How much did Writer-labeled donors give in 2014?

The Writer grouping’s 2014 cell is $1,388,153 in itemized individual contributions, from 1,231 contributions and 312 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a guild PAC and not the $32,663,526 all-cycle occupation total.

Does Writer mean a specific kind of writing?

No. The bucket is the self-reported occupation string Writer. Books, scripts, journalism, and other uses can land in the same cell. Related titles may sit in other groupings if the pipeline stored them separately. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

What share of Writer FEC money fell in 2014?

About 4.2%. $1,388,153 divided by $32,663,526 is the 2014 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold the rest on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Do these donations fund federal arts or media grants?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

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WRITER

2014 Election Cycle

Total Donated

$1,098,660

Contributions

1,037

Unique Donors

281

$1,388,153 in itemized individual contributions is the 2014-cycle join for the occupation grouping Writer. FEC.gov aggregates count 1,231 contributions from 312 donors. The same string totals $32,663,526 across every cycle in this table, so the midterm cell is about 4.2% of the lifetime bucket. The title is a common occupation word, not a WGA membership roll and not a single publishing sector.

Key figures

$1,388,153 joins the Writer occupation grouping to the 2014 FEC cycle.
1,231 contributions from 312 donors spread the cell.
2014 is about 4.2% of the grouping’s $32,663,526 lifetime total.
Writer is a self-reported title, not a guild roster or a spending award.

Writer as occupation, 2014 as cycle

This page exists because two keys match. One is the grouped occupation string Writer. The other is the 2014 federal election cycle. The match is $1,388,153. One thousand two hundred thirty-one itemized gifts and 312 unique donors produced it. Neither the occupation hub nor the cycle hub is this number.

Average contribution is about $1,128; average per donor is about $4,449. Those means sit near ordinary itemized individual gifts. Volume, not a few giant checks, does most of the work in this midterm cell.

Author, journalist, screenwriter, and a publication name are separate groupings if stored separately. This cell is the one-word Writer bucket.

Four percent of a $33 million occupation stack

$32,663,526 is every cycle combined. $1,388,153 in 2014 is about 4.2% of that stack. Other windows hold about 96%. A midterm cell at 4.2% is a thin slice of a multi-cycle occupation string, consistent with lower national individual totals outside presidential years.

Lifetime scale here reflects how often the word appears on itemized individual receipts. It is not a census of working writers.

Full analysis: Writer and the 2014 FEC cycle →

Questions

How much did Writer-labeled donors give in 2014?: The Writer grouping’s 2014 cell is $1,388,153 in itemized individual contributions, from 1,231 contributions and 312 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a guild PAC and not the $32,663,526 all-cycle occupation total.
Does Writer mean a specific kind of writing?: No. The bucket is the self-reported occupation string Writer. Books, scripts, journalism, and other uses can land in the same cell. Related titles may sit in other groupings if the pipeline stored them separately. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
What share of Writer FEC money fell in 2014?: About 4.2%. $1,388,153 divided by $32,663,526 is the 2014 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold the rest on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
Do these donations fund federal arts or media grants?: No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.

Top Donors in 2014

Top WRITER donors in the 2014 election cycle.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation
1	PRADY, WILLIAM	$73,700	9	SHERMAN OAKS, CA	—
2	BENENSON, LAWRENCE	$69,413	12	NEW YORK, NY	—
3	VRADENBURG, PATRICIA L	$59,600	10	ENCINO, CA	—
4	BERGER, BRUCE N	$43,700	29	PARADISE VALLEY, AZ	—
5	HALPRIN, LEE S	$39,700	17	CAMBRIDGE, MA	—
6	SOROS, JEFFREY	$34,800	3	BEVERLY HILLS, CA	—
7	ROSS, GARY	$34,400	17	SHERMAN OAKS, CA	—
8	VRADENBURG, PATRICIA	$28,900	13	SOUTH ORANGE, NJ	—
9	STERN, DIANNE	$25,600	8	SCARSDALE, NY	—
10	GLEICK, JAMES	$25,000	2	BROOKLYN, NY	—
11	RUBIN, GRETCHEN	$22,050	2	NEW YORK, NY	—
12	LEDES, RICHARD	$19,500	34	NEW YORK, NY	—
13	GODSHALL, LIBERTY	$17,310	23	SANTA MONICA, CA	—
14	LYONS, TOM W	$15,825	17	NEW YORK, NY	—
15	BOYD, JAMES	$15,164	10	EAST HAMPTON, NY	—
16	KAPLAN, ROBERTA A	$14,600	5	NEW YORK, NY	—
17	MOLDAW, CAROL	$13,500	5	BERKELEY, CA	—
18	WHITE, SHELBY	$13,000	3	NEW YORK, NY	—
19	BERGER, KATHLEEN	$13,000	6	NEW YORK, NY	—
20	KOONTZ, DEAN	$13,000	5	NEWPORT BEACH, CA	—
21	KOTZ, MARY LYNN	$12,800	3	CHEVY CHASE, MD	—
22	BUNNEN, LUCINDA W	$11,900	11	ATLANTA, GA	—
23	KOONTZ, DEAN R	$10,800	4	ORANGE, CA	—
24	ROMAN, LAWRENCE	$10,000	3	ENCINO, CA	—
25	NEISSER, JUDITH	$9,550	21	CHICAGO, IL	—
26	PETSONK, JUDITH	$8,900	25	HIGHLAND PARK, NJ	—
27	YORKIN, NICOLE	$8,600	3	LOS ANGELES, CA	—
28	LANDER-SIMON, DIANE	$7,800	15	LOS ANGELES, CA	—
29	HENDRY, SHARON	$7,800	2	BLOOMINGTON, MN	—
30	MINDICH, STACEY	$7,400	3	NEW YORK, NY	—
31	POWELL, SUSIE	$7,400	3	DURHAM, NC	—
32	TOBIAS, ANDREW P	$7,350	8	NEW YORK, NY	—
33	LIMBURG, PETER R	$7,198	33	BEDFORD, NY	—
34	LONG, DIXON	$7,100	15	SAN ANSELMO, CA	—
35	GORE, SUSAN	$7,100	5	FAIRFIELD, IA	—
36	SMITH, BRUCE D	$7,000	7	KETCHUM, ID	—
37	CRAWFORD, CONSTANCE	$6,825	11	PALO ALTO, CA	—
38	MOGUL, JUDITH	$6,700	5	SCARSDALE, NY	—
39	KURTZ, CAROLINE	$6,500	18	MISSOULA, MT	—
40	MACOMBER, KRISTIN	$6,500	12	CAMBRIDGE, MA	—
41	WEED, JULIE	$6,250	6	SEATTLE, WA	—
42	HARVEY, MARK	$6,000	10	ASPEN, CO	—
43	VRADENBURG, TRISH	$6,000	5	WASHINGTON, DC	—
44	WOODY, ELIZABETH	$5,600	3	PORTLAND, OR	—
45	HERBST, ANN	$5,512	3	NEW YORK, NY	—
46	HEMMERDINGER, ELIZABETH	$5,300	2	NEW YORK, NY	—
47	SNELL, RANDOLPH R	$5,200	2	WASHINGTON, DC	—
48	HAYMON, AVA L	$5,200	5	BATON ROUGE, LA	—
49	GRIFFITH, THOMAS	$5,200	6	NEW YORK, NY	—
50	GRISHAM, JOHN R	$5,200	2	NORTH GARDEN, VA	—

Top Recipients in 2014

Top committees that received WRITER donations in 2014.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	C00401224	$97,903	129
2	C00000935	$97,592	90
3	C00567529	$73,700	9
4	C00010603	$70,489	52
5	C00325126	$64,800	15
6	C00042366	$58,403	57
7	C00437277	$47,950	36
8	C00196774	$42,000	19
9	C00435370	$34,400	17
10	C00430421	$28,900	13
11	C00541417	$25,600	8
12	C00370007	$23,164	43
13	C00547414	$21,150	30
14	C00342048	$17,310	23
15	C00329896	$15,150	9
16	C00328211	$14,800	6
17	C00543785	$13,000	6
18	C00146472	$13,000	3
19	C00549188	$13,000	5
20	C00366401	$12,800	3
21	C00543165	$10,800	4
22	C00536409	$10,000	3
23	C00503110	$9,000	7
24	C00480814	$8,700	5
25	C00455394	$8,600	3