DATA CONSULTANT

Four donors carrying $613,444 in a midterm

Four unique donors produced 220 itemized receipts totaling $613,444 in 2014. That is 55.0 lines per donor and about $153,361 per donor ($613,444 ÷ 4). Mean gift size is about $2,788 ($613,444 ÷ 220). The dollars are concentrated among a small roster; the label is a job-title word that many people could have typed. This extract shows four contributor IDs, not a consulting-industry census. The Data Consultant 2014 overlay lists the disclosed names.

Seven point two percent of $8,467,862 sits in 2014. The leftover outside this cycle is $7,854,418, or 92.8%. A midterm cell this small relative to the parent is still a six-figure join. Treating 2014 as the occupation’s FEC story would ignore more than nine-tenths of the published book.

People who typed DATA ANALYST, CONSULTANT, or a firm legal name sit on other keys unless a receipt grouped to DATA CONSULTANT. LobbyVault does not recode punctuation or drop the word DATA into a generic consultant total.

The DATA CONSULTANT parent across cycles

The parent grouping DATA CONSULTANT totals $8,467,862 across every cycle in this table. 2014 holds $613,444, or 7.2% of that book. Other windows hold $7,854,418 (92.8%). Reading only 2014 understates the parent; reading only the parent hides this two-year cell.

DATA CONSULTANT as stored text can cover self-employed filers, staff at analytics shops, and people who used a title instead of a company. The FEC does not certify that the four 2014 donors still consult, or that they consult on data. The $8,467,862 parent is every cycle combined for this exact grouping, not a NAICS 5416 roll-up.

Questions

How much did DATA CONSULTANT-listed donors give in 2014?

LobbyVault attributes $613,444 to that employer/occupation string in 2014, from 220 contributions and 4 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a consulting census. The all-cycle grouping is $8,467,862. Cite FEC.gov for $613,444, 220 contributions, and 4 donors on the Data Consultant × 2014 join.

Is 2014 most of the DATA CONSULTANT total?

No. $613,444 is 7.2% of the all-cycle total of $8,467,862. Other cycles hold $7,854,418, or 92.8%. The midterm cell is a slice, not the occupation’s FEC story. Cite FEC.gov for $613,444, 220 contributions, and 4 donors on the Data Consultant × 2014 join.

Did these donations fund federal data contracts?

No. This join is FEC individual contributions grouped to DATA CONSULTANT in 2014. USAspending obligations are a different dataset and are not in this packet. Campaign gifts are not awards. Cite FEC.gov for $613,444, 220 contributions, and 4 donors on the Data Consultant × 2014 join.

Does 4 donors mean four consulting firms?

It means 4 unique contributors on itemized receipts grouped to DATA CONSULTANT in 2014. Firm legal names and the word CONSULTANT alone are other keys unless they grouped here. LobbyVault does not verify employment. Cite FEC.gov for $613,444, 220 contributions, and 4 donors on the Data Consultant × 2014 join.