INVESTMENTS occupation totals in FEC bulk data

A thin key with high dollars per line

31,959 itemizations against $45,362,830 implies about $1,419 per contribution. 3,656 donor records imply about $12,408 per donor and about 9 contributions per donor record. Compared with INVESTOR, this string has fewer lines and a higher mean gift in this extract.

The two keys are not a ranking of the same people. Donors choose investor or investments. This overlay cites only $45,362,830, 31,959 contributions, and 3,656 donors.

Investment manager, investments, and private investments may split across strings if normalization did not collapse them. This page is the INVESTMENTS match.

Occupation versus capital-markets industry

Industry pages group employer categories. A person in investments at a family office and a person at a broker-dealer can share this occupation word and split across industries. Adding occupation and industry dollars double-counts.

FINANCE, BANKER, and INVESTOR are neighboring occupation keys. A combined “investing” headline would be a research construct, not a single FEC field.

Self-reporting

Best-efforts collection records the donor’s word. There is no assets-under-management check. Retired investors and people who manage household portfolios may type INVESTMENTS. 3,656 is a contributor-record count, not a census of investment professionals.

A donor who wrote INVESTMENTS on some gifts and INVESTOR on others appears in both occupation totals for those lines. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $45.4 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 both investment hubs

Open the INVESTMENTS occupation page for this string’s rows. Open INVESTOR for the person-noun key. Use the occupations index to see FINANCE and BANKER as well. Do not assign party from the field name.

Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are omitted. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $45.4 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

Live filters may change displayed sums. These three numbers do not measure hedge-fund PAC activity, 13F holdings, or accredited-investor status. They are occupation-string totals on itemized individual receipts.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep INVESTMENTS 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 $45.4 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $45.4 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

INVESTMENTS the field-name next to INVESTOR the person-noun

INVESTMENTS is $45.4 million on 31,959 itemizations from 3,656 donor records. Mean line size is about $1,419 and mean dollars per donor record are about $12,408, with about 9 itemizations per donor. INVESTOR is the larger sibling key and is excluded. FINANCE and BANKER remain separate. Informal investors and fund staff can share this field-name.

Assets under management are not in the box. 3,656 is not a fund-professional census. 13F holdings and hedge-fund PAC activity are different records. Industry pages will not equal $45,362,830. If a story needs both investor-style strings, list INVESTOR and INVESTMENTS as two keys. This overlay lists INVESTMENTS only, with the three facts traveling together. INVESTMENTS is the field-name counterpart to INVESTOR. Three thousand six hundred fifty-six donor records and 31,959 itemizations produced $45.4 million. Mean line size near $1,419 is high relative to teacher- or sales-style keys. FINANCE and BANKER still sit outside. Family-office and broker-dealer employers can share this occupation word. Keep industry pages as a separate cut.

Questions

How much have INVESTMENTS-occupation donors given?

Occupation INVESTMENTS is attached to $45,362,830 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 31,959 contributions and 3,656 donor records. INVESTOR 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.

Is INVESTMENTS the same as INVESTOR?

No. They are different occupation keys. This page covers INVESTMENTS only: $45,362,830, 31,959 contributions, and 3,656 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.

What is the average INVESTMENTS contribution?

$45,362,830 divided by 31,959 itemizations is about $1,419 per contribution. Divided by 3,656 donors, the mean is about $12,408 per donor record. 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 INVESTMENTS mean the donor works at a fund?

Not necessarily. Occupation is free text. Informal investors and fund professionals may all use the word. Employer, when filled, is a different column. The matching contribution count is 31,959 and the matching donor-record count is 3,656. 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.