Facebook political money — 2014 cycle

Why Facebook and 2014 share a page

Facebook pages without a year mix every even-year window. 2014 pages without this string mix every employer and occupation. The reason this file exists is the overlap: $297,995 from FEC.gov itemized individual receipts tagged FACEBOOK in 2014. 97 contributions and 39 donors are the volume counts. Recipients are not in this packet.

The stored employer label is technology employer text as stored in 2014. The Commission does not certify that each filer worked there, held that title, or used a legal entity name. 2014 predates later Meta branding on many forms. META and FACEBOOK INC are other keys. This cell is the stored employer FACEBOOK. Neighboring stored labels include FACEBOOK INC, META, META PLATFORMS, FB, and INSTAGRAM. LobbyVault does not merge those strings into $297,995. A Facebook PAC, META as a later sibling string, or a social-media NAICS rollup would be a different dataset or a different string.

Keep $6,467,120 on the industry hub and keep the 2014 cycle hub for the year without this filter. The overlap — and only the overlap — is $297,995.

2014 as a slice of $6,467,120

$6,467,120 is the all-cycle total stored for FACEBOOK. Subtract $297,995 and $6,169,125 remains in other cycles (95.4%). 2014 therefore accounts for about 4.6% of the grouping. That percentage is arithmetic on two packet facts, not a ranking against other employers.

Do not read 4.6% as intensity, influence, or a planned 2014 campaign. It is $297,995 divided by $6,467,120. The industry hub is where the other windows live. The 4.6% ratio is $297,995 divided by $6,467,120. Other even-year joins for FACEBOOK are not listed in this packet; they collectively hold $6,169,125. Citing 2014 as if it were the Facebook lifetime total would overstate this cell by $6,169,125.

Volume: 97 lines, 39 identities

97 itemized contributions and 39 unique donors sit behind $297,995. Average gift size is about $3,072; average dollars per donor about $7,641; lines per donor about 2.5. Averages hide skew.

Unique donors are FEC contributor keys for this string and cycle. They are not staff headcount for Facebook. This packet does not publish names. Open the overlay for rows; do not invent them here. A mean of $3,072 per itemized line and $7,641 per donor can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median. 97 contributions remaining larger than 39 donors is the expected pattern when identities give more than once.

The two-year 2014 window

FEC election cycles are two-year spans. 2014 covers that even-year window, so receipts from the odd year before the election can sit in $297,995. This packet does not split those years. 2014 is a midterm even-year window on FEC.gov; the label does not interpret the dollars.

The 2014 hub is the place to see every other employer string that year. This page keeps the Facebook filter on. Without a cycle-wide total in the facts, no percentage of national 2014 giving is claimed. FEC cycle 2014 tags a two-year window. Odd-year receipts inside that window are in $297,995 if they were itemized against FACEBOOK. This file does not publish a year-by-year split because the facts do not.

Form text is not a payroll file

FEC employer and occupation fields are typed by filers. FACEBOOK is stored as written for this grouping. The Commission does not verify employment, professional licenses, or corporate identity on this aggregate. Facebook here is technology employer text as stored in 2014.

PAC filings, independent expenditures, and unitemized gifts are other tables. USAspending obligations are another database entirely. $297,995 does not fund federal awards, and federal awards do not explain $297,995. Two datasets can share a name without sharing a payment trail. Facebook as technology employer text as stored in 2014 can appear in contracting databases under similar names. Those obligation tables are not this $297,995. The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards or the reverse.

How to quote $297,995

A complete quote names both sides: Facebook and 2014, $297,995, 97 itemized contributions, 39 unique donors, FEC.gov. Add 4.6% of $6,467,120 if the lifetime context matters. Omit any number that is not in those facts.

The overlay Facebook 2014 is for rows. The Facebook hub is for other years. The 2014 election cycle is for other strings. All FEC ties is the join index. Use every one of those hrefs; do not substitute a donor URL. Quote both keys: Facebook and 2014. Quote the dollars: $297,995. Quote the volume: 97 contributions, 39 donors. Quote the source: FEC.gov. Leave NAICS codes and named donors out unless a later overlay supplies them.

Questions

How much did Facebook donors give in 2014?

The Facebook × 2014 cell is $297,995. FEC.gov counted 97 itemized individual contributions from 39 unique donors. That is the join, not the $6,467,120 lifetime grouping total and not a committee disbursement. FEC.gov is the source for $297,995, 97 contributions, and 39 donors in the Facebook × 2014 cell.

What share of Facebook FEC money is 2014?

About 4.6%. $297,995 divided by $6,467,120 is the 2014 share for this exact string. $6,169,125 (95.4%) sits in other cycles. No national 2014 denominator is in the packet. FEC.gov is the source for $297,995, 97 contributions, and 39 donors in the Facebook × 2014 cell.

Does this include only Facebook employees?

No. 39 unique donors matched FACEBOOK in 2014. Retirees, household members, and former workers can reuse the string. Neighboring spellings are other keys. The total remains $297,995. FEC.gov is the source for $297,995, 97 contributions, and 39 donors in the Facebook × 2014 cell.

Where is the overlay for the Facebook 2014 join?

The overlay path is the Facebook 2014 link. The industry hub drops the year. The 2014 election cycle drops the string. All FEC ties is the directory of joins. Dollars: $297,995. FEC.gov is the source for $297,995, 97 contributions, and 39 donors in the Facebook × 2014 cell.