CORPORATION as FEC text in 2014: $10.1 million from 2 donors

A two-donor book under a dictionary word

Two unique contributors produced 14 itemized lines totaling $10.1 million in 2014. The dollars are concentrated; the label is not. Filers sometimes type CORPORATION when they mean a generic status rather than a legal employer. LobbyVault groups what was stored. It does not expand the string into the entire corporate sector.

The parent total of $66,264,486 shows other cycles hold most of this generic key. 2014’s $10,063,141 is 15.2%. Adding cycle and parent dollars would double-count.

People who typed a full legal name ending in CORP or INC are usually on those name keys, not necessarily here. The Corporation 2014 overlay lists the two 2014 donors as disclosed.

2014 is a midterm clock on a generic string

FEC cycle 2014 is the two-year federal window labeled 2014. This join does not treat CORPORATION as a BLS sector for that midterm. The 2014 election cycle hub shows named employers beside this generic word.

Party split is not in the packet. Recipient rows are on the overlay.

What the $10.1 million is not

It is not corporate treasury spending. It is not a Super PAC funded by a corporation. It is itemized individual contributions whose grouped employer text is CORPORATION. Unitemized gifts and state filings are outside.

Independent expenditures by incorporated groups are a different FEC series.

Two donors and 14 lines totaling $10,063,141 under the dictionary word CORPORATION is concentration under a generic label. Filers who typed a full legal name ending in CORP or INC are usually on those name keys. The Corporation 2014 overlay lists the two 2014 donors as disclosed.

The word is not a census of every incorporated firm and not corporate treasury spending. It is itemized individual contributions whose grouped employer text is CORPORATION.

Citation

Cite $10,063,141, 14 contributions, and 2 donors for CORPORATION in 2014. Cite $66,264,486 for the all-cycle generic grouping. State that the label is form text, not a sector census. Live hubs override this snapshot.

The 15.2% share ($10,063,141 of $66,264,486) is this midterm’s cut of the generic-string parent. Other cycles hold 84.8%. Adding 2014 to the parent would double-count.

Unitemized gifts, state filings, independent expenditures, and committee PAC documents sit outside the $10,063,141. Super PAC spending by an incorporated group is a different FEC series.

Related tables

Corporation 2014 is the overlay. Corporation is the parent. The 2014 election cycle page is the cycle census. All FEC ties lists other joins.

Corporation 2014 is the overlay. Corporation is the parent. The 2014 election cycle page is the cycle census. All FEC ties lists other joins. Cite FEC.gov and state that the label is form text, not a sector census.

Live hubs override this snapshot after amendments. If the overlay disagrees with $10,063,141, 14, or 2, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

Citing a generic word without expanding it into the corporate sector

A complete citation: receipts grouped to CORPORATION in FEC cycle 2014 total $10,063,141 from 2 donors and 14 itemized contributions, 15.2% of the all-cycle generic-string total of $66,264,486. The label is a dictionary word on FEC forms, not every C-corp.

Named legal employers stay on other keys. Merging them with CORPORATION would invent a sector total FEC.gov did not store under this string.

This join keeps the 2014 cut from being mistaken for the $66.3 million parent. The parent page remains the all-cycle roll-up.

Fourteen lines from two donors totaling $10,063,141 under a dictionary word is not a census of incorporated America. Named issuers and employers sit on name keys. Super PAC spending by an incorporated group is a different FEC series from this individual-contribution join.

The parent $66,264,486 shows other cycles hold most of this generic string. Cycle 2014 is 15.2%. Quote the live Corporation 2014 overlay after amendments. Do not expand CORPORATION into NAICS manufacturing or NAICS finance.

Two donors under a dictionary word are not two corporations. Named legal employers stay on name keys. Quote the live Corporation 2014 overlay after amendments to $10,063,141, 14, or 2.

Questions

How much is tagged CORPORATION in 2014?

LobbyVault attributes $10,063,141 to that string in 2014, from 14 contributions and 2 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a census of all corporations.

Does this include every corporate donor?

No. Only receipts grouped to the word CORPORATION are in the $10.1 million. Named legal employers sit on other keys. The all-cycle total for this generic string is $66,264,486.

Is this corporate PAC spending?

No. This join is individual contribution aggregates. Committee PAC filings are different FEC documents.

Why are there only 2 donors?

Two unique contributors appear on itemized receipts grouped to CORPORATION in 2014. Other people who typed a full company name are not in this join.