BOSTON UNIVERSITY money in federal elections

Two-word campus stamp, not a Boston-higher-ed recode

Four hundred eighty-nine unique donors produced 22,341 contributions totaling $3,593,662. About 46 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $161 describe the arithmetic — one of the thicker receipt patterns in this packet wave. BOSTON COLLEGE, BU as an acronym, BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, and HARVARD UNIVERSITY can exist as other keys. They are not inside $3,593,662 unless they grouped to BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

Top employer matches BOSTON UNIVERSITY. The FEC field records what was typed, not a registrar legal name. LobbyVault does not recode BOSTON COLLEGE or BU into this two-word stamp. Researchers who want a combined Boston-private-campus family must recode after export. The 22,341-line count is consistent with repeat itemized gifts under a campus payroll stamp.

489 donors and 22,341 lines

22,341 lines from 489 people is a very thick receipt pattern. Mean per donor is about $7,349. Repeat payroll deductions can inflate contribution counts without raising unique donors. The packet does not publish a faculty-versus-staff split, a medical-campus cut, or a cycle year.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and any campus-affiliated committee PAC filings are outside the $3,593,662 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Boston College, BU, and Harvard stay separate

BOSTON COLLEGE, BU, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, and PROFESSOR are separate employer-name or title keys. Combining them with BOSTON UNIVERSITY would mix two different Boston private campuses, an acronym, a nearby research university, and a job title. This page reports $3,593,662 for BOSTON UNIVERSITY only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the campus. PROFESSOR, PHYSICIAN, and STUDENT exist as industry keys when donors put the function in the employer box instead of BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

Donor table without college inference

The BOSTON UNIVERSITY donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a school, a medical-center privilege, or a motive to that line. Alumni who still type the campus share the string with current staff. The FEC field is not a registrar file.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the campus stamp. Repeat names among 22,341 lines from 489 people are expected. People who typed BOSTON COLLEGE are not in these 489 unless a receipt also grouped to BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

Source

Industry BOSTON UNIVERSITY; $3,593,662; 22,341 contributions; 489 donors; top employer BOSTON UNIVERSITY. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Unitemized gifts and campus PAC documents are omitted. About 46 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $161 are arithmetic on the packet. Per-donor mean about $7,349 uses total divided by 489 people. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS educational-services total.

Boston University versus Boston College and the BU acronym

BOSTON UNIVERSITY keyed $3.6M from 22,341 contributions and 489 donors. BOSTON COLLEGE and BU remain other keys. The 489 unique donors are matching text, not a headcount of faculty plus staff. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside the campus.

Keep $3,593,662 on this two-word spelling. HARVARD UNIVERSITY stays on its own campus page. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted.

Read $3,593,662 as the BOSTON UNIVERSITY cluster only. About 46 gifts per person, a mean gift near $161, and about $7,349 per donor are packet arithmetic. A very thick receipt file is consistent with repeat itemized gifts; the packet does not publish a medical-campus split. Unitemized gifts and committee PAC filings sit outside the $3.6M unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string.

LobbyVault does not recode BOSTON COLLEGE or BU into this campus key. The FEC field is not a NAICS colleges-and-universities total. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Open the BOSTON UNIVERSITY donor table for line-level detail. All industries lists other campus-employer strings without merging them here.

Questions

How much have BOSTON UNIVERSITY-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $3,593,662 to the BOSTON UNIVERSITY employer string, from 22,341 contributions and 489 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not a campus PAC and not a NAICS colleges-and-universities total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is Boston College included in this total?

No. BOSTON COLLEGE is a separate grouped string. The $3.6M total is only receipts whose employer text grouped to BOSTON UNIVERSITY. LobbyVault does not merge sibling Boston campuses into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Does the BU acronym sit inside this row?

Only if those receipts grouped to BOSTON UNIVERSITY. BU as an acronym is a separate grouped key if filers used it. A receipt counted here carries the two-word campus stamp. Staff who typed only PROFESSOR sit in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed BOSTON UNIVERSITY?

The rollup counts 489 donors and 22,341 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount of the university. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.