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ENTREPRENEUR

Total Donated

$39,863,198

Contributions

76,659

Unique Donors

4,799

Donors who typed ENTREPRENEUR on federal itemizations account for $39,863,198 in receipts indexed from FEC.gov bulk files. That total sits on 76,659 contributions tied to 4,799 donor records. The word describes a self-image more than a licensed trade: it is occupation text on Form 3 and Form 3X schedules, stored apart from FOUNDER, OWNER, and BUSINESS OWNER. In compact form the occupation total is $39.9 million.

Key figures

  • ENTREPRENEUR itemizations sum to $39,863,198 from 76,659 contributions and 4,799 donors.
  • FOUNDER and OWNER are separate FEC occupation buckets.
  • Mean amounts are about $520 per contribution and about $8,307 per donor record.
  • The word is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified founder registry.

Volume under a $39.9 million headline

$39,863,198, 76,659 itemizations, and 4,799 donor records are the three occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $520. Mean dollars per donor record is about $8,307. Repeat giving is about 16 contributions per donor record.

The per-line mean sits above high-volume trades such as accountant-style labels and below concentrated dual-executive keys. The packet has no median, so a few large itemizations can still dominate the average.

4,799 donor records used this word on at least one matching line. That is not a count of people who founded companies, and it is not a Small Business Administration roster.

Entrepreneur is not founder and not owner

FOUNDER, OWNER, BUSINESS OWNER, and SELF-EMPLOYED are neighboring occupation strings with their own pages. A donor who prefers ENTREPRENEUR lands here even if the same person might have typed FOUNDER on another form. Combining those keys without naming each source total mixes buckets the FEC file kept apart.

This guide cites only $39,863,198, 76,659 contributions, and 4,799 donors. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary of business titles.

Full analysis: What ENTREPRENEUR donors give in federal races →

Questions

How much have ENTREPRENEUR donors given in FEC records?
Itemizations that list ENTREPRENEUR sum to $39,863,198 across 76,659 contributions and 4,799 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a census of company founders. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Is FOUNDER included in the ENTREPRENEUR total?
No. FOUNDER, OWNER, and BUSINESS OWNER are separate occupation strings. This page covers ENTREPRENEUR only: $39,863,198, 76,659 contributions, and 4,799 donors. Name each key if you add them. 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 ENTREPRENEUR contribution?
Dividing $39,863,198 by 76,659 itemizations yields about $520 per contribution. Dividing by 4,799 donors yields about $8,307 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 ENTREPRENEUR encode the donor’s industry?
No. Occupation is a contributor-title field. Industry pages group employer categories and are a different cut. Cite 76,659 contributions and 4,799 donor records with the $39,863,198 headline when quoting this string. 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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