money in federal elections →
Questions
- How much have VERIZON-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $4,014,059 to the VERIZON employer string, from 21,767 contributions and 731 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not the company’s PAC and not a NAICS telecommunications total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Is VERIZON WIRELESS included?
- Only if those receipts grouped to the short VERIZON key. VERIZON WIRELESS as a longer product-line string is a separate grouped key if filers used it. The $4.0M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to VERIZON. LobbyVault does not merge Wireless variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.
- Does this include AT&T employees?
- No. AT&T is a separate employer string. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text VERIZON. Staff who typed only ENGINEER are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- How many unique donors listed VERIZON?
- The rollup counts 731 donors and 21,767 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount from the company. Figures are limited to the FEC 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.