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University Of California political money — 2008

$663,042 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the employer string University Of California. FEC.gov aggregates count 994 contributions from 346 donors. The same stored string totals $10,056,583 across every cycle in this table, so the cell is about 6.6% of the lifetime bucket — filer-entered form text meeting a two-year window, not a UC PAC, a campus payroll census, or an education NAICS total.

Key figures

  • University Of California × 2008 is $663,042 in itemized individual contributions.
  • The cell includes 994 contributions from 346 donors.
  • 2008 is about 6.6% of the grouping’s $10,056,583 all-cycle total.
  • The label is filer-entered form text, not a UC PAC, a campus payroll census, or an education NAICS total.
  • FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.

University Of California as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA and 2008 — sum to $663,042. 994 itemized contributions and 346 unique donors produced it. The total is not a corporate treasury gift and is not a committee disbursement. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables. Cite FEC.gov for this intersection.

Neither the University Of California hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. University Of California is employer string, not a verified payroll file. 346 donors and 994 lines in 2008 matched that stored string. Campus-specific strings such as UCLA or UC Berkeley are other keys. This cell is the stored employer UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. People who typed UC, UC BERKELEY, UCLA, UCSF, and UNIVERSITY OF CA sit in other buckets. This page is the exact string UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

LobbyVault keeps this two-key page so a reader can open University Of California 2008 without treating the industry hub as a cycle total or the 2008 cycle hub as an employer total. The overlay at the University Of California 2008 path holds the itemized rows for this cell. This prose publishes the packet snapshot: $663,042, 994 contributions, 346 donors, and 6.6% of $10,056,583.

6.6% of the University Of California roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $10,056,583. The 2008 slice of $663,042 is about 6.6% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 93.4% ($9,393,541). Treating 2008 as the entire University Of California FEC story would ignore that remainder. The industry hub is the year index for this string.

Treat $10,056,583 as the denominator for the 6.6% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $10,056,583. Neighboring spellings are not added into either figure.

994 contributions from 346 donors

Dividing $663,042 by 994 contributions yields about $667 per itemized gift. Dividing by 346 donors yields about $1,916 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 2.9. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians and not a party split. FEC.gov itemized individual receipts are the universe.

346 unique donors are contributor identities, not a headcount of employees, licensees, or members. Retirees and household members who reuse a workplace or title can appear. Repeat gifts raise the contribution count faster than the donor count. Unitemized gifts never appear in $663,042.

2008 as the cycle dimension

The 2008 election cycle hub includes every stored employer and occupation for that window. University Of California is one cell in that matrix. This packet does not publish a cycle-wide denominator, so no national share is stated. Open the 2008 election cycle to drop the employer filter and University Of California to drop the year.

Gifts from both years of the two-year FEC window sit in the $663,042 cell because the cycle is a two-year tag, not a single Tuesday. 2008 is a presidential federal cycle on FEC.gov. That calendar label does not explain $663,042. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix beyond the stored string UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

What the Commission does not verify

Itemized individual receipts are the universe. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and PAC disbursements sit outside $663,042. Federal awards in other databases are different datasets. Sharing an employer string and a calendar year does not turn these gifts into contracts or grants. The page is not a UC PAC, a campus payroll census, or an education NAICS total.

Correlation between a stored employer string and a cycle year is not causation. The records show a text match, a date window, 346 donors, and 994 contributions. UC, UC BERKELEY, UCLA, UCSF, and UNIVERSITY OF CA are other keys. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. If the live hubs disagree with $663,042 or 346 donors, the newer FEC extract controls.

Citing University Of California and 2008 together

Start with $663,042, then University Of California 2008 for rows, then the industry hub or the 2008 election cycle if a filter needs to come off. Citation template: University Of California, 2008, $663,042, 994 contributions, 346 donors, 6.6% of $10,056,583, source FEC.gov. Keep neighboring spellings out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

The 6.6% share, the 346-donor count, and the $667 mean gift belong to this intersection. Carry them onto a successor label and they stop being facts from this packet. This prose is a packet snapshot. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov and the live overlay control.

Questions

How much did University Of California-listed donors give in 2008?
FEC.gov aggregates show $663,042 in itemized individual contributions for the University Of California grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 994 contributions and 346 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $10,056,583 all-cycle figure.
What share of University Of California FEC money is 2008?
The grouping’s all-cycle total is $10,056,583. The 2008 cell of $663,042 is about 6.6% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 93.4% ($9,393,541) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.
Is $663,042 the University Of California PAC total for 2008?
No. $663,042 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 994 contributions came from 346 donors. Cite FEC.gov. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in 2008 is $663,042 on 994 itemized receipts from 346 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $10,056,583.
Do University Of California donations in 2008 fund federal awards?
No. This series is FEC individual contributions. USAspending awards are a different dataset under a different statute. The packet publishes no obligation dollars. An employer string plus a cycle year does not convert $663,042 into a contract or grant. Cite FEC.gov. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in 2008 is $663,042 on 994 itemized receipts from 346 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $10,056,583.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.