What DESIGNER donors give in federal races

High line count, small mean gift

$18,568,646 is the occupation-level dollar total. 112,150 is the itemization count. 3,473 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $166. Mean dollars per donor record are about $5,347. Repeat giving is about 32 itemizations per donor record.

112,150 lines from 3,473 records is a high-repeat pattern: a modest creative-title pool generating many schedules. The per-line mean of about $166 is among the smaller means in this harvest band, which is why the headline dollars need the contribution count beside them.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of freelance design income allocated to politics. The packet has no gift-size distribution.

DESIGNER is not ARTIST and not a specialty craft title

ARTIST, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, INTERIOR DESIGNER, and FASHION DESIGNER — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to DESIGNER. This page cites only $18,568,646, 112,150 contributions, and 3,473 donors.

The FEC does not verify studio credits, union cards, or design-degree records. People who design as a side occupation and staff designers at firms can all type DESIGNER. Occupation is the donor’s word on that line.

What the dollars do not measure

$18,568,646 is not a design-industry PAC total and not advertising-agency revenue. Industry pages group employers. Occupation and industry will not match dollar for dollar.

Party is not stored in the occupation column. Open the DESIGNER occupation page for recipient rows. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $18.6 million.

Using the hub

Cite $18,568,646, 112,150 contributions, and 3,473 donors together. A sentence that shows only the dollars hides that the money arrived in 112,150 pieces. Use the occupations index to compare DESIGNER with ARTIST without merging them.

Unitemized receipts are omitted. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live filters may change displayed sums. Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Limits

3,473 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Extra words (graphic designer, UX designer) create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to DESIGNER.

Do not treat about 32 itemizations per donor record as a typical giving cadence for all designers. It is an arithmetic ratio on this exact string.

Creative-title volume without a guild match

DESIGNER in this extract is $18,568,646 on 112,150 itemizations from 3,473 donor records. About 32 itemizations per donor record is a high repeat rate. Mean line size is about $166; mean dollars per donor record are about $5,347. ARTIST is the neighboring creative string and is not included.

Industry pages for media or professional services will not equal $18,568,646. Specialty designer titles, if stored as other keys, stay outside this total. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals DESIGNER, dollars equal $18,568,646, contributions equal 112,150, donors equal 3,473. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column. Compact millions ($18.6 million) are the same headline amount as $18,568,646, rounded to one decimal place.

112,150 itemizations is the number that explains how $18.6 million accumulated on a mean line of about $166. Graphic designer, interior designer, and UX designer remain other keys unless they normalized to DESIGNER. The occupations index is the inventory of those neighboring strings. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter $18,568,646.

3,473 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching and not a design-guild roster. Extra words create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to DESIGNER. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only. Quote the exact string, then $18,568,646, 112,150 contributions, and 3,473 donors, and stop.

Fashion, graphic, interior, and product designers share this key only if they typed DESIGNER. 112,150 itemizations from 3,473 donor records is a high-volume stack, not a studio census. Cite $18,568,646 with both counts. Mean line size of about $166 is an arithmetic result on this exact string. Live hub filters may change displayed sums.

Guild membership is not in the packet. 3,473 donor records is not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Restate the citation as occupation equals DESIGNER, dollars equal $18,568,646, contributions equal 112,150, donors equal 3,473.

Questions

How much have DESIGNER donors given in FEC records?

Occupation DESIGNER is attached to $18,568,646 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 112,150 contributions and 3,473 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a design-guild roster. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Is ARTIST included in DESIGNER?

No. ARTIST is a separate occupation string. This page covers DESIGNER only: $18,568,646, 112,150 contributions, and 3,473 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.

Why are there so many DESIGNER contributions?

112,150 itemizations from 3,473 donors implies about 32 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $166. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing DESIGNER include graphic and fashion designers?

Only if they typed DESIGNER. Longer specialty strings are other keys unless the bulk extract normalized them here. Quote 112,150 contributions and 3,473 donor records with the $18,568,646 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.