How many Bain Capital contributions were itemized in 2008?

129 itemized individual contributions from 65 donors sum to $498,800 for the stored string BAIN CAPITAL in the 2008 cycle. Those counts are extract fields, not a payroll census and not a PAC total. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Cite FEC.gov. BAIN CAPITAL in 2008 is $498,800 on 129 itemized receipts from 65 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $8,559,241.

What is the all-cycle Bain Capital total?

$8,559,241 across every cycle in this table. The 2008 join of $498,800 is about 5.8% of that figure. Other cycles hold $8,060,441. The industry hub is the year index; this page is one year cell for the same stored string.

Does Bain Capital include BAIN?

Not in $498,800. Only BAIN CAPITAL is in this cell. BAIN, BAIN CAPITAL LLC, BAIN & COMPANY, and named Bain funds are other keys unless they grouped to this exact string. LobbyVault does not merge them into a sector total on this page. Exact-match grouping is the method.

Can Bain Capital donations be read as 2008 federal contracts?

No. FEC individual contributions and USAspending awards do not fund each other in this dataset. $498,800 is Schedule A itemized giving grouped to BAIN CAPITAL. The packet publishes no award amount and no contract identifier. Cite FEC.gov. BAIN CAPITAL in 2008 is $498,800 on 129 itemized receipts from 65 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $8,559,241.

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Bain Capital political money — 2008 cycle

129 itemized individual contributions from 65 donors sum to $498,800 for Bain Capital in the 2008 cycle on FEC.gov. That cell is the join of the employer string BAIN CAPITAL and the two-year 2008 window. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,559,241 (5.8% in this window). The page explains the relationship between those two dimensions; it is not a private-equity PAC, a fund AUM figure, or a finance NAICS total.

Key figures

129 contributions from 65 donors total $498,800 for Bain Capital in 2008.
All-cycle Bain Capital money in this table is $8,559,241 (5.8% in 2008).
BAIN CAPITAL is filer-entered employer string, not a private-equity PAC, a fund AUM figure, or a finance NAICS total.
Per-receipt mean about $3,867; per-donor mean about $7,674.
Do not mix FEC contribution dollars with USAspending awards.

Two keys: BAIN CAPITAL and 2008

Drop either key and the number changes. Drop 2008 and the Bain Capital hub shows $8,559,241. Drop Bain Capital and the 2008 hub shows every other stored employer for that window — a total this packet does not publish. Keep both keys and the extract returns $498,800 on 129 lines from 65 donors. Cite FEC.gov for the intersection; do not treat either hub as a substitute for the join.

BAIN CAPITAL is the stored employer. Consulting-firm strings such as Bain & Company are other keys. Exact string matching is the method. BAIN, BAIN CAPITAL LLC, BAIN & COMPANY, and named Bain funds are not rolled into $498,800. LobbyVault does not recode filer text into NAICS. Cite FEC.gov.

Section 1 states the relationship. Later sections unpack the lifetime grouping, the receipt arithmetic, the two-year window, and the caveats. The overlay Bain Capital 2008 is the row view of this cell.

Lifetime Bain Capital dollars versus the 2008 slice

$8,559,241 minus $498,800 leaves $8,060,441 in other cycles, or 94.2% of the stored book. 5.8% is the 2008 share. A share is a quotient, not a trend claim. This packet has no prior-cycle dollar for comparison, so no percent change is stated. Other even-year amounts are not invented here.

$8,559,241 is not revenue, not assets, and not a political budget. It is the sum of itemized individual contributions that grouped to BAIN CAPITAL in this table. The Bain Capital hub is the place to see other years. This tie exists so 2008 is not swallowed by that lifetime figure.

Volume inside the Bain Capital 2008 cell

About $3,867 per contribution and about $7,674 per donor follow from dividing $498,800 by 129 and by 65. Lines per donor average about 2.0. High line counts relative to identities usually mean repeat gifts; low line counts can mean fewer repeats. Those readings are still arithmetic, not a donor strategy. They are not medians and not a party split.

This page does not name donors. 65 is a count. Retirees and relatives can share a stored workplace. Unitemized gifts are absent. PAC disbursements are a different FEC table and are not inside $498,800.

2008 is a two-year FEC tag

On FEC.gov, 2008 is a presidential cycle covering two calendar years. Searchers who want a single November figure will not find that split here. Both years of the window can feed $498,800. Dates live on the overlay, not in this snapshot. That mechanical fact is easy to forget when a searcher wants an election-night number.

Open 2008 election cycle for the year without the Bain Capital filter. Open Bain Capital for the string without the year. Open All FEC ties for other two-dimension pages. Those four hrefs are the internal map for this join.

Caveats that travel with the dollars

The page is not a private-equity PAC, a fund AUM figure, or a finance NAICS total. Sharing Bain Capital and 2008 does not create a federal award. USAspending is a different dataset. Do not add $498,800 to obligation totals. Do not treat $498,800 as proof of influence. A join is two fields. Independent expenditures and PAC disbursements remain outside this cell.

If FEC.gov or the live hubs later show a different $498,800, 129, or 65, the newer extract wins. Neighboring strings — BAIN, BAIN CAPITAL LLC, BAIN & COMPANY, and named Bain funds — remain other pages. This file stays on one employer/industry grouping and one cycle.

Citation line for Bain Capital, 2008

Bain Capital, 2008, $498,800, 129 itemized individual contributions, 65 donors, 5.8% of $8,559,241, source FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle. Keep BAIN CAPITAL as the stored label. Keep neighboring spellings out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string.

Then link Bain Capital 2008, Bain Capital, 2008 election cycle, and All FEC ties. Do not present this JSON as a filing. It is a packet snapshot of one cell.

Questions

How many Bain Capital contributions were itemized in 2008?: 129 itemized individual contributions from 65 donors sum to $498,800 for the stored string BAIN CAPITAL in the 2008 cycle. Those counts are extract fields, not a payroll census and not a PAC total. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Cite FEC.gov. BAIN CAPITAL in 2008 is $498,800 on 129 itemized receipts from 65 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $8,559,241.
What is the all-cycle Bain Capital total?: $8,559,241 across every cycle in this table. The 2008 join of $498,800 is about 5.8% of that figure. Other cycles hold $8,060,441. The industry hub is the year index; this page is one year cell for the same stored string.
Does Bain Capital include BAIN?: Not in $498,800. Only BAIN CAPITAL is in this cell. BAIN, BAIN CAPITAL LLC, BAIN & COMPANY, and named Bain funds are other keys unless they grouped to this exact string. LobbyVault does not merge them into a sector total on this page. Exact-match grouping is the method.
Can Bain Capital donations be read as 2008 federal contracts?: No. FEC individual contributions and USAspending awards do not fund each other in this dataset. $498,800 is Schedule A itemized giving grouped to BAIN CAPITAL. The packet publishes no award amount and no contract identifier. Cite FEC.gov. BAIN CAPITAL in 2008 is $498,800 on 129 itemized receipts from 65 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $8,559,241.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.