Princeton University money in federal elections

517 people, 22,265 itemized gifts

Twenty-two thousand two hundred sixty-five contributions from 517 donors implies about 43 disclosed transactions per person. That ratio matches other large campus strings where recurring itemized gifts accumulate under one employer spelling. It does not prove a university-run program. Each row is a contributor’s FEC disclosure with PRINCETON UNIVERSITY in the employer or occupation box.

$4,949,026 is the sum of those itemized amounts. The packet does not break out faculty versus staff, undergraduates versus alumni, or Princeton Plasma Physics versus the main campus. Those distinctions would require reading occupation text and addresses on the donor table, not this four-number rollup.

Campus names as FEC “industries”

The Commission’s individual files do not classify employers into education NAICS codes. Contributors type a school name. LobbyVault ranks those strings. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY is both the industry label and the top employer in the facts, so the bucket is that exact campus phrasing.

Abbreviations (Princeton, PU) and unit names can appear as other slugs. Do not assume this $4,949,026 captures every filer with a Princeton affiliation. It captures the matching string.

Using contribution count with care

Contribution count (22,265) is not a headcount and is not unique recipients. Repeat PAC gifts and multi-cycle itemizations add rows. Donor count (517) is the better unique-person figure inside this string, still subject to name-matching limits in any FEC aggregate.

Years are absent from the packet. This guide therefore does not say which election produced the dollars.

What the page will not do

It will not treat $4,949,026 as Princeton’s political budget, score ideology, or merge Institute for Advanced Study or other nearby employers. Those are different strings or different organizations.

The PRINCETON UNIVERSITY donor table holds names. All industries lists peer campus labels. Occupation breakdowns cut by job title.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: industry PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, $4,949,026, 22,265 contributions, 517 donors, top employer PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

The PRINCETON UNIVERSITY donor table holds names for the 517 unique donors who produced 22,265 itemized contributions totaling $4,949,026. Unitemized receipts are omitted. Abbreviations such as Princeton or PU, and unit names, remain other keys if stored separately. Occupation breakdowns cut by professor, researcher, and student. All industries places this campus string beside other universities. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. About 43 itemized gifts per person and a per-donor mean near $9,573 are arithmetic on the four facts. This page does not assign the dollars to a cycle year. New Jersey state committees are a different filing system. Refunds can move historical amounts. Cite $4,949,026 only for the PRINCETON UNIVERSITY key. Do not add unnamed lab or hospital variants into that figure. Mean gift size about $222 is total divided by 22,265 contributions. The 517-donor count is matching text, not a payroll of the university. Keep those four facts together when citing this campus string.

Itemized Princeton text versus other campus keys

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY itemized federal receipts total $4,949,026 from 22,265 contributions and 517 donors. About 43 itemized gifts per person and a per-donor mean near $9,573 describe those four numbers. Unitemized receipts are omitted. Abbreviations such as Princeton or PU, and unit names, remain other keys if stored separately. The 517 unique donors are not a payroll of the university. Hospital or lab employers typed as different strings are not inside $4,949,026. State New Jersey committees are a different filing system.

Use the PRINCETON UNIVERSITY donor table for disclosed names and committees. All industries places this campus string beside other universities. Occupation breakdowns cut by professor, researcher, and student when those titles were filed. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. This guide does not assign the dollars to a cycle year. Amendments can change historical sums. The packet facts stay $4,949,026, 22,265 contributions, 517 donors, and top employer PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Do not add unnamed campus variants into that figure. Repeat the four facts when citing this page: $4,949,026, 22,265 contributions, 517 donors, top employer PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. The donor table, all industries, and occupation breakdowns are the only internal links this packet authorizes.

Questions

How much federal political money is tied to Princeton University filers?

The PRINCETON UNIVERSITY cluster totals $4,949,026 in itemized FEC contributions, from 22,265 contributions and 517 donors. Filers listed that employer or occupation string. It is a self-report rollup, not an institutional expenditure. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

How many unique Princeton-labeled donors are in this data?

LobbyVault counts 517 donors producing 22,265 contributions. Unique-donor count is people whose text matched PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, not a payroll headcount of the university. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Why is a university listed as an industry?

LobbyVault industries are FEC employer/occupation self-reports. Universities, banks, and job titles share the same index because FEC.gov does not attach NAICS to those fields. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY is the typed campus name. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Does this include every Princeton-affiliated spelling?

No. This total is the PRINCETON UNIVERSITY key only: $4,949,026. Other abbreviations or unit names, if stored as separate keys, are other industry pages. Check all industries for neighboring strings. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.