CTO political contributions from Washington

A small Washington cell that holds nearly a quarter of CTO dollars

Occupation CTO and donor state WA produce $1,543,946, 604 contributions, and 29 donors. The occupation without Washington is $6,430,020, 12,843 contributions, and 660 donors. Washington’s dollar share is about 24.0% ($1,543,946 of $6,430,020). Its contribution share is about 4.7% (604 of 12,843). Its donor share is about 4.4% (29 of 660).

Dollar share far exceeds donor share. Twenty-nine people account for roughly one in four CTO-coded dollars while accounting for roughly one in twenty-three CTO-coded donors. That pattern is concentration, not a claim that Washington’s technology sector “gave more.”

Dividing $1,543,946 by 29 donors yields about $53,240 per donor in the cell. Dividing by 604 contributions yields about $2,556 per gift. Nationally, $6,430,020 divided by 12,843 contributions is about $501 per gift. The Washington mean is several times the national mean. Means are not medians.

CTO is an abbreviation, not a verified officer list

CTO is whatever the filer typed: chief technology officer, a similar title, or an unrelated acronym. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, if stored as a different occupation slug, is not inside $6,430,020 unless grouped here. This packet does not claim that grouping. Six hundred sixty national donors are people whose records used the three-letter stamp.

Twelve thousand eight hundred forty-three contributions from 660 donors nationwide is about 19 itemized gifts per donor. Washington’s 604 contributions from 29 donors is about 21 gifts per donor. Receipt frequency is similar; gift size is not. The dollar gap is in the size of itemized amounts, not in how often the 29 donors appear relative to the national pace.

Washington donor state is not the employer’s headquarters

WA is the address on the itemized record. It is not proof the donor worked at a Washington-incorporated company, and it is not proof the recipient committee is in Washington. Software, Programmer, Product Manager, and Program Manager ties in Washington are separate occupation keys. They are not nested inside CTO.

Twenty-nine unique donors is a thin unique-person count. A few large itemized gifts can dominate $1,543,946. The join does not publish recipient names; those live on overlays and committee pages.

Twenty-nine donors and 604 contributions mean about 21 itemized gifts per person in Washington, close to the national 19. Frequency does not explain the 24.0% dollar share. Amount does: about $2,556 per Washington gift versus about $501 nationally. Readers should not convert that ratio into a typical CTO paycheck or a typical political check.

What a 24% share is not

Washington’s share of CTO-coded dollars is a table split. It is not evidence that Washington caused CTO giving, that CTOs as a class funded a party, or that campaign gifts relate to federal contracts. FEC individual receipts and USAspending awards are different datasets.

Coverage is itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Unitemized money and independent expenditures are out of scope. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Washington hosts several technology occupation-state pages in this packet wave. CTO is the concentrated one. PROGRAM MANAGER is the high-volume one. SOFTWARE and PROGRAMMER sit in between. None of those strings is a parent of the others. $1,543,946 is CTO × WA only.

Reading CTO nationwide versus this Washington cell

Cto donations carries the $6,430,020 national occupation total and the 660-donor headcount. Washington campaign finance carries all WA-coded itemized individual activity. All occupations and All FEC ties place this concentrated cell beside other occupation-state pages so 24% of CTO dollars is not mistaken for 24% of Washington’s statewide giving.

The occupation hub still holds $4,886,074 outside Washington ($6,430,020 minus $1,543,946). That remainder is more than three-quarters of CTO-coded dollars. A 24% Washington share is large for 29 people; it is not a majority of the occupation, and it is not a majority of Washington statewide giving.

Questions

How much have CTO donors in Washington given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation CTO and state Washington total $1,543,946, from 604 contributions and 29 donors. Nationwide, CTO-coded receipts are $6,430,020 from 12,843 contributions and 660 donors. Washington is about 24.0% of those dollars.

Does CTO mean chief technology officers in Washington?

CTO is the occupation text as entered on itemized filings. FEC aggregates do not verify officer status or employer. The 29 Washington donors and 660 national donors are people whose records used that abbreviation, not a count of technology executives.

Why is Washington’s share of CTO dollars so high?

Twenty-nine donors produced $1,543,946, about 24.0% of $6,430,020, while making up about 4.4% of 660 national donors. Average gift in the cell is about $2,556 versus about $501 nationally. The share describes concentration in the table, not a corporate program.

Is this money given to Washington candidates?

Not necessarily. WA is the donor state on the contribution. The $1,543,946 can be received by any FEC-filing committee. This page does not break receipts by office or by in-state versus out-of-state committees.