What PHILANTHROPIST donors give in federal races

A thin donor pool under a large headline

Among occupation strings near $36 million, PHILANTHROPIST is unusually concentrated on the donor axis: $36,654,588 on 21,462 itemizations from 761 donors. Mean contribution size is about $1,708. Mean dollars per donor record is about $48,166. Repeat giving is about 28 contributions per donor record.

761 donor records is a small census. A few large itemizations can move the means. The packet has no median and no list of largest gifts.

The high repeat rate (about 28 lines per donor record) means the same contributor records reappear often. That is a filing pattern, not a statement about charitable intent.

Philanthropist is not a 501(c) label

FEC occupation is free text. The bulk file does not verify that the donor runs a foundation, takes a charitable deduction, or is retired. People who might have typed RETIRED, INVESTOR, or HOMEMAKER on another form land here when they typed PHILANTHROPIST.

This page cites only $36,654,588, 21,462 contributions, and 761 donors. Neighboring status words remain other occupation keys.

What the dollars do not encode

The occupation column does not encode party, issue, or whether gifts went to candidates versus PACs. Recipient committees are a different join. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the self-description.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so $36.7 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract.

Keep industry pages off this total

Industry tables group employers. Many donors who type PHILANTHROPIST leave employer blank or list a foundation name; that employer text is a different field. Adding occupation dollars to an industry total double-counts when rows overlap.

Open the PHILANTHROPIST occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to see neighboring status labels as separate keys.

How to cite a small-pool occupation

A usable citation names the small denominator: PHILANTHROPIST itemizations in FEC bulk data indexed on LobbyVault sum to $36,654,588 on 21,462 contributions from 761 donor records. Dropping the donor count hides how concentrated the key is.

Source: FEC Form 3/3X schedules. The facts are disclosure totals, not an argument about donor class.

A self-description with a 761-record denominator

PHILANTHROPIST in this extract is $36,654,588 on 21,462 itemizations from 761 donor records, or $36.7 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. Foundation Form 990s and FEC occupation text answer different questions. This page answers only the occupation-string question. 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 $1,708 per contribution and about $48,166 per donor record, with roughly 28 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Neighboring strings such as RETIRED, INVESTOR, and other status words remain other occupation pages unless the bulk extract normalized them to PHILANTHROPIST. Combining those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. About 28 lines per donor record among 761 records is why the per-donor mean reaches about $48,166 without proving a typical gift of that size.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $36,654,588. A person who listed PHILANTHROPIST on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines, because occupation is stored per transaction. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals PHILANTHROPIST, dollars equal $36,654,588, contributions equal 21,462, donors equal 761. 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 ($36.7 million) are the same headline amount as $36,654,588, 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 whether PHILANTHROPIST is a high-volume stack, a concentrated pool, or a high-repeat status label. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query.

Questions

How much have PHILANTHROPIST donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list PHILANTHROPIST sum to $36,654,588 across 21,462 contributions and 761 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a foundation registry or a tax-status census. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Why are there only 761 PHILANTHROPIST donors?

761 is the count of contributor records that used this exact occupation text on at least one matching itemization. It is not a count of wealthy givers. Other donors who give large amounts may have typed INVESTOR, RETIRED, or another string. The dollar total remains $36,654,588 on 21,462 contributions.

What is the average PHILANTHROPIST contribution?

Dividing $36,654,588 by 21,462 itemizations yields about $1,708 per contribution. Dividing by 761 donors yields about $48,166 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 28 lines per donor record. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does PHILANTHROPIST encode party or charitable status?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The column does not encode party, and it does not verify 501(c) status. Quote 21,462 contributions and 761 donor records with the $36,654,588 headline. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.