Northwestern University and the 2012 FEC election cycle

The intersection, not the Northwestern University hub

The overlay path for Northwestern University 2012 is where disclosed names become visible. This JSON is a snapshot of grouped totals. Northwestern University × 2012 is a high-repeat campus cell: 170 donors produced 661 lines ($440,281), about 3.9 lines per donor. Mean gift size near $666 is a campus-cell ratio, not tuition or a university endowment draw. Do not invent donor names from the Northwestern University label.

2012 is a presidential-year FEC two-year window. The packet does not split the two calendar years inside that clock. The Northwestern University 2012 overlay lists the disclosed names and recipient committees.

Share of the Northwestern University grouping

Campaign contributions grouped to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY are not USAspending awards. This join does not claim that $440,281 funded contracts, grants, or research.

Do not add Northwestern University cells from other cycles into $440,281. Each /ties/ URL is one employer string × one cycle.

Why 2012 is not a calendar of invoices

FEC cycle 2012 is the two-year federal clock labeled 2012. Inside that clock, Northwestern University is one employer/occupation grouping among many. The 2012 election cycle hub shows other strings in the same window. This page keeps Northwestern University and 2012 named together so neither hub is mistaken for the join. 661 contributions and 170 donors are counts on itemized receipts grouped to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY in that window, not a workforce census.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY is grouped employer text, not a university PAC as the filer and not a faculty headcount. NU, NORTHWESTERN, and campus-unit spellings can be other keys. The Northwestern University 2012 overlay is the overlay. The Northwestern University industry page is the parent grouping. The 2012 election cycle page is the cycle census. All FEC ties lists other joins.

Names stay on the overlay

USAspending rows for the same calendar years are a different dataset. This join does not claim that $440,281 funded federal awards, or that federal awards funded the gifts. Campaign contributions are not federal awards. Geography or employer text on a contribution line does not convert the gift into an obligation.

Unitemized gifts and corporate treasury schedules are outside $440,281. LobbyVault does not treat 170 unique donors as a headcount of everyone associated with NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY in 2012. Mean gift size near $666 and mean per donor near $2,590 are ratios on this presidential-year cell. They are not a 10-K political-activity line. Generic strings can mix many legal employers. Named-firm strings can still miss affiliates that stored another spelling.

Where live totals override this snapshot

Internal links go to Northwestern University 2012, the Northwestern University industry hub, the 2012 election cycle, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. The overlay lists disclosed names and recipient committees. The industry hub holds $5,038,256. The cycle hub holds other employer strings in 2012.

A complete citation: receipts grouped to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY in FEC cycle 2012 total $440,281 from 170 donors and 661 itemized contributions, 8.74% of the all-cycle total of $5,038,256. The leftover outside 2012 is $4,597,975, or 91.3%. Cite FEC.gov. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY is grouped employer text, not a university PAC as the filer and not a faculty headcount. NU, NORTHWESTERN, and campus-unit spellings can be other keys.

Keep both join sides in every citation of the headline total. This /ties/ page is a snapshot of packet facts, not a substitute for live FEC.gov bulk files. Amended reports can move either side of the join; the newer extract controls. Internal links stay on the packet hrefs only. Unitemized activity and independent expenditures remain outside these totals.

If a later extract revises NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY or cycle 2012, replace this snapshot. Do not average old and new totals.

2012 share 8.74% without a ranking

661 ÷ 170 is about 3.9 itemized lines per unique donor on this extract. That ratio can come from multiple committees, amended memos, or several gifts in the two-year window. It is not a documented payroll deduction plan.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY is grouped employer text, not a university PAC as the filer and not a faculty headcount. NU, NORTHWESTERN, and campus-unit spellings can be other keys. Related spellings, if they exist, have their own /ties/ pages when those packets were written. This file covers only northwestern university 2012 donations as the join key NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY × 2012.

The leftover $4,597,975 is every other cycle under NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY in this table, not a single neighboring year. Opening one other cycle still leaves the rest of $4,597,975 unexplained.

Questions

How many dollars group to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY in 2012?

LobbyVault attributes $440,281 to that employer/industry string in 2012, from 661 contributions and 170 donors. These are itemized individual receipts. The all-cycle grouping is $5,038,256. Cite FEC.gov for $440,281, 661 contributions, and 170 donors on the Northwestern University × 2012 join.

How much of $5,038,256 is outside 2012?

No. $440,281 is 8.74% of the all-cycle total of $5,038,256. Other cycles hold $4,597,975, or 91.3%. This page publishes only the 2012 intersection. A share is not a preference finding. Cite FEC.gov for $440,281, 661 contributions, and 170 donors on the Northwestern University × 2012 join.

Are these PAC or corporate dollars from Northwestern University?

No. The total is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. Mean gift size near $666 across 661 lines is a ratio, not a treasury gift. Cite FEC.gov for $440,281, 661 contributions, and 170 donors on the Northwestern University × 2012 join.

Does 170 equal Northwestern University headcount in 2012?

They are 170 unique donors on itemized receipts grouped to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY in 2012. Alumni, spouses, and other spellings may sit here or on other keys. LobbyVault does not verify payroll and does not invent names in this file. Cite FEC.gov for $440,281, 661 contributions, and 170 donors on the Northwestern University × 2012 join.