How much FEC money is tagged Bain Capital in 2012?

The join records $2,460,550 in itemized individual contributions for Bain Capital in 2012, from 141 contributions and 75 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,559,241.

Does this measure a campaign’s relationship to the firm?

No. It measures itemized individual receipts whose employer field grouped to Bain Capital in 2012. Recipient committees are on the overlay. Motive and news narratives are not in the facts.

What share of the grouping is 2012?

28.7%: $2,460,550 of $8,559,241. Other cycles hold $6,098,691. Use the industry hub for the all-years roll.

Is this private-equity industry giving?

No. It is one named employer string. Other funds and the Investor occupation label are other keys. PAC spending is outside the $2,460,550.

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Bain Capital political money in the 2012 election cycle

The Bain Capital employer grouping records $2,460,550 in itemized individual contributions for the 2012 FEC cycle. One hundred forty-one contribution lines from 75 donors make up that presidential-year cell. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,559,241, so 2012 is 28.7% of the key. This is a named private-equity employer string joined to 2012, not a private-equity sector total and not a candidate biography.

Key figures

$2,460,550 tagged Bain Capital in the 2012 FEC cycle.
141 contributions from 75 donors; about $17,451 per contribution.
2012 is 28.7% of the grouping’s $8,559,241 all-cycle total.
Named employer key, not a private-equity sector or PAC total.
Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.

Seventy-five donors in a high-attention presidential year

2012 is a presidential cycle in which this employer name was widely discussed in news coverage. This table still only measures FEC individual receipts tagged to the grouped string: $2,460,550, 141 lines, 75 keys. Average line size is about $17,451. Average per donor is about $32,807. Lines per donor average about 1.9—closer to one or two gifts than to a 30-line stack.

News attention is not a fact in the packet and does not change the cell. The join exists so the dollar figure is not replaced by narrative. Recipients are on the overlay, not inferred from headlines.

2012 coverage of this employer name is not a packet fact and does not change the cell. Bain Capital × 2012 = $2,460,550 on 141 lines from 75 donors, 28.7% of $8,559,241. Seventy-five keys and about 1.9 lines each is broader than a one-donor stack and narrower than a 500-donor bank key. Average line size about $17,451 sits between occupation-style $1,000 gifts and property-key six-figure gifts. Recipients are on the overlay, not inferred from headlines.

28.7% of the Bain Capital roll

Eight million five hundred fifty-nine thousand two hundred forty-one dollars is the grouping across all cycles. $2,460,550 is 28.7% of that. 2012 is a heavy year for this string, not the entire history. Other years hold $6,098,691. This packet does not break those years out.

The industry hub is the running total. This tie keeps 2012 visible with the 75-donor shape, which is broader than one-donor fund keys and narrower than bank-name keys with hundreds of donors.

Named PE shop versus Investor

People who typed Investor or Investments are in those occupation keys. People who typed Bain Capital are here. Mixing them would inflate 75 into a fake industry headcount. Keep the employer string intact.

PAC disbursements and independent expenditures are other FEC objects. They are not $2,460,550.

Exclusions

Federal awards to portfolio companies in USAspending are a different dataset. A portfolio-company vendor in USAspending is not funded by these itemized gifts. Correlation of names across files is not causation.

Unitemized gifts are absent. State contributions are absent. 141 is a federal itemized line count for this string in 2012.

The Bain Capital 2012 overlay is the data join. The industry hub holds $8,559,241. The 2012 election-cycle hub holds every employer string that year. The ties index holds other industry–cycle pages. Quote $2,460,550 with 75 donors and the 28.7% share.

Citing Bain Capital × 2012 without a biography

Write Bain Capital, 2012, $2,460,550, 141 contributions, 75 donors, 28.7% of $8,559,241, from FEC individual-contribution aggregates. Do not convert that sentence into a campaign biography. Do not add Investor occupation dollars. Do not add portfolio-company keys. Do not add PAC disbursements. The overlay lists committees attached to the 141 lines.

The industry hub holds $8,559,241; other years hold $6,098,691 of that roll. The 2012 cycle hub places this 75-donor cell among other employer strings. The ties index holds other joins. Independent expenditures are another schedule. USAspending awards to portfolio companies are another government file. A company name in both systems is not a trail from these 75 donors to those awards.

Seventy-five donor keys are matching results, including possible alumni and household members who used the string. They are not a headcount of a Boston office. Keep both sides of the join visible: Bain Capital and the 2012 presidential cycle.

Seventy-five donors, 141 lines, $2,460,550, 28.7% of $8,559,241: that is the 2012 join without a news overlay. Recipients remain on the data overlay. Portfolio companies remain in USAspending if they appear there at all, unconnected as a funding path. Investor occupation dollars remain on the Investor page. Keep Bain Capital and 2012 named together.

Questions

How much FEC money is tagged Bain Capital in 2012?: The join records $2,460,550 in itemized individual contributions for Bain Capital in 2012, from 141 contributions and 75 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,559,241.
Does this measure a campaign’s relationship to the firm?: No. It measures itemized individual receipts whose employer field grouped to Bain Capital in 2012. Recipient committees are on the overlay. Motive and news narratives are not in the facts.
What share of the grouping is 2012?: 28.7%: $2,460,550 of $8,559,241. Other cycles hold $6,098,691. Use the industry hub for the all-years roll.
Is this private-equity industry giving?: No. It is one named employer string. Other funds and the Investor occupation label are other keys. PAC spending is outside the $2,460,550.

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