BUSINESS money in federal elections

One-word function, not a private-sector recode

Three hundred one unique donors produced 8,714 contributions totaling $3,361,590. About 29 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $386 describe the arithmetic. BUSINESS OWNER, BUSINESSMAN, BUSINESS EXECUTIVE, SELF-EMPLOYED, and COMPANY can exist as other keys. They are not inside $3,361,590 unless they grouped to BUSINESS.

Top employer matches BUSINESS. The FEC field records what was typed, not a Census private-sector category covering every firm. LobbyVault does not recode BUSINESS OWNER or company legal names into this one-word stamp. Researchers who want a combined self-employment family must recode after export. Three hundred one unique people is a narrower roster than several university stamps at similar dollars.

301 donors and 8,714 lines

8,714 lines from 301 people is a moderate receipt pattern relative to the dollar total. Mean per donor is about $11,168. The packet does not publish an owner-versus-employee split, an industry cut, or a cycle year.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $3,361,590 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

BUSINESS OWNER and SELF-EMPLOYED stay separate

BUSINESS OWNER, BUSINESSMAN, SELF-EMPLOYED, and EXECUTIVE are separate employer-name or title keys. Combining them with BUSINESS would mix a one-word function, a two-word owner stamp, a gendered variant, a self-employment label, and a job title. This page reports $3,361,590 for BUSINESS only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the one-word stamp. OWNER, CONSULTANT, and MANAGER exist as industry keys when donors put those words in the employer box instead of BUSINESS.

Donor table without firm inference

The BUSINESS donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach an EIN, a sector, or a motive to that line. People who type the function share the string with staff who listed a legal name elsewhere. The FEC field is not a business-license file.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the one-word stamp. Repeat names among 8,714 lines from 301 people are expected. People who typed BUSINESS OWNER are not in these 301 unless a receipt also grouped to BUSINESS.

Source

Industry BUSINESS; $3,361,590; 8,714 contributions; 301 donors; top employer BUSINESS. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Unitemized gifts and association PAC documents are omitted. About 29 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $386 are arithmetic on the packet. Per-donor mean about $11,168 uses total divided by 301 people. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS all-industries total.

One-word BUSINESS versus OWNER and SELF-EMPLOYED

BUSINESS keyed $3.4M from 8,714 contributions and 301 donors. BUSINESS OWNER and SELF-EMPLOYED remain other keys. The 301 unique donors are matching text, not a headcount of private-sector employment. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside the function stamp.

Keep $3,361,590 on this one-word spelling. Company legal names stay on their own pages if stored that way. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted.

Read $3,361,590 as the BUSINESS cluster only. About 29 gifts per person, a mean gift near $386, and about $11,168 per donor are packet arithmetic. Fewer unique donors than several utility stamps at similar dollars raise the per-person mean; the packet does not publish an owner-versus-employee split. Unitemized gifts and association PAC filings sit outside the $3.4M unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string.

LobbyVault does not recode BUSINESS OWNER into this one-word key. The FEC field is not a NAICS all-industries total. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Open the BUSINESS donor table for line-level detail. All industries lists other function-stamp strings without merging them here.

Questions

How much have BUSINESS-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $3,361,590 to the BUSINESS employer string, from 8,714 contributions and 301 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not a chamber PAC and not a NAICS all-industries total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is BUSINESS OWNER included?

Only if those receipts grouped to the one-word BUSINESS key. BUSINESS OWNER, BUSINESSMAN, and SELF-EMPLOYED are separate grouped keys if filers used them. The $3.4M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to BUSINESS. LobbyVault does not merge those variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.

Does this include people who typed a company legal name?

No. Company legal names are separate employer strings if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text BUSINESS. Staff who typed only OWNER are 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 BUSINESS?

The rollup counts 301 donors and 8,714 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a private-sector employment headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.