COUNSELOR

High volume under an ambiguous $5.0M label

$5,001,105 is the occupation-level dollar total. 48,327 is the itemization count. 1,013 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $103. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,937. Repeat giving is about 48 itemizations per donor record.

48,327 lines from 1,013 records is a high-repeat pattern. The per-line mean of about $103 is among the smaller means in this harvest band, so the contribution count is the number that explains how $5.0M accumulated. Those means are arithmetic, not medians.

The packet has no gift-size distribution, no school-versus-clinic flag, and no party split. COUNSELOR does not tell a reader whether the donor meant counseling, camp counseling, or legal counsel.

Counselor is not attorney and not therapist

THERAPIST, ATTORNEY, SCHOOL COUNSELOR, and GUIDANCE COUNSELOR — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to COUNSELOR. This page cites only $5,001,105, 48,327 contributions, and 1,013 donors.

FEC Form 3 and Form 3X collect occupation as free text on itemized Schedule A. FEC.gov publishes what committees reported. There is no counseling-license check. LobbyVault groups rows whose occupation field equals COUNSELOR after indexing.

Questions

How much have counselor donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list COUNSELOR sum to $5,001,105, or $5.0M, across 48,327 contributions and 1,013 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 COUNSELOR mean a therapist or a lawyer?

The FEC record does not say. COUNSELOR is one-word free text. Treat the 1,013 donor records as a count of matching text, not a license roster. The indexed sum remains $5,001,105. Cite the three packet facts with the exact occupation string. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts never enter this total.

Why are there so many counselor contributions?

48,327 itemizations from 1,013 donors implies about 48 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $103. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Where do I review individual counselor gifts?

The COUNSELOR occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. The occupation total is $5,001,105. Confirm surprising amounts on the committee report at FEC.gov. Occupation matching is exact-string only. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. Industry pages group employers, not this occupation string.