Sequoia Capital and the 2012 FEC election cycle

2012 filtered to Sequoia Capital

Apply the Sequoia Capital filter to the 2012 election cycle and the remaining money is $313,550. FEC.gov itemized that amount across 52 contributions and 10 donors. The overlay at the cycle path lists the rows; this file explains the relationship.

Sequoia Capital is venture-capital employer text. It is not NAICS. It is not a donor biography. 10 unique donors matched the stored string in 2012. Repeat gifts can raise 52 contributions without raising the donor count at the same pace.

The all-cycle Sequoia Capital total of $4,164,355 still includes other windows. Citing $4,164,355 as if it were 2012 would overstate this cell. Citing the 2012 hub as if it were Sequoia Capital-only would overstate the year.

7.5% in 2012, 92.5% elsewhere

7.5% of stored Sequoia Capital money is tagged 2012 ($313,550). 92.5% is not ($3,850,805). Both percentages use $4,164,355 as the base. Changing the string changes the base.

The industry hub holds the year-by-year index. This tie isolates 2012 so $4,164,355 is not mistaken for a two-year number. Lifetime Sequoia Capital storage is $4,164,355. Subtract the 2012 cell and $3,850,805 remains. That remainder is 92.5% of the grouping. 7.5% is the 2012 share. Both percentages use packet facts only.

Itemized count versus unique donors

Contribution count (52) and donor count (10) measure different things. The first counts itemized receipts; the second counts distinct identities in this aggregate. $313,550 is their dollar sum.

If a searcher wants names, the overlay is the next stop. This JSON file reports 10 donors without listing them. Inventing names would violate the packet contract. Contributor identities (10) are not a headcount of a firm or a profession. Repeat itemized gifts explain 52 lines from fewer identities. About 5.2 lines per donor is the mean on this packet.

Dropping the Sequoia Capital filter

Dropping the Sequoia Capital filter returns the reader to the 2012 election cycle index. That index is not $313,550. Adding the filter back recovers this cell: 52 contributions, 10 donors, $313,550.

No cycle-wide denominator is in the packet, so Sequoia Capital cannot be ranked as a percent of 2012 national itemized giving. 7.5% remains a share of $4,164,355 only. Open the 2012 election cycle to see every grouping that year. This file does not copy that list. Sequoia Capital remains one cell: $313,550, 52 contributions, 10 donors.

Self-reported fields and missing tables

Missing from the packet: recipient names, party split, unitemized totals, PAC disbursements, and any USAspending figure. Present: $313,550, 52 contributions, 10 donors, $4,164,355 lifetime, cycle 2012, string SEQUOIA CAPITAL.

Self-reported fields create split spellings. Researchers who need a firm-level view must inspect neighboring keys on the industry index rather than assume $4,164,355 is complete for a legal entity. Federal award files can reuse famous names. Those files are not FEC itemized individual contributions. This join does not claim that $313,550 funded contracts or grants.

What to carry forward from this packet

Carry forward $313,550, 52, 10, 7.5%, $4,164,355, and the string SEQUOIA CAPITAL. Leave behind invented recipients, party shares, and contract dollars. The source note is FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.

$6,030 per contribution and $31,355 per donor are derived means. Label them as such. Venture-capital employer text remains the right description of the grouping. If live hubs disagree with $313,550, the overlay and FEC.gov control. This snapshot recorded 52 contributions and 10 donors for SEQUOIA CAPITAL in 2012. Restating the join without new numbers: Sequoia Capital in 2012 is $313,550 from 52 itemized individual contributions and 10 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $4,164,355 across cycles, so 2012 is about 7.5% and other windows hold $3,850,805 (92.5%). The grouping is venture-capital employer text, not a Sequoia PAC, a private-equity NAICS rollup, or Sequoia as a corporate treasury. No donor names, recipient committees, party split, or USAspending dollars are in this packet. Live overlay pages override this snapshot. Mean gift size is about $6,030; mean per donor about $31,355; about 5.2 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The two-year FEC window tagged 2012 can include receipts from both years. Independent expenditures remain outside $313,550.

Questions

How much did Sequoia Capital donors give in 2012?

FEC.gov aggregates show $313,550 in itemized individual contributions for the Sequoia Capital grouping in the 2012 cycle, across 52 contributions and 10 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,164,355 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.

What share of Sequoia Capital FEC money is 2012?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,164,355. The 2012 cell of $313,550 is about 7.5% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.5% ($3,850,805) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.

Does this include only Sequoia Capital partners?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string SEQUOIA CAPITAL. The FEC does not verify licenses, current jobs, or corporate identity. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2012 only, totaling $313,550 from 10 donors across 52 contributions.

Where is the overlay for the Sequoia Capital 2012 join?

Open Sequoia Capital 2012 for the cycle overlay, Sequoia Capital for the grouping hub, and the 2012 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. Cite FEC.gov for $313,550, 52 contributions, and 10 donors.