Entrepreneur political contributions in the 2012 FEC cycle

The Entrepreneur × 2012 intersection

Entrepreneur in 2012 is $2,459,405 on 1,347 itemized lines from 653 people in the unique-donor roll-up. 2012 accounts for 6.2% of the Entrepreneur occupation total ($2,459,405 of $39,863,198). Most Entrepreneur-coded dollars sit in other FEC cycles. FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates, grouped by self-reported occupation and election cycle, are the source.

1,347 contributions from 653 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. Unique-donor count collapses multiple gifts by the same person inside this occupation-cycle pair. It does not verify that those 653 people still used that title after 2012.

This page is not a restatement of the Entrepreneur hub or of the 2012 cycle hub. The occupation hub is every cycle. The cycle hub is every occupation. The tie is the intersection: $2,459,405.

The Entrepreneur occupation hub behind $39,863,198

Filers who typed entrepreneur produced the all-cycle occupation total of $39,863,198. ENTREPRENEUR is a self-description. LobbyVault does not recode SELF EMPLOYED or FOUNDER into this key. The string is not a count of incorporated businesses and not a venture-capital portfolio. The occupation is not a startup census, a venture-backed founder list, or a merge with SELF EMPLOYED.

2012 as the cycle side of the Entrepreneur join

The 2012 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only Entrepreneur. $2,459,405 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2012. It is not a 2010 or 2014 midterm-year filter.

1,347 contributions from 653 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. The page does not publish an average gift. $2,459,405, 1,347, and 653 are the three cycle-side facts. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $2,459,405. Committee disbursements and independent expenditures are a different FEC schedule and are not a second way to count $2,459,405. Three numbers define the Entrepreneur × 2012 cell: dollars $2,459,405, contribution rows 1,347, unique donors 653. Share of occupation dollars is 6.2% of $39,863,198.

Caveats on ENTREPRENEUR in 2012

Matching Entrepreneur with 2012 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Entrepreneur donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not a startup census, a venture-backed founder list, or a merge with SELF EMPLOYED.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. ENTREPRENEUR is a self-description. LobbyVault does not recode SELF EMPLOYED or FOUNDER into this key. The string is not a count of incorporated businesses and not a venture-capital portfolio. This join does not publish a party split, a recipient-committee list, or employer text. If a reader only needs the occupation, the Entrepreneur donations hub is $39,863,198; the 2012 election cycle hub is the even-year inventory across titles. Do not add those hubs together.

Linked Entrepreneur and 2012 pages

Entrepreneur donations holds the $39,863,198 occupation total. The 2012 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Entrepreneur. All occupations places ENTREPRENEUR beside other titles without merging sibling strings (SELF EMPLOYED, OWNER, and FOUNDER). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $2,459,405 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Entrepreneur dollars ($39,863,198). Use the 2012 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $2,459,405, 1,347 contributions, 653 donors, 6.2% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use: Entrepreneur donations, the 2012 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties. Keep ENTREPRENEUR as the occupation key and 2012 as the cycle key when joining files. FEC.gov remains the controlling source if a later extract disagrees with $2,459,405.

How $2,459,405 sits under $39,863,198

Subtract $2,459,405 from $39,863,198 and the residual is other even-year cycles for the same occupation string, not a different title. 6.2% in 2012 leaves the rest of Entrepreneur dollars outside this page.

Do not treat the residual as a named year. This packet only publishes 2012 as the cycle dimension. The occupation hub is the place for the full $39,863,198 series. Sibling strings (SELF EMPLOYED, OWNER, and FOUNDER) remain outside $2,459,405. Independent expenditures remain outside $2,459,405.

Questions

How much did Entrepreneur donors give in 2012?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation ENTREPRENEUR in the 2012 cycle total $2,459,405, from 1,347 contributions and 653 donors. Nationwide across cycles, Entrepreneur-coded receipts are $39,863,198. 2012 is 6.2% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.

Is Entrepreneur 2012 money a PAC total?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,459,405 or in the $39,863,198 occupation figure used here. ENTREPRENEUR and SELF EMPLOYED are separate filer-entered strings and separate occupation pages. The 2012 join is $2,459,405 from 1,347 contributions and 653 donors.

Is Entrepreneur the same as Self Employed?

No. ENTREPRENEUR and SELF EMPLOYED are separate filer-entered strings and separate occupation pages. The 2012 cycle filter on Entrepreneur is $2,459,405, 1,347 contributions, and 653 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $39,863,198. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

Why 1,347 Entrepreneur contributions and 653 donors in 2012?

The 2012 join includes 1,347 itemized contributions from 653 donors totaling $2,459,405. 1,347 contributions from 653 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. The page does not name donors or split rows by committee. Unique-donor count is not a census of the occupation.