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CFO

Total Donated

$36,233,003

Contributions

78,219

Unique Donors

6,214

Donors who entered CFO as occupation account for $36,233,003 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 78,219 contributions from 6,214 donor records. CFO here is three letters in the occupation field, stored separately from spelled-out chief financial officer if that phrase did not normalize to CFO. In compact form the occupation total is $36.2 million.

Key figures

  • CFO occupation itemizations sum to $36,233,003 from 78,219 contributions and 6,214 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $463 per contribution and about $5,831 per donor record.
  • The three letters are donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified finance-officer registry.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

Scale of the CFO abbreviation

$36,233,003, 78,219 itemizations, and 6,214 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $463. Mean dollars per donor record is about $5,831. Repeat giving is about 13 itemizations per donor record.

Those means sit in the middle of professional-title strings in this extract: heavier per line than ACCOUNTANT, lighter than concentrated dual-executive keys.

The packet has no median. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.

Three letters are not a controller roster

The FEC record does not verify that the donor is a sitting chief financial officer. Private-company finance heads, nonprofit treasurers, retirees, and people using the abbreviation loosely can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $36,233,003, 78,219 contributions, and 6,214 donors. Neighboring titles such as ACCOUNTANT, CPA, and EXECUTIVE remain other keys.

Full analysis: What CFO donors give in federal races →

Questions

How much have CFO-occupation donors given in FEC data?
The CFO occupation string is attached to $36,233,003 across 78,219 contributions and 6,214 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of sitting chief financial officers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does CFO include spelled-out chief financial officer?
Only if the bulk extract normalized that phrase to CFO. Otherwise the spelled-out title is a separate key. This page covers CFO: $36,233,003, 78,219 contributions, and 6,214 donors. Check the occupations index for neighboring strings. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
What is the average CFO contribution?
Dividing $36,233,003 by 78,219 itemizations yields about $463 per contribution. Dividing by 6,214 donors yields about $5,831 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing CFO prove the donor ran a public-company finance office?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify corporate form. Private-company and nonprofit finance titles can appear. Quote 78,219 contributions and 6,214 donor records with the dollars. 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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