How much did Architect donors give in 2012?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation ARCHITECT in the 2012 cycle total $2,696,482, from 3,189 contributions and 1,401 donors. Nationwide across cycles, Architect-coded receipts are $31,910,255. 2012 is 8.5% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.

Is Architect 2012 money a PAC total?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,696,482 or in the $31,910,255 occupation figure used here. Individual itemized gifts tagged ARCHITECT are not an association PAC total. The 2012 join is $2,696,482 from 3,189 contributions and 1,401 donors.

Is this the AIA’s political spending?

No. Individual itemized gifts tagged ARCHITECT are not an association PAC total. The 2012 cycle filter on Architect is $2,696,482, 3,189 contributions, and 1,401 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $31,910,255. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

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Architect political contributions in the 2012 FEC cycle

FEC.gov records $2,696,482 in itemized individual contributions from donors who listed ARCHITECT in the 2012 cycle. 3,189 contributions from 1,401 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. All-cycle Architect dollars are $31,910,255. 2012 holds 8.5% of that occupation total. This page explains the join, not a motive.

Key figures

Architect-coded donors account for $2,696,482, 3,189 contributions, and 1,401 donors in the 2012 FEC cycle.
The Architect occupation total across cycles is $31,910,255.
2012 holds 8.5% of those Architect occupation dollars.
These figures are itemized individual receipts from FEC.gov, not PAC independent expenditures.
Occupation ARCHITECT is filer-entered and is not merged with ARCHITECTURE.

$2,696,482 as the Architect–2012 headline

Architect in 2012 is $2,696,482 on 3,189 itemized lines from 1,401 people in the unique-donor roll-up. 2012 accounts for 8.5% of the Architect occupation total ($2,696,482 of $31,910,255). Most Architect-coded dollars sit in other FEC cycles. FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates, grouped by self-reported occupation and election cycle, are the source.

3,189 contributions from 1,401 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. Unique-donor count collapses multiple gifts by the same person inside this occupation-cycle pair. It does not verify that those 1,401 people still used that title after 2012.

This page is not a restatement of the Architect hub or of the 2012 cycle hub. The occupation hub is every cycle. The cycle hub is every occupation. The tie is the intersection: $2,696,482.

Architect across cycles versus this 2012 slice

Filers who typed architect produced the all-cycle occupation total of $31,910,255. ARCHITECT is a job-title string. Landscape architect, intern architect, or architecture firm owner, if typed that way, are other buckets. The page does not map donors to state architecture boards. The occupation is not an AIA membership count, a firm PAC, or a licensed-architect census.

Architect itemization inside the 2012 FEC window

The 2012 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only Architect. $2,696,482 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2012. It is not a 2010 or 2014 midterm-year filter.

3,189 contributions from 1,401 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. The page does not publish an average gift. $2,696,482, 3,189, and 1,401 are the three cycle-side facts. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $2,696,482. Committee disbursements and independent expenditures are a different FEC schedule and are not a second way to count $2,696,482. Three numbers define the Architect × 2012 cell: dollars $2,696,482, contribution rows 3,189, unique donors 1,401. Share of occupation dollars is 8.5% of $31,910,255.

Occupation plus cycle is not causation

Matching Architect with 2012 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Architect donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not an AIA membership count, a firm PAC, or a licensed-architect census.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. ARCHITECT is a job-title string. Landscape architect, intern architect, or architecture firm owner, if typed that way, are other buckets. The page does not map donors to state architecture boards. This join does not publish a party split, a recipient-committee list, or employer text. If a reader only needs the occupation, the Architect donations hub is $31,910,255; the 2012 election cycle hub is the even-year inventory across titles. Do not add those hubs together.

Linked Architect and 2012 pages

Architect donations holds the $31,910,255 occupation total. The 2012 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Architect. All occupations places ARCHITECT beside other titles without merging sibling strings (ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER, and ENGINEER). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $2,696,482 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Architect dollars ($31,910,255). Use the 2012 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $2,696,482, 3,189 contributions, 1,401 donors, 8.5% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use: Architect donations, the 2012 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties. Keep ARCHITECT as the occupation key and 2012 as the cycle key when joining files. FEC.gov remains the controlling source if a later extract disagrees with $2,696,482.

ARCHITECT spelling and 2012

The occupation key is ARCHITECT as stored. Nearby spellings (ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER, and ENGINEER) are not recoded into this join. 2012 is the cycle key. Those two keys yield $2,696,482.

If a later FEC extract restates itemized receipts, the Commission filing controls. This snapshot is the occupation-cycle pair Architect × 2012: 3,189 contributions, 1,401 donors, $2,696,482. Sibling strings (ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER, and ENGINEER) remain outside $2,696,482. Independent expenditures remain outside $2,696,482.

Questions

How much did Architect donors give in 2012?: FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation ARCHITECT in the 2012 cycle total $2,696,482, from 3,189 contributions and 1,401 donors. Nationwide across cycles, Architect-coded receipts are $31,910,255. 2012 is 8.5% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.
Is Architect 2012 money a PAC total?: No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,696,482 or in the $31,910,255 occupation figure used here. Individual itemized gifts tagged ARCHITECT are not an association PAC total. The 2012 join is $2,696,482 from 3,189 contributions and 1,401 donors.
Is this the AIA’s political spending?: No. Individual itemized gifts tagged ARCHITECT are not an association PAC total. The 2012 cycle filter on Architect is $2,696,482, 3,189 contributions, and 1,401 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $31,910,255. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.
Why 3,189 Architect contributions and 1,401 donors in 2012?: The 2012 join includes 3,189 itemized contributions from 1,401 donors totaling $2,696,482. 3,189 contributions from 1,401 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. The page does not name donors or split rows by committee. Unique-donor count is not a census of the occupation.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and election cycle. Occupation labels are filer-entered.