CO-FOUNDER occupation totals in FEC bulk data

Extreme concentration in a tiny record set

542 donor records against $54,239,111 is about $100,072 per donor record. 4,814 itemizations imply about $11,267 per contribution and about 9 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic results on a very small key. A handful of large itemizations can dominate the average.

The packet has no median and no top-gift list. Do not treat about $100,072 as a typical co-founder check.

FOUNDER is a separate page with more donors and a lower mean per record. This overlay cites only $54,239,111, 4,814 contributions, and 542 donors.

Hyphenation and self-reporting

Co founder, cofounder, and co-founder can split across keys if normalization did not collapse them. This page is the CO-FOUNDER match in the indexed extract. Best-efforts collection records the donor’s spelling.

The word does not prove a venture-backed company or a two-person founding team. Employer, when filled, is a different column and is not one of the three packet facts.

What 542 donors is not

542 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate and not a startup census. The same human can appear here and on FOUNDER if different gifts used different titles. Address variants can split records further.

Industry pages will not equal this occupation total. Adding occupation and industry dollars double-counts overlapping rows. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $54.2 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Using both founder hubs

Open the CO-FOUNDER occupation page for this string’s rows. Open FOUNDER for the other title. Use the occupations index to see both. Do not assign party from the title.

Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are omitted. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $54.2 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Limits

Live filters may change displayed sums. With only 542 donor records, this key is more sensitive to a few large lines than high-volume occupations. These three numbers do not measure startup-employee giving under other titles.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep CO-FOUNDER on its own line with its own dollar, contribution, and donor facts. The occupations index is the inventory of neighboring strings. Industry pages remain an employer-side cut and should not be added to this occupation total. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so $54.2 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $54.2 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

CO-FOUNDER as the smallest donor pool in this harvest

CO-FOUNDER is $54.2 million on 4,814 itemizations from 542 donor records. About $100,072 per donor record and about $11,267 per itemization are the highest means among these 40 keys. With only 542 records, a few large lines can dominate the average. The packet has no median. FOUNDER is a separate key with 1,729 donors and is excluded here.

Hyphenation can split co founder and cofounder into other keys if they did not normalize to CO-FOUNDER. 542 is not a unique-person estimate. Overlap with FOUNDER exists whenever the same person used both titles. Industry pages will not equal $54,239,111. Cite the three facts as an exact-string total and treat the means as tail-sensitive. CO-FOUNDER should be cited with a caveat about pool size. Five hundred forty-two donor records and 4,814 itemizations produced $54.2 million. Arithmetic means near $100,072 per donor record will swing if a few large itemizations move. FOUNDER is the neighboring title with 1,729 donor records. Hyphenation can create still more keys. Exact-string citation is the safe method.

Questions

How much have CO-FOUNDER donors given?

Occupation CO-FOUNDER is attached to $54,239,111 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 4,814 contributions and 542 donor records. FOUNDER is a separate string. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Why is money per co-founder donor so high?

$54,239,111 across 542 donor records is about $100,072 per record, and about $11,267 per itemization. Those are means on a tiny key. The packet does not include a median. The matching contribution count is 4,814 and the matching donor-record count is 0. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.

Is FOUNDER included in CO-FOUNDER?

No. They are different occupation keys. This page covers CO-FOUNDER only: $54,239,111, 4,814 contributions, and 542 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Does CO-FOUNDER mean a tech co-founder?

Not necessarily. Occupation is free text. Co-founders in any sector may use the word. Employer, when filled, is a different column. The matching contribution count is 4,814 and the matching donor-record count is 0. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.