How much have UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $6,962,522 to the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN employer string, from 39,631 contributions and 992 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the university’s endowment and not a NAICS higher-education 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 the University of Michigan’s institutional political spending?

No. The $6,962,522 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. It is not the university’s treasury and not a campus PAC document. LobbyVault does not fold those categories into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include State of Michigan employees or all students?

No. STATE OF MICHIGAN and STUDENT are separate strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. People who typed only PROFESSOR or PHYSICIAN are in those other rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN?

The rollup counts 992 donors and 39,631 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a faculty-plus-staff headcount from the university. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Total Donated

$6,962,522

Contributions

39,631

Unique Donors

992

Top Employer

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Contributors who listed UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on federal itemized receipts account for $6,962,522, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 39,631 contributions from 992 donors. That campus legal name is not a NAICS higher-education total, not the State of Michigan as an employer, and not the university’s endowment. UCLA, MIT, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, and CORNELL UNIVERSITY are sibling campus keys.

Key figures

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN as FEC employer text totals $6,962,522 from 992 donors.
39,631 contribution lines sit under that campus string.
UCLA, MIT, and CORNELL UNIVERSITY are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS higher-education industry.

Ann Arbor spelled out, not UM or Michigan Medicine

Faculty, staff, health-system employees, and others type UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN in the employer box. LobbyVault ranks that grouped text. The $6,962,522 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not STATE OF MICHIGAN, not U OF M, and not a NAICS colleges rollup.

People who typed MICHIGAN MEDICINE, UMICH, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITAL, STUDENT, or PROFESSOR without the full campus name sit in other rows if stored that way. Alumni who list a later private employer are not in these 992 donors unless a receipt still carried UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

Health-system letterheads that omit UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN sit elsewhere. So does STATE OF MICHIGAN as a government employer. The $6,962,522 total is the campus legal name only.

992 donors and 39,631 lines

992 unique donors produced 39,631 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN contribution lines totaling $6,962,522. That is on the order of 40 itemized receipts per donor. UCLA remains a separate campus acronym with its own page. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a campus-versus-health-system split.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and any separate university-related committee filings are outside the $6,962,522. Unitemized gifts never appear.

992 unique donors produced 39,631 lines. Repeat itemized gifts explain the ratio. The packet does not publish a medical-center share of those 992 people.

Full analysis: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN as FEC employer text: $7.0 million →

Questions

How much have UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $6,962,522 to the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN employer string, from 39,631 contributions and 992 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the university’s endowment and not a NAICS higher-education 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 the University of Michigan’s institutional political spending?: No. The $6,962,522 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. It is not the university’s treasury and not a campus PAC document. LobbyVault does not fold those categories into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Does this include State of Michigan employees or all students?: No. STATE OF MICHIGAN and STUDENT are separate strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. People who typed only PROFESSOR or PHYSICIAN are in those other rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN?: The rollup counts 992 donors and 39,631 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a faculty-plus-staff headcount from the university. 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

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

2004 · $4,195 2002 · $1,770 2000 · $1,250 2006 · $800 1980 · $750 1992 · $750 1984 · $500 1996 · $450 1998 · $450 1994 · $367

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$750	2	2
1984	$500	1	1
1992	$750	3	1
1994	$367	2	1
1996	$450	2	1
1998	$450	2	1
2000	$1,250	3	1
2002	$1,770	7	2
2004	$4,195	14	2
2006	$800	2	1
2008	$300	1	1
2010	$250	1	1
2014	$200	1	1

Top Donors

Top UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	KAPLAN, WILFRED	$500	1	ANN ARBOR, MI	—	1980
2	JOHNSON, HAROLD R MR	$250	1	ANN ARBOR, MI	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	DEAN FOR AMERICAC00378125	$1,400	1
2	RIVERS FOR CONGRESSC00291211	$1,300	1
3	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$1,250	1
4	JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCC00383653	$1,150	1
5	NRCCC00075820	$900	1
6	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$750	1
7	FRIENDS OF SENATOR CARL LEVINC00088484	$750	1
8	DOLLARS FOR DEMOCRATSC00073791	$690	1
9	MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEC00031054	$500	1
10	DSCCC00042366	$500	1
11	WALORSKI FOR CONGRESS INCC00468579	$450	1
12	MOVEON.ORG VOTER FUNDC00431437	$350	1
13	DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICAC00370007	$300	1
14	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931	$250	1
15	CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT INCC00253690	$250	1
16	CLINTON/GORE '92 GENERAL ELECTION COMPLIANCE FUNDC00268722	$250	1
17	MONDALE FOR SENATEC00383158	$250	1
18	WELLSTONE FOR SENATEC00364612	$250	1
19	KEVIN KELLEY FOR CONGRESSC00377564	$250	1
20	KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEEC00115022	$250	1
21	MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONC00341396	$225	1
22	FRIENDS OF TODD YOUNG, INC.C00459255	$100	1
23	GREG PENCE FOR CONGRESSC00658401	$52	1
24	THE GUARDIAN FUNDC00493221	$50	1
25	RIEGLE FOR SENATE COMMITTEEC00165852	$17	1