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BOARD MEMBER

Total Donated

$8,057,226

Contributions

7,878

Unique Donors

873

Donors who entered BOARD MEMBER as occupation account for $8,057,226 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 7,878 contributions from 873 donor records. The two-word governance title is stored as typed, not as a verified corporate-board roster. In compact millions the occupation total is $8.1 million.

Key figures

  • BOARD MEMBER occupation itemizations sum to $8,057,226 from 7,878 contributions and 873 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $1,023 per contribution and about $9,229 per donor record.
  • The two-word string is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified director roster.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

A thin donor pool with a four-figure mean

$8,057,226, 7,878 itemizations, and 873 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $1,023. Mean dollars per donor record are about $9,229. Repeat giving is about 9 itemizations per donor record.

7,878 lines from 873 records is a compact governance-title stack. The $1,023 per-line mean sits well above many clinical and clerical occupation keys in this extract. Arithmetic means are not medians; a handful of large itemizations can lift the average.

873 donor records is a small pool relative to many clinical titles in the same extract. Repeat giving of about 9 itemizations per record is moderate, not a high-frequency PAC-style stack. The packet has no public-versus-private board split, no compensation field, and no party flag, so $8,057,226 cannot be read as a corporate-governance census.

BOARD MEMBER is donor-typed text, not a director census

The FEC record does not verify that the donor sits on a public-company, nonprofit, or cooperative board. Advisory-board volunteers, LLC managers, and retirees can all type BOARD MEMBER. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled officer vocabulary.

This page cites only $8,057,226, 7,878 contributions, and 873 donors. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MEMBER, and DIRECTOR remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them. Combining those strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC occupation to a homemade cluster.

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Questions

How much have board-member donors given in FEC data?
The BOARD MEMBER occupation string is attached to $8,057,226 across 7,878 contributions and 873 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of sitting directors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does BOARD MEMBER include chairman of the board?
Only if those donors typed BOARD MEMBER. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD is a separate key unless the extract merged them. This page covers BOARD MEMBER: $8,057,226, 7,878 contributions, and 873 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
What is the average board-member contribution?
Dividing $8,057,226 by 7,878 itemizations yields about $1,023 per contribution. Dividing by 873 donors yields about $9,229 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 9 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing board member prove a corporate directorship?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify board seats or compensation. Quote 7,878 contributions and 873 donor records with the $8,057,226 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

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

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