INDIAN TRIBE
Total Donated
$5,258,880
Contributions
1,503
Unique Donors
266
Top Employer
INDIAN TRIBE
Contributors who listed INDIAN TRIBE on federal itemized receipts account for $5,258,880, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 1,503 contributions from 266 donors — few lines relative to the dollar total. INDIAN TRIBE is a two-word employer phrase as typed on FEC forms, not a NAICS tribal-government total, not a tribal PAC, and not every federally recognized nation or casino-operating name. Unitemized gifts stay outside the $5,258,880.
Key figures
- INDIAN TRIBE as FEC employer text totals $5,258,880 from 266 donors.
- 1,503 contribution lines sit under that two-word form phrase.
- Specific nation and casino legal names are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or tribal PAC total.
A form phrase, not a nation-by-nation census
FEC forms store INDIAN TRIBE when that is what the filer typed. They do not apply a Census tribal-government code or a BIA enrollment file. The $5,258,880 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the two-word phrase. It is not gaming-compact revenue, not a list of federally recognized tribes, and not every staffer who typed a specific nation, pueblo, or rancheria name instead.
People who typed a nation name, TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, CASINO, or a development-corporation legal name sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into INDIAN TRIBE. The FEC field is not a Bureau of Indian Affairs employer export. Occupation pages show titles stored beside the phrase.
266 donors and 1,503 lines
266 unique donors produced 1,503 INDIAN TRIBE contribution lines totaling $5,258,880. That is on the order of six itemized receipts per donor — far fewer repeats than payroll-style keys near this dollar band. Dollars per line therefore run high. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among government, enterprise, and individual filers who used the phrase.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and committee PAC filings are outside the $5,258,880 unless an individual receipt itself carries this phrase. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.
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Questions
- How much have INDIAN TRIBE-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $5,258,880 to the INDIAN TRIBE employer string, from 1,503 contributions and 266 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a tribal PAC and not a NAICS tribal-government total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Is this giving by a specific tribe or casino?
- No. INDIAN TRIBE is a self-reported two-word phrase stored in the employer grouping. The $5,258,880 total is individual contributions whose text grouped to that phrase. Specific nation names and operating-company PAC filings are other keys or other FEC categories. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Why are there so few contribution lines?
- 266 donors produced 1,503 lines, on the order of six receipts per person. That is a low-repeat itemized pattern relative to payroll-style employer keys near this dollar total. The packet does not split government versus enterprise filers. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- How many unique donors listed INDIAN TRIBE?
- The rollup counts 266 donors and 1,503 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count only modestly. This is not a BIA employment census. 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.