TEACHER
Total Donated
$10,159,471
Contributions
62,810
Unique Donors
1,104
Top Employer
TEACHER
Contributors who listed TEACHER on federal itemized receipts account for $10,159,471, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 62,810 contributions from 1,104 donors — a high receipt count relative to the unique-donor set. TEACHER is a job title placed in the employer box, not a NAICS elementary-and-secondary total, and not a teachers-union PAC. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA and UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON are school-name rows, not this title. Packet facts for this page are $10,159,471, 62,810 contributions, and 1,104 donors, with top employer TEACHER. Unitemized gifts never appear in that total. LobbyVault indexes FEC.gov individual receipts, not union PAC filings and not NAICS elementary-and-secondary schools.
Key figures
- TEACHER as FEC employer text totals $10,159,471 from 1,104 donors.
- 62,810 contribution lines sit under that job title — high paperwork volume.
- Named universities and union PACs are separate FEC categories.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS education sector.
A job title where a district name usually goes
LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. Many filers type TEACHER instead of a school district, university, or private school. The $10,159,471 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not NEA or AFT PAC spending, not state pension payroll, and not a NAICS 6111 rollup of elementary and secondary schools.
People who typed a named district, PROFESSOR, STUDENT, or UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into TEACHER. The FEC field records stored text, not a certification roster.
1,104 donors and 62,810 lines
1,104 unique donors produced 62,810 TEACHER contribution lines totaling $10,159,471. That is on the order of 57 itemized receipts per donor — among the higher paperwork volumes in this dollar band, closer to payroll-style clusters than to a few large gifts. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and union PAC filings are outside the $10,159,471 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Repeat names among 62,810 lines are expected.
Full analysis: TEACHER as FEC employer text: $10.2 million →
Questions
- How much have TEACHER-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $10,159,471 to the TEACHER employer string, from 62,810 contributions and 1,104 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a teachers-union PAC and not a NAICS schools total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure. 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 NEA or AFT political spending?
- No. The $10,159,471 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to TEACHER. Union PAC filings are other FEC categories. Named school districts and universities sit in other employer keys. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Does this include University of California employees?
- Only if the receipt grouped to TEACHER. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA is a separate employer string with its own page. PROFESSOR and STUDENT are other keys. Staff who typed a district name are in that row instead. Unitemized gifts are omitted.
- Why so many contributions from 1,104 donors?
- The 62,810 lines include repeat gifts from the same 1,104 people — on the order of 57 itemized receipts per donor. Recurring itemized programs raise the line count. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-teacher census. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only.
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 | $17,964 | 31 | 26 |
| 1982 | $4,650 | 7 | 2 |
| 1984 | $5,000 | 8 | 2 |
| 1986 | $2,500 | 4 | 3 |
| 1988 | $3,500 | 6 | 3 |
| 1990 | $3,983 | 10 | 4 |
| 1992 | $6,750 | 14 | 6 |
| 1994 | $8,035 | 16 | 5 |
| 1996 | $9,450 | 14 | 3 |
| 1998 | $3,950 | 6 | 3 |
| 2000 | $11,450 | 11 | 5 |
| 2002 | $8,500 | 11 | 6 |
| 2004 | $9,751 | 13 | 6 |
| 2006 | $15,000 | 12 | 5 |
| 2008 | $22,422 | 36 | 7 |
| 2010 | $12,150 | 9 | 4 |
| 2012 | $21,650 | 23 | 9 |
| 2014 | $1,600 | 3 | 3 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARMON, CYNTHIA | $1,150 | 2 | SAN ANTONIA, TX | — | 1980 |
| 2 | ANDREWS, ERNEST | $1,000 | 1 | MUNHALL, PA | — | 1980 |
| 3 | CHESTER, MARJORIE F MS | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 4 | CHAVIRA, DIANE | $1,000 | 1 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — | 1980 |
| 5 | GLAZER, DEBORAH MS | $1,000 | 2 | MALIBU, CA | — | 1980 |
| 6 | BROWDER, JILL F MRS | $1,000 | 1 | OCALA, FL | — | 1980 |
| 7 | LAWRENCE, DEE MRS | $1,000 | 1 | HONOLULU, HI | — | 1980 |
| 8 | MARSHALL, CHARLEYNE MRS | $1,000 | 1 | COPERTINO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 9 | BEVERLY, ANDY M MR | $1,000 | 1 | TALLAHASSEE, FL | — | 1980 |
| 10 | MCVITTY, LUCY | $1,000 | 2 | HARTLAND, VT | — | 1980 |
| 11 | MORALES, CARMEN L MS | $1,000 | 1 | SAN JUAN, PR | — | 1980 |
| 12 | BARTON, BARBARA | $1,000 | 1 | BABYLON, NY | — | 1980 |
| 13 | DILLINGHAM, CATHERINE K | $800 | 2 | FAIRFIELD, CT | — | 1980 |
| 14 | KNAPP, BARBARA | $775 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 15 | HERRON, EARL | $750 | 2 | ALTUS, OK | — | 1980 |
| 16 | GLENN, JERRY JR MR | $750 | 1 | CINCINNATI, OH | — | 1980 |
| 17 | ARMSTRONG, ALEXANDER | $750 | 2 | RUXTON, MD | — | 1980 |
| 18 | BROSCHART, FRANK J | $666 | 1 | SUITLAND, MD | — | 1980 |
| 19 | LIUZZO, NICO MRS | $650 | 1 | JERICHO GARDENS, NY | — | 1980 |
| 20 | CLARKE, YVONNE H MRS | $500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 21 | JEFFE, SHERRY BEBITCH | $500 | 2 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — | 1980 |
| 22 | HYDE, VICKI S MRS | $500 | 1 | ASHEVILLE, NC | — | 1980 |
| 23 | HYDE, VICKI S | $500 | 1 | ASHEVILLE, NC | — | 1980 |
| 24 | KLOCK, NANCY | $500 | 1 | MANCHESTER, CT | — | 1980 |
| 25 | HUBER, CAROLINE P | $500 | 1 | LOCUST, NJ | — | 1980 |
| 26 | HORTON, DONALD L | $500 | 1 | SHREVEPORT, LA | — | 1980 |
| 27 | BLAIR, DAIVD | $500 | 1 | DUBLIN, NH | — | 1980 |
| 28 | BOYLE, JOHN K | $500 | 1 | FALL CITY, WA | — | 1980 |
| 29 | BREED, MARY ELLEN MRS | $500 | 1 | JACKSON, MS | — | 1980 |
| 30 | LEWIS, WILDA E | $500 | 1 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1980 |
| 31 | FUEHRING, DOROTHY MRS | $500 | 1 | MACKINAW, IL | — | 1980 |
| 32 | MALONEY, MARY L MS | $500 | 1 | MALDEN, MA | — | 1980 |
| 33 | CRAFT, VAUGHN A | $500 | 2 | ATLANTA, IL | — | 1980 |
| 34 | MCGRIFF, DORETHEA L | $500 | 1 | VERO BEACH, FL | — | 1980 |
| 35 | BENEDICT, E N MR | $500 | 1 | ROSWELL, NM | — | 1980 |
| 36 | DIAMANTIS, RHEA B | $500 | 1 | WINTER PARK, FL | — | 1980 |
| 37 | DEUTSD, HELEN | $500 | 1 | ELMONT, NY | — | 1980 |
| 38 | BAZEMORE, BETTY ANN (IK) | $450 | 1 | ORLANDO, FL | — | 1980 |
| 39 | BURNETT, HAZEL | $339 | 1 | CLINTON, AR | — | 1980 |
| 40 | MCKINNON, DAN | $300 | 1 | PAWT, RI | — | 1980 |
| 41 | DOZIER, VIRGINIA | $300 | 1 | WAYNESBORO, GA | — | 1980 |
| 42 | LEDERER, FRANICS | $250 | 1 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — | 1980 |
| 43 | LANG, FRED | $250 | 1 | WINNETKA, IL | — | 1980 |
| 44 | LEONARD, JANICE E | $250 | 1 | POMPANO BEACH, FL | — | 1980 |
| 45 | LOCKE, JESSICA E | $250 | 1 | LINCOLN, MA | — | 1980 |
| 46 | MORALES, PHYLLIS | $250 | 1 | SACRAMENTO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 47 | KALLAS, VIRGINIA MRS | $250 | 1 | BROOKLYN, NY | — | 1980 |
| 48 | COBB, MARY E | $250 | 1 | EDMONDS, WA | — | 1980 |
| 49 | JAYKO, MARSHA B | $250 | 1 | MT KISCO, NY | — | 1980 |
| 50 | CUSHMAN, ANNE L | $250 | 1 | CHICAGO, IL | — | 1980 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACTBLUEC00401224 | $12,495 | 5 |
| 2 | OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445 | $11,600 | 2 |
| 3 | REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYC00252551 | $11,000 | 1 |
| 4 | VAN HOLLEN FOR CONGRESSC00366096 | $10,900 | 1 |
| 5 | DUNCAN D. HUNTER FOR CONGRESSC00433524 | $10,350 | 1 |
| 6 | COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN DUNCAN HUNTERC00126961 | $8,500 | 1 |
| 7 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931 | $8,250 | 2 |
| 8 | VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATEC00573758 | $5,400 | 1 |
| 9 | SCHUPP FOR CONGRESSC00729558 | $5,300 | 1 |
| 10 | PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00377010 | $5,000 | 1 |
| 11 | FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975 | $4,948 | 4 |
| 12 | NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSC00213512 | $4,483 | 1 |
| 13 | DCCCC00000935 | $4,193 | 4 |
| 14 | FRIENDS OF DUKE CUNNINGHAMC00242446 | $4,000 | 1 |
| 15 | WINREDC00694323 | $3,906 | 5 |
| 16 | BRIAN BILBRAY FOR CONGRESSC00300830 | $3,750 | 1 |
| 17 | KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEEC00115022 | $3,650 | 6 |
| 18 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603 | $3,356 | 8 |
| 19 | FRIENDS OF JANE HARMANC00255141 | $3,000 | 1 |
| 20 | VSP HOLDING COMPANY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00493502 | $2,500 | 1 |
| 21 | PAUL SADLER FOR SENATEC00508861 | $2,500 | 1 |
| 22 | JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCC00383653 | $2,450 | 3 |
| 23 | NICK POPADITCH FOR CONGRESSC00468249 | $2,400 | 1 |
| 24 | HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT INC.C00431411 | $2,300 | 1 |
| 25 | DSCCC00042366 | $2,060 | 4 |