What ophthalmologist donors give in federal races

The three published facts for a specialty string

$6,828,666 is the occupation-level dollar total. 22,604 is the itemization count. 1,380 is the donor-record count. Dividing dollars by lines yields about $302 per contribution. Dividing by donors yields about $4,948 per donor record. The repeat rate is about 16 itemizations per donor record. The line count is high relative to dual-title executive keys with similar dollars, and the donor pool (1,380) is a mid-size medical specialty bucket.

Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution, no party split, and no cycle series. A few large lines can lift $302 while most receipts stay smaller—or the reverse. This guide cites only the three harvested facts and the trivial ratios computed from them.

Optometrists, retina specialists written as a different title, and PHYSICIAN without a specialty sit elsewhere if those are the words on the schedule.

Form 3, Form 3X, and unlicensed text

Medical occupation strings often look precise and still fail a license check. The FEC does not verify MD or DO credentials. A retired ophthalmologist who still types the specialty can appear in the 1,380.

FEC Form 3 (candidate committees) and Form 3X (PACs and party committees) collect occupation as free text on itemized Schedule A. FEC.gov publishes what committees reported. There is no drop-down of job titles and no license check. LobbyVault groups rows whose occupation field equals OPHTHALMOLOGIST after indexing. OPTOMETRIST, DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY, and generic PHYSICIAN remain other occupation pages unless the extract normalized them to OPHTHALMOLOGIST.

What 1,380 donor records can and cannot show

1,380 donor records used OPHTHALMOLOGIST on at least one matching itemization. That is not a membership list from a medical society. The FEC record does not flag fellows, retirees, or forms filled with a spouse’s title.

A person who listed OPHTHALMOLOGIST on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. Occupation is stored per transaction, not as a lifetime identity field. Address variants can also split one human into more than one donor record.

Keep health-sector industry tables separate

Industry pages on LobbyVault group employer-side categories. An ophthalmologist in private practice and one employed by a health system share this occupation string if they typed OPHTHALMOLOGIST. Adding $6,828,666 to an industry total double-counts overlapping itemizations. Use one filter at a time unless you are tracing a single row.

Open the OPHTHALMOLOGIST occupation page for the indexed line list. Use the occupations index to place this string next to neighboring labels. Independent expenditures are not contributions and are not inside $6,828,666.

How to cite the ophthalmologist key

A usable public-record citation names the exact string: OPHTHALMOLOGIST itemizations in FEC bulk data indexed on LobbyVault sum to $6,828,666 on 22,604 contributions from 1,380 donor records. Add that the figure is itemized occupation money. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total.

Source: FEC Form 3/3X schedules. The facts do not encode party. Recipient committees are a different join. Do not treat the total as a census of practicing eye surgeons.

Treating OPHTHALMOLOGIST as typed specialty text

OPHTHALMOLOGIST in this extract is $6,828,666 on 22,604 itemizations from 1,380 donor records, or $6.8 million in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact. A medical board can list who may practice ophthalmology. FEC itemizations cannot. They list whoever typed OPHTHALMOLOGIST on the occupation line. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not a NAICS industry code and not a licensing roster.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $302 per contribution and about $4,948 per donor record, with roughly 16 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. OPTOMETRIST, DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY, and generic PHYSICIAN remain other occupation pages unless the extract normalized them to OPHTHALMOLOGIST. Combining those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $6,828,666. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals OPHTHALMOLOGIST, dollars equal $6,828,666, contributions equal 22,604, donors equal 1,380. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($6.8 million) are the same headline amount as $6,828,666, rounded to one decimal place. Keep the contribution count and the donor-record count in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the shape of OPHTHALMOLOGIST in this extract. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query.

Questions

How much have ophthalmologists given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list OPHTHALMOLOGIST sum to $6,828,666 across 22,604 contributions and 1,380 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The total is an exact-string occupation filter. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Are optometrists included in the ophthalmologist total?

No. Optometry titles are separate occupation strings. This page covers OPHTHALMOLOGIST only: $6,828,666, 22,604 contributions, and 1,380 donors. Mixing them would invent a combined eye-care total the packet does not contain. The occupation field is donor-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized gifts never carry an occupation code.

Does the FEC confirm medical licenses?

No. Occupation is self-reported. A specialty word on Schedule A is not a credential check. Treat the 1,380 donor records as a count of matching text, not a board roster. The indexed sum remains $6,828,666. Cite the three packet facts with the exact occupation string. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts are outside this total.

Where do I review individual gifts?

The OPHTHALMOLOGIST occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. This guide has no recipient list because the packet does not include one. The occupation total is $6,828,666. Confirm surprising amounts on the committee report at FEC.gov. Occupation matching is exact-string only. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.