How much did Koch Industries donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $331,383 in itemized individual contributions for the Koch Industries grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 279 contributions and 48 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $3,916,660 all-cycle figure. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

What share of Koch Industries FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $3,916,660. The 2008 cell of $331,383 is about 8.5% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 91.5% ($3,585,277) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Koch Industries hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Is $331,383 the Koch Industries PAC total for 2008?

No. $331,383 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to Koch Industries (KOCH INDUSTRIES) in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 279 contributions came from 48 donors. Do not invent those names from the grouping label.

Where is the overlay for the Koch Industries 2008 join?

Open Koch Industries 2008 for the cycle overlay, Koch Industries for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

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Koch Industries political money — 2008 cycle

Donors listing Koch Industries reported $331,383 in itemized individual contributions during the 2008 federal election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates. Those dollars arrived in 279 contributions from 48 unique donors. The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $3,916,660; the 2008 slice is about 8.5% of that running sum. The key is filer-entered employer or occupation text, not a PAC disbursement table.

Key figures

Koch Industries × 2008 is $331,383 in itemized individual contributions.
The cell includes 279 contributions from 48 donors.
2008 is about 8.5% of the grouping’s $3,916,660 all-cycle total.
The label is filer-entered form text (KOCH INDUSTRIES), not a PAC disbursement and not a NAICS total.
FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.

Koch Industries as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Koch Industries (KOCH INDUSTRIES) and 2008 — sum to $331,383. 279 itemized contributions and 48 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.

Neither the Koch Industries hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. KOCH INDUSTRIES is the stored employer string. KOCH, KOCH BROS, and KOCH COMPANIES are other keys. Forty-eight unique donors produced 279 itemized lines. Do not invent those names. The page does not assign motive, ideology, or a legislative outcome. It is not Koch PAC disbursements. LobbyVault does not merge neighboring spellings into $331,383. This URL exists because the two dimensions meet.

8.5% of the Koch Industries roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $3,916,660 ($3.9 million). The 2008 slice of $331,383 is about 8.5% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 91.5% ($3,585,277). Treating 2008 as the Koch Industries FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $3,916,660 as the denominator for the 8.5% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $3,916,660.

279 contributions from 48 donors

Dividing $331,383 by 279 contributions yields about $1,188 per itemized gift. Dividing by 48 donors yields about $6,904 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 5.8. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians and not a party split.

48 unique donors are contributor identities, not a headcount of employees, members, or licensees. Retirees and household members who reuse a workplace or title can appear. Repeat gifts raise the contribution count faster than the donor count. The overlay for Koch Industries 2008 holds the rows. This packet does not publish donor names; do not invent them.

2008 as the cycle dimension

The 2008 election cycle hub includes every stored employer for that window. Koch Industries is one cell in that matrix. This packet does not publish a cycle-wide denominator, so no national share is stated. Open the 2008 election cycle to drop the employer filter and Koch Industries to drop the year. 2008 is a presidential even-year window on FEC.gov; that calendar label does not explain $331,383.

Gifts from both years of the two-year FEC window sit in the $331,383 cell because the cycle is a two-year tag, not a single Tuesday. That mechanical fact is easy to forget when a searcher wants an election-night number. The overlay is where dates become visible. This join publishes the cycle total, the 279 contributions, the 48 unique donors, and the 8.5% share of $3,916,660.

What the Commission does not verify

Itemized individual receipts are the universe. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and PAC disbursements sit outside $331,383. Federal awards in other databases are different datasets. Sharing an employer string and a calendar year does not turn these gifts into contracts or grants. FEC individual contributions are not USAspending obligations. Do not add $331,383 to federal spending figures.

Correlation between an employer or occupation string and a cycle year is not causation. The records show a text match, a date window, 48 donors, and 279 contributions. KOCH INDUSTRIES is the stored employer string. KOCH, KOCH BROS, and KOCH COMPANIES are other keys. Forty-eight unique donors produced 279 itemized lines. Do not invent those names. The page does not assign motive, ideology, or a legislative outcome. It is not Koch PAC disbursements. Cite the exact stored string KOCH INDUSTRIES crossed with 2008. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages.

Citing Koch Industries and 2008 together

Start with $331,383, then Koch Industries 2008 for rows, then the industry hub or the 2008 election cycle if a filter needs to come off. Citation template: Koch Industries, 2008, $331,383, 279 contributions, 48 donors, 8.5% of $3,916,660, source FEC.gov. Keep neighboring spellings and occupation titles out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string KOCH INDUSTRIES.

The 8.5% share, the 48-donor count, and the $1,188 mean gift belong to this intersection. Carry them onto a successor label or a sibling occupation word and they stop being facts from this packet. This prose is a packet snapshot. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov and the live overlay control.

A searcher who only opens the Koch Industries hub will see $3,916,660 without the 2008 split; a searcher who only opens 2008 will see every employer in that window. This page is the overlap.

Questions

How much did Koch Industries donors give in 2008?: FEC.gov aggregates show $331,383 in itemized individual contributions for the Koch Industries grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 279 contributions and 48 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $3,916,660 all-cycle figure. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
What share of Koch Industries FEC money is 2008?: The grouping’s all-cycle total is $3,916,660. The 2008 cell of $331,383 is about 8.5% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 91.5% ($3,585,277) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Koch Industries hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
Is $331,383 the Koch Industries PAC total for 2008?: No. $331,383 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to Koch Industries (KOCH INDUSTRIES) in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 279 contributions came from 48 donors. Do not invent those names from the grouping label.
Where is the overlay for the Koch Industries 2008 join?: Open Koch Industries 2008 for the cycle overlay, Koch Industries for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.