WRITER
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$1,866,680
Contributions
2,016
Unique Donors
528
$2,170,630 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the grouping Writer. FEC.gov aggregates count 2,214 contributions from 578 donors. The same string totals $32,663,526 across every cycle in this table, so the 2008 cell is about 6.65% of the lifetime bucket. Writer is a one-word occupation. Book, film, and newsroom uses can share it. The FEC does not record medium. The key is not a guild census and not a publishers’ PAC.
Key figures
- Writer × 2008: $2,170,630 in itemized individual contributions.
- 2,214 contributions from 578 donors; about $980.41 per gift and $3,755.42 per donor.
- 2008 is about 6.65% of the grouping’s $32,663,526 all-cycle total.
- AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, SCREENWRITER, and FREELANCE WRITER remain other keys if stored separately.
- Itemized individual receipts only — not PAC disbursements and not USAspending awards.
Writer as occupation text × cycle 2008
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Writer and 2008 — sum to $2,170,630. The cell holds 2,214 itemized contributions and 578 unique donors. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.
Neither the Writer hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Writer is a one-word occupation. Book, film, and newsroom uses can share it. The FEC does not record medium. AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, SCREENWRITER, and FREELANCE WRITER remain other keys if stored separately. Open Writer 2008 for the overlay rows, Writer for other cycles, and the 2008 election cycle for other employer strings.
Dividing $2,170,630 by 2,214 contributions yields about $980.41 per itemized gift. Dividing by 578 donors yields about $3,755.42 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 3.8. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians, not a party split, and not a typical salary.
2008 Writer dollars inside the all-cycle total
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $32,663,526. The 2008 slice of $2,170,630 is about 6.65% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 93.35%. Treating 2008 as the entire Writer FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $32,663,526 as the denominator for the 6.65% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $32,663,526.
Full analysis: Writer contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle →
Questions
- How much did Writer donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $2,170,630 in itemized individual contributions for the Writer grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 2,214 contributions and 578 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $32,663,526 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Writer FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $32,663,526. The 2008 cell of $2,170,630 is about 6.65% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 93.35% on the industry hub. Do not treat 2008 as the whole Writer story.
- Does Writer mean published authors only?
- No. The stored string is Writer. Author, journalist, and screenwriter titles keep other pages if typed that way. This join does not verify publications. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Writer hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Where is the overlay for the Writer 2008 join?
- Open Writer 2008 for the cycle overlay, Writer for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON names the join; the overlay holds the rows.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LANDER-SIMON, DIANE | $72,331 | 16 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 2 | BERGER, KATHLEEN | $54,450 | 30 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 3 | SOROS, JEFFREY | $46,384 | 12 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 4 | BENENSON, LAWRENCE | $42,191 | 6 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 5 | VRADENBURG, PATRICIA L | $39,900 | 6 | ENCINO, CA | — |
| 6 | LEDES, RICHARD | $35,550 | 21 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 7 | MINDICH, STACEY B | $35,400 | 4 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 8 | ROSS, GARY | $33,800 | 14 | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | — |
| 9 | ALLENDE, ISABEL | $33,000 | 2 | SAUSALITO, CA | — |
| 10 | BERGER, BRUCE N | $30,400 | 16 | PARADISE VALLEY, AZ | — |
| 11 | BOYD, JAMES | $26,100 | 35 | EAST HAMPTON, NY | — |
| 12 | HALPRIN, LEE S | $25,399 | 9 | CAMBRIDGE, MA | — |
| 13 | VRADENBURG, PATRICIA | $23,100 | 11 | SOUTH ORANGE, NJ | — |
| 14 | MINDICH, STACEY | $23,000 | 9 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 15 | GRISHAM, JOHN R | $22,000 | 47 | NORTH GARDEN, VA | — |
| 16 | KASDAN, LAWRENCE | $20,800 | 22 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 17 | STEINER, JOHN A | $20,500 | 6 | OAKLAND, CA | — |
| 18 | GODSHALL, LIBERTY | $19,748 | 16 | SANTA MONICA, CA | — |
| 19 | WOLF, JAMIE R | $18,150 | 11 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 20 | FEAGIN, CLAIRECE | $16,300 | 44 | GAINESVILLE, FL | — |
| 21 | STERN, DIANNE | $16,100 | 7 | SCARSDALE, NY | — |
| 22 | SMYTH, MARY BREASTED | $14,870 | 13 | BEDFORD HILLS, NY | — |
| 23 | MILLER, ALICIA | $14,750 | 18 | SANTA FE, NM | — |
| 24 | MOFFITT, PHILLIP | $14,600 | 3 | NASHVILLE, TN | — |
| 25 | GOLDSMITH, BARBARA L | $13,800 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 26 | CARLYON, DAVID | $12,600 | 18 | LARCHMONT, NY | — |
| 27 | STEIN, JEAN | $12,300 | 11 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 28 | MOSLEY, WALTER | $12,200 | 6 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 29 | BROCH, LAWRENCE | $11,900 | 4 | STUDIO CITY, CA | — |
| 30 | LONG, DIXON | $11,450 | 23 | SAN ANSELMO, CA | — |
| 31 | BLOCK, VALERIE | $10,800 | 14 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 32 | BUNNEN, LUCINDA W | $10,700 | 10 | ATLANTA, GA | — |
| 33 | MOLDAW, CAROL | $10,700 | 25 | BERKELEY, CA | — |
| 34 | BALLEN, KATE | $10,400 | 9 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 35 | BOYLE, LORAINE | $10,350 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 36 | KRICORIAN, NANCY | $10,350 | 23 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 37 | KOONTZ, DEAN | $10,200 | 4 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | — |
| 38 | MANDEL, ALAN | $10,200 | 6 | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | — |
| 39 | READ, EILEEN W | $10,200 | 5 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 40 | KAMINER, WENDY | $10,000 | 2 | CAMBRIDGE, MA | — |
| 41 | DUHAMEL, KATHARINE | $9,200 | 5 | LARKSPUR, CA | — |
| 42 | LUCAS, CRAIG | $9,200 | 1 | PUTNAM VALLEY, NY | — |
| 43 | TREADWELL, ALEXANDER | $9,000 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 44 | FRIEDMAN, JOHN | $8,914 | 9 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 45 | MOTT, MARY | $8,700 | 8 | KETCHUM, ID | — |
| 46 | MCKAY, DEBORAH | $8,150 | 7 | HOLLYWOOD, CA | — |
| 47 | WEED, JULIE | $7,900 | 4 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 48 | VRADENBURG, TRISH | $7,900 | 4 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 49 | GLEICK, JAMES | $7,900 | 4 | BROOKLYN, NY | — |
| 50 | O'ROURKE, PATRICK | $7,899 | 23 | PETERBOROUGH, NH | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $426,633 | 524 |
| 2 | C00451393 | $162,253 | 145 |
| 3 | C00431569 | $149,115 | 156 |
| 4 | C00401224 | $100,416 | 70 |
| 5 | C00341396 | $74,864 | 95 |
| 6 | C00000935 | $71,402 | 43 |
| 7 | C00290825 | $42,441 | 7 |
| 8 | C00382457 | $42,300 | 7 |
| 9 | C00242768 | $33,800 | 14 |
| 10 | C00410639 | $30,400 | 16 |
| 11 | C00431205 | $28,570 | 64 |
| 12 | C00042366 | $26,925 | 46 |
| 13 | C00010603 | $26,322 | 45 |
| 14 | C00348623 | $26,100 | 35 |
| 15 | C00412478 | $25,399 | 9 |
| 16 | C00430421 | $23,100 | 11 |
| 17 | C00432278 | $22,600 | 37 |
| 18 | C00111658 | $22,000 | 47 |
| 19 | C00438341 | $20,800 | 22 |
| 20 | C00370007 | $20,650 | 15 |
| 21 | C00447714 | $19,600 | 48 |
| 22 | C00413914 | $18,350 | 10 |
| 23 | C00329896 | $16,050 | 9 |
| 24 | C00178038 | $14,870 | 13 |
| 25 | C00383745 | $14,600 | 3 |