What VP donors give in federal races

Abbreviation versus spelled-out rank

$29,934,385, 88,987 itemizations, and 4,850 donor records describe this occupation filter. Mean contribution size is about $336. Mean dollars per donor record is about $6,172. Repeat giving is about 18 itemizations per donor record.

English speakers may treat VP and VICE PRESIDENT as synonyms. The FEC occupation column does not. Combining them without showing both source totals mixes keys. This page cites only the two-letter facts.

These means are arithmetic. The packet has no median.

What two letters do not verify

The FEC record does not verify corporate rank. Private-company officers, nonprofit vice presidents, and people using VP loosely can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

A person who listed VP on some gifts and SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines. Occupation is per transaction.

Donor-record limits

4,850 donor records used VP on at least one matching itemization. That is not a headcount of sitting vice presidents. Address variants split records.

LobbyVault does not infer party from the abbreviation. Recipient committees are a different join.

Industry pages stay on the employer side

Industry tables group employers. Vice presidents in different sectors share this occupation string if they typed VP. Adding $29,934,385 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the VP occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to see VICE PRESIDENT and SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT as separate keys.

How to cite the two-letter key

If a brief needs a single vice-president figure, list VP on its own and footnote VICE PRESIDENT and SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT. This overlay does not add them.

A public-record sentence: occupation equals VP, dollars equal $29,934,385, contributions equal 88,987, donors equal 4,850, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code.

Two letters as a filing shortcut

VP in this extract is $29,934,385 on 88,987 itemizations from 4,850 donor records, or $29.9 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. HR systems store VP. Some donors copy that abbreviation onto FEC forms. Others spell the rank out. The bulk file keeps both versions. 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 $336 per contribution and about $6,172 per donor record, with roughly 18 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Neighboring strings such as VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, and EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT remain other occupation pages unless the bulk extract normalized them to VP. Combining those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 88,987 lines from 4,850 donor records is why this abbreviation looks like a high-volume professional key rather than a concentrated officer pool.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $29,934,385. A person who listed VP 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 VP, dollars equal $29,934,385, contributions equal 88,987, donors equal 4,850. 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 ($29.9 million) are the same headline amount as $29,934,385, 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 VP 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 VP-occupation donors given in FEC data?

The VP occupation string is attached to $29,934,385 across 88,987 contributions and 4,850 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is the two-letter key only, not a combined vice-president cluster. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Is VICE PRESIDENT included in the VP total?

No. VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, and EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT are separate occupation strings. This page covers VP: $29,934,385, 88,987 contributions, and 4,850 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.

What is the average VP contribution?

Dividing $29,934,385 by 88,987 itemizations yields about $336 per contribution. Dividing by 4,850 donors yields about $6,172 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 18 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 listing VP prove a corporate officer?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify rank or corporate form. Quote 88,987 contributions and 4,850 donor records with the $29,934,385 headline. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.