Private Equity political money in the 2014 cycle

Private Equity as occupation, 2014 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation PRIVATE EQUITY and election cycle 2014. Matching rows sum to $755,995, 292 contributions, and 157 donors. PRIVATE EQUITY is an industry-style occupation string, not a named fund. FEC.gov does not confirm carried-interest arrangements. The occupation hub is $12,573,762 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2014 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2014’s dollar share is 6.0% ($755,995 of $12,573,762). The remainder, $11,817,767, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 292 lines from 157 donors with a four-figure mean is a concentrated midterm cell, not a mass small-dollar pattern. 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 $755,995.

The Private Equity string across every cycle

$12,573,762 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2014. Private Equity Investor, Partner, and Investor are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $12,573,762 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Private Equity donations for the $12,573,762 roll. Open the 2014 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. Named employers on the receipts are not in this packet. Quote the occupation string, not a fund roster.

157 donors and a higher mean gift

Dividing $755,995 by 292 contributions yields about $2,589 per gift. Dividing by 157 donors yields about $4,815 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.9 (292 ÷ 157). Those ratios describe this string in 2014, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

157 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2014. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 157 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2014 receipts beside this cell.

What 6.0% of Private Equity dollars is not

A 6.0% share of Private Equity-coded dollars from 2014 does not mean the occupation caused those gifts, and it does not mean people with that title funded a policy outcome. Occupation and cycle are reported together. The overlap is descriptive. Independent expenditures, committee-to-committee transfers, and unitemized gifts are out of scope.

Federal awards on USAspending.gov are a different ledger. This join does not claim that 2014 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $755,995 as itemized individual receipts tagged PRIVATE EQUITY in 2014, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Private Equity × 2014

A complete claim names Private Equity and 2014, then $755,995, 292 contributions, 157 donors, and 6.0% of $12,573,762, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 157 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Private Equity and 2014—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $2,589 and mean per donor $4,815 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2014 hub, and Investor as a sibling key

The occupation hub still holds $11,817,767 outside 2014. Most of the $12,573,762 roll is not this cycle’s cell. This page isolates the overlap for readers who need both the title and the year, not either hub restated. Private Equity Investor, Partner, and Investor are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of PRIVATE EQUITY on this page. Gifts per donor in 2014 average about 1.9. That ratio is 292 divided by 157, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Private Equity-tagged donors give in 2014?

The join records $755,995 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Private Equity in the 2014 FEC cycle, from 292 contributions and 157 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $12,573,762, so 2014 is 6.0% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every private equity who donated in 2014?

No. The 157 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to PRIVATE EQUITY in 2014. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $755,995 on 292 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Private Equity occupation money is the 2014 cycle?

6.0%: $755,995 of $12,573,762. The remaining $11,817,767 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $755,995 divided by $12,573,762, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.

Where are the live Private Equity and 2014 tables?

Private Equity donations carries the $12,573,762 occupation total. The 2014 election cycle hub places Private Equity beside other occupation strings that year. All occupations and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the Private Equity × 2014 intersection only.