Private Equity donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Private Equity as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation PRIVATE EQUITY and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,487,203, 632 contributions, and 353 donors. 2008 concentrates fewer than four hundred donors into a seven-figure private-markets stamp. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2008 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Private Equity is a industry-or-title stamp as typed. Nearby strings — VENTURE CAPITAL, FUND MANAGEMENT, INVESTOR, and PE — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,487,203 or $12,573,762. Buyout, growth, and credit strategies are not split inside PRIVATE EQUITY.

2008’s dollar share is 11.8% ($1,487,203 of $12,573,762). The remainder sits in other cycles on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. Correlation between a job title and a two-year FEC window is a reporting overlap, not causation of an election outcome. Itemized individual receipts are the coverage. Unitemized money never appears in $1,487,203.

The Private Equity string across cycles

Under the exact label PRIVATE EQUITY, harvested individual contributions sum to $12.6 million ($12,573,762). The 2008 cell is 11.8% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify a GP seat or an SEC private-fund registration. A share in a presidential cycle is a slice, not proof that the remaining dollars sat in any particular other year. Those other years are not in this packet.

Private Equity is not a 13F holdings file and not a named-firm partnership census. Open Private Equity donations for the $12,573,762 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures.

2008 receipts and donors

Inside the 2008 cell, 632 itemized contributions map to 353 donors. That is about 1.8 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $2,353; dollars per donor average about $4,213. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2008. This packet does not split $1,487,203 by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Private Equity row. 353 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,487,203 attached to 2008 and $12,573,762 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award, a research grant, or a USAspending obligation. Quote $1,487,203 with both nouns: Private Equity and 2008.

What the Private Equity–2008 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Private Equity is not a 13F holdings file and not a named-firm partnership census. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.5 million. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

No motive, no vote, no ranking of occupations. Not a Preqin AUM ranking, not an LP directory, and not a Form ADV extract. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 632 receipts and 353 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did private equity filers donate in 2008?

Filers who wrote Private Equity on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,487,203 in the 2008 cycle, across 632 receipts from 353 donors. That cell is 11.8% of $12,573,762 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Does Private Equity mean partners at buyout firms?

The stored string is PRIVATE EQUITY. Some filers use it as a job title and some as an industry description. Venture Capital and Fund Management are other keys. This page does not confirm a GP seat, a named fund, or a buyout-versus-growth split.

What is an occupation-cycle join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of one self-reported occupation key and one even-numbered FEC cycle. The occupation hub holds $12.6 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2008. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.5 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2008 Private Equity total include PACs or party committees?

$1,487,203 is an aggregate of individual contributions whose occupation field matches this string. It is not PAC independent spending, not committee-to-committee transfers, and not a party split. This packet has no party field. Open the Private Equity donations hub or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.