WEB SERVICE CO
2012 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$3,761,080
Contributions
22
Unique Donors
1
The Web Service Co employer grouping shows $3,761,080 in FEC itemized individual contributions for 2012. Twenty-two contribution lines and one donor key carry the entire cycle cell. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $3,941,630, so 2012 is 95.4% of the key. This page joins that employer string to the 2012 presidential cycle; it does not describe a web-services sector.
Key figures
- $3,761,080 tagged Web Service Co in the 2012 FEC cycle.
- 22 contributions from 1 donor; about $170,958 per contribution.
- 2012 is 95.4% of the grouping’s $3,941,630 all-cycle total.
- Named employer string, not a sector-wide tech total.
- Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.
One donor, one cycle, most of the key
A 95.4% share means almost every dollar this grouping has ever recorded in the table is the 2012 cell. $3,761,080 versus $3,941,630 leaves a small remainder in other years. One donor produced 22 lines, about $170,958 each on average, and the full $3,761,080 attaches to that single key. The pattern is concentrated reporting, not a census of a company’s staff.
Web Service Co is the grouped spelling. Similar names—Web Services, Webservice, a longer legal title—may live in other rows. This join does not harvest those rows. If the all-cycle total looks small for a name that sounds like a large vendor, the rest of the money may be under a different string.
Company-style names that sound generic—“Web Service Co”—are fragile keys. A treasurer who typed a longer legal title would have landed in another row. This page does not hunt that row. It reports the grouped string as stored: $3,761,080 in 2012, 22 lines, 1 donor, 95.4% of $3,941,630. The residual $180,550 is the rest of this key, not the rest of a web-services industry. Treat the name as a filing token, then open the overlay if the 22 recipients matter.
What 22 contributions can represent
Twenty-two Schedule A lines in a presidential cycle can be a mix of candidate committees, joint fundraising, party accounts, and Super PACs. The facts do not split them. They only count 22 and 1. Large average receipts are consistent with several of those buckets; consistency is not identification.
The overlay is the correct place to list recipients. This prose page exists so the relationship is explicit: employer key Web Service Co, cycle 2012, dollars $3,761,080. Collapsing that into “tech giving in 2012” would borrow a sector the facts do not name.
Full analysis: Web Service Co political money in the 2012 election cycle →
Questions
- How much FEC money is tagged Web Service Co in 2012?
- The join records $3,761,080 in itemized individual contributions for Web Service Co in 2012, from 22 contributions and 1 donor. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $3,941,630.
- Is 2012 essentially the whole grouping?
- Yes, as a share: $3,761,080 is 95.4% of $3,941,630. Other cycles hold the remaining $180,550. The facts do not say why the string is concentrated in 2012.
- Does one donor mean one employee?
- It means one donor key inside this grouping for 2012. That person produced 22 itemized lines totaling $3,761,080. The table does not verify employment, title, or household.
- Is this a web-services industry total?
- No. It is one grouped employer string. Other tech and services names are other rows. PAC and independent-expenditure activity is outside the $3,761,080 cell.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Related ties
Top Donors in 2012
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLOOMFIELD, WILLIAM | $3,761,080 | 22 | REDONDO BEACH, CA | — |
Top Recipients in 2012
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00516641 | $3,761,080 | 22 |