Private Equity political contributions in the 2012 FEC cycle

How Private Equity and 2012 meet in FEC itemized receipts

Occupation PRIVATE EQUITY and cycle 2012 produce $2,713,019, 680 contributions, and 364 donors. The occupation nationwide across cycles is $12,573,762. Dollar share for 2012 is 21.6%. 680 contributions from 364 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. Contribution count is not a headcount of people who hold the job.

The join is a filter pair, not a causal story. PRIVATE EQUITY on a contribution is an occupation label, not a statement of assets under management. Firm PACs and carry-vehicle committees are different FEC categories and are not merged into this occupation string. The 2012 cycle is an even-year FEC window, a presidential-year cycle in federal itemized receipts. This page does not add 2010 or 2014 dollars into the 2012 total. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and committee-to-committee transfers are outside $2,713,019.

What the PRIVATE EQUITY label covers

Private Equity donations is the occupation hub: $12,573,762 across cycles from filers who typed PRIVATE EQUITY as occupation. Sibling strings (VENTURE CAPITAL, INVESTMENTS, and INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT) are not merged here. The occupation total is not a private-equity AUM figure, a fund-level PAC, or a PE-association membership roll.

2012’s $2,713,019 sits inside $12,573,762. Because 21.6% is the cycle’s share of occupation dollars, the rest of Private Equity itemization lives in other even-year cycles. Open the occupation hub for the all-cycle table. This tie keeps 2012 as the second dimension.

What the 2012 election cycle contributes to Private Equity

The 2012 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only Private Equity. $2,713,019 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2012. It is not a 2010 or 2014 midterm-year filter.

680 contributions from 364 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not publish an average gift. $2,713,019, 680, and 364 are the three cycle-side facts. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $2,713,019. Committee disbursements and independent expenditures are a different FEC schedule and are not a second way to count $2,713,019.

Limits of the Private Equity 2012 occupation-cycle table

Matching Private Equity with 2012 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Private Equity donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not a private-equity AUM figure, a fund-level PAC, or a PE-association membership roll.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. PRIVATE EQUITY on a contribution is an occupation label, not a statement of assets under management. Firm PACs and carry-vehicle committees are different FEC categories and are not merged into this occupation string. This join does not publish a party split, a recipient-committee list, or employer text.

Linked Private Equity and 2012 pages

Private Equity donations holds the $12,573,762 occupation total. The 2012 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Private Equity. All occupations places PRIVATE EQUITY beside other titles without merging sibling strings (VENTURE CAPITAL, INVESTMENTS, and INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $2,713,019 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Private Equity dollars ($12,573,762). Use the 2012 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $2,713,019, 680 contributions, 364 donors, 21.6% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use: Private Equity donations, the 2012 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

Repeat gifts inside Private Equity 2012

680 contributions from 364 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. Name matching can split or merge people across filings, so 364 is an index unique-person count for this pair, not a professional-association census.

680 is the row count. $2,713,019 is the dollar count. Neither is a license count. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Occupation labels remain filer-entered.

Questions

How much did Private Equity donors give in 2012?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation PRIVATE EQUITY in the 2012 cycle total $2,713,019, from 680 contributions and 364 donors. Nationwide across cycles, Private Equity-coded receipts are $12,573,762. 2012 is 21.6% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.

Is Private Equity 2012 money a PAC total?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,713,019 or in the $12,573,762 occupation figure used here. The join is itemized individual receipts tagged PRIVATE EQUITY, not committee independent expenditures. The 2012 join is $2,713,019 from 680 contributions and 364 donors.

Is this private-equity firm PAC spending?

No. The join is itemized individual receipts tagged PRIVATE EQUITY, not committee independent expenditures. The 2012 cycle filter on Private Equity is $2,713,019, 680 contributions, and 364 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $12,573,762. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

Why 680 Private Equity contributions and 364 donors in 2012?

The 2012 join includes 680 itemized contributions from 364 donors totaling $2,713,019. 680 contributions from 364 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not name donors or split rows by committee. Unique-donor count is not a census of the occupation.