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REAL ESTATE

Total Donated

$103,921,024

Contributions

212,697

Unique Donors

16,879

Contributors who listed REAL ESTATE as occupation account for $103,921,024 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those dollars arrived in 212,697 contributions from 16,879 donor records. REAL ESTATE here is occupation text. It is not a NAICS industry total and it is not merged with REALTOR or REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. In compact form that dollar total is $103.9 million in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data.

Key figures

  • REAL ESTATE occupation itemizations sum to $103,921,024 from 212,697 contributions and 16,879 donors.
  • REALTOR and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER are separate occupation keys.
  • This is an occupation-string total, not a NAICS industry total.
  • Mean amounts are about $489 per contribution and about $6,157 per donor record.

Three related labels, three keys

Donors describe property work in different words. REAL ESTATE is this page: $103,921,024, 212,697 contributions, 16,879 donors. REALTOR and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER are other pages with other facts. A broker who wrote REALTOR is not in this sum. A developer who wrote the longer title is not in this sum.

Mean line size on REAL ESTATE is about $489 per contribution. Mean dollars per donor record are about $6,157. About 13 contributions per donor is the repeat rate. Those means describe this string only.

Investors in property who wrote INVESTOR land on the INVESTOR page. Occupation is the word filed, not a sector assignment.

Occupation versus industry views

LobbyVault industry pages group employer-side categories. A person can list REAL ESTATE as occupation and an unrelated employer, or list a brokerage as employer and OWNER as occupation. Adding occupation and industry dollars double-counts overlapping rows.

Use one filter at a time unless you are tracing a single itemization. The occupations index is the place to see REAL ESTATE next to REALTOR and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER without merging them.

Full analysis: REAL ESTATE as an occupation string, not an industry code →

Questions

How much have REAL ESTATE occupation donors given?
Occupation REAL ESTATE is attached to $103,921,024 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 212,697 contributions and 16,879 donor records. REALTOR and REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER are separate strings. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
Is this the same as real-estate industry giving?
No. This page filters the occupation column. Industry pages filter employer categories. The two cuts are not interchangeable and should not be added. The matching contribution count is 212,697 and the matching donor-record count is 16,879. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.
Are realtors included in REAL ESTATE?
Only if the occupation text normalized to REAL ESTATE. Donors who wrote REALTOR are on the REALTOR page. This total does not merge those keys. The matching contribution count is 212,697 and the matching donor-record count is 16,879. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.
What is the average REAL ESTATE contribution?
$103,921,024 divided by 212,697 itemizations is about $489 per contribution. Divided by 16,879 donors, the mean is about $6,157 per donor record. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

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

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