How much have BUILDER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $16,832,191 to the BUILDER employer string, from 41,015 contributions and 1,110 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS construction total and not a home-builder PAC. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is BUILDER the same as CONTRACTOR or DEVELOPER?

No. CONTRACTOR, DEVELOPER, and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER are separate grouped strings with their own pages. A receipt stamped BUILDER is counted only in the $16,832,191 here. LobbyVault does not merge trade words into one construction industry. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include every construction worker who donated?

No. Only itemized federal receipts whose employer text grouped to BUILDER are in the total. People who wrote a company name, CONTRACTOR, or SELF-EMPLOYED are elsewhere. The 1,110 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a BLS construction headcount.

Why are there 41,015 contributions from 1,110 donors?

Each itemized gift is a line. Repeat donations from the same 1,110 people produce the 41,015 receipt count. Recurring itemized programs raise that ratio. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-person census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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BUILDER

Total Donated

$16,832,191

Contributions

41,015

Unique Donors

1,110

Top Employer

BUILDER

Contributors who listed BUILDER on federal itemized receipts account for $16,832,191, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 41,015 contributions from 1,110 donors. BUILDER is a self-reported occupation-style word stored in the employer grouping, not a NAICS construction-sector total and not the same row as CONTRACTOR, DEVELOPER, or REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.

Key figures

BUILDER as FEC employer text totals $16,832,191 from 1,110 donors.
41,015 contribution lines sit under that trade word.
CONTRACTOR, DEVELOPER, and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS construction industry.

A trade word, not a Census construction survey

FEC forms do not apply NAICS 236 for residential building construction. They store whatever the filer typed. BUILDER is that word. The $16,832,191 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches it. It is not housing starts, not a home-builder association PAC, and not every person who works on a job site.

People who typed CONTRACTOR, DEVELOPER, REAL ESTATE, or a company legal name sit in other rows. A custom-home principal who wrote the LLC name instead of BUILDER is not in these 1,110 donors.

1,110 donors and 41,015 lines

1,110 unique donors produced 41,015 BUILDER contribution lines totaling $16,832,191. That is on the order of 37 itemized receipts per person — a repeat-heavy pattern. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split between residential and commercial work.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are outside the $16,832,191. Follow recipient committees on the donor table for office and party.

Full analysis: BUILDER as FEC employer text: $16.8 million →

Questions

How much have BUILDER-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $16,832,191 to the BUILDER employer string, from 41,015 contributions and 1,110 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS construction total and not a home-builder PAC. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Is BUILDER the same as CONTRACTOR or DEVELOPER?: No. CONTRACTOR, DEVELOPER, and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER are separate grouped strings with their own pages. A receipt stamped BUILDER is counted only in the $16,832,191 here. LobbyVault does not merge trade words into one construction industry. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Does this include every construction worker who donated?: No. Only itemized federal receipts whose employer text grouped to BUILDER are in the total. People who wrote a company name, CONTRACTOR, or SELF-EMPLOYED are elsewhere. The 1,110 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a BLS construction headcount.
Why are there 41,015 contributions from 1,110 donors?: Each itemized gift is a line. Repeat donations from the same 1,110 people produce the 41,015 receipt count. Recurring itemized programs raise that ratio. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-person census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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

Industry ties

Builder political contributions from Bethesda, MD

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

1980 · $240,292 1996 · $223,389 2006 · $197,693 2004 · $197,097 2008 · $192,203 2000 · $186,395 2012 · $165,362 1992 · $158,898 2002 · $155,626 1984 · $150,350

BUILDER political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$240,292	298	184
1982	$132,700	123	55
1984	$150,350	139	64
1986	$94,500	103	47
1988	$133,375	98	47
1990	$110,175	142	51
1992	$158,898	207	55
1994	$121,265	162	51
1996	$223,389	233	61
1998	$139,661	171	55
2000	$186,395	205	64
2002	$155,626	170	53
2004	$197,097	178	55
2006	$197,693	167	51
2008	$192,203	170	60
2010	$119,520	103	41
2012	$165,362	128	38
2014	$94,047	76	32

Top Donors

Top BUILDER donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	LANDOW, NATHAN	$27,825	19	BETHESDA, MD	—	1980
2	LEVINE, PETER	$17,650	7	WAYNE, NJ	—	1980
3	HUNSAKER, RICHARD C	$8,250	3	SANTA ANA, CA	—	1980
4	BRAGGIOTTI, FRANK MR	$6,250	2	PARADISE VLY, AZ	—	1980
5	KEELTY, JOSEPH S	$6,000	4	TIMONIUM, MD	—	1980
6	CAFARO, WILLIAM	$6,000	5	YOUNGSTOWN, OH	—	1980
7	ERKILETIAN, MYRON P	$4,461	6	ALEXANDRIA, VA	—	1980
8	CHANIN, MARCY	$4,000	5	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
9	LARKIN, JAMES L	$3,750	4	HAUGHTON, LA	—	1980
10	DICK, AL MR	$3,000	2	BEVERLY HILLS, CA	—	1980
11	MINTZ, RONALD	$2,900	4	WILLOW GROVE, PA	—	1980
12	BELL, ED	$2,500	3	COVINA, CA	—	1980
13	MACK, H B MR	$2,500	3	ROCHELLE PARK, NJ	—	1980
14	MITCHELL, BETTY	$2,500	3	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980
15	GLICK, MARILYN	$2,500	3	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	—	1980
16	MAUGHAN, REX	$2,300	3	PHOENIX, AZ	—	1980
17	LOVEYS, RALPH A	$2,250	2	FLORHAM PARK, NJ	—	1980
18	DUNN, LONNIE M	$2,000	2	CHAPPELL HILL, TX	—	1980
19	FETTER, GLENN C	$2,000	2	WEST PALM BEACH, FL	—	1980
20	GALLAGHER, J E MR	$2,000	2	WINTER PARK, FL	—	1980
21	KARPAY, GEORGE	$2,000	2	TAMPA, FL	—	1980
22	KENNY, JOHN E JR	$2,000	2	LAS VEGAS, NV	—	1980
23	ADLER, SAMUEL I MR	$2,000	3	MIAMI BEACH, FL	—	1980
24	HOOVER, JAMES C	$2,000	2	MONTICELLO, CA	—	1980
25	CALHOUN, REIMER JR	$2,000	2	MANSFIELD, LA	—	1980
26	LANDA, WILLIAM W	$2,000	2	LAUDERDALE, FL	—	1980
27	BROWN, F W	$2,000	2	NORWICH, CT	—	1980
28	HEDENBERG, NORMAN A	$1,900	3	LA JOLLA, CA	—	1980
29	EWING, GEORGE M JR	$1,750	3	PHILADELPHIA, PA	—	1980
30	BODEK, RALPH	$1,750	2	UPPER DARBY, PA	—	1980
31	GLICK, EUGENE	$1,500	2	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	—	1980
32	BORNS, ROBERT	$1,500	2	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	—	1980
33	GERSHMAN, JOEL	$1,500	2	MAPLE SHADE, NJ	—	1980
34	FAIR, JACKIE T	$1,500	2	SHREVEPORT, LA	—	1980
35	GODOROV, STAN	$1,500	2	RYDAL, PA	—	1980
36	GRAHAM, EARL G JR	$1,500	2	RIDGEFIELD, WA	—	1980
37	MCMILLAN, THOMAS G	$1,500	2	RENO, NY	—	1980
38	CHERNIN, RALPH	$1,500	2	MIAMI, FL	—	1980
39	FLEEMAN, DAVID B	$1,500	2	MIAMI, FL	—	1980
40	GOLDIN, LEE J	$1,500	2	MALIBU, CA	—	1980
41	MANDELL, LESTER	$1,450	3	ORLANDO, FL	—	1980
42	BREHM, FORREST W	$1,400	2	LA MESA, CA	—	1980
43	DEVILLE, ROGER L	$1,350	2	CANTON, OH	—	1980
44	AUCHTER, THORNE G	$1,250	2	PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL	—	1980
45	BURKE, E J JR	$1,250	2	SAN ANTONIO, TX	—	1980
46	GAUVIN, DAVID	$1,250	2	FRESNO, CA	—	1980
47	LEONHARDT, CHET	$1,240	3	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	—	1980
48	HANKIN, BERNARD	$1,050	3	WYNCOTE, PA	—	1980
49	CAFRITZ, WILLIAM N	$1,000	1	BETHESDA, MD	—	1980
50	ARCIERO, PHILIP JR	$1,000	1	OWLAND HEIGHTS, CA	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received BUILDER donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	ACTBLUEC00401224	$173,708	70
2	NRSCC00027466	$118,994	40
3	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$99,776	65
4	DSCCC00042366	$97,145	66
5	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376	$73,000	24
6	BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)C00000901	$67,738	44
7	WINREDC00694323	$66,954	36
8	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$59,472	36
9	DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTC60000692	$50,000	19
10	DCCCC00000935	$48,069	49
11	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931	$45,630	27
12	NATIONAL PARK HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE(CONPAC)C00163626	$40,000	3
13	NRCCC00075820	$32,345	15
14	BAYPACC00155713	$31,500	2
15	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$30,355	48
16	MORAN FOR CONGRESSC00241349	$29,200	6
17	FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975	$26,964	36
18	MCCONNELL SENATE COMMITTEEC00193342	$26,393	21
19	NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSC00219881	$26,200	4
20	TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371	$25,810	20
21	FRELINGHUYSEN FOR CONGRESSC00299404	$25,400	2
22	VIRGINIA LEADERSHIP PACC00378356	$25,000	6
23	BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE, INC.C00411587	$24,200	20
24	PETE KING FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00272211	$22,200	1
25	OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740	$21,700	5