CHIEF OF STAFF

A modest donor count under $6.9 million

$6,890,531 is the occupation-level dollar total. 14,901 is the itemization count. 786 is the donor-record count. Dividing dollars by lines yields about $462 per contribution. Dividing by donors yields about $8,767 per donor record. The repeat rate is about 19 itemizations per donor record. The donor pool is tighter than many occupation strings with similar dollars: 786 records, not two thousand, with a still-substantial 14,901 lines.

Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution, no party split, and no cycle series. A few large lines can lift $462 while most receipts stay smaller—or the reverse. This guide cites only the three harvested facts and the trivial ratios computed from them.

Fourteen thousand nine hundred one lines from 786 donor records shows repeat itemization without the extreme payroll-deduction volumes seen in some trades. The packet still has no median and no top-recipient list.

Self-reported title, mixed workplaces

CHIEF OF STAFF, COS, and CHIEF OF STAFF/COO are different occupation keys if committees typed them differently. This page is only the canonical CHIEF OF STAFF string as indexed.

FEC Form 3 (candidate committees) and Form 3X (PACs and party committees) collect occupation as free text on itemized Schedule A. FEC.gov publishes what committees reported. There is no drop-down of job titles and no license check. LobbyVault groups rows whose occupation field equals CHIEF OF STAFF after indexing. Abbreviations, ampersands, and department suffixes create parallel occupation keys. Those variants remain other pages unless the bulk extract normalized them to CHIEF OF STAFF.

Questions

How much have chief of staff donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list CHIEF OF STAFF sum to $6,890,531 across 14,901 contributions and 786 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The total is an exact-string occupation filter. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does chief of staff on an FEC form mean a congressional job?

Not from the occupation field alone. The same words appear across sectors. CHIEF OF STAFF still sums to $6,890,531 from 14,901 contributions and 786 donor records. Check employer on individual rows if you need workplace context. The occupation field is donor-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized gifts never carry an occupation code.

Why is the donor count only 786?

That is the distinct-record tally inside this exact label. Many people file a fuller or shorter title and never appear here. Mean dollars per donor record are about $8,767. The 786 figure is matching text, not a census of chiefs of staff.

Where are the source filings?

FEC.gov is the source. LobbyVault indexes bulk itemizations onto the CHIEF OF STAFF occupation page. This packet covers $6,890,531, 14,901 lines, and 786 donors. Always match a surprising amount back to the committee’s report. Confirm surprising amounts on the committee report at FEC.gov. Occupation matching is exact-string only. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.