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Wellington Assoc political money in the 2014 election cycle

The Wellington Assoc employer grouping records $2,483,900 in itemized individual contributions for the 2014 FEC cycle. Twenty-nine contribution lines from one donor make up that midterm cell. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $88,796,112, so 2014 is 2.8% of an unusually large running roll. The join is this abbreviated firm string plus the congressional year, not a Wellington Management census and not an occupation total.

Key figures

  • $2,483,900 tagged Wellington Assoc in the 2014 FEC cycle.
  • 29 contributions from 1 donor; about $85,652 per contribution.
  • 2014 is 2.8% of the grouping’s $88,796,112 all-cycle total.
  • As-filed abbreviation, not a merged asset-manager census.
  • Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.

A tiny year share on a huge grouped roll

Eighty-eight million seven hundred ninety-six thousand one hundred twelve dollars is the all-cycle total for this key—among the larger industry totals in this batch. The 2014 cell is only $2,483,900, or 2.8%. One donor and 29 lines produced that midterm slice, about $85,652 per line. The lifetime roll and the year slice have different shapes: many years (or many people in other years) built $88.8 million; 2014 itself is a one-person stack.

That mismatch is why the join exists. Quoting $88,796,112 as “2014” would overstate the midterm. Quoting $2,483,900 as the grouping would understate everything else.

A $88,796,112 lifetime total next to a $2,483,900 midterm cell is the starkest share contrast in this slice: 2.8%. One donor and 29 lines produced the 2014 slice, about $85,652 per line. Other years (and possibly other people in those years) built the huge roll. This page only has 2014. Wellington Assoc is an as-filed abbreviation. Other legal names that a reader might consider “the same firm” are other keys until they group here.

As-filed “Assoc” spelling

Wellington Assoc is the grouped abbreviation. “Associates,” “Management,” and other legal names can sit in other keys. This page does not merge famous Boston or other Wellington entities into this string. If a researcher expected 2014 to be larger, the missing receipts may use a different employer spelling.

Twenty-nine lines from one donor in a midterm can be a mix of committees. Recipients are on the overlay. Motive is not in the facts.

Named string versus Investor

The Investor occupation key has 696 donors in its 2014 file. This key has one donor in 2014. Summing them would hide both facts. Keep Wellington Assoc on its own join.

The 2014 cycle hub places this one-donor, $2,483,900 cell beside occupation labels and other named funds. Comparison is of cells.

Exclusions

Asset-manager PACs, independent expenditures, and state gifts are outside $2,483,900. USAspending awards to financial firms are a different dataset. Shared “Wellington” or “Assoc” language is not a funding path.

Unitemized gifts are absent. One donor key is a matching result for 2014 inside this grouping.

Related pages

The Wellington Assoc 2014 overlay is the data join. The industry hub holds $88,796,112. The 2014 election-cycle hub holds every employer string that year. The ties index holds other industry–cycle pages. Quote $2,483,900 with the 2.8% share so the huge all-cycle total is not mistaken for the midterm.

Citing Wellington Assoc × 2014

Name Wellington Assoc and 2014, then $2,483,900, 29 contributions, 1 donor, 2.8% of $88,796,112, source FEC.gov. Stress that one donor produced 29 lines, so the midterm is concentrated even though the lifetime key is large. Do not merge Investor occupation dollars. Do not rename the string to a famous asset manager without a grouping match.

The overlay lists the 29 committees. The industry hub holds $88,796,112. The 2014 election-cycle hub places this one-donor cell among other 2014 employer strings. The ties index holds other joins. Asset-manager PACs, independent expenditures, and state gifts are outside $2,483,900. USAspending awards to financial firms are another file. Shared “Wellington” or “Assoc” language is not a funding path.

If the 2.8% share surprises a reader who expected the midterm to dominate a famous name, the surprise is the point of the join. The year slice and the lifetime roll are different objects. Quote both. Leave motive out. Leave other spellings on other URLs.

The instructive contrast is size versus concentration: $88,796,112 across years, $2,483,900 in 2014, 1 donor, 29 lines. Cite all four facts. If a reader expected a famous legal name, note that this page uses Wellington Assoc as grouped. Other spellings are other keys. The 2.8% share is the year location inside the huge roll.

Questions

How much FEC money is tagged Wellington Assoc in 2014?
The join records $2,483,900 in itemized individual contributions for Wellington Assoc in 2014, from 29 contributions and 1 donor. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $88,796,112.
Why is 2014 only 2.8% if the grouping is so large?
Because $2,483,900 ÷ $88,796,112 = 2.8%. Other cycles hold most of this key’s recorded individual money. This packet does not list those other years’ amounts.
Is this Wellington Management?
This page uses the grouped string Wellington Assoc as filed. Other legal names are other keys. The $2,483,900 cell is this spelling in 2014 only.
Does one donor mean one check?
No. One donor key produced 29 itemized lines totaling $2,483,900—about $85,652 per line. Multiple committees generate multiple rows.

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