MANAGER occupation giving in FEC itemizations

Frequency first, then dollars

571,509 itemizations from 25,679 donors is about 22 contributions per donor record, a high repeat rate. $149,481,875 divided by lines is about $262 per contribution. Divided by donors, the mean is about $5,821 per donor record. The bucket behaves like other high-frequency professional labels more than like low-volume C-suite keys.

General manager, project manager, and office manager may all collapse to MANAGER after normalization, or they may remain separate strings. This overlay only certifies the MANAGER key’s three facts. Longer titles that did not normalize here are elsewhere.

Because the word is common, the 25,679 donor records mix workplaces. The occupation field does not encode whether the manager supervises two people or two hundred.

Self-reporting and best efforts

Committees must use best efforts to obtain occupation. Donors often pick a short word that fits the box. MANAGER is that kind of word. It is not an HR job code. A donor who later listed DIRECTOR or EXECUTIVE on another gift will split across pages by transaction.

MANAGING DIRECTOR is a different occupation page with different facts. Do not fold it into $149,481,875. The extra word changes the key.

What the three facts support

Use $149,481,875 for the money question. Use 571,509 for how often MANAGER appeared on an itemized line. Use 25,679 for how many contributor records used the string. Those are the only occupation-level numbers in the packet.

Party, candidate office, and independent-expenditure purpose are other FEC fields. This overlay does not assign them. The MANAGER occupation page is the row-level view. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $149.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Occupation versus industry

Industry pages group employer categories. Managers appear in almost every industry, so occupation and industry totals will not match. Adding them double-counts overlapping itemizations.

The occupations index places MANAGER beside DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE, and CONSULTANT as separate self-reported titles. Compare those rows on their own packet facts rather than inventing a combined “management” total. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $149.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Source limits

Source: FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are omitted. The harvested facts have no cycle year attached; the live hub may offer filters that change the displayed sums.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep MANAGER 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 $149.5 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $149.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

MANAGER as a function word with high repeat rates

MANAGER is $149.5 million on 571,509 itemizations from 25,679 donor records. About 22 itemizations per donor record and about $262 per line describe a high-frequency bucket. MANAGING DIRECTOR is excluded; that extra word is a different key with a higher mean line. General manager and office manager are included only if they normalized to MANAGER.

Because the title is common, 25,679 donor records mix workplaces. Do not convert the count into a management-census. Do not add industry dollars to $149,481,875. For a public-record sentence, occupation equals MANAGER, and the three facts travel together. The live hub may filter by cycle; this packet does not. MANAGER is a function word with 25,679 donor records, 571,509 itemizations, and $149.5 million. About 22 itemizations per donor record is the frequency signature. MANAGING DIRECTOR is excluded. Team size is not encoded. Industry pages will scatter these records across sectors. Cite occupation MANAGER as filed text on itemized receipts, not as a census of U.S. managers.

Questions

How much have MANAGER donors given according to the FEC?

Occupation MANAGER is attached to $149,481,875 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, across 571,509 contributions and 25,679 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a count of all U.S. managers. 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 MANAGING DIRECTOR included in MANAGER?

No. MANAGING DIRECTOR is a separate occupation string. This page covers MANAGER only: $149,481,875, 571,509 contributions, and 25,679 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.

Why are there so many manager itemizations?

571,509 contributions from 25,679 donors implies about 22 itemizations per donor record. Repeat giving and multiple recipient committees both raise line counts. The packet does not split those causes. 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.

Can I tell what managers manage from this total?

No. MANAGER is free text. It does not encode industry, team size, or employer. Employer and industry fields, when used, are separate filters. The matching contribution count is 571,509 and the matching donor-record count is 25,679. 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.