FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA — 2012 cycle receipts

Two FEC dimensions: FreedomWorks for America and 2012

FreedomWorks for America in 2012 is a two-field cell. Receipts $23,453,198.26 sit on one field. Disbursements $22,621,967.00 sit on another. Committee name FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA and ID C00499020 identify the filer. Cycle 2012 identifies the window. Missing any of those pieces misquotes the extract.

This is not a restatement of the 2012 election-cycle hub, which includes every top committee in that window. It is not a restatement of the FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA committee hub, which includes other cycles. Only the overlap is this page.

Receipts $23,453,198.26 exceed disbursements $22,621,967.00 by $831,231.26. Cash on hand is stored as $831,231.26, a third field, not receipts minus disbursements. Individual contributions are stored as $23,321,399.75. Committee designation is U (unauthorized committee (designation U)). Treat later amendments on FEC.gov as controlling if they disagree with this snapshot. The FOR AMERICA suffix is the FEC committee name. A similarly branded nonprofit filing is not this C00499020 cell.

The committee side of the FreedomWorks for America join

FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA (C00499020) is the only committee in this cell. All committees is the index of other IDs. Do not roll those IDs into $23,453,198.26. Do not treat FreedomWorks for America as a nickname that swallows similarly named Super PACs or joint-fundraising vehicles.

This page is a committee page joined to a cycle, not a donor-detail page. Contributor names are unpublished here even when they exist on Schedule A.

What the 2012 hub still holds

Election-night stories use different grains: precincts, called races, Electoral College. This page uses FEC cycle receipts. $23,453,198.26 is not a vote total and not a mandate index.

Keep 2012 on the same line as FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA whenever $23,453,198.26 is quoted. Cycle-only citations belong on the cycle hub.

Do not treat $23,453,198.26 as cash on hand

If receipts exceed disbursements, do not call $831,231.26 unspent campaign cash as if it were Form 3 line 10. If disbursements exceed receipts, do not call the gap insolvency. Receipts $23,453,198.26 exceed disbursements $22,621,967.00 by $831,231.26.

The only authorized comparison is $23,453,198.26 versus $22,621,967.00 inside FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA × 2012.

Outside the $23,453,198.26 headline

The packet facts are committeeName, cmteId, committeeType, isSuperPac, cycle, cycleReceipts, cycleDisbursements, and any optional cash-on-hand, designation, or individual-contribution fields present. Any other statistic would be invented.

FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA in 2012 is not a complete history of C00499020. Other cycle ties, if written, keep their own dollars.

Live overlays versus this snapshot

FreedomWorks for America readers looking for other years should leave this URL. This URL is 2012 only. 2012 readers looking for other committees should leave this URL. This URL is FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA only.

The source note on this file is copied from the packet: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from committee cycleHistory. Committee pages, not donor pages. Unique to this file: 2012 type O Super PAC; individual contributions $23,321,399.75 against $23,453,198.26 receipts. Stored name FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA. Stored receipts $23,453,198.26. Stored disbursements $22,621,967.00. The FOR AMERICA suffix is the FEC committee name. A similarly branded nonprofit filing is not this C00499020 cell. Restating the join without new numbers: FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA (C00499020) in the 2012 FEC election cycle receipted $23,453,198.26 and disbursed $22,621,967.00. The committee is independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O), isSuperPac = 1. 2012 is a presidential-year FEC cycle tag. The page is not a 501(c)(4) Form 990 rollup, a party Form 3X, or a donor roster. 2012 type O Super PAC; individual contributions $23,321,399.75 against $23,453,198.26 receipts. No donor names appear. No USAspending obligations appear. Live overlay /committees/C00499020/ and the 2012 election-cycle hub override this snapshot if they disagree. Source: FEC.gov. Restating the join without new numbers: FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA (C00499020) in the 2012 FEC election cycle receipted $23,453,198.26 and disbursed $22,621,967.00. The committee is independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O), isSuperPac = 1. 2012 is a presidential-year FEC cycle tag. The page is not a 501(c)(4) Form 990 rollup, a party Form 3X, or a donor roster. 2012 type O Super PAC; individual contributions $23,321,399.75 against $23,453,198.26 receipts. No donor names appear. No USAspending obligations appear. Live overlay /committees/C00499020/ and the 2012 election-cycle hub override this snapshot if they disagree. Source: FEC.gov.

Questions

How much did FreedomWorks for America raise in 2012?

FEC.gov committee-cycle totals show $23,453,198.26 in receipts for FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA in 2012. The companion disbursement total is $22,621,967.00. Cite both the committee ID C00499020 and the cycle year. This is a pac-cycle join, not a donor-detail page.

Is FreedomWorks for America a Super PAC in this packet?

Compare the two stored fields only: receipts $23,453,198.26 versus disbursements $22,621,967.00 for C00499020 in 2012. Receipts $23,453,198.26 exceed disbursements $22,621,967.00 by $831,231.26. Do not add a USAspending figure. Do not invent a donor-level remainder.

Does this page name FreedomWorks for America donors?

No. This URL is committee × cycle receipts for FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA (C00499020) in 2012. It is not a 501(c)(4) Form 990 rollup, a party Form 3X, or a donor roster. Donor names are unpublished. Contribution counts are unpublished. USAspending dollars are unpublished.

Where is the FreedomWorks for America overlay?

Use the FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA committee link for the filer hub and the 2012 election-cycle link for the year hub. This /ties/ path is only the join: $23,453,198.26 receipts and $22,621,967.00 disbursements. FEC.gov remains the original reports.