DESIGNER as FEC employer text: $8.5 million

One word covering several crafts

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. Filers type DESIGNER for fashion houses, studios, software product roles, and interiors. The $8,482,309 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not a NAICS 5414 specialized-design-services rollup, not a fashion-week ledger, and not an association PAC.

People who typed ARCHITECT, PHOTOGRAPHER, a named studio, ENGINEER, or SELF-EMPLOYED without this word sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into DESIGNER. The FEC field records stored text, not a license roster. The title does not tell you which craft.

350 donors and 14,757 lines

350 unique donors produced 14,757 DESIGNER contribution lines totaling $8,482,309. That is on the order of 42 itemized receipts per donor. Unique-donor count is smaller than several clinical-title rows in this dollar band, still as a separate stored string. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $8,482,309 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Repeat names among 14,757 lines are expected.

ARCHITECT and PHOTOGRAPHER stay separate

ARCHITECT, PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER, MUSICIAN, and ENGINEER are separate title-style keys. Combining them with DESIGNER would invent a creative-services recode. This page stays at $8,482,309 for DESIGNER only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside DESIGNER — graphic designer, fashion designer, self-employed — as typed. A donor who listed a named fashion house or agency is not in these 350 people unless the receipt grouped to DESIGNER.

Donor table without craft inference

The DESIGNER donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a collection, a UX product, or a motive to that line. The FEC field is not a portfolio site.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the title. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $8,482,309, 14,757 contributions, 350 donors, top employer DESIGNER. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Unitemized gifts, state races, and association PACs are omitted.

Compare ARCHITECT, PHOTOGRAPHER, and MUSICIAN on the industry index. Occupation breakdowns show titles beside DESIGNER. Cite $8,482,309 from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS design-services table.

ARCHITECT, studios, and ENGINEER stay out

DESIGNER as a one-word craft title is not ARCHITECT, not PHOTOGRAPHER, not ENGINEER, and not a named studio. Those strings sit on other keys. The $8,482,309 total, 14,757 contribution lines, and 350 donors describe this title only. MUSICIAN and WRITER remain sibling craft-title rows. The stored word does not identify fashion, graphic, interior, or product work.

Unitemized gifts, state races, association PACs, and NAICS 5414 design-services payroll stay outside the $8,482,309. Occupation pages show titles beside DESIGNER. People who still type the word remain in the 350. The FEC field is not a license roster. Repeat names among 14,757 lines are expected.

Open the DESIGNER donor table for disclosed names and committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a collection or UX-product inference. Cite $8,482,309, 14,757 contributions, and 350 donors from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports. Do not add ARCHITECT to this title and call the sum a creative-services industry.

Researchers who want a creative-services recode must list ARCHITECT, PHOTOGRAPHER, ENGINEER, and named studios as separate additions. The $8,482,309 figure does not absorb those rows. It stays on DESIGNER as 350 donors and 14,757 lines. The stored word does not identify fashion versus graphic versus product work. Follow recipient committees on the DESIGNER donor table. Party share is not computed on the industry headline. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, self-reported employer text, not NAICS 5414 and not a license roster.

Questions

How much have DESIGNER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $8,482,309 to the DESIGNER employer string, from 14,757 contributions and 350 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a guild PAC and not a NAICS design-services total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does DESIGNER mean fashion, graphic, or product?

The FEC string does not say. Filers typed DESIGNER as stored. ARCHITECT, PHOTOGRAPHER, ENGINEER, and named studios are other keys. The $8,482,309 total is only this one-word grouping. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include architects and photographers?

No. ARCHITECT and PHOTOGRAPHER are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text DESIGNER. Named agencies sit in other keys when typed. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed DESIGNER?

The rollup counts 350 donors and 14,757 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count — on the order of 42 itemized receipts per donor. This is not a license headcount. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.