CONSULTING
Total Donated
$6,916,859
Contributions
22,017
Unique Donors
1,301
Donors who entered CONSULTING as occupation account for $6,916,859 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 22,017 contributions from 1,301 donor records. Consulting here is a one-word occupation string, stored separately from CONSULTANT if that longer key did not normalize here. In compact millions the occupation total is $6.9 million.
Key figures
- CONSULTING occupation itemizations sum to $6,916,859 from 22,017 contributions and 1,301 donors.
- Mean amounts are about $314 per contribution and about $5,317 per donor record.
- The gerund is stored separately from CONSULTANT unless the extract merged them.
- Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.
Gerund used as a job title, a $314 mean
$6,916,859, 22,017 itemizations, and 1,301 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $314. Mean dollars per donor record are about $5,317. Repeat giving is about 17 itemizations per donor record.
22,017 lines from 1,301 records is a mid-to-high volume one-word stack. The $314 per-line mean sits near ADVERTISING and MEDICAL DOCTOR in this extract. The packet has no management-versus-IT split, no firm-size field, and no median gift.
1,301 donor records on 22,017 lines is a mid-to-high volume gerund pool: about 17 itemizations per record. The $314 per-line mean sits near MEDICAL DOCTOR and ADVERTISING. The packet has no management-versus-IT split, no firm-size field, and no party flag, so $6,916,859 cannot be read as a consulting-firm census.
CONSULTING is not CONSULTANT
The FEC record does not verify that the donor bills clients. Independent contractors, firm partners, and retirees can all type CONSULTING. Best-efforts rules do not force a uniform consulting vocabulary.
This page cites only $6,916,859, 22,017 contributions, and 1,301 donors. CONSULTANT, MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, and ADVERTISING 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 consulting-occupation donors given in FEC data?
- The CONSULTING occupation string is attached to $6,916,859 across 22,017 contributions and 1,301 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of consultants. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does CONSULTING include CONSULTANT?
- Only if those donors typed CONSULTING. CONSULTANT is a separate key unless the extract merged them. This page covers CONSULTING: $6,916,859, 22,017 contributions, and 1,301 donors. 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 consulting-occupation contribution?
- Dividing $6,916,859 by 22,017 itemizations yields about $314 per contribution. Dividing by 1,301 donors yields about $5,317 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 17 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does listing consulting prove client-billable work?
- No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify billing. Quote 22,017 contributions and 1,301 donor records with the $6,916,859 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.