What SCIENTIST donors give in federal races

High repeat giving under $26.8 million

Mean contribution size is about $161. Mean dollars per donor record is about $5,870. Repeat giving is about 36 itemizations per donor record—well above many executive titles with similar headline dollars.

The shape is frequent small itemizations from a mid-size donor pool. A citation that quotes only $26,806,625 hides 166,337 lines. Quote the contribution count with the dollars.

These means are arithmetic. The packet has no median and no discipline split.

Scientist is not engineer and not a lab roster

ENGINEER, PROFESSOR, and field-specific titles (chemist, physicist, if present as separate keys) are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to SCIENTIST. This page cites only $26,806,625, 166,337 contributions, and 4,567 donors.

The FEC record does not verify a doctorate, a lab job, or federal employment. Retirees and people using the noun loosely can appear.

Donor-record limits

4,567 donor records used SCIENTIST on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed SCIENTIST on some gifts and PROFESSOR on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the noun.

Industry pages are not a research census

Industry tables group employers. Scientists in industry, government, and universities share this occupation string if they typed SCIENTIST. Adding $26,806,625 to an R&D industry total double-counts overlapping itemizations.

Open the SCIENTIST occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to see ENGINEER and PROFESSOR as neighboring keys.

How to cite a high-repeat science noun

A usable citation keeps the line count: SCIENTIST itemizations in FEC bulk data indexed on LobbyVault sum to $26,806,625 on 166,337 contributions from 4,567 donor records. Source: FEC Form 3/3X schedules.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Dropping 166,337 makes the money look more concentrated than the file shows.

Discipline-blind occupation text in the FEC file

SCIENTIST in this extract is $26,806,625 on 166,337 itemizations from 4,567 donor records, or $26.8 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. Chemists, biologists, and physicists who typed those nouns sit elsewhere if the extract kept the specialty. SCIENTIST is the generic remainder plus whoever chose the generic word. 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 $161 per contribution and about $5,870 per donor record, with roughly 36 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Neighboring strings such as ENGINEER and PROFESSOR remain other occupation pages unless the bulk extract normalized them to SCIENTIST. Combining those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. About 36 lines per donor record is closer to PSYCHOLOGIST’s high-repeat shape than to concentrated finance titles near this dollar band.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $26,806,625. A person who listed SCIENTIST 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 SCIENTIST, dollars equal $26,806,625, contributions equal 166,337, donors equal 4,567. 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 ($26.8 million) are the same headline amount as $26,806,625, 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 SCIENTIST 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 SCIENTIST donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list SCIENTIST sum to $26,806,625 across 166,337 contributions and 4,567 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a Ph.D. or lab-employment census. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Is ENGINEER included in the SCIENTIST total?

No. ENGINEER and PROFESSOR are separate occupation strings unless the extract normalized them to SCIENTIST. This page covers SCIENTIST: $26,806,625, 166,337 contributions, and 4,567 donors. Name each key if you add them. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Why are there so many SCIENTIST contributions?

166,337 is a transaction count. Repeat giving is about 36 itemizations per donor record among 4,567 donors. Committees itemize each gift that meets the reporting threshold. The dollar total remains $26,806,625. The packet has no median. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing SCIENTIST prove a research job?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify employment or a doctorate. Quote 166,337 contributions and 4,567 donor records with the dollars. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.