How much have FEDERAL GOVERNMENT-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $3,970,312 to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT employer string, from 21,232 contributions and 817 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not agency official funds and not a NAICS public-administration total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this the same as U S GOVERNMENT?

No. U S GOVERNMENT is a separate grouped string with its own page. The $4.0M total is only receipts whose employer text grouped to FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LobbyVault does not merge spaced U S variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Does this include US Army or House staff?

Only if those receipts grouped to FEDERAL GOVERNMENT rather than the named-agency string. US ARMY and US House of Representatives are separate keys. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

The rollup counts 817 donors and 21,232 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an OPM headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT money in federal elections

Filers who listed FEDERAL GOVERNMENT as employer or occupation on federal campaign reports account for $4.0M ($3,970,312) in itemized receipts on FEC.gov. The cluster holds 21,232 contributions and 817 donors. The label is generic government text as typed, not a NAICS public-administration code and not a U.S. Treasury account.

Key figures

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT as FEC employer text totals $4.0M ($3,970,312) from 817 donors.
21,232 contribution lines sit under that generic government string.
U S GOVERNMENT and named agencies are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or agency PAC total.

Generic government text, not an agency budget

Eight hundred seventeen unique donors produced 21,232 contributions totaling $3,970,312. About 26 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $187 describe the arithmetic. Official agency funds are not the payor in this rollup. FEC individual itemizations record what the contributor listed as employer. These rows are the self-reported FEDERAL GOVERNMENT string plus itemized amounts.

Top employer matches FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. U S GOVERNMENT, US GOVERNMENT, and named agencies (US ARMY, US House of Representatives) can exist as other keys. They are not inside $3,970,312 unless they matched this exact label. LobbyVault does not recode agency names into this generic phrase.

Who can appear among 817 donors

Civil servants, contractors who wrote the generic phrase, retirees who still use it, and spouses using the same shorthand can all land in the cluster. The FEC does not certify current federal payroll. Unique-donor count is matching text, not OPM headcount.

Occupation fields such as analyst, attorney, or civil servant are a separate cut. Use occupation breakdowns for titles. This page stays on the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT industry key. Mean per donor is about $4,860 from $3,970,312 divided by 817 people.

What 21,232 contributions omit

No agency split, no GS grade, and no cycle year sit on the industry headline. Recipients and dates are on FEC.gov and on the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT donor table. Unitemized gifts never appear in the $4.0M figure.

U S GOVERNMENT, US ARMY, and US House of Representatives are other employer strings. This total is FEDERAL GOVERNMENT only. Combining generic and named-agency labels would invent a public-sector recode the FEC did not store.

Donor table without agency inference

The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach an agency, a clearance, or a motive to that line. Retirees who still type the generic phrase share the string with current personnel.

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

Source

Industry FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; $3,970,312; 21,232 contributions; 817 donors; top employer FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Unitemized gifts and official agency accounts are omitted. About 26 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $187 are arithmetic on the packet. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS public-administration total.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT versus U S GOVERNMENT

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT keyed $4.0M from 21,232 contributions and 817 donors. U S GOVERNMENT is a spaced sibling page in this ranking. Named agencies such as US ARMY remain other keys. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside this employer.

Keep $3,970,312, 21,232 contributions, and 817 donors on this two-word generic spelling. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. This page does not describe official appropriations.

Read $3,970,312 as the generic FEDERAL GOVERNMENT phrase cluster only. The 21,232 contributions and 817 donors are matching-text counts on FEC.gov via LobbyVault. About 26 gifts per person, a mean gift near $187, and about $4,860 per donor are packet arithmetic. Unitemized gifts and official agency accounts are omitted. U S GOVERNMENT, US GOVERNMENT, US ARMY, and US House of Representatives remain other keys. Occupation breakdowns list titles stored beside this employer. The donor table is the place to see names, amounts, and recipient committees without an agency or GS grade attached to the generic string.

LobbyVault does not recode named agencies into this two-word phrase. Unique-donor count is matching text, not OPM headcount. Civil servants, contractors who wrote the generic phrase, retirees, and spouses can share that string; the FEC does not certify current federal payroll. This guide does not describe appropriations. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Keep the overlay on the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT donor table for line-level detail. All industries lists other government-employer strings for comparison without merging them here. U S GOVERNMENT is a spaced sibling page in this ranking.

Questions

How much have FEDERAL GOVERNMENT-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $3,970,312 to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT employer string, from 21,232 contributions and 817 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not agency official funds and not a NAICS public-administration total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Is this the same as U S GOVERNMENT?: No. U S GOVERNMENT is a separate grouped string with its own page. The $4.0M total is only receipts whose employer text grouped to FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LobbyVault does not merge spaced U S variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault.
Does this include US Army or House staff?: Only if those receipts grouped to FEDERAL GOVERNMENT rather than the named-agency string. US ARMY and US House of Representatives are separate keys. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?: The rollup counts 817 donors and 21,232 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an OPM headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.