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SCIENTIST

Total Donated

$26,806,625

Contributions

166,337

Unique Donors

4,567

Donors who listed SCIENTIST as occupation posted $26,806,625 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those receipts are 166,337 contributions from 4,567 donor records. The generic noun is stored apart from ENGINEER, PROFESSOR, and specialty titles. In compact form the occupation total is $26.8 million.

Key figures

  • SCIENTIST itemizations sum to $26,806,625 from 166,337 contributions and 4,567 donors.
  • Repeat giving is about 36 lines per donor record; mean gift size is about $161.
  • ENGINEER and PROFESSOR are separate FEC occupation buckets.
  • The generic noun is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a lab or Ph.D. roster.

High repeat giving under $26.8 million

Mean contribution size is about $161. Mean dollars per donor record is about $5,870. Repeat giving is about 36 itemizations per donor record—well above many executive titles with similar headline dollars.

The shape is frequent small itemizations from a mid-size donor pool. A citation that quotes only $26,806,625 hides 166,337 lines. Quote the contribution count with the dollars.

These means are arithmetic. The packet has no median and no discipline split.

Scientist is not engineer and not a lab roster

ENGINEER, PROFESSOR, and field-specific titles (chemist, physicist, if present as separate keys) are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to SCIENTIST. This page cites only $26,806,625, 166,337 contributions, and 4,567 donors.

The FEC record does not verify a doctorate, a lab job, or federal employment. Retirees and people using the noun loosely can appear.

Full analysis: What SCIENTIST donors give in federal races →

Questions

How much have SCIENTIST donors given in FEC records?
Itemizations that list SCIENTIST sum to $26,806,625 across 166,337 contributions and 4,567 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a Ph.D. or lab-employment census. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Is ENGINEER included in the SCIENTIST total?
No. ENGINEER and PROFESSOR are separate occupation strings unless the extract normalized them to SCIENTIST. This page covers SCIENTIST: $26,806,625, 166,337 contributions, and 4,567 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.
Why are there so many SCIENTIST contributions?
166,337 is a transaction count. Repeat giving is about 36 itemizations per donor record among 4,567 donors. Committees itemize each gift that meets the reporting threshold. The dollar total remains $26,806,625. The packet has no median. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing SCIENTIST prove a research job?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify employment or a doctorate. Quote 166,337 contributions and 4,567 donor records with the dollars. 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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