COO donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

COO as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation COO and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,245,643, 972 contributions, and 506 donors. 2008 is an abbreviation-officer cell, not a spelled-out Chief Operating Officer recode. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2008 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

COO is a three-letter officer abbreviation, not a spelled-out title recode. Nearby strings — CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, CEO, PRESIDENT, and CFO — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,245,643 or $18,870,517. COO and CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER can split the same people if they typed both strings across filings.

2008’s dollar share is 6.6% ($1,245,643 of $18,870,517). The remainder sits in other cycles on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. 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 $1,245,643.

The COO string across cycles

Under the exact label COO, harvested individual contributions sum to $18.9 million ($18,870,517). The 2008 cell is 6.6% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify a sitting chief operating officer appointment. A share in a presidential cycle is a slice, not proof that the remaining dollars sat in any particular other year. Those other years are not in this packet.

COO is not proof of a public-company officer and not a firm PAC. Open COO donations for the $18,870,517 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.

2008 receipts and donors

Inside the 2008 cell, 972 itemized contributions map to 506 donors. That is about 1.9 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $1,282; dollars per donor average about $2,462. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2008. This packet does not split $1,245,643 by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the COO row. 506 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,245,643 attached to 2008 and $18,870,517 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award, a research grant, or a USAspending obligation. Quote $1,245,643 with both nouns: COO and 2008.

What the COO–2008 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. COO is not proof of a public-company officer and not a firm PAC. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.2 million. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

No motive, no vote, no ranking of occupations. Not a 10-K officer list, not a public-company org chart, and not a spelled-out title recode. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 972 receipts and 506 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did coo-coded filers donate in 2008?

Filers who wrote COO on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,245,643 in the 2008 cycle, across 972 receipts from 506 donors. That cell is 6.6% of $18,870,517 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Is COO the same as Chief Operating Officer?

This join uses the abbreviation COO as stored. Filers who spelled Chief Operating Officer may sit in a different occupation bucket. CEO, President, and CFO are other keys. The FEC file does not confirm a current C-suite seat. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. COO in 2008 is $1,245,643 on 972 receipts from 506 donors.

What is an occupation-cycle join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of one self-reported occupation key and one even-numbered FEC cycle. The occupation hub holds $18.9 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2008. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.2 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2008 COO total include PACs or party committees?

$1,245,643 is an aggregate of individual contributions whose occupation field matches this string. It is not PAC independent spending, not committee-to-committee transfers, and not a party split. This packet has no party field. Open the COO donations hub or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.