BUSINESS MANAGER
Total Donated
$8,721,770
Contributions
44,266
Unique Donors
1,823
Donors who entered BUSINESS MANAGER as occupation account for $8,721,770 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 44,266 contributions from 1,823 donor records. Business manager here is a two-word rank, stored separately from MANAGER if that shorter key did not normalize here. In compact millions the occupation total is $8.7 million.
Key figures
- BUSINESS MANAGER occupation itemizations sum to $8,721,770 from 44,266 contributions and 1,823 donors.
- Mean amounts are about $197 per contribution and about $4,784 per donor record.
- The two-word rank is stored separately from MANAGER unless the extract merged them.
- Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.
High-repeat manager phrase, a $197 mean
$8,721,770, 44,266 itemizations, and 1,823 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $197. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,784. Repeat giving is about 24 itemizations per donor record.
44,266 lines from 1,823 records is a high-repeat manager-title stack. The $197 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume, not a typical salary share redirected to politics.
The packet has no industry-of-business field, no headcount, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.
BUSINESS MANAGER is not MANAGER
The FEC record does not verify a management layer. Entertainment business managers, school business managers, and people who typed MANAGER sit on other keys unless the extract merged them. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.
This page cites only $8,721,770, 44,266 contributions, and 1,823 donors. MANAGER, GENERAL MANAGER, and BUSINESS OWNER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.
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Questions
- How much have business-manager occupation donors given in FEC data?
- The BUSINESS MANAGER occupation string is attached to $8,721,770 across 44,266 contributions and 1,823 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of managers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does BUSINESS MANAGER include the shorter MANAGER key?
- Only if the bulk extract normalized MANAGER to this phrase. Otherwise MANAGER is a separate key. This page covers BUSINESS MANAGER: $8,721,770, 44,266 contributions, and 1,823 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
- What is the average business-manager contribution?
- Dividing $8,721,770 by 44,266 itemizations yields about $197 per contribution. Dividing by 1,823 donors yields about $4,784 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 24 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does listing business manager prove the donor manages a firm?
- No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify duties or employer. Quote 44,266 contributions and 1,823 donor records with the $8,721,770 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.