FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION as FEC employer text: $16.0 million
Contributors who listed FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION on federal itemized receipts account for $16,039,031, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 150,125 contributions from 3,290 donors. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION is a self-reported employer string — an agency name as typed — not a NAICS air-transportation total, not the FAA’s appropriated budget, and not the agency’s own PAC (federal agencies do not operate candidate PACs the way private firms do).
Key figures
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION as FEC employer text totals $16,039,031.
- 3,290 donors produced 150,125 contribution lines.
- BOEING, LOCKHEED MARTIN, and the letters FAA are separate stored strings if typed that way.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or an agency budget.
An agency name on individual schedules
Civilian federal employees often put the agency in the employer box. LobbyVault ranks that text like any other grouped string. The $16,039,031 total is itemized individual gifts whose employer grouping is FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. It is not FAA procurement, not Airport Improvement Program grants, and not a NAICS 481 or 488 rollup of airlines and support services.
People who typed FAA, DOT, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, or CONTROLLER / PILOT without the agency name sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode abbreviations into the spelled-out agency key.
3,290 donors and 150,125 lines
3,290 unique donors produced 150,125 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION contribution lines totaling $16,039,031. That is on the order of 46 itemized receipts per donor — high paperwork volume relative to dollars, a shape consistent with many small, repeated itemized gifts. The packet does not publish a mean ticket as its own FEC field.
Hatch Act questions about federal-employee political activity are legal issues this page does not adjudicate. The public record still stores the itemized receipts. Party share is not on the industry headline.
Aviation siblings are other keys
BOEING, LOCKHEED MARTIN, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, and NORTHROP GRUMMAN are contractor employer-name rows, not this agency string. Combining them with FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION would mix regulators and vendors. This page stays at $16,039,031 for the agency text only.
Occupation pages show titles stored beside the agency — specialist, engineer, manager — as typed. ENGINEER as an industry key captures people who put the title in the employer box instead of the agency.
Donor table
The FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a certification action, a runway grant, or a motive to that line. Former employees who still type the agency share the string with current staff. The FEC field is not an OPM personnel file.
Repeat names are expected among 150,125 lines from 3,290 people. Unitemized gifts never appear. State-level filings never appear in this federal total.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION’s 150,125 lines from 3,290 donors totaling $16,039,031 will repeat names. FAA, DOT, and job titles without the agency remain other keys. BOEING, LOCKHEED MARTIN, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, and NORTHROP GRUMMAN remain contractor keys. Unitemized gifts and agency appropriations stay out. Occupation pages show titles beside the spelled-out agency. The donor table is not an OPM personnel file. Follow committees for party and office. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS air transportation.
Source
FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $16,039,031, 150,125 contributions, 3,290 donors, top employer FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.
Open the industry index for contractor firm names and other agency strings. Open occupation pages for titles next to this employer. Follow committees on the donor table for party and office.
Keep FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION’s $16,039,031, 150,125 contributions, and 3,290 donors on the spelled-out agency string. FAA as an abbreviation, if stored separately, is another key. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside the agency. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not an agency budget and not NAICS air transportation.
Agency-name receipts versus contractor and abbreviation rows
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION’s $16,039,031 from 3,290 donors and 150,125 lines is the spelled-out agency grouping, not FAA appropriations and not NAICS air transportation. People who typed FAA, DOT, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CONTROLLER, or PILOT without the agency name sit in other rows. BOEING, LOCKHEED MARTIN, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, and NORTHROP GRUMMAN are contractor keys, not this regulator string.
The 150,125 lines imply on the order of 46 itemized receipts per unique donor — high paperwork volume relative to dollars. Unitemized gifts never appear. Hatch Act questions about federal-employee political activity are legal issues this page does not adjudicate; the public record still stores the itemized receipts. Independent expenditures that lack this employer string are outside the $16,039,031.
The donor table lists disclosed names and committees. LobbyVault does not attach a certification action or a runway grant to a large gift. Former employees who still type the agency remain in the 3,290. Occupation pages show titles beside the agency name. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault — $16,039,031, 150,125 contributions, 3,290 donors — self-reported employer text, not NAICS and not an agency budget.
Questions
- How much have FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $16,039,031 to the FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION employer string, from 150,125 contributions and 3,290 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the agency’s budget and not a NAICS air-transport total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
- Is this FAA corporate or agency political spending?
- No. The $16,039,031 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. It is not appropriated agency spending and not a company PAC. LobbyVault does not fold procurement or grant files into this industry row. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
- Does this include Boeing or Lockheed employees?
- No. BOEING and LOCKHEED MARTIN are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped agency name FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. People who typed only FAA or ENGINEER are in those other rows if stored that way. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
- Why are there 150,125 contributions from 3,290 donors?
- Each itemized gift is a line. Repeat donations from the same 3,290 people produce the 150,125 receipt count — on the order of 46 lines per donor. Recurring itemized programs raise that ratio. The FEC field is transactional, not an agency headcount.
Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.