Chairperson political contributions from Wisconsin

Two donors, most of the occupation’s money

Occupation CHAIRPERSON plus contributor state Wisconsin equals $5,484,989. That is about 95% of $5,787,494 nationally. Wisconsin’s 112 contributions are about 32% of 355. Its 2 donors are about 4% of 52. Nearly all of the dollars under this exact string are coded to Wisconsin; nearly all of the people who used the string are not.

Average itemized gift in the Wisconsin slice is about $48,973 ($5,484,989 / 112). With only two donor keys, per-donor dollars are far higher. Those ratios describe this filter. They do not identify the two people, their organizations, or whether CHAIRPERSON was a board title, a political title, or a data-entry choice.

CHAIRPERSON as a thin national label

Fifty-two donors used CHAIRPERSON on receipts totaling $5,787,494 across 355 gifts. Compared with chairman or director, the spelling is rare. A rare string plus two high-dollar Wisconsin filers produces a state share that would be impossible in a mass occupation such as teacher.

The remainder outside Wisconsin is $5,787,494 minus $5,484,989, from 50 of 52 donors and 243 of 355 receipts. Most chairperson-labeled donors live (as filed) in other states and account for a small slice of the money column.

How to read a two-donor state cell

Two unique Wisconsin donors produced 112 CHAIRPERSON-tagged contributions totaling $5,484,989. Repeat itemization is the entire activity pattern: 112 gifts from two keys. The Wisconsin campaign-finance hub lists every occupation attributed to WI; this line can dominate a rare title without dominating Wisconsin itemized giving overall.

Privacy and interpretation travel together. The aggregate does not name the donors. Researchers who need names go to itemized receipts. This page stays at the occupation–state totals supplied in the packet: 2, 112, and $5,484,989.

The 112 gifts from two keys are repeat itemization by definition. Names are not on this page. Researchers who need identity use itemized receipts. The Wisconsin hub will show whether $5,484,989 is large relative to other WI occupations; the occupation hub will show that almost all CHAIRPERSON dollars are this cell. Both views are required.

What not to infer from 95%

A 95% dollar share is not evidence that Wisconsin has more chairpersons, more political activity, or a distinctive board culture. It is evidence that this uncommon occupation string is dollar-dominated by two Wisconsin-addressed filers. Correlation is not causation. The gifts are not mapped to Wisconsin candidates.

Chairman, chair, and vice chairman are separate buckets. Use the occupations index and other ties to see how nearby board titles behave when they are not two-donor cells. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates; occupation labels are filer-entered.

Parent tables

See Chairperson donations for the $5,787,494 national total, Wisconsin campaign finance for all WI occupations, the occupations index for chairman variants, and all FEC ties for other occupation–state joins.

How to cite a two-donor occupation cell

Wisconsin CHAIRPERSON at $5,484,989 from 2 donors and 112 gifts is about 95% of $5,787,494 nationally. The honest citation is always the triple: two donors, 112 receipts, $5,484,989. Citing only the 95% share makes the occupation sound statewide. It is not. Fifty of 52 donors and 243 of 355 gifts are outside Wisconsin and account for $5,787,494 minus $5,484,989.

Chairman and chair are separate strings. Merging board titles would bury this two-key cell inside a larger mix and would also change the national 52-donor count. This page keeps CHAIRPERSON so the concentration stays visible.

Two donors, 112 gifts, $5,484,989, about 95% of $5,787,494. Repeat that triple whenever the share is cited. The occupation has 52 donors; 50 of them are not in Wisconsin and they still produced 243 of 355 gifts. A rare spelling plus two high-dollar Wisconsin keys created the share. No other causal story is in the table.

Questions

How much did Wisconsin Chairperson donors give in FEC filings?

Donors listing occupation CHAIRPERSON with a Wisconsin address reported $5,484,989 in itemized individual contributions, from 2 donors and 112 receipts. That is about 95% of the occupation’s national $5,787,494. The join is a two-donor concentration cell, not a census of Wisconsin board chairs.

Why is almost all Chairperson money from Wisconsin?

CHAIRPERSON is a small national series ($5,787,494, 355 contributions, 52 donors). Two Wisconsin donors produced $5,484,989 in 112 gifts. Dollar share is about 95%; donor share is 2 of 52. Rare labels plus a few large filers create that pattern. The table does not name the donors or explain the gifts.

Is chairperson the same as chairman in FEC data?

No. This page uses CHAIRPERSON only: $5,787,494 nationally and $5,484,989 in Wisconsin. Chairman, chair, and vice chairman have separate occupation pages. Combining them would hide this two-donor Wisconsin cell inside a larger board-title mix.

Did these contributions go to Wisconsin candidates?

Unknown from this join. The filter is donor state Wisconsin plus occupation CHAIRPERSON, not recipient. The two Wisconsin-addressed donors can give to any FEC committee. Committee receipts are required to see where the $5,484,989 went. Those figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates with filer-entered occupation labels.