INTERFACE GROUP in the 2012 cycle: $35.4 million from 5 donors

A concentrated 2012 slice of a larger employer string

Five unique donors produced 38 itemized lines totaling $35.4 million in 2012. That is on the order of 7.6 lines per donor and about $7.1 million per donor if the dollars were even — which this packet does not assert. The live Interface Group 2012 table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not infer equity ownership, board seats, or motive from the employer word.

The parent industry total of $164,477,252 shows that 2012 is a heavy cycle for this string but not the whole file. Later and earlier cycles hold the other 78.5%. Adding $35.4 million to $164.5 million would double-count.

INTERFACE GROUP is grouped employer text. Variants, subsidiaries, and people who typed a different legal name sit on other keys unless the receipt grouped here.

Cycle 2012 versus the all-cycle employer book

FEC cycle 2012 is the two-year federal window labeled 2012. Presidential-year itemized volume can rise without this join explaining why five people appear in this string. The 2012 election cycle hub shows every industry grouping in that window; INTERFACE GROUP is one row in that census of strings, not a ranking of firms.

Committee recipients, party, and office are on the overlay donor table. This prose does not invent a party percentage because the packet has none.

What 5 donors and 38 lines are not

They are not a payroll of Interface Group. They are not unitemized gifts. They are not independent expenditures by a Super PAC that happens to mention a candidate those donors also supported. Firm PAC filings, if any, are committee documents unless the individual receipt itself carries this employer string.

State campaign-finance filings are outside FEC.gov and outside the $35,407,750.

Five donors and 38 lines totaling $35,407,750 is concentration. The Interface Group 2012 overlay is the place to see which committees received the itemized gifts. This prose does not republish those names as a finding and does not infer board control from five FEC IDs.

Subsidiary names, later legal names, and SELF EMPLOYED are other keys unless a 2012 receipt grouped to INTERFACE GROUP. Merging them would invent a total FEC.gov did not store under this string.

How to cite the join

Cite $35,407,750, 38 contributions, and 5 donors for INTERFACE GROUP in 2012. Cite $164,477,252 for the all-cycle employer grouping. Name FEC.gov as the source. If the live hub moves after an amendment, the hub wins.

Unitemized gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures by a Super PAC are a different FEC series. A firm PAC is a committee document. State filings are outside FEC.gov. None of those series are in the $35,407,750.

The 21.5% share ($35,407,750 of $164,477,252) is this cycle’s cut of the parent. Other cycles, including the 2014 sibling join at $5,144,382 from 1 donor, hold the rest. Do not add sibling joins on this page.

Related pages

Interface Group 2012 is the overlay. Interface Group is the all-cycle page. The 2012 election cycle page shows peer strings in the same window. All FEC ties lists other joins.

Interface Group 2012 is the overlay. Interface Group is the parent. The 2012 election cycle page is the cycle census. All FEC ties lists other joins. Cite FEC.gov. Live hubs override this snapshot.

On the order of 7.6 lines per donor and about $7.1 million per donor if dollars were even are optional arithmetic. The packet does not assert evenness. Quote the overlay for actual row amounts.

Citing a five-donor presidential slice

A complete citation: INTERFACE GROUP in FEC cycle 2012 totals $35,407,750 from 5 donors and 38 itemized contributions, 21.5% of the all-cycle total of $164,477,252. The label is grouped employer text, not a 10-K and not a headcount.

Concentration among five people is a disclosure fact. It is not a claim that only five people were associated with an entity of that name. People who typed a different string are elsewhere.

This join exists so the 2012 cut is not mistaken for the $164.5 million parent. The parent page remains the all-cycle roll-up.

Questions

How much did INTERFACE GROUP donors give in 2012?

LobbyVault attributes $35,407,750 to the INTERFACE GROUP employer string in 2012, from 38 contributions and 5 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a firm PAC total.

Is 2012 the full INTERFACE GROUP total?

No. The all-cycle total is $164,477,252. The 2012 slice is $35,407,750, or 21.5% of that parent book.

Does 5 donors mean only five employees gave?

It means 5 unique contributors appear on itemized receipts grouped to INTERFACE GROUP in 2012. People who typed a different employer string are elsewhere. Unitemized gifts are omitted.

Is this a company political action committee?

This join is individual contribution aggregates. A committee PAC filing is a different FEC document unless the individual receipt itself carries the INTERFACE GROUP string.