ACTOR as FEC employer text: $15.7 million

A performing-arts word, not a studio census

FEC forms store whatever filers type in the employer box. ACTOR is that word. The $15,661,611 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches it. It is not box-office revenue, not a studio PAC, and not every performer who donated while listing a production company instead of the job title.

People who typed ARTIST, WRITER, ENTERTAINER, SELF-EMPLOYED, or a studio legal name sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into ACTOR.

382 donors, 21,819 lines, $15.7 million

382 unique donors produced 21,819 ACTOR contribution lines totaling $15,661,611. Dollars per unique person run high compared with wide payroll names that spread similar dollars across thousands of donors. Receipts per donor also run high — on the order of 57 itemized lines per person. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Unitemized gifts never appear. Independent expenditures by groups that do not carry this individual-employer string are outside the $15,661,611.

Entertainment siblings

ARTIST and WRITER are separate occupation-style keys already present on the industry index. Combining them with ACTOR would mix stored strings and would still miss people who typed a studio or SELF. This page stays at $15,661,611 for ACTOR only.

Occupation pages show the companion field stored beside ACTOR. Some receipts may list ACTOR in both boxes; others may pair it with SELF or a company. Those pairs are stored as typed.

Donor table

The ACTOR donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. With 382 unique donors, individual lines are inspectable in a way 3,000-person firm rows are not. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not infer a residual check, a guild card, or a motive from the job word.

Repeat names among 21,819 lines are expected. People who act but typed a production-company employer are not in these 382 unless a receipt also carried the ACTOR grouping.

ACTOR’s 382 unique donors and 21,819 lines totaling $15,661,611 are a small-person, high-dollar cluster. ARTIST, WRITER, SELF-EMPLOYED, and studio legal names remain other keys. Unitemized gifts and guild PAC documents that lack this employer string stay out. The donor table is inspectable in a way 3,000-person firm rows are not. Occupation pages show the companion field. LobbyVault does not infer a guild card from the job word. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS performing arts or motion pictures.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $15,661,611, 21,819 contributions, 382 donors, top employer ACTOR. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS 711 or 512.

Compare ARTIST and WRITER on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles stored next to ACTOR. Studio and network legal names, if typed, are other employer keys.

Keep ACTOR’s $15,661,611, 21,819 contributions, and 382 donors on this job-title string. ARTIST and WRITER stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show the companion field stored beside ACTOR. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not a guild file and not NAICS performing arts.

A small unique-person set beside ARTIST and WRITER

ACTOR’s $15,661,611 from 382 donors and 21,819 lines is concentrated: fewer unique people than most firm rows at this dollar scale, with on the order of 57 itemized receipts per donor. ARTIST and WRITER are separate occupation-style keys on the industry index. SELF-EMPLOYED and studio legal names capture performers who never wrote ACTOR. LobbyVault does not merge performing-arts words into one entertainment NAICS total.

Unitemized gifts, state filings, and guild PAC documents that lack this individual-employer string are outside the $15,661,611. A performer who listed a production company as employer is in that company row, not necessarily in the 382. Repeat names among 21,819 lines are expected.

The donor table is narrow enough to inspect. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a residual check or a guild-card inference. Occupation pages show the companion field beside ACTOR. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault — $15,661,611, 21,819 contributions, 382 donors — self-reported form text, not NAICS 711 or 512.

Questions

How much have ACTOR-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $15,661,611 to the ACTOR employer string, from 21,819 contributions and 382 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS entertainment-sector total and not a guild PAC. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include every entertainer who donated?

No. Only receipts whose grouped employer text is ACTOR are in the $15,661,611. People who wrote ARTIST, WRITER, SELF-EMPLOYED, or a studio name are in those other rows. The 382 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a SAG-AFTRA headcount.

Why so few donors for $15.7 million?

The rollup counts 382 unique people and 21,819 lines. Dollars are concentrated across a small unique-person set compared with wide payroll names. Repeat itemized gifts still raise the line count. The packet does not publish a mean gift. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is ACTOR the same as ARTIST in FEC data?

No. ARTIST is a separate grouped string with its own page. A receipt stamped ACTOR is counted only here. LobbyVault does not merge performing-arts words into one entertainment industry. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.