Program Manager political contributions from Washington

A high-volume Washington cell inside PROGRAM MANAGER

Occupation PROGRAM MANAGER and donor state WA produce $1,290,149, 8,841 contributions, and 264 donors. The occupation hub is $8,496,696, 73,562 contributions, and 1,991 donors. Washington’s dollar share is about 15.2% ($1,290,149 of $8,496,696). Its contribution share is about 12.0% (8,841 of 73,562). Its donor share is about 13.3% (264 of 1,991).

Dollar, contribution, and donor shares sit in a relatively tight band around the low-to-mid teens. That is the opposite of a seven-donor concentration cell. Two hundred sixty-four people and 8,841 itemized gifts produced the Washington slice.

PRODUCT MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGER, and PROGRAMMER are other keys. They are not inside $8,496,696 unless grouped here. This packet does not claim that grouping. Product Manager and Programmer ties in Washington are separate pages.

PROGRAM MANAGER as a workplace title, not a federal program

The occupation string names a job title. It does not name a CFDA federal assistance program and does not join to USAspending. Filers at technology firms, government contractors, nonprofits, and agencies all type PROGRAM MANAGER. FEC.gov does not split those employers on this aggregate.

Seventy-three thousand five hundred sixty-two contributions from 1,991 donors nationwide is about 37 itemized gifts per donor. Washington’s 8,841 contributions from 264 donors is about 33 gifts per donor. Repeat itemization is dense on both sides. Small-dollar itemized gifts stacked many times produce $1,290,149.

Small mean gifts, many lines

Dividing $1,290,149 by 8,841 contributions yields about $146 per gift. Dividing by 264 donors yields about $4,887 per donor. Nationally, $8,496,696 divided by 73,562 contributions is about $115 per gift. Washington’s mean is modestly higher than the national occupation mean and far below concentrated cells such as CTO in Washington (~$2,556 per gift in that other join).

Donor state WA is the address on the receipt. Recipients need not be Washington committees. Software and General Manager ties in Washington use different occupation strings and different dollar figures.

Two hundred sixty-four Washington donors are 13.3% of 1,991, close to the 15.2% dollar share and the 12.0% contribution share. This is one of the few Washington tech-adjacent joins in this packet wave where the three percentages travel together. The cell looks like a scaled slice of the occupation, not a handful of oversized gifts.

Fifteen percent is a share of an occupation, not of a state

Washington’s 15.2% of Program Manager-coded dollars is not 15.2% of all Washington itemized giving. The state hub mixes every occupation. This page holds only PROGRAM MANAGER. The share is also not evidence that Washington caused program-manager giving.

Coverage is itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Unitemized money and independent expenditures are out of scope. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Correlation of title and Washington address is not causation.

About $146 per Washington gift is small next to CTO’s Washington mean in this wave. It is large next to nothing: 8,841 itemized lines still sum to $1,290,149. Volume is the mechanism. Readers looking for a single typical Program Manager check will not find it in a mean this close to the itemization floor of many receipts.

Hubs and neighboring Washington tech titles

Program Manager donations carries the $8,496,696 national occupation total. Washington campaign finance carries all WA-coded itemized individual activity. All occupations and All FEC ties keep PROGRAM MANAGER, PRODUCT MANAGER, PROGRAMMER, and SOFTWARE as separate Washington joins so their contribution counts are not added together.

The occupation hub still holds $7,206,547 outside Washington ($8,496,696 minus $1,290,149). Use Program Manager donations for that remainder, and keep PRODUCT MANAGER’s Washington join ($954,450) in its own file so the two manager titles are not added.

Questions

How much have Program Manager donors in Washington given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Program Manager and state Washington total $1,290,149, from 8,841 contributions and 264 donors. Nationwide, Program Manager-coded receipts are $8,496,696 from 73,562 contributions and 1,991 donors. Washington is about 15.2% of those dollars.

Is Program Manager the same as Product Manager on FEC filings?

No. This join reports PROGRAM MANAGER only. PRODUCT MANAGER is a separate occupation slug with its own Washington tie in this packet wave. The $8,496,696 national total is for PROGRAM MANAGER as labeled.

Why are there so many Program Manager contributions from Washington?

8,841 contributions from 264 donors produced $1,290,149, about $146 per gift. That is a high-volume, modest-size pattern, about 12.0% of 73,562 national contributions and about 13.3% of 1,991 national donors. Volume is itemized receipt count, not a workforce census.

Is this money given to Washington candidates?

Not necessarily. WA is the donor state on the contribution. The $1,290,149 can be received by any FEC-filing committee. This page does not break receipts by office or by in-state versus out-of-state committees.