BOOKKEEPER
Total Donated
$7,412,920
Contributions
67,261
Unique Donors
1,907
Donors who entered BOOKKEEPER as occupation account for $7,412,920 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 67,261 contributions from 1,907 donor records. Bookkeeper here is the clerical-finance title as typed, not a certified-bookkeeper roster. In compact millions the occupation total is $7.4 million.
Key figures
- BOOKKEEPER occupation itemizations sum to $7,412,920 from 67,261 contributions and 1,907 donors.
- Mean amounts are about $110 per contribution and about $3,887 per donor record.
- The clerical title is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified credential roster.
- Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.
Highest line count in this batch, a $110 mean
$7,412,920, 67,261 itemizations, and 1,907 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $110. Mean dollars per donor record are about $3,887. Repeat giving is about 35 itemizations per donor record.
67,261 lines from 1,907 records is a high-repeat clerical-finance stack. The $110 per-line mean is among the lowest in this occupation extract and is arithmetic on that volume, not a typical invoice fee redirected to politics. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.
1,907 donor records on 67,261 lines is the highest-repeat clerical pool in this batch: about 35 itemizations per record. The $110 per-line mean is the lowest among these occupation keys. The packet has no certificate field, no firm-size split, and no party flag, so $7,412,920 cannot be read as a certified-bookkeeper census.
BOOKKEEPER is not ACCOUNTANT and not CPA
The FEC record does not verify that the donor holds a bookkeeping certificate or a CPA license. Office managers, payroll clerks, and retirees can all type BOOKKEEPER. Best-efforts rules do not force an accounting taxonomy.
This page cites only $7,412,920, 67,261 contributions, and 1,907 donors. ACCOUNTANT, CONTROLLER, and CPA 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 bookkeeper donors given in FEC data?
- The BOOKKEEPER occupation string is attached to $7,412,920 across 67,261 contributions and 1,907 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of certified bookkeepers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does BOOKKEEPER include accountants and CPAs?
- Only if those donors typed BOOKKEEPER. ACCOUNTANT and CPA are separate keys unless the extract merged them. This page covers BOOKKEEPER: $7,412,920, 67,261 contributions, and 1,907 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
- What is the average bookkeeper contribution?
- Dividing $7,412,920 by 67,261 itemizations yields about $110 per contribution. Dividing by 1,907 donors yields about $3,887 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 35 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does listing bookkeeper prove an accounting credential?
- No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify certificates. Quote 67,261 contributions and 1,907 donor records with the $7,412,920 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.