What FEC total sits at Retired Brig General × Hillsborough?

$10,000 from a single harvested donor on 2 receipts. That is the overlap. Hillsborough, CA citywide is $38,546,671 on 58335 contributions. under 0.1% of city dollars used this exact grouping. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. City labels are filer-entered. Quote Retired Brig General and Hillsborough, CA together with $10,000, 2 receipts, and 1 donor.

If I listed a similar employer in Hillsborough, am I in $10,000?

Only if the stored string is exactly RETIRED BRIG GENERAL. Near-matches, abbreviations, and parent names are other keys. $10,000 omits them by design. 1 donor and 2 receipts follow the same exact-match rule. LobbyVault does not fuzzy-match employer text. Quote Retired Brig General and Hillsborough, CA together with $10,000, 2 receipts, and 1 donor.

What is the average Retired Brig General gift from Hillsborough?

Arithmetic means are about $5,000 per receipt and about $10,000 per donor, from $10,000 divided by 2 and by 1. Those are not medians and not typical salaries. Repeat itemizations can move the receipt mean without moving the donor mean.

Do these Hillsborough contributions pay for USAspending awards?

No. FEC individual contributions and USAspending awards are different datasets and different statutes. $10,000 has no obligation dollars attached in this packet. Mentioning Hillsborough in both systems does not move money from one table to the other. Quote Retired Brig General and Hillsborough, CA together with $10,000, 2 receipts, and 1 donor.

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Retired Brig General political contributions from Hillsborough, CA

$10,000 from a single harvested donor on 2 receipts is the Retired Brig General × Hillsborough, CA join. $38,546,671 across 58335 itemized contributions is Hillsborough with every employer string left in. under 0.1% names the slice. Source: FEC.gov. City labels are filer-entered.

Key figures

$10,000 / 2 receipts / 1 donors is the Hillsborough slice of RETIRED BRIG GENERAL.
$38,546,671 / 58335 contributions is Hillsborough, CA with every employer string.
RETIRED BRIG GENERAL is a stored occupation/status string, not a DoD roster and not every retired-officer spelling.
About $5,000 per receipt and $10,000 per donor are division results only.
Cite both nouns: employer/occupation string and city.

City Hillsborough plus grouping Retired Brig General

$10,000 across 2 receipts from 1 donor is the operational definition of Retired Brig General in Hillsborough, CA. $38,546,671 across 58335 contributions is the operational definition of Hillsborough without the industry filter. under 0.1% is $10,000 divided by $38,546,671. 100.0% of city dollars used other stored employer strings.

Neither total is PAC spending. Neither is a USAspending obligation. Neither is unitemized. This is itemized individual Schedule A. A single harvested donor is a harvested headcount, not a Bureau of Labor Statistics employment count for Hillsborough.

RETIRED BRIG GENERAL is stored as an occupation/employer grouping on the itemization, not a NAICS sector and not every related job title. Hillsborough is stored as HILLSBOROUGH in California; San Mateo, Burlingame, and San Francisco are other Peninsula keys. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and employer/industry grouping. City labels are filer-entered.

Hillsborough without the Retired Brig General filter

$38,546,671 answers: how much itemized individual money is stored under HILLSBOROUGH in CA across employer strings? $10,000 answers: how much of that also stored RETIRED BRIG GENERAL? under 0.1% names the second as a share of the first. 58335 city-field contributions is the city file size in this extract.

Use the city hub when the employer does not matter. Use this tie when both Hillsborough and Retired Brig General matter. Hillsborough is stored as HILLSBOROUGH in California; San Mateo, Burlingame, and San Francisco are other Peninsula keys. Neighboring city strings are other pages.

Retired Brig General is not a sector roll-up

RETIRED BRIG GENERAL is not a roll-up of similar employers. It is one key. $10,000 therefore understates a sector if other strings describe the same trade, and it overstates a firm if unrelated filers typed the same words. This page does not resolve that. It reports the key.

2 receipts from 1 donor in Hillsborough, CA remain the join. $5,000 per receipt and $10,000 per donor remain arithmetic. RETIRED BRIG GENERAL is stored as an occupation/employer grouping on the itemization, not a NAICS sector and not every related job title.

What not to infer from the join

$10,000 is not a federal contract. FEC individual contributions and USAspending awards are different statutes. This packet has no obligation dollars and no award counts. Do not add $10,000 to federal spending in Hillsborough or California.

Amended reports can move $10,000, 2, or 1. Live Hillsborough, CA and Retired Brig General hubs control when they disagree. Hillsborough is stored as HILLSBOROUGH in California; San Mateo, Burlingame, and San Francisco are other Peninsula keys.

Adjacent hubs versus this tie

Adjacent hubs are larger sets. This tie is the subset $10,000. Use hubs for context and this page for the intersection. 1 donor and 2 receipts travel with $10,000. 58335 contributions travel with $38,546,671.

Internal links: Hillsborough, CA; Retired Brig General; California campaign finance; all FEC ties. Source note matches the packet: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and employer/industry grouping. City labels are filer-entered.

Researchers who need a one-sentence citation can use this form: grouping RETIRED BRIG GENERAL, city Hillsborough, CA, $10,000 on 2 receipts from 1 donor, inside a city-wide $38,546,671 on 58335 contributions (under 0.1%). RETIRED BRIG GENERAL is a stored occupation/status string, not a DoD roster and not every retired-officer spelling. Hillsborough is stored as HILLSBOROUGH in California; San Mateo, Burlingame, and San Francisco are other Peninsula keys. Do not invent donor names. Do not invent committees. Do not treat $10,000 as a federal award. FEC.gov remains the source system; LobbyVault indexes the aggregates. If a later extract revises $10,000, 2, or 1, the live Hillsborough, CA hub and the live Retired Brig General hub control. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and California state-office filings stay outside every total on this page. Repeat itemizations explain why 2 receipts and 1 donor can differ. Arithmetic means near $5,000 per receipt and $10,000 per donor are division of packet facts only.

What a harvested donor count is

Harvested donor count 1 is an extract headcount for rows that stored both keys. It is not a list of names on this page. It is not employment. It is not a household census of Hillsborough. 2 receipts can belong to those 1 donor in any combination the FEC file allows.

If 1 is 1, the join is a single-donor cluster in this extract — still not a named person here. If 1 is larger, the cluster is broader, still exact-match on RETIRED BRIG GENERAL. Either way, motive is not inferred.

What this page is: a city-industry join for Retired Brig General in Hillsborough, CA. What it is not: a hub restatement, a PAC-cycle page, a federal spending table, a unique-person census, or a motive story. $10,000 on 2 receipts from 1 donor versus $38,546,671 on 58335 lines (under 0.1%) is the payload. RETIRED BRIG GENERAL is stored as an occupation/employer grouping on the itemization, not a NAICS sector and not every related job title. RETIRED BRIG GENERAL is a stored occupation/status string, not a DoD roster and not every retired-officer spelling. Keep FEC and USAspending separate. Keep donor city separate from recipient city. Keep this snapshot separate from a later extract that may revise $10,000.

Questions

What FEC total sits at Retired Brig General × Hillsborough?: $10,000 from a single harvested donor on 2 receipts. That is the overlap. Hillsborough, CA citywide is $38,546,671 on 58335 contributions. under 0.1% of city dollars used this exact grouping. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. City labels are filer-entered. Quote Retired Brig General and Hillsborough, CA together with $10,000, 2 receipts, and 1 donor.
If I listed a similar employer in Hillsborough, am I in $10,000?: Only if the stored string is exactly RETIRED BRIG GENERAL. Near-matches, abbreviations, and parent names are other keys. $10,000 omits them by design. 1 donor and 2 receipts follow the same exact-match rule. LobbyVault does not fuzzy-match employer text. Quote Retired Brig General and Hillsborough, CA together with $10,000, 2 receipts, and 1 donor.
What is the average Retired Brig General gift from Hillsborough?: Arithmetic means are about $5,000 per receipt and about $10,000 per donor, from $10,000 divided by 2 and by 1. Those are not medians and not typical salaries. Repeat itemizations can move the receipt mean without moving the donor mean.
Do these Hillsborough contributions pay for USAspending awards?: No. FEC individual contributions and USAspending awards are different datasets and different statutes. $10,000 has no obligation dollars attached in this packet. Mentioning Hillsborough in both systems does not move money from one table to the other. Quote Retired Brig General and Hillsborough, CA together with $10,000, 2 receipts, and 1 donor.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and employer/industry grouping. City labels are filer-entered.