CEO
Total Donated
$3,924,702
Contributions
7,018
Unique Donors
476
Top Employer
CEO
Filers who listed CEO on federal itemized receipts account for $3.9M ($3,924,702) on FEC.gov. The cluster holds 7,018 contributions and 476 donors. CEO is a three-letter title written in the employer or occupation box, not a NAICS executive-office total and not a PAC.
Key figures
- CEO as FEC employer text totals $3.9M ($3,924,702) from 476 donors.
- 7,018 contribution lines sit under that three-letter title string.
- OWNER, PRESIDENT, and named-company keys are separate FEC fields.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or PAC total.
A title in the employer field, not a company roster
LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. CEO is three letters as stored. The $3,924,702 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER spelled out, not OWNER, and not a NAICS holding-company category.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, OWNER, PRESIDENT, and named-company strings sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into CEO. The FEC field records what was typed, not a Compustat executive file.
476 donors and 7,018 lines
476 unique donors produced 7,018 CEO contribution lines totaling $3,924,702. That is on the order of 15 itemized receipts per donor and a mean gift near $559. Mean per donor is about $8,245. The packet does not publish a firm-size split or an industry-of-employer cut.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and committee PAC filings are outside the $3,924,702 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.
Full analysis: CEO money in federal elections →
Questions
- How much have CEO-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $3,924,702 to the CEO employer string, from 7,018 contributions and 476 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not a PAC and not a NAICS executive-office total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Is CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER included?
- Only if those receipts grouped to the three-letter CEO key. A spelled-out CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER string is a separate grouped key if filers used it. The $3.9M total is receipts whose employer text grouped to CEO. LobbyVault does not merge spelled-out variants into this row. Unitemized gifts are omitted.
- Does this include OWNER or PRESIDENT filers?
- No. OWNER and PRESIDENT are separate title strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text CEO. Staff who typed a company name sit in that firm row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- How many unique donors listed CEO?
- The rollup counts 476 donors and 7,018 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a Compustat executive headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC 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
Cycle-over-Cycle Trend
| Cycle | Total | Contributions | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $4,050 | 10 | 7 |
| 1982 | $5,000 | 6 | 3 |
| 1984 | $19,200 | 15 | 6 |
| 1986 | $4,000 | 6 | 3 |
| 1988 | $7,125 | 7 | 3 |
| 1990 | $6,300 | 7 | 2 |
| 1992 | $17,900 | 17 | 3 |
| 1994 | $10,090 | 15 | 4 |
| 1996 | $13,500 | 11 | 3 |
| 1998 | $2,950 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000 | $1,450 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | $1,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | $1,500 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | $2,900 | 4 | 2 |
| 2008 | $6,100 | 6 | 1 |
| 2010 | $10,900 | 6 | 2 |
| 2012 | $7,430 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | $4,200 | 4 | 2 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MERLO, HARRY A | $1,200 | 4 | PORTLAND, OR | — | 1980 |
| 2 | LUECKE, J E MR | $1,000 | 1 | PALATINE, IL | — | 1980 |
| 3 | MILLER, NORMAN C | $750 | 1 | DALLAS, TX | — | 1980 |
| 4 | MACKE, KENNETH | $400 | 1 | EDINA, MN | — | 1980 |
| 5 | GREER, ROBERT S | $250 | 1 | BATON ROUGE, LA | — | 1980 |
| 6 | MILLS, P GERALD | $250 | 1 | WAYZATA, MN | — | 1980 |
| 7 | BELL, LANCE | $200 | 1 | ATLANTA, GA | — | 1980 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM)C00098061 | $16,950 | 2 |
| 2 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376 | $10,000 | 4 |
| 3 | BILL CASSIDY FOR CONGRESSC00451807 | $7,000 | 1 |
| 4 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931 | $5,500 | 5 |
| 5 | NEW PIONEERS PACC00459123 | $5,000 | 4 |
| 6 | BAKER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00196501 | $4,850 | 1 |
| 7 | ERICKSON FOR CONGRESSC00422097 | $4,100 | 4 |
| 8 | FRIENDS OF GORDON SMITHC00383554 | $3,900 | 4 |
| 9 | DURENBERGER '94 VOLUNTEER COMMITTEEC00109504 | $3,725 | 1 |
| 10 | CORNILLES FOR CONGRESSC00464107 | $3,400 | 4 |
| 11 | WALDEN VICTORY FUNDC00542787 | $3,200 | 4 |
| 12 | OREGON REPUBLICAN PARTYC00153031 | $3,000 | 4 |
| 13 | WINREDC00694323 | $3,000 | 1 |
| 14 | INVEST FOR AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA BILL BAKER FOR CONG)C00254599 | $3,000 | 4 |
| 15 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PACC00580100 | $3,000 | 1 |
| 16 | DOLE FOR PRESIDENT INCC00300608 | $2,000 | 5 |
| 17 | GORDON SMITH FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEE INC (96)C00316935 | $2,000 | 4 |
| 18 | MOSHOFSKY FOR CONGRESSC00184036 | $2,000 | 4 |
| 19 | GORDON SMITH FOR U S SENATEC00306183 | $2,000 | 4 |
| 20 | BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATEC00543983 | $2,000 | 1 |
| 21 | MARY ALICE ACEVEDO FOR CONGRESSC00291427 | $2,000 | 4 |
| 22 | PETE DAWKINS FOR SENATEC00214528 | $2,000 | 4 |
| 23 | MARY BONO COMMITTEEC00332890 | $1,500 | 4 |
| 24 | PEOPLE FOR BOSCHWITZ 1990C00128330 | $1,500 | 1 |
| 25 | FRIENDS OF PHIL GRAMM PACC00253971 | $1,500 | 4 |