Founder political money in the 2008 election cycle

Founder as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation FOUNDER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $701,585, 283 contributions, and 167 donors. FOUNDER is a self-applied title. FEC.gov does not confirm incorporation dates or equity stakes. The occupation hub is $62,143,456 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2008 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2008’s dollar share is 1.1% ($701,585 of $62,143,456). The remainder, $61,441,871, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 283 lines from 167 donors is a small-N slice—only 1.1%—of this occupation’s all-cycle roll. 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 $701,585.

A large Founder roll; 2008 is a thin slice

$62,143,456 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Co-Founder, President And Founder, and Entrepreneur are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $62,143,456 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Founder donations for the $62,143,456 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. Most Founder-coded money sits in later cycles on the occupation hub. Quote 2008 as the thin cell it is.

167 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $701,585 by 283 contributions yields about $2,479 per gift. Dividing by 167 donors yields about $4,201 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.7 (283 ÷ 167). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

167 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2008. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 167 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 1.1% of Founder-coded dollars is not

A 1.1% share of Founder-coded dollars from 2008 does not mean the occupation caused those gifts, and it does not mean people with that title funded a policy outcome. Occupation and cycle are reported together. The overlap is descriptive. Independent expenditures, committee-to-committee transfers, and unitemized gifts are out of scope.

Federal awards on USAspending.gov are a different ledger. This join does not claim that 2008 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $701,585 as itemized individual receipts tagged FOUNDER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Founder × 2008

A complete claim names Founder and 2008, then $701,585, 283 contributions, 167 donors, and 1.1% of $62,143,456, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 167 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Founder and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $2,479 and mean per donor $4,201 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Entrepreneur as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $61,441,871 outside 2008. Most of the $62,143,456 roll is not this cycle’s cell. This page isolates the overlap for readers who need both the title and the year, not either hub restated. Co-Founder, President And Founder, and Entrepreneur are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of FOUNDER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.7. That ratio is 283 divided by 167, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Founder-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $701,585 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Founder in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 283 contributions and 167 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $62,143,456, so 2008 is 1.1% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every founder who donated in 2008?

No. The 167 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to FOUNDER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $701,585 on 283 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Founder occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

1.1%: $701,585 of $62,143,456. The remaining $61,441,871 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $701,585 divided by $62,143,456, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.

Where are the live Founder and 2008 tables?

Founder donations carries the $62,143,456 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Founder beside other occupation strings that year. All occupations and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the Founder × 2008 intersection only.