Wells Fargo political money — 2012 cycle

What 2012 holds for Wells Fargo

7.85% of $5,062,933 sits in 2012: $397,650. The leftover $4,665,283 (92.1%) lives in other windows. Treating 2012 as the entire Wells Fargo FEC story would ignore most of the parent book. WELLS FARGO is grouped employer text, not Wells Fargo & Company as a treasury filer. WELLS FARGO BANK, WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, and hyphenated spellings can be other keys.

This page keeps Wells Fargo and 2012 named together so neither hub is mistaken for the join.

What sits outside $397,650

If the overlay disagrees with $397,650, 487, or 243, the overlay and FEC.gov control. Live hubs override this snapshot.

Unitemized gifts never appear. Independent expenditures by committees that received WELLS FARGO-coded money are other filings.

Inside the 2012 two-year window

FEC cycle 2012 is the two-year federal clock labeled 2012. Inside that clock, Wells Fargo is one employer/occupation grouping among many. The 2012 election cycle hub shows other strings in the same window. This page keeps Wells Fargo and 2012 named together so neither hub is mistaken for the join. 487 contributions and 243 donors are counts on itemized receipts grouped to WELLS FARGO in that window, not a workforce census.

WELLS FARGO is grouped employer text, not Wells Fargo & Company as a treasury filer. WELLS FARGO BANK, WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, and hyphenated spellings can be other keys. The Wells Fargo 2012 overlay is the overlay. The Wells Fargo industry page is the parent grouping. The 2012 election cycle page is the cycle census. All FEC ties lists other joins.

Arithmetic of leftover $4,665,283

USAspending rows for the same calendar years are a different dataset. This join does not claim that $397,650 funded federal awards, or that federal awards funded the gifts. Campaign contributions are not federal awards. Geography or employer text on a contribution line does not convert the gift into an obligation.

Unitemized gifts and corporate treasury schedules are outside $397,650. LobbyVault does not treat 243 unique donors as a headcount of everyone associated with WELLS FARGO in 2012. Mean gift size near $817 and mean per donor near $1,636 are ratios on this presidential-year cell. They are not a 10-K political-activity line. Small donor counts (243 on this cell) raise concentration. They still do not authorize invented names.

Four packet links for Wells Fargo and 2012

Internal links go to Wells Fargo 2012, the Wells Fargo industry hub, the 2012 election cycle, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. The overlay lists disclosed names and recipient committees. The industry hub holds $5,062,933. The cycle hub holds other employer strings in 2012.

A complete citation: receipts grouped to WELLS FARGO in FEC cycle 2012 total $397,650 from 243 donors and 487 itemized contributions, 7.85% of the all-cycle total of $5,062,933. The leftover outside 2012 is $4,665,283, or 92.1%. Cite FEC.gov. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

WELLS FARGO is grouped employer text, not Wells Fargo & Company as a treasury filer. WELLS FARGO BANK, WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, and hyphenated spellings can be other keys.

Keep both join sides in every citation of the headline total. This /ties/ page is a snapshot of packet facts, not a substitute for live FEC.gov bulk files. Amended reports can move either side of the join; the newer extract controls. Internal links stay on the packet hrefs only. Unitemized activity and independent expenditures remain outside these totals.

Dollar figures first: $397,650 in 2012, $5,062,933 all-cycle, 243 donors, 487 lines. Then the caveat: grouped text, itemized only, FEC.gov.

Wells Fargo × 2012 is a join page. Quote $397,650 only with both sides named. The presidential-year window labeled 2012 is not interchangeable with adjacent even-year clocks. 487 itemized lines and 243 unique donors are extract counts. Sibling keys mentioned as possibilities are not totals on this page. FEC.gov bulk files remain the underlying source; LobbyVault publishes grouped aggregates. Wells Fargo × 2012 totals $397,650 from 243 donors and 487 lines, about 2.0 lines per donor. That is a broader roster than concentrated private-equity cells on this slice, with a mean gift near $817.

Restating the arithmetic without new claims: $397,650 ÷ 487 ≈ $817 per line; $397,650 ÷ 243 ≈ $1,636 per donor; $5,062,933 − $397,650 = $4,665,283 outside 2012 (92.1% of the parent). None of those identities are named here.

Questions

How much did WELLS FARGO-listed donors give in 2012?

LobbyVault attributes $397,650 to that employer/industry string in 2012, from 487 contributions and 243 donors. These are itemized individual receipts. The all-cycle grouping is $5,062,933. Cite FEC.gov for $397,650, 487 contributions, and 243 donors on the Wells Fargo × 2012 join.

Is 2012 most of the WELLS FARGO total?

No. $397,650 is 7.85% of the all-cycle total of $5,062,933. Other cycles hold $4,665,283, or 92.1%. This page publishes only the 2012 intersection. A share is not a preference finding. Cite FEC.gov for $397,650, 487 contributions, and 243 donors on the Wells Fargo × 2012 join.

Did Wells Fargo write a $397,650 corporate check in 2012?

No. The total is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to WELLS FARGO. Mean gift size near $817 across 487 lines is a ratio, not a treasury gift. Cite FEC.gov for $397,650, 487 contributions, and 243 donors on the Wells Fargo × 2012 join.

Are 243 donors all Wells Fargo employees?

They are 243 unique donors on itemized receipts grouped to WELLS FARGO in 2012. Alumni, spouses, and other spellings may sit here or on other keys. LobbyVault does not verify payroll and does not invent names in this file. Cite FEC.gov for $397,650, 487 contributions, and 243 donors on the Wells Fargo × 2012 join.