Controller donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Controller × 2008

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation CONTROLLER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $698,303, 878 contributions, and 417 donors. Controller is a finance title as typed on the receipt. FEC.gov does not verify whether the filer kept books, signed filings, or held a municipal office. The occupation hub is $7,491,629 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2008 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2008’s dollar share is 9.3% ($698,303 of $7,491,629). The remainder, $6,793,326, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 417 donor keys and 878 lines describe this presidential-cycle cell. Correlation between a job title and a two-year FEC window is a reporting overlap, not causation of an election outcome. Itemized individual receipts are the coverage. Unitemized money never appears in $698,303. A later Controller × 2012 cell is a different two-year clock. $698,303 is only the 2008 overlap. Keep the year in the citation.

CONTROLLER as typed, not an officer census or a state controller’s office payroll

$7,491,629 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. CFO, Comptroller, and Chief Financial Officer are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $7,491,629 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts. Controller is a finance title as typed on the receipt. FEC.gov does not verify whether the filer kept books, signed filings, or held a municipal office.

Open Controller donations for the $7,491,629 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures. A 9.3% year share of this occupation total means the rest of the labeled money sits outside 2008.

878 controller receipts in 2008

Dividing $698,303 by 878 contributions yields about $795 per gift. Dividing by 417 donors yields about $1,675 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.1 (878 ÷ 417). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles, and not an officer census or a state controller’s office payroll.

417 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2008. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 417 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. People who left occupation blank or used a nearby spelling are not in $698,303.

Occupation versus PAC and an officer census or a state controller’s office payroll

A 9.3% share of Controller-coded dollars from 2008 does not mean the occupation caused those gifts, and it does not mean people with that title funded a policy outcome. Occupation and cycle are reported together. The overlap is descriptive. Independent expenditures, committee-to-committee transfers, and unitemized gifts are out of scope.

Federal awards on USAspending.gov are a different ledger. This join does not claim that 2008 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $698,303 as itemized individual receipts tagged CONTROLLER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there. Correlation is not causation.

How to cite controller money in 2008

A complete claim names Controller and 2008, then $698,303, 878 contributions, 417 donors, and 9.3% of $7,491,629, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 417 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Controller and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $795 and mean per donor $1,675 travel with those counts; they do not travel with an officer census or a state controller’s office payroll.

This URL exists because two filters meet. Controller donations rolls every cycle into one CONTROLLER running total. The 2008 election cycle rolls every occupation into one 2008 total. Only the Controller × 2008 overlay applies both filters, which is why this page cites 878 receipts and $698,303. All FEC ties is the directory of other occupation-cycle cells.

Why this tie page is not either hub

The occupation hub still holds $6,793,326 outside 2008. Most of the $7,491,629 roll is not this cycle’s cell when 9.3% is the year share. CFO, Comptroller, and Chief Financial Officer are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of CONTROLLER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.1.

Presidential cycles still use the same occupation string. What 2008 changes is the window, not the spelling of CONTROLLER. Keep Controller in the title and the H1 so the page is not mistaken for a generic 2008 roundup.

Questions

How much did controller filers donate in 2008?

The join records $698,303 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Controller in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 878 contributions and 417 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $7,491,629, so 2008 is 9.3% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this include a company PAC or a municipal-office committee?

No. $698,303 is individual contributions tagged Controller in 2008. Committee PACs file as committees. Mixing PAC spending with $698,303 would blend FEC tables. See Controller donations or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee names. Controller in 2008 is $698,303 on 878 receipts from 417 donors.

Are controller labels standardized on FEC forms?

No. FEC.gov stores the occupation as typed. This join uses CONTROLLER. Filers who wrote CFO, Comptroller, or Chief Financial Officer sit in other occupation rows. LobbyVault does not recode the string into an officer census or a state controller’s office payroll. Cite $698,303 for this title in 2008 on 878 receipts from 417 donors.

What two tables meet on this page?

Controller donations ($7,491,629 for the string) and the 2008 election cycle. The overlap is $698,303 from 878 receipts and 417 donors. All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle cells. All occupations lists neighboring titles. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates for Controller in 2008.