Founder donations in the 2010 FEC cycle

2010 filtered to Founder

Apply the Founder filter to the 2010 election cycle and the remaining money is $459,002. FEC.gov itemized that amount across 278 contributions and 162 donors. The occupation overlay lists the rows; this file explains the relationship.

Founder is a filer-entered occupation. It is not NAICS. It is not a donor biography. 162 unique donors matched the stored string in 2010. Repeat gifts can raise 278 contributions without raising the donor count at the same pace.

The all-cycle Founder total of $62,143,456 still includes other windows. Citing $62,143,456 as if it were 2010 would overstate this cell. Citing the 2010 hub as if it were Founder-only would overstate the year. FOUNDER is a short role string. The all-cycle bucket for this title is large relative to the 2010 cell; other even-year windows hold the rest.

0.74% of the Founder roll

0.74% of stored Founder money is tagged 2010 ($459,002). 99.3% is not ($61,684,454). Both percentages use $62,143,456 as the base. Changing the string changes the base.

The occupation hub holds the year-by-year index. This tie isolates 2010 so $62,143,456 is not mistaken for a two-year number. CEO, entrepreneur, co-founder, and owner are omitted from both figures.

How 162 donors produced 278 gifts

Contribution count (278) and donor count (162) measure different things. The first counts itemized receipts; the second counts distinct identities in this aggregate. $459,002 is their dollar sum. This is a small cell.

If a searcher wants names, the overlay is the next stop. This JSON file reports 162 donors without listing them. Inventing names would violate the packet contract.

Dropping the Founder filter

Dropping the Founder filter returns the reader to the 2010 election cycle index. That index is not $459,002. Adding the filter back recovers this cell: 278 contributions, 162 donors, $459,002.

No cycle-wide denominator is in the packet, so Founder cannot be ranked as a percent of 2010 national itemized giving. 0.74% remains a share of $62,143,456 only.

FEC gifts are not federal awards

This join refuses several claims: that $459,002 bought federal contracts; that 0.74% measures political intensity; that 162 donors are a workforce; that CEO, entrepreneur, co-founder, and owner belong in this cell. Each refused claim would require a table that is not in the packet.

Cite FEC.gov. Cite occupation FOUNDER. Cite cycle 2010. Cite $459,002, 278 receipts, and 162 donors. Stop there unless a live overlay has moved the numbers.

Using the Founder and 2010 hubs without mixing them

The occupation hub answers every-cycle questions for FOUNDER. The 2010 hub answers every-occupation questions for that window. This tie answers the both-filters question: $459,002, 278 receipts, 162 donors, 0.74% of $62,143,456.

Amended reports can move any of those integers. Quote the live Founder donations page if the overlay has refreshed. Quote this packet only as a snapshot of the harvested join.

Repeat the join in one line for researchers: occupation FOUNDER ∩ cycle 2010 = $459,002 itemized individual contributions, 278 receipts, 162 donors, 0.74% of $62,143,456. Neighbors remain CEO, entrepreneur, co-founder, and owner. Unpublished split: operating founder versus non-operating founder versus serial-founder labels. Not recoded into a startup census, a cap-table registry, or a founder-title corporate roster. Source remains FEC.gov. FOUNDER is a short role string. The all-cycle bucket for this title is large relative to the 2010 cell; other even-year windows hold the rest.

Itemized is the receipt class. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and committee-to-committee transfers sit outside $459,002. 162 unique donors are contributor keys, not a named roster. 278 is a line count. Mean gift $1,651 and mean per donor $2,833 stay arithmetic on packet integers.

Questions

How much did founder filers donate in 2010?

Filers who listed Founder itemized $459,002 in FEC individual contributions in 2010, from 278 receipts and 162 donors. That is 0.74% of $62,143,456 under FOUNDER. CEO, entrepreneur, co-founder, and owner are other keys when those are the words on the form. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.

Does this include industry-association PAC filings?

No. $459,002 is individual contributions tagged Founder in 2010. Industry-association PAC filings file as committees. Mixing PAC spending with $459,002 would blend FEC tables. See Founder donations or the 2010 election cycle hub for committee names. Founder in 2010 is $459,002 on 278 receipts from 162 donors.

Are founder labels standardized on FEC forms?

No. FEC.gov stores the occupation as typed. This join uses FOUNDER. CEO, entrepreneur, co-founder, and owner are other keys when those characters appear. LobbyVault does not recode the string into a startup census, a cap-table registry, or a founder-title corporate roster. Cite $459,002 for this title in 2010 on 278 receipts from 162 donors.

What two tables meet on this page?

Founder donations ($62.1 million for the string) and the 2010 election cycle. The overlap is $459,002 from 278 receipts and 162 donors. All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle cells. All occupations lists neighboring titles. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates for Founder in 2010.