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ARTIST

Total Donated

$47,114,394

Contributions

243,498

Unique Donors

6,429

Contributors who listed ARTIST as occupation posted $47,114,394 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those dollars arrived in 243,498 contributions from 6,429 donor records. ARTIST is a small donor pool with very high repeat itemizing, stored apart from WRITER in the same extract. In compact form that dollar total is $47.1 million in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data.

Key figures

  • ARTIST occupation itemizations sum to $47,114,394 from 243,498 contributions and 6,429 donors.
  • Repeat itemizing is about 38 contributions per donor record; mean line size is about $193.
  • WRITER is a separate occupation key.
  • The title is self-reported and is not matched to union or gallery records.

Many lines from a modest record set

243,498 itemizations from 6,429 donors is about 38 contributions per donor record, among the highest repeat rates in this harvest. $47,114,394 divided by lines is about $193 per contribution. Divided by donors, the mean is about $7,328 per donor record.

High frequency plus a four-digit mean per donor can appear when records give many times, including to multiple committees. The packet does not name recipients. It only supplies $47,114,394, 243,498 contributions, and 6,429 donors.

Painter, musician, actor, and performer are other strings if donors used those words. This page is ARTIST only.

Self-reporting in creative work

The FEC does not verify gallery shows or union cards. Visual artists, musicians who typed ARTIST, and people who make art part time may all appear. Best-efforts collection records the donor’s word.

A person who listed ARTIST on some gifts and WRITER or SELF-EMPLOYED on others appears in multiple occupation totals. Occupation is per transaction.

Full analysis: ARTIST occupation money in FEC itemizations →

Questions

How much have ARTIST donors given in FEC records?
Occupation ARTIST is attached to $47,114,394 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 243,498 contributions and 6,429 donor records. WRITER is a separate string. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
Why are there so many artist contributions per donor?
243,498 itemizations from 6,429 donors implies about 38 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $193. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
Is WRITER included in ARTIST?
No. WRITER has its own occupation page. This page covers ARTIST only: $47,114,394, 243,498 contributions, and 6,429 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
Does ARTIST include musicians and actors?
Only if they typed ARTIST. Donors who wrote musician or actor are in other strings unless those texts normalized to ARTIST. The matching contribution count is 243,498 and the matching donor-record count is 6,429. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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