How much have American Express-labeled filers given federally?

The AMERICAN EXPRESS industry cluster totals $4,940,512 in itemized FEC contributions, from 10,342 contributions and 456 donors. Those people listed AMERICAN EXPRESS as employer or occupation. The sum is a text-field rollup, not a corporate political budget. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

How many unique donors are in the American Express string?

LobbyVault counts 456 donors and 10,342 contributions. Unique-donor count is people whose disclosed text matched AMERICAN EXPRESS. Other spellings such as Amex, if stored separately, are other slugs. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Is this NAICS for credit-card companies?

No. FEC individual files do not include NAICS. LobbyVault groups employer/occupation self-reports. AMERICAN EXPRESS is the typed brand name on the form. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Does $4,940,512 include the company’s PAC only?

The packet does not split PAC receipts from individual receipts. It sums itemized amounts tagged to the AMERICAN EXPRESS employer/occupation string: $4,940,512 across 10,342 contributions. See FEC.gov and the donor table for committee types. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

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American Express money in federal elections

Filers who entered AMERICAN EXPRESS as employer or occupation on federal campaign reports account for $4,940,512 in itemized receipts on FEC.gov. LobbyVault counts 10,342 contributions and 456 donors. Mean gift size is about $478; mean per donor is about $10,834. The brand name is an FEC text label, not a NAICS credit-card sector code and not a corporate treasury figure.

Key figures

AMERICAN EXPRESS FEC strings total $4,940,512.
10,342 contributions came from 456 donors.
Means: about $478 per gift and $10,834 per donor.
The label is FEC employer text, not NAICS.
Amex and similar abbreviations are not merged here.

Ten thousand rows, 456 people

Ten thousand three hundred forty-two contributions from 456 donors is about 23 itemized gifts per person. That mid-range frequency sits between sparse large-check clusters and the 30-plus-gifts-per-donor campus and payroll strings. Combined with $4,940,512, the simple means are about $478 per contribution and about $10,834 per donor.

Amex, American Express Co., and AMEX can file as different keys. This page is AMERICAN EXPRESS only. Card-issuing subsidiaries and international legal names are not added into the $4,940,512 unless they match this string.

Brand names in the employer box

FEC individual contribution records store employer as typed text. A payments company, a university, and a job title can occupy neighboring rows on LobbyVault’s industry index for that reason. AMERICAN EXPRESS is the dominant employer string in this bucket (topEmployer matches the label).

The Commission does not verify that the filer worked at the company on the gift date. Contractors, alumni, and people who list a card brand as a shorthand can appear among the 456 donors. Read names on the donor table before inferring employment.

What 10,342 contributions do not tell you

They do not tell you party, cycle, or whether a row is a PAC withholding versus a candidate gift. The packet facts stop at $4,940,512, 10,342 contributions, and 456 donors. Committee details require FEC.gov line items.

Lobbying reports are a different statute. Do not treat this industry total as a proxy for lobbying spend.

How to use the related indexes

The AMERICAN EXPRESS donor table is the name-level overlay. All industries shows peer financial-employer strings. Occupation breakdowns cut by job title for people who also filled that box.

Amendments on FEC.gov can revise historical amounts. This guide uses the packet snapshot only.

Source

Industry AMERICAN EXPRESS; total $4,940,512; 10,342 contributions; 456 donors; top employer AMERICAN EXPRESS. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Use the AMERICAN EXPRESS donor table for the 456 unique donors and 10,342 itemized contributions behind $4,940,512. Committee types live on those lines and on FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts never enter the row count. Amex, AMEX, and American Express Co. can be other keys. Occupation breakdowns show job titles that co-occur with this employer text. All industries lists other financial-employer strings. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. About 23 gifts per person and a mean gift near $478 are arithmetic only. This page does not treat $4,940,512 as a corporate treasury figure. Most corporate treasury contributions to federal candidates are prohibited; these rows are contributor disclosures. The packet has no cycle year. Keep the 456-donor count attached to AMERICAN EXPRESS as filed. Amendments can revise the snapshot. Per-donor mean about $10,834 uses total divided by 456 people. Card-network lobbying reports are a different statute and are omitted here.

Brand-string receipts and omitted FEC activity

AMERICAN EXPRESS keyed $4,940,512 in itemized federal receipts from 10,342 contributions and 456 donors. About 23 gifts per person and a mean gift near $478 are arithmetic on those facts. Amex, AMEX, and American Express Co. can be other keys. Unitemized gifts never enter the 10,342-row count. Card-network lobbying reports and state committees are different systems. The 456 unique donors are matching text, not a global employee census. Top employer matches AMERICAN EXPRESS, so the bucket is that brand spelling rather than a coded payments-sector NAICS class.

Open the AMERICAN EXPRESS donor table for names, dates, and recipient committees. The packet does not split PAC withholdings from candidate gifts; line items carry committee type. All industries lists other financial-employer strings. Occupation breakdowns list job titles that co-occur with this employer text. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Do not treat $4,940,512 as a corporate treasury figure. Most corporate treasury contributions to federal candidates are prohibited; these rows are contributor disclosures. The four facts remain $4,940,512, 10,342 contributions, 456 donors, top employer AMERICAN EXPRESS. Repeat the four facts when citing this page: $4,940,512, 10,342 contributions, 456 donors, top employer AMERICAN EXPRESS. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. The donor table, all industries, and occupation breakdowns are the only internal links this packet authorizes.

Questions

How much have American Express-labeled filers given federally?: The AMERICAN EXPRESS industry cluster totals $4,940,512 in itemized FEC contributions, from 10,342 contributions and 456 donors. Those people listed AMERICAN EXPRESS as employer or occupation. The sum is a text-field rollup, not a corporate political budget. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.
How many unique donors are in the American Express string?: LobbyVault counts 456 donors and 10,342 contributions. Unique-donor count is people whose disclosed text matched AMERICAN EXPRESS. Other spellings such as Amex, if stored separately, are other slugs. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.
Is this NAICS for credit-card companies?: No. FEC individual files do not include NAICS. LobbyVault groups employer/occupation self-reports. AMERICAN EXPRESS is the typed brand name on the form. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.
Does $4,940,512 include the company’s PAC only?: The packet does not split PAC receipts from individual receipts. It sums itemized amounts tagged to the AMERICAN EXPRESS employer/occupation string: $4,940,512 across 10,342 contributions. See FEC.gov and the donor table for committee types. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.