How much have PRESIDENT-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $21,289,165 to the PRESIDENT employer string, from 28,455 contributions and 2,100 donors. These are itemized individual receipts whose grouped text is PRESIDENT, not White House appropriations and not a NAICS public-administration total. Unitemized and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this mean donations by the U.S. president?

No. PRESIDENT is self-reported employer or occupation text. Corporate, nonprofit, union, and other presidents can generate the same word. The 2,100 donors and $21,289,165 total are that text cluster, not an official-acts ledger for any one officeholder. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is this the same as EXECUTIVE in FEC data?

No. EXECUTIVE is a separate grouped string with its own page. A receipt stamped PRESIDENT is counted only in the $21,289,165 here. LobbyVault does not recode titles into a single officer category. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique donors listed PRESIDENT?

The rollup counts 2,100 donors and 28,455 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount of every organization that uses the title. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault. 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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PRESIDENT

Total Donated

$21,289,165

Contributions

28,455

Unique Donors

2,100

Top Employer

PRESIDENT

Contributors who listed PRESIDENT on federal itemized receipts account for $21,289,165, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 28,455 contributions from 2,100 donors. PRESIDENT is the literal employer/occupation string stored on those schedules. It is not a tally of White House budgets, not a NAICS public-administration code, and not a count of every person who has ever held a presidency of a company, a union, a university, or a country.

Key figures

PRESIDENT as FEC employer text totals $21,289,165 from 2,100 donors.
28,455 contribution lines sit under that string.
The word is self-reported form text, not a White House or NAICS total.
EXECUTIVE and named-company rows are separate keys.

A job-title word in the industry ranking

FEC Schedule A asks for employer and occupation. Many filers put PRESIDENT in one of those boxes. LobbyVault’s industry ranking then treats that word like every other grouped string — ATTORNEY, MICROSOFT, RETIRED — and sums the attached itemized gifts. The $21,289,165 figure is that sum. It is not the official budget of the Executive Office of the President, and it is not corporate treasury spending by firms whose officers use the title.

People who wrote CEO, EXECUTIVE, CHAIRMAN, or a company name without the title sit in other rows. A bank president who typed the bank’s legal name instead of PRESIDENT is not in this $21,289,165. The public record stores the text as typed, not an HR org chart.

2,100 donors, 28,455 receipts

2,100 unique donors produced 28,455 PRESIDENT contribution lines totaling $21,289,165. That is a moderate repeat rate compared with high-volume payroll names that generate tens of receipts per person. The packet does not break out which of those donors meant a corporate office, a nonprofit board, or some other presidency, and this page does not invent that split.

Party, office, and cycle are not on the industry headline. Follow recipient committees on the donor table for those dimensions. Independent expenditures and PAC filings that do not carry this individual-employer string are outside the $21,289,165.

Full analysis: PRESIDENT on FEC employer lines: $21.3 million →

Questions

How much have PRESIDENT-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $21,289,165 to the PRESIDENT employer string, from 28,455 contributions and 2,100 donors. These are itemized individual receipts whose grouped text is PRESIDENT, not White House appropriations and not a NAICS public-administration total. Unitemized and non-federal filings are omitted.
Does this mean donations by the U.S. president?: No. PRESIDENT is self-reported employer or occupation text. Corporate, nonprofit, union, and other presidents can generate the same word. The 2,100 donors and $21,289,165 total are that text cluster, not an official-acts ledger for any one officeholder. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Is this the same as EXECUTIVE in FEC data?: No. EXECUTIVE is a separate grouped string with its own page. A receipt stamped PRESIDENT is counted only in the $21,289,165 here. LobbyVault does not recode titles into a single officer category. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
How many unique donors listed PRESIDENT?: The rollup counts 2,100 donors and 28,455 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount of every organization that uses the title. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault. 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

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

1998 · $380,556 2000 · $281,390 1996 · $204,777 2012 · $178,372 2008 · $178,200 2002 · $139,451 1994 · $127,059 2010 · $125,175 2006 · $112,000 1992 · $110,078

PRESIDENT political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$96,110	136	106
1982	$106,985	111	56
1984	$81,317	73	40
1986	$30,500	33	21
1988	$39,100	43	22
1990	$56,790	72	26
1992	$110,078	107	26
1994	$127,059	103	28
1996	$204,777	147	32
1998	$380,556	117	28
2000	$281,390	134	34
2002	$139,451	88	18
2004	$108,658	101	20
2006	$112,000	91	18
2008	$178,200	121	17
2010	$125,175	89	14
2012	$178,372	99	14
2014	$76,896	69	10

Top Donors

Top PRESIDENT donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	MILLS, JOHN	$3,520	4	NORTHBROOK, IL	—	1980
2	CALDWELL, JOHN MARS III	$2,750	3	YORBA LINDA, CA	—	1980
3	JANSEN, WOLFGANG L	$2,750	3	WAXHAW, NC	—	1980
4	BOSWELL, J G II	$2,500	1	PASADENA, CA	—	1980
5	BRIGGS, C W	$2,190	5	EXCELSIOR, MN	—	1980
6	MANNING, JOHN P	$2,000	2	COHASSET, MA	—	1980
7	FISHER, BENNETT I	$2,000	2	ZENITH, WA	—	1980
8	MCLEAN, M P	$2,000	3	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
9	KHAMNEI, BAHRAM	$1,750	2	ARLINGTON, VA	—	1980
10	GOLD, D MCENTIRE	$1,750	2	RANDLEMAN, NC	—	1980
11	COBLITZ, SANFORD E	$1,750	2	ASHTABULA, OH	—	1980
12	GERBIG, FRANK R JR	$1,750	2	WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI	—	1980
13	BOWERS, ALEXANDER S	$1,750	2	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
14	JONES, G PAUL JR	$1,500	2	MACON, GA	—	1980
15	KIRKPATRICK, JOHN A	$1,500	2	STATE COLLEGE, PA	—	1980
16	BROWN, WILSON M JR	$1,300	2	—	—	1980
17	ASHER, DAN	$1,000	1	CHICAGO, IL	—	1980
18	CURRAN R CAMPBELL IN, -C	$1,000	2	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980
19	BROMICH, E W	$1,000	1	ST LOUIS, MO	—	1980
20	BRIGGS, C WILLIAM	$1,000	2	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	—	1980
21	GARNER, THOMAS W	$1,000	1	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980
22	LOPEZ, EDWARD M	$1,000	2	CORAL GABLES, FL	—	1980
23	CAMERON, WILLIAM J	$1,000	1	LA MESA, CA	—	1980
24	CARTA, ALVARO L MR	$1,000	1	PALM BEACH, FL	—	1980
25	CHANDLER, L H	$1,000	1	LOMITA, CA	—	1980
26	LOUCKS, VERNON R	$1,000	1	LAKE FOREST, IL	—	1980
27	KAUFMAN, FRANK B	$1,000	1	ARLINGTON, VA	—	1980
28	BAHR, NEIL E	$1,000	1	MIAMI, FL	—	1980
29	ARMOUR, LAWRENCE F	$1,000	2	CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH	—	1980
30	COOK, PAUL	$750	1	WILSEYVILLE, CA	—	1980
31	CARRINGTON, WILBURN A	$750	1	STOUT, OH	—	1980
32	COLINA, EDWARD J	$750	1	CINCINNATI, OH	—	1980
33	DIETRICH, G C	$750	1	HINSDALE, IL	—	1980
34	CIPYAK, JOHN JR	$750	1	LANSFORD, PA	—	1980
35	CLOWES, GARTH A	$750	1	PALOS VERDES, CA	—	1980
36	CORVALAN, LUIS	$750	1	BEACHWOOD, OH	—	1980
37	DOOLAN, JOHN H	$750	1	GLADWYNE, PA	—	1980
38	BOURDO, RAY	$750	1	PHOENIX, AZ	—	1980
39	CSONGOR, FRANK	$750	1	WENHAM, MA	—	1980
40	BONTHRON, B GUNNAR	$750	1	MT PROSPECT, IL	—	1980
41	BOND, DARYL	$750	1	CHINO, CA	—	1980
42	DICUS, WILBUR A	$750	1	SCOTTSDALE, AZ	—	1980
43	BARNES, GEORGE W	$750	1	SOUTH HARPSWELL, ME	—	1980
44	BALL, LEIF R	$750	1	CANOGA PARK, CA	—	1980
45	BALDWIN, EDWARD S	$750	1	PLACENTIA, CA	—	1980
46	DORCHEK, PETER	$750	1	WESTFIELD, NJ	—	1980
47	ALFREY, CARL G	$750	1	ELKHART, IN	—	1980
48	ALEXANDER, RICHARD C	$750	1	PORTLAND, OR	—	1980
49	ALBERS, TEO	$750	1	ARTESIA, CA	—	1980
50	ACKERMAN, RICHARD H	$750	1	CALIFON, NJ	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received PRESIDENT donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALC60000254	$260,000	2
2	DSCCC00042366	$229,950	9
3	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009	$145,180	94
4	DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTC60000692	$135,000	2
5	DSCC/NON-FED UNINCORP ASSOCC60001245	$87,500	2
6	WINREDC00694323	$75,609	9
7	DSCC NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALSC60000601	$72,865	2
8	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$71,614	9
9	DCCCC00000935	$54,781	10
10	ACTBLUEC00401224	$51,965	9
11	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$44,557	19
12	NRSCC00027466	$42,289	20
13	BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)C00000901	$35,050	6
14	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376	$34,380	18
15	MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY 2008C00453738	$25,000	2
16	DCCCE NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT #5C60000288	$25,000	2
17	TEAM GRAHAM, INC.C00458828	$21,570	9
18	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931	$21,251	33
19	MAINTAINING A MAJORITYC00701045	$20,000	2
20	J. G. BOSWELL EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00082677	$20,000	1
21	FUND FOR A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITYC00140376	$20,000	2
22	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$18,650	10
23	THE HAWKEYE PACC00379479	$18,500	1
24	MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PACC00580100	$17,578	7
25	TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371	$16,721	10