PARTNER occupation totals in federal filings

Dollar weight with a moderate line count

233,657 itemizations is far below occupations that post hundreds of thousands of small gifts. Against $150,503,676, the mean is about $644 per contribution. Against 22,876 donors, the mean is about $6,579 per donor record. About 10 contributions per donor is the repeat rate.

That shape resembles other senior-title buckets more than high-frequency professional labels. It still includes small itemizations; the mean is not a typical check. The FEC extract does not publish quartiles for this occupation key.

Managing partner, name partner, and partner/attorney are other strings if that is what the donor wrote. This page is the PARTNER match only.

Partnership title versus legal form

Writing PARTNER on an FEC form is not proof that the donor’s firm is a general partnership. People use the word for equity holders, rainmakers, and sometimes for co-owners of small businesses. Best-efforts rules capture the text supplied, not the entity’s Secretary of State filing.

A law-firm partner who wrote ATTORNEY or LAWYER instead will appear on those occupation pages, not here. The same person can appear in more than one bucket across different gifts.

Donor records as the people count

22,876 donor records used PARTNER on matching itemizations. That is not a headcount of U.S. partnership equity holders. Shared firm names in the employer field can make rows look related without proving a joint plan. This overlay does not cluster by employer.

Industry pages may place some of the same people in legal, finance, or other employer categories. Occupation dollars and industry dollars are different cuts. Adding them double-counts. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $150.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

How to use the occupation hub

Lead with $150,503,676, 233,657 contributions, and 22,876 donors. Open the PARTNER occupation page for recipient detail. Use the occupations index to see ATTORNEY, LAWYER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, and EXECUTIVE as separate keys.

Do not infer party from the title. The occupation column does not carry party. Cite FEC.gov bulk itemizations indexed on LobbyVault as the source. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $150.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Limits

Unitemized receipts are absent. Cycle filters, if applied on the live table, will change the three facts; this packet is the occupation totals as harvested. Occupation remains self-reported free text on Form 3/3X schedules.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep PARTNER 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 $150.5 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $150.5 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

PARTNER as a cross-sector equity word

PARTNER is $150.5 million on 233,657 itemizations from 22,876 donor records. Law firms, private-equity shops, medical groups, and small LLCs all use the word. The FEC occupation field does not identify the partnership’s trade. Mean amounts are about $644 per itemization and about $6,579 per donor record, with about 10 itemizations per donor.

A law-firm partner who wrote ATTORNEY is on the ATTORNEY page, not here. That is why legal-occupation research that uses only PARTNER undercounts attorneys, and attorney research that ignores PARTNER undercounts some equity holders. Keep the keys separate. Industry pages remain an employer-side cut and will not equal $150,503,676.

Questions

How much have PARTNER-occupation donors given?

Itemizations listing PARTNER sum to $150,503,676 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 233,657 contributions and 22,876 donor records. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a directory of partnership firms. 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 PARTNER mean law-firm partner?

Not necessarily. Donors type the word. Law, finance, medicine, and other fields use it. Only the occupation text PARTNER places a gift in this $150,503,676 total. The matching contribution count is 233,657 and the matching donor-record count is 22,876. 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.

Are attorney partners included here or under ATTORNEY?

Wherever the occupation field points. A donor who wrote PARTNER is here. A donor who wrote ATTORNEY is on the ATTORNEY page. Some people use different strings on different gifts and appear in both. The matching contribution count is 233,657 and the matching donor-record count is 22,876. 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.

What is the average PARTNER contribution?

$150,503,676 divided by 233,657 itemizations is about $644 per contribution. Divided by 22,876 donors, the mean is about $6,579 per donor record. Both are arithmetic means. 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.