How much did Ret-coded filers give Swift Boat Vets?

Filers whose employer field grouped to Ret are aggregated at $352,900 into SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734) — 4,755 contributions. The figure is not $2,515,339 and is not a named-donor list. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.

Does Ret mean retired veterans only?

Only as a text match. RET is stored employer text. The Commission does not certify a workforce or a single legal entity. The Swift Boat Vets overlap remains $352,900 from 4,755 contributions. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.

What share of Ret FEC money went to Swift Boat Vets?

14.0% of $2,515,339 is tagged to SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH ($352,900). That ratio uses only packet facts for RET. It is not a share of all Swift Boat Vets FEC receipts. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.

Why does this join list 4,755 contributions?

FEC.gov itemized 4,755 contributions into this cell. Repeat gifts can raise that count. This industry-pac page still does not name filers. The authorized dollars remain $352,900 at C00431734. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.

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Ret contributions received by Swift Boat Vets and POWs

Crossing Ret with Swift Boat Vets yields $352,900 in FEC itemized individual contributions (4,755 lines to C00431734). That is 14.0% of the $2,515,339 Ret grouping. RET is an abbreviated occupation/employer string as stored, not a veterans census. Neighboring spellings and other committees are other pages.

Key figures

Swift Boat Vets received $352,900 from Ret-coded individual contributions across 4,755 itemized gifts.
The Ret grouping totals $2,515,339, so this committee accounts for about 14.0% of that labeled money.
4,755 lines average about $74 each; that mean is arithmetic on the packet, not a typical gift.
RET is FEC stored text (an abbreviated occupation/employer string as stored, not a veterans census), not a unique-donor census.
Figures are FEC itemized individual contributions, not independent expenditures or USAspending awards.

What $352,900 actually joins

$352,900 is the amount that survives both filters. The employer filter is Ret (RET). The committee filter is SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734). FEC.gov itemized individual contributions supply the dollars and the 4,755 lines.

Because the grouping is an abbreviated occupation/employer string as stored, not a veterans census, the cell is a text match. The Commission does not verify employment or corporate identity on this aggregate.

Use the industry hub when the question is every committee for Ret. Use the Swift Boat Vets page when the question is every employer. Use this tie when the question is both.

Reading Ret without turning it into a firm

Famous names invite a company-as-actor reading. Resist it. $352,900 is itemized individual contributions coded RET and received by SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH. It is not proof that Ret as an entity directed the gifts.

An abbreviated occupation/employer string as stored, not a veterans census. Retired as a neighboring key, a military payroll, or ret as a company treasury. Those exclusions keep $352,900 from being read as a treasury figure. The 14.0% ratio is $352,900 divided by $2,515,339. Other committee joins for RET are not listed in this packet; they collectively hold $2,162,439. Citing Swift Boat Vets as if it were the Ret lifetime total would overstate this cell by $2,162,439.

4,755 lines at Swift Boat Vets

4,755 itemized contribution lines totaling $352,900 landed on SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734) with employer grouping RET. High line counts can reflect small-dollar conduit traffic; low line counts can reflect a few large receipts. This packet supplies the count, not the distribution.

Average $74 is a mean. A few large lines would pull it up. Many small lines would pull it down. No median is in the facts. A mean of $74 per itemized line can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median and no unique-donor count. 4,755 contributions remain a line count, not a headcount.

Arithmetic on $2,515,339

Because Swift Boat Vets is about 14.0% of $2,515,339, most or part of stored Ret money sits outside this recipient ($2,162,439). The industry hub is the index for those other committees. This page isolates C00431734 so the lifetime figure is not mistaken for one committee.

14.0% always means $352,900 as a fraction of $2,515,339, never as a fraction of all SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH receipts. No all-employer committee total is in the facts. Ret as an abbreviated occupation/employer string as stored, not a veterans census can appear in contracting databases under similar names. Those obligation tables are not this $352,900. The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards or the reverse.

What this join refuses to claim

This join refuses donor names not in the packet, refuses a unique-donor census not in the packet, and refuses any claim that FEC itemized gifts fund USAspending awards. What it reports is $352,900 from 4,755 contributions for Ret at SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH.

If the overlay and this JSON differ, trust the overlay and FEC.gov. This prose is a packet snapshot of the two-dimension cell. Quote both keys: Ret and Swift Boat Vets. Quote the dollars: $352,900. Quote the volume: 4,755 contributions. Quote the source: FEC.gov. Leave NAICS codes and named donors out.

Closing the Ret × Swift Boat Vets record

Record: Ret (RET) to SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734) totaled $352,900 in itemized individual contributions (4,755 lines), about 14.0% of $2,515,339 stored for the string. Source: FEC.gov.

The join is an abbreviated occupation/employer string as stored, not a veterans census crossed with a recipient committee. It is not RETIRED as a neighboring key, a military payroll, or Ret as a company treasury. Neighboring keys and other datasets stay off this total. Unitemized individual gifts never enter $352,900. Independent expenditures and PAC disbursements are other FEC tables. Sharing a company-like string does not merge those ledgers with C00431734. Restating the join without new numbers: Ret at Swift Boat Vets is $352,900 from 4,755 itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov. The same string stores $2,515,339 across committees, so this recipient is about 14.0% and other committees hold $2,162,439 (86.0%). The grouping is an abbreviated occupation/employer string as stored, not a veterans census, not RETIRED as a neighboring key, a military payroll, or Ret as a company treasury. No donor names, unique-donor count, party split, or USAspending dollars are in this packet. Live overlay pages override this snapshot. Mean gift size is about $74. That mean is arithmetic, not a median. Independent expenditures remain outside $352,900.

Questions

How much did Ret-coded filers give Swift Boat Vets?: Filers whose employer field grouped to Ret are aggregated at $352,900 into SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH (C00431734) — 4,755 contributions. The figure is not $2,515,339 and is not a named-donor list. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.
Does Ret mean retired veterans only?: Only as a text match. RET is stored employer text. The Commission does not certify a workforce or a single legal entity. The Swift Boat Vets overlap remains $352,900 from 4,755 contributions. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.
What share of Ret FEC money went to Swift Boat Vets?: 14.0% of $2,515,339 is tagged to SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH ($352,900). That ratio uses only packet facts for RET. It is not a share of all Swift Boat Vets FEC receipts. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.
Why does this join list 4,755 contributions?: FEC.gov itemized 4,755 contributions into this cell. Repeat gifts can raise that count. This industry-pac page still does not name filers. The authorized dollars remain $352,900 at C00431734. FEC.gov is the source for $352,900, 4,755 contributions, and committee C00431734 in the Ret × Swift Boat Vets cell. The all-committee grouping total stored for this string is $2,515,339.

FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Not independent expenditures.