IBM political money — 2014 cycle

Two keys: IBM and 2014

The packet’s keys are literal: industry string IBM, cycle 2014. Their product on FEC.gov individual-contribution aggregates is $333,490, from 535 contributions and 225 donors. No recipient list, party split, or PAC total is published here.

Treat the label as three-letter technology employer text. Self-reported employer and occupation fields are free text. Expanding the acronym into International Business Machines would point at a different key if filers typed the words out. MICROSOFT is a neighboring technology brand, not a share of this cell. Neighboring stored labels include I.B.M., INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, IBM CORP, IBM CORPORATION, and MICROSOFT. LobbyVault does not merge those strings into $333,490. This page does not merge those buckets.

$333,490 is smaller than $10,520,465 because other cycles exist, and it is not a share of national 2014 giving because this packet has no cycle-wide denominator. The join is the point.

Where $10,186,975 still sits

After this 2014 cell of $333,490, $10,186,975 of the IBM grouping remains in other even-year windows. That remainder is 96.8% of $10,520,465. The 2014 page is not empty of other employers; this file simply does not add them.

Percentages here use packet facts only. No national 2014 total is supplied, so no share of the election claim is possible. 3.2% is IBM-internal. Because 2014 is about 3.2% of $10,520,465, most stored IBM money sits outside this window ($10,186,975). The industry hub is the index for those other cycles. This page isolates 2014 so the lifetime figure is not mistaken for a two-year number.

How 225 donors produced 535 gifts

225 donors and 535 contributions are compatible because one identity can give more than once. The implied 2.4 gifts per donor is a mean. High-repeat filers would pull that mean up; one-time filers would pull it down. The packet does not split those groups.

$1,482 per donor and $623 per line are derived from $333,490. They are not contribution limits and not typical gift size if the distribution is skewed. Volume math uses only three facts: $333,490, 535 contributions, 225 donors. Derived means are $623 per gift and $1,482 per identity. They describe this cell, not typical American giving and not a party split.

2014 is not Election Day

An election-night search is the wrong grain for $333,490. The FEC cycle 2014 is a two-year bucket. 2014 is a midterm even-year window on FEC.gov; that fact is a calendar tag, not a causal claim. Dates belong on the overlay, not in invented subtotals.

The cycle hub and this tie differ by one filter. The hub is all strings in 2014. The tie is IBM in 2014. Only the tie is $333,490. Searchers often want a single Tuesday. FEC cycle 2014 is two years. Both years can feed $333,490. Dates, if needed, belong on the overlay, not as invented subtotals in this prose.

Limits of the IBM string

The string IBM is not NAICS, not a firm ID, and not a donor page. It is three-letter technology employer text. Related names remain other keys. $333,490 does not absorb them.

Motive, party, and recipient strategy are not in the facts. This file does not speculate. 225 donors and 535 contributions are counts, not a narrative about why people gave. The Commission does not verify that IBM is a legal entity, a license, or a current job. IBM is three-letter technology employer text. $333,490 is a text-match aggregate for 2014 itemized individual receipts.

Keeping IBM 2014 distinct from the hubs

IBM without 2014 is $10,520,465. 2014 without IBM is the year hub. IBM with 2014 is $333,490. Mixing those three sentences is the usual citation error this page exists to prevent.

Internal links: IBM 2014 (overlay), IBM (grouping), 2014 election cycle (year), All FEC ties (other joins). Anchors stay as supplied in the packet. A durable citation names IBM, 2014, $333,490, 535 contributions, 225 donors, and FEC.gov. Add 3.2% of $10,520,465 when lifetime context is required. Do not add USAspending dollars. Restating the join without new numbers: IBM in 2014 is $333,490 from 535 itemized individual contributions and 225 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $10,520,465 across cycles, so 2014 is about 3.2% and other windows hold $10,186,975 (96.8%). The grouping is three-letter technology employer text, not an IBM PAC, an IT-services NAICS total, or International Business Machines spelled out as a sibling key.

Questions

How much did IBM donors give in 2014?

Donors who listed IBM reported $333,490 in the 2014 cycle on this aggregate — 535 contributions, 225 donors. The figure is not $10,520,465 and is not a named-recipient list. FEC.gov is the source for $333,490, 535 contributions, and 225 donors in the IBM × 2014 cell.

What share of IBM FEC money is 2014?

3.2% of $10,520,465 is tagged 2014 ($333,490). That ratio uses only packet facts for IBM. It is not a share of all 2014 FEC receipts. FEC.gov is the source for $333,490, 535 contributions, and 225 donors in the IBM × 2014 cell.

Does this include only IBM employees?

Only as a text match. IBM here is three-letter technology employer text. The Commission does not certify a workforce. $333,490 is the 2014 overlap for IBM. FEC.gov is the source for $333,490, 535 contributions, and 225 donors in the IBM × 2014 cell.

Where is the overlay for the IBM 2014 join?

IBM 2014 is the overlay. IBM is every cycle for the string. 2014 election cycle is every grouping that year. All FEC ties lists other intersections. Packet total $333,490. FEC.gov is the source for $333,490, 535 contributions, and 225 donors in the IBM × 2014 cell.