PUBLISHER
Total Donated
$8,639,602
Contributions
27,621
Unique Donors
1,327
Donors who listed PUBLISHER as occupation account for $8,639,602 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 27,621 contributions from 1,327 donor records. Publisher here is the occupation string as typed on a contribution schedule, not a house-imprint census. In compact millions the occupation total is $8.6 million.
Key figures
- PUBLISHER occupation itemizations sum to $8,639,602 from 27,621 contributions and 1,327 donors.
- Mean amounts are about $313 per contribution and about $6,511 per donor record.
- The word is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified imprint roster.
- EDITOR and WRITER remain separate occupation keys unless the extract merged them.
$8.6 million on 27,621 publisher lines
$8,639,602, 27,621 itemizations, and 1,327 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $313. Mean dollars per donor record are about $6,511. Repeat giving is about 21 itemizations per donor record.
27,621 lines from 1,327 records is a mid-repeat publishing-title stack: more schedules than a one-and-done owner key, fewer than the highest-volume workplace titles. The $313 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume, not a typical advance redirected to politics.
The packet has no book-versus-magazine split, no employer field, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.
PUBLISHER is a job string, not an imprint
The FEC record does not verify that the donor owns a press, edits a list, or works at a named house. Magazine publishers, academic-press staff, self-described independent publishers, and people using the word loosely can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.
This page cites only $8,639,602, 27,621 contributions, and 1,327 donors. EDITOR, WRITER, and PRODUCER — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to PUBLISHER.
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Questions
- How much have publisher-occupation donors given in FEC data?
- The PUBLISHER occupation string is attached to $8,639,602 across 27,621 contributions and 1,327 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of publishing houses. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does PUBLISHER include magazine and book publishers?
- The string matches whatever donors typed. The FEC does not split book, magazine, academic, or digital publishing. This page covers PUBLISHER: $8,639,602, 27,621 contributions, and 1,327 donors. Check the occupations index for neighboring media strings. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
- What is the average publisher contribution?
- Dividing $8,639,602 by 27,621 itemizations yields about $313 per contribution. Dividing by 1,327 donors yields about $6,511 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 21 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does listing publisher prove the donor owns a press?
- No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify ownership, imprint, or employer. Quote 27,621 contributions and 1,327 donor records with the $8,639,602 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.