FOUNDER occupation money in FEC itemizations

Few records, large average amounts

1,729 donor records against $62,143,456 is about $35,942 per donor record, among the highest means in this harvest. 18,800 itemizations imply about $3,306 per contribution and about 11 contributions per donor. The stack is thin; the dollars per person are not.

Means of this size move with a heavy tail. The packet has no median. Do not treat about $35,942 as a typical founder check.

CO-FOUNDER is a different occupation page. A person who used both strings across gifts appears in both totals. This overlay cites only $62,143,456, 18,800 contributions, and 1,729 donors.

A title without a company registry

Writing FOUNDER on an FEC form is not proof of a venture-backed startup. Founders of restaurants, agencies, and nonprofits can share the word. Best-efforts collection records the donor’s text, not a Secretary of State officer list or a cap table.

CEO, OWNER, and EXECUTIVE are neighboring titles. Mixed use across gifts splits dollars by the occupation string on each line.

What 1,729 donors is not

1,729 is a contributor-record count, not a count of unicorn founders and not a unique-person estimate after identity resolution. Address variants can split people. Shared startup names in employer fields can make rows look related without proving coordination.

Industry pages group employer categories and will not equal this occupation total. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $62.1 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 the hub

Cite $62,143,456, 18,800 contributions, and 1,729 donors. Open the FOUNDER occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to compare CO-FOUNDER, CEO, and OWNER as separate keys.

Do not assign party from the title. Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are omitted. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $62.1 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

Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live filters may change displayed sums. These three numbers do not measure venture-capital PAC activity or startup-employee giving under other occupation strings.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep 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 $62.1 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $62.1 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

FOUNDER concentration next to the CO-FOUNDER key

FOUNDER is $62.1 million on 18,800 itemizations from 1,729 donor records. About $35,942 per donor record and about $3,306 per itemization describe a small, dollar-heavy key. CO-FOUNDER is smaller still in donor count and is excluded here. CEO and OWNER are also separate. Means of this size are sensitive to a heavy tail; the packet has no median.

Writing FOUNDER does not prove a venture-backed startup. Restaurant founders and nonprofit founders can share the word. 1,729 is not a unicorn census. Industry pages will not equal $62,143,456. If a story needs both founder spellings, list FOUNDER and CO-FOUNDER as two keys. This overlay lists one. FOUNDER is a small, dollar-heavy title. One thousand seven hundred twenty-nine donor records and 18,800 itemizations produced $62.1 million. About $35,942 per donor record is an arithmetic mean, not a typical check. CO-FOUNDER is even more concentrated. CEO and OWNER catch people who never typed founder. Cite the exact string and leave startup mythology out of the sentence.

Questions

How much have FOUNDER-occupation donors given?

Occupation FOUNDER is attached to $62,143,456 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 18,800 contributions and 1,729 donor records. CO-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 the average founder total so high?

$62,143,456 across 1,729 donor records is about $35,942 per record, and about $3,306 per itemization. Those are arithmetic means on a small-volume key. The packet does not include a median. The matching contribution count is 18,800 and the matching donor-record count is 1,729. 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 CO-FOUNDER included in FOUNDER?

No. CO-FOUNDER has its own occupation page. This page covers FOUNDER only: $62,143,456, 18,800 contributions, and 1,729 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 FOUNDER mean a tech startup founder?

Not necessarily. The occupation field is free text. Founders in any sector may use the word. Employer, when filled, is a different column. The matching contribution count is 18,800 and the matching donor-record count is 1,729. 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.