PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Total Donated
$5,202,127
Contributions
36,298
Unique Donors
1,361
Donors who listed PHYSICAL THERAPIST as occupation account for $5.2M in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov bulk files. The exact occupation total is $5,202,127 on 36,298 contribution lines tied to 1,361 donor records. PHYSICAL THERAPIST is a two-word clinical title, not PT or OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST. Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X.
Key figures
- PHYSICAL THERAPIST itemizations sum to $5,202,127 ($5.2M) from 36,298 contributions and 1,361 donors.
- Mean amounts are about $143 per contribution and about $3,822 per donor record.
- PT and OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST are separate occupation keys unless normalized here.
- Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X, not a licensing-board roster.
Thirty-six thousand clinical lines under $5.2M
$5,202,127 is the occupation-level dollar total. 36,298 is the itemization count. 1,361 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $143. Mean dollars per donor record are about $3,822. Repeat giving is about 27 itemizations per donor record.
36,298 lines from 1,361 records is a high-frequency clinical pattern. The per-line mean of about $143 sits with other therapy and nursing-adjacent strings in this harvest band. The contribution count, not a handful of large gifts, is what explains how $5.2M accumulated.
Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The packet has no license field, no outpatient-versus-hospital split, and no gift-size distribution. This guide cites only the three harvested facts and the trivial ratios computed from them.
Physical therapist is not PT and not occupational therapist
PT, DPT, and OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to PHYSICAL THERAPIST. This page cites only $5,202,127, 36,298 contributions, and 1,361 donors.
The FEC does not verify a state PT license or an APTA membership. Retired therapists, assistants who typed PHYSICAL THERAPIST, and people using the phrase loosely can all appear. Cross-walking this page to a licensing-board list would overstate or understate the overlap. Occupation is published as reported on FEC.gov.
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Questions
- How much have physical therapist donors given in FEC records?
- Itemizations that list PHYSICAL THERAPIST sum to $5,202,127, or $5.2M, across 36,298 contributions and 1,361 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a count of licensed PTs. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Are occupational therapists included?
- No. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST is a separate occupation string. This page covers PHYSICAL THERAPIST only: $5,202,127, 36,298 contributions, and 1,361 donors. Mixing them would invent a combined therapy total the packet does not contain. Occupation is donor-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data.
- Does the FEC confirm a PT license?
- No. Occupation is self-reported. A clinical title on Schedule A is not a license check. Treat the 1,361 donor records as a count of matching text, not a board roster. The indexed sum remains $5,202,127. Cite the three packet facts with the exact occupation string. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.
- Where do I review individual physical therapist gifts?
- The PHYSICAL THERAPIST occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. The occupation total is $5,202,127. 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.