INTERIOR DESIGNER as FEC employer text: $6.2 million

A two-word trade parked where a studio name usually goes

Many designers type a firm. 433 donors typed INTERIOR DESIGNER instead. LobbyVault groups that title as an industry key. The $6,153,992 total is those itemized gifts. It is not furniture-showroom revenue and not every person with an ASID affiliation.

Donors who listed ARCHITECT, DESIGNER, a studio legal name, or SELF-EMPLOYED sit in other rows. Occupation pages can show interior designer as a title beside a named employer. This page stays on the employer-box string INTERIOR DESIGNER.

Residential and commercial designers share INTERIOR DESIGNER if they skipped the studio name. The $6,153,992 total cannot be read as a single studio’s political spending.

433 donors and 20,341 lines

433 unique donors produced 20,341 INTERIOR DESIGNER contribution lines totaling $6,153,992. That is on the order of 47 itemized receipts per donor. Recurring itemized gifts can produce that ratio. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a residential-versus-commercial split.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and any association committee filings are outside the $6,153,992 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

433 unique donors produced 20,341 lines. Repeat itemized gifts explain the ratio. ARCHITECT remains a separate credential key, not a recode of this trade.

Architect and designer siblings

ARCHITECT and DESIGNER are separate employer-box titles. Combining them with INTERIOR DESIGNER would mix distinct FEC fields. This page reports $6,153,992 for INTERIOR DESIGNER only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside whatever employer was typed. Named firms and campuses in this batch capture people who listed those employers instead of the trade.

SELF-EMPLOYED is a status string, not a recode of INTERIOR DESIGNER. This page reports $6,153,992 from 433 donors and 20,341 lines for the two-word trade title only.

Donor table

The INTERIOR DESIGNER donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a project, a licensing board action, or a motive to that line. Retired designers who still type the title share the string with people currently practicing. The FEC field is not a professional-association roster.

Repeat names are expected among 20,341 lines from 433 people. Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the title string.

INTERIOR DESIGNER on the table is the two-word trade. 20,341 lines from 433 donors totaling $6,153,992 are not ARCHITECT or DESIGNER as shorter titles. Named studios remain other keys when donors typed those legal names. Repeat itemized gifts explain the line count among 433 people.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $6,153,992, 20,341 contributions, 433 donors, top employer INTERIOR DESIGNER. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts. State filings are omitted.

The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare ARCHITECT and DESIGNER on the industry index. Use occupation breakdowns for titles stored beside a studio name.

Trade title versus architect and designer rows

INTERIOR DESIGNER grouped $6,153,992 from 433 donors and 20,341 lines. ARCHITECT and DESIGNER are shorter title keys. Named studios are still other keys when donors typed those legal names. Combining the three titles would mix FEC fields and still miss firm-name payroll.

SELF-EMPLOYED is a status string, not a design synonym. Unitemized gifts and association PAC filings stay outside the $6,153,992 unless an individual receipt lists INTERIOR DESIGNER.

Read the donor table for disclosed recipients. LobbyVault does not attach a project to a large gift. Occupation pages show the trade beside a studio name when that is how the form was filled. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS interior-design-services total.

Keep INTERIOR DESIGNER’s $6,153,992, 20,341 contributions, and 433 donors on this trade title. ARCHITECT and DESIGNER stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show the trade beside a studio when that is how the form was filled. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not a NAICS design-services total.

Questions

How much have INTERIOR DESIGNER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $6,153,992 to the INTERIOR DESIGNER employer string, from 20,341 contributions and 433 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a studio PAC and not a NAICS design-services total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is INTERIOR DESIGNER the same as DESIGNER or ARCHITECT?

No. DESIGNER and ARCHITECT are separate grouped strings. The $6,153,992 total is only receipts whose employer text grouped to INTERIOR DESIGNER. LobbyVault does not merge those titles. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts are omitted.

Does this include everyone who listed a design studio by name?

No. Named studios are separate employer keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text INTERIOR DESIGNER. People who typed only DESIGNER are in that shorter title row. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed INTERIOR DESIGNER?

The rollup counts 433 donors and 20,341 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a census of working designers. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.