NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND

A generic employer word meeting a Super PAC ID

CORPORATION is among the least specific employer strings in FEC itemized receipts. Filers type it when they decline a firm name, use a placeholder, or describe a generic business. LobbyVault still groups those rows. The grouping totals $66,264,486. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND, committee C00488742, received $66,233,811 of that grouping across 119 contributions—about 99.95% of the labeled total.

Because the word is generic, the 99.95% overlap is a coding coincidence as much as a fundraising map. It does not mean the National Association of Realtors employs everyone who typed Corporation, and it does not mean every U.S. corporation gave to this committee. It means this employer string and this committee ID share almost the same dollars in the individual-contribution table.

119 lines, $66,233,811, almost no leftover

One hundred nineteen contributions averaging about $556,587 per line ($66,233,811 ÷ 119) is a high mean. Large itemized gifts, including those near Super PAC rules that allow unlimited individual contributions, can produce that shape. The packet does not name donors or flag which of the 119 rows are the largest. Subtracting the join from the employer total leaves about $30,675 ($66,264,486 − $66,233,811) on other committees—small enough that the industry hub and this tie will look nearly identical on headline dollars.

The industry page for Corporation still matters because the string can pick up new receipts that are not C00488742. The committee page still matters because the fund raises from employers other than this placeholder. The join is the overlap, not a substitute for either hub.

Questions

How much did Corporation-coded donors give the NAR Congressional Fund?

FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions show $66,233,811 coded to the Corporation employer grouping and received by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND (C00488742). That join covers 119 contributions. The broader Corporation employer total across all committees is $66,264,486. These figures are not independent expenditures.

Does Corporation mean the National Association of Realtors’ members?

No. CORPORATION is a self-reported employer string, often a placeholder rather than a firm name. The 99.95% overlap with C00488742 is a join of two FEC labels, not a membership list. This page does not verify occupation, Realtor status, or employment. It reports itemized individual contributions only.

What share of Corporation FEC money went to this committee?

About 99.95% of the $66,264,486 Corporation employer total is in this join: $66,233,811 to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND. Roughly $30,675 of the employer grouping went to other committees. A near-total overlap describes coding, not a finding that every corporation in the country gave to this fund.

Are independent expenditures included?

No. The source is FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Independent expenditures and operating costs are outside this join. Use the C00488742 committee hub for other receipt and spending types not in this employer filter.