How much federal campaign money is tagged to University of Utah filers?

The UNIVERSITY OF UTAH industry cluster totals $4,848,699 in itemized FEC contributions, from 21,127 contributions and 371 donors. Filers listed that campus name as employer or occupation. It is a text rollup from FEC.gov, not a university 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.

Why so many contributions from 371 donors?

Contribution count records each itemized gift. Recurring gifts and multi-cycle activity produce 21,127 rows from 371 people, about 57 transactions per donor as a ratio. Unique-donor count remains 371 inside this employer string. 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.

Is this NAICS for public universities?

No. FEC individual contribution files do not carry NAICS. LobbyVault industries group the employer/occupation text filers wrote. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH is that text. 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 the $4,848,699 come from the University of Utah itself?

The packet facts do not attribute the total to the institution. They sum itemized amounts whose employer/occupation string matches UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $4,848,699 from 371 donors. Contributor names are on the donor table and on FEC.gov. 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.

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University of Utah money in federal elections

Federal itemized contributions listing UNIVERSITY OF UTAH as employer or occupation total $4,848,699 on FEC.gov. Only 371 donors produced 21,127 contributions, a high transaction density of about 57 gifts per person and a per-donor mean near $13,069. The campus name is FEC free text. It is not a NAICS education code and not the university’s own political account.

Key figures

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FEC strings sum to $4,848,699.
21,127 contributions came from 371 donors — high row density.
About $230 per gift and $13,069 per donor on a simple mean.
The label is FEC free text, not a NAICS code.
Hospital or unit names typed differently are other slugs.

A small donor set and $4,848,699

Three hundred seventy-one unique donors is a thinner roster than several peer campus strings with similar dollar totals. The dollars still reach $4,848,699 because contribution volume is high: 21,127 itemized rows, about 57 per donor as a simple ratio, with a mean gift near $230. Recurring itemized activity under one employer spelling can produce that shape without any inference about a coordinated plan.

Hospital, athletic, and research-unit names may appear as other industry keys if filers typed them instead of UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. This total does not absorb those variants. Top employer in the facts is UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, matching the industry label.

Self-report, not a state-university budget line

Utah state accounts and university treasuries are not the source of this rollup. FEC.gov records individual and committee itemized receipts where the employer/occupation string matched. Most institutional treasury gifts to federal candidates are prohibited. The $4,848,699 is the contributor-level string sum.

Occupation fields (professor, physician, student) are a separate cut. Use occupation breakdowns for titles. This page stays on the employer string.

Reading 21,127 contribution rows

Each row is an itemized federal transaction. PAC withholdings, multiple candidates, and multiple cycles inflate count relative to 371 people. The packet has no cycle field, so this guide does not assign the activity to an election year.

Name matching in FEC aggregates can under- or over-merge people. Treat 371 as the LobbyVault unique-donor figure for this string, not a census of campus employees.

The UNIVERSITY OF UTAH donor table lists names and amounts. All industries shows other campus employer strings. Occupation breakdowns show job titles that co-occur with federal filings.

Re-read FEC.gov for amendments. Snapshot totals move when committees refund or recode employer text.

Source

Industry UNIVERSITY OF UTAH; $4,848,699; 21,127 contributions; 371 donors; top employer UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

The UNIVERSITY OF UTAH donor table is the overlay for 371 unique donors, 21,127 itemized contributions, and $4,848,699. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Hospital, athletic, and research-unit names typed differently are other slugs. Occupation breakdowns list professor, physician, and student titles. All industries lists peer campus strings. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. About 57 itemized gifts per person is a high ratio driven by those counts, not by a documented campus political program. Per-donor mean near $13,069 uses total divided by 371 donors. Utah state campaign filings are a different system. This page does not assign $4,848,699 to an election year. Refunds on FEC.gov can move the snapshot. Do not add unnamed medical-center variants into this campus-string total. Mean gift size about $230 is total divided by 21,127 contributions. Top employer matches UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault for that key only.

A thin unique-person count and omitted filings

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH itemized federal receipts sum to $4,848,699 from 21,127 contributions and only 371 donors. About 57 itemized gifts per person is a high ratio driven by those counts, not by a documented campus political program. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Hospital, athletic, and research-unit names typed differently are other slugs. The 371 unique donors are matching text, not a count of campus employees. Utah state campaign filings are a different system. Mean gift size about $230 and per-donor mean near $13,069 use only the packet’s total, contribution count, and donor count.

Open the UNIVERSITY OF UTAH donor table for names and committees. All industries lists peer campus strings. Occupation breakdowns list professor, physician, and student titles. Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. This page does not assign $4,848,699 to an election year. Refunds on FEC.gov can revise the snapshot. The four facts are $4,848,699, 21,127 contributions, 371 donors, and top employer UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. Do not add unnamed medical-center variants into that total. Repeat the four facts when citing this page: $4,848,699, 21,127 contributions, 371 donors, top employer UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. The donor table, all industries, and occupation breakdowns are the only internal links this packet authorizes.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tagged to University of Utah filers?: The UNIVERSITY OF UTAH industry cluster totals $4,848,699 in itemized FEC contributions, from 21,127 contributions and 371 donors. Filers listed that campus name as employer or occupation. It is a text rollup from FEC.gov, not a university 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.
Why so many contributions from 371 donors?: Contribution count records each itemized gift. Recurring gifts and multi-cycle activity produce 21,127 rows from 371 people, about 57 transactions per donor as a ratio. Unique-donor count remains 371 inside this employer string. 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.
Is this NAICS for public universities?: No. FEC individual contribution files do not carry NAICS. LobbyVault industries group the employer/occupation text filers wrote. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH is that text. 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 the $4,848,699 come from the University of Utah itself?: The packet facts do not attribute the total to the institution. They sum itemized amounts whose employer/occupation string matches UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $4,848,699 from 371 donors. Contributor names are on the donor table and on FEC.gov. 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.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.