AMERICAN EXPRESS

Ten thousand rows, 456 people

Ten thousand three hundred forty-two contributions from 456 donors is about 23 itemized gifts per person. That mid-range frequency sits between sparse large-check clusters and the 30-plus-gifts-per-donor campus and payroll strings. Combined with $4,940,512, the simple means are about $478 per contribution and about $10,834 per donor.

Amex, American Express Co., and AMEX can file as different keys. This page is AMERICAN EXPRESS only. Card-issuing subsidiaries and international legal names are not added into the $4,940,512 unless they match this string.

Brand names in the employer box

FEC individual contribution records store employer as typed text. A payments company, a university, and a job title can occupy neighboring rows on LobbyVault’s industry index for that reason. AMERICAN EXPRESS is the dominant employer string in this bucket (topEmployer matches the label).

The Commission does not verify that the filer worked at the company on the gift date. Contractors, alumni, and people who list a card brand as a shorthand can appear among the 456 donors. Read names on the donor table before inferring employment.

Questions

How much have American Express-labeled filers given federally?

The AMERICAN EXPRESS industry cluster totals $4,940,512 in itemized FEC contributions, from 10,342 contributions and 456 donors. Those people listed AMERICAN EXPRESS as employer or occupation. The sum is a text-field rollup, not a corporate political budget. 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 donors are in the American Express string?

LobbyVault counts 456 donors and 10,342 contributions. Unique-donor count is people whose disclosed text matched AMERICAN EXPRESS. Other spellings such as Amex, if stored separately, are other slugs. 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 credit-card companies?

No. FEC individual files do not include NAICS. LobbyVault groups employer/occupation self-reports. AMERICAN EXPRESS is the typed brand name on the form. 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 $4,940,512 include the company’s PAC only?

The packet does not split PAC receipts from individual receipts. It sums itemized amounts tagged to the AMERICAN EXPRESS employer/occupation string: $4,940,512 across 10,342 contributions. See FEC.gov and the donor table for committee types. 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.