Columbia University contributions received by Obama for America

High-volume Columbia University receipts at Obama for America

13,326 lines totaling $408,693 is the published overlap. FEC.gov is the source. A university-employer string, not a campus endowment. The join is not an IBM × Obama for America cell or a student-aid award.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY is the grouping. OBAMA FOR AMERICA is C00431445, the same candidate committee ID as the IBM join, with a different employer filter. 13,326 itemized lines totaling $408,693 are this university's overlap only. Do not add the IBM cell to this one.

13,326 lines at about $31 each is $408,693 divided by 13,326. That mean is arithmetic, not a typical gift, not a contribution limit, and not a unique-donor census. Unitemized gifts never enter $408,693.

Obama for America is one filter on $8,849,740

About 4.6% of $8,849,740 is this cell. The leftover $8,441,047 sits on other committees under the same COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY grouping, or outside this recipient filter.

Open /industries/columbia-university/ for the leftover $8,441,047 and /committees/C00431445/ for Obama for America receipts from other employer strings. /industries/ and /ties/ collect neighboring keys without mixing those dollars into $408,693.

What C00431445 does not include

Independent expenditures by OBAMA FOR AMERICA, if any, are a different FEC table. $408,693 is itemized individual receipts only. It is not a unique-alumni census.

USAspending obligations that share a similar name, if any exist, are a different dataset. This join does not claim that $408,693 funded federal work. Campaign contributions are not federal awards. The cell is not an IBM × Obama for America cell or a student-aid award.

Line count is not headcount

Repeat gifts, household reuse of the employer string, and multi-cycle filings can inflate 13,326 without naming 13,326 people. The packet supplies no unique-donor count. Cite $408,693, 13,326 contributions, $8,849,740 on the Columbia University grouping, and C00431445. Keep both sides named: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY as grouped text, OBAMA FOR AMERICA as recipient.

Citing Columbia University × Obama for America

Open /industries/columbia-university/ for the Columbia University grouping of $8,849,740, /committees/C00431445/ for Obama for America (C00431445) receipts from every employer, /industries/ for other industry hubs, and /ties/ for neighboring joins. Live overlay numbers win if they disagree with this snapshot.

Source: FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Not independent expenditures.

Researchers who need names behind the 13,326 contribution lines must leave this prose page for the committee and industry tables. This tie only publishes the overlap: $408,693 coded to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and received by OBAMA FOR AMERICA (C00431445), against a grouping of $8,849,740. About 4.6% of that grouping is here; $8,441,047 is not. Dollars per line average about $31. A university-employer string, not a campus endowment. The cell is not an IBM × Obama for America cell or a student-aid award.

Four hrefs cover the join: /industries/columbia-university/ (Columbia University), /committees/C00431445/ ($408,693 from 13,326 itemized individual contributions coded to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and received by OBAMA FOR AMERICA (C00431445). The Columbia University grouping across committees is $8,849,740. These figures are not independent expenditures.), /industries/ (No. 13,326 is a contribution-line count totaling $408,693, about $31 per line. Repeat filers can appear more than once. The packet does not publish a unique-donor census for this C00431445 cell.), and /ties/ (About 4.6%. $408,693 is the Obama for America slice of $8,849,740; $8,441,047 is not. The percentage describes two FEC groupings overlapping, not a government or university directing gifts.). Together they let a reader add or remove one filter at a time without leaving FEC itemized-individual space. This snapshot recorded $408,693 from 13,326 contributions. Live pages can move. FEC.gov is the originating filing system. Unitemized individual gifts never enter $408,693. Independent expenditures and PAC disbursements are other FEC tables. Sharing a company-like string does not merge those ledgers with C00431445.

Restating the join without new numbers: Columbia University at Obama for America is $408,693 from 13,326 itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov. The same string stores $8,849,740 across committees, so this recipient is about 4.6% and other committees hold $8,441,047. The grouping is a university-employer string, not a campus endowment, not a unique-alumni census. No donor names, unique-donor count, party split, or USAspending dollars are in this packet. Mean gift size is about $31. That mean is arithmetic, not a median. Independent expenditures remain outside $408,693.

Questions

How much Columbia University money did Obama for America receive?

$408,693 from 13,326 itemized individual contributions coded to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and received by OBAMA FOR AMERICA (C00431445). The Columbia University grouping across committees is $8,849,740. These figures are not independent expenditures. FEC.gov is the source for $408,693, 13,326 contributions, and committee C00431445.

Does 13,326 mean 13,326 unique Columbia University donors?

No. 13,326 is a contribution-line count totaling $408,693, about $31 per line. Repeat filers can appear more than once. The packet does not publish a unique-donor census for this C00431445 cell. FEC.gov is the source for $408,693, 13,326 contributions, and committee C00431445.

What share of the Columbia University grouping is this committee?

About 4.6%. $408,693 is the Obama for America slice of $8,849,740; $8,441,047 is not. The percentage describes two FEC groupings overlapping, not a government or university directing gifts. FEC.gov is the source for $408,693, 13,326 contributions, and committee C00431445.

Do these gifts fund federal awards?

No. $408,693 is an FEC itemized-individual total. USAspending obligations are a different dataset even when names overlap. The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards. FEC.gov is the source for $408,693, 13,326 contributions, and committee C00431445.