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PASTOR

Total Donated

$4,832,587

Contributions

31,656

Unique Donors

1,315

Donors who listed PASTOR as occupation account for $4.8M in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov bulk files. The exact occupation total is $4,832,587 on 31,656 contribution lines tied to 1,315 donor records. PASTOR is a clergy title, not MINISTER, PRIEST, or CLERGY. Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X.

Key figures

  • PASTOR itemizations sum to $4,832,587 ($4.8M) from 31,656 contributions and 1,315 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $153 per contribution and about $3,675 per donor record.
  • MINISTER and PRIEST are separate occupation keys unless normalized here.
  • Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X, not an ordination roster.

A clergy title under $4.8M

$4,832,587 is the occupation-level dollar total. 31,656 is the itemization count. 1,315 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $153. Mean dollars per donor record are about $3,675. Repeat giving is about 24 itemizations per donor record.

31,656 lines from 1,315 records is a high-frequency pattern. The per-line mean of about $153 is modest: dollars accumulated in many schedules. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution, no denomination field, and no party split.

1,315 donor records is a wide pool for a one-word clergy title. Quote all three facts so $4.8M is not read as a handful of large gifts or as a mass of tiny ones.

Pastor is not minister and not priest

MINISTER, PRIEST, CLERGY, and REVEREND — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to PASTOR. This page cites only $4,832,587, 31,656 contributions, and 1,315 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 denominational credential check. LobbyVault groups rows whose occupation field equals PASTOR after indexing.

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Questions

How much have pastor donors given in FEC records?
Itemizations that list PASTOR sum to $4,832,587, or $4.8M, across 31,656 contributions and 1,315 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.
Are ministers included in the PASTOR total?
Only if they typed PASTOR. MINISTER is a separate occupation string unless the bulk extract normalized it here. This page covers PASTOR: $4,832,587, 31,656 contributions, and 1,315 donors. Occupation is donor-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data.
Does listing PASTOR prove an ordained role?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify ordination or a denominational credential. Quote 31,656 contributions and 1,315 donor records with the dollars. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Where do I review individual pastor gifts?
The PASTOR occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. The occupation total is $4,832,587. 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.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.