How much did Author-tagged donors give in 2014?

The join records $1,009,950 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Author in the 2014 FEC cycle, from 268 contributions and 126 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $19,237,050, so 2014 is 5.3% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every author who donated in 2014?

No. The 126 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to AUTHOR in 2014. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,009,950 on 268 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Author occupation money is the 2014 cycle?

5.3%: $1,009,950 of $19,237,050. The remaining $18,227,100 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,009,950 divided by $19,237,050, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.

Where are the live Author and 2014 tables?

Author donations carries the $19,237,050 occupation total. The 2014 election cycle hub places Author beside other occupation strings that year. All occupations and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the Author × 2014 intersection only.

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Author political money in the 2014 election cycle

$1,009,950 in itemized individual contributions is the FEC.gov join between the occupation AUTHOR and the 2014 election cycle. That cell covers 268 contributions from 126 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $19,237,050, so 2014 is 5.3% of the labeled roll. This page is the occupation-and-cycle match, not a publishers’ association PAC, an ISBN file, or a bestseller list.

Key figures

$1,009,950 tagged Author in the 2014 FEC cycle.
268 contributions from 126 donors; about $3,768 per contribution.
2014 is 5.3% of the occupation’s $19,237,050 all-cycle total.
Occupation string, not a license census, firm PAC, or USAspending award file.
Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by occupation and cycle.

Author as occupation, 2014 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation AUTHOR and election cycle 2014. Matching rows sum to $1,009,950, 268 contributions, and 126 donors. Author is a creative occupation string on itemized receipts. FEC.gov does not verify published books. The occupation hub is $19,237,050 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2014 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2014’s dollar share is 5.3% ($1,009,950 of $19,237,050). The remainder, $18,227,100, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. A little over a hundred donor keys and a few hundred lines is a mid-scale literary-title cell, not a one-person stack. Correlation between a job title and a two-year FEC window is a reporting overlap, not causation of an election outcome. Itemized individual receipts are the coverage. Unitemized money never appears in $1,009,950.

The Author string across every cycle on file

$19,237,050 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2014. Writer, Journalist, and Novelist are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $19,237,050 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Author donations for the $19,237,050 roll. Open the 2014 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures.

126 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,009,950 by 268 contributions yields about $3,768 per gift. Dividing by 126 donors yields about $8,015 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.1 (268 ÷ 126). Those ratios describe this string in 2014, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

126 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2014. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 126 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2014 receipts beside this cell.

What 5.2% of Author dollars is not

A 5.3% share of Author-coded dollars from 2014 does not mean the occupation caused those gifts, and it does not mean people with that title funded a policy outcome. Occupation and cycle are reported together. The overlap is descriptive. Independent expenditures, committee-to-committee transfers, and unitemized gifts are out of scope.

Federal awards on USAspending.gov are a different ledger. This join does not claim that 2014 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $1,009,950 as itemized individual receipts tagged AUTHOR in 2014, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Author × 2014

A complete claim names Author and 2014, then $1,009,950, 268 contributions, 126 donors, and 5.3% of $19,237,050, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 126 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Author and 2014—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $3,768 and mean per donor $8,015 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, cycle hub, and Writer as a sibling key

The occupation hub still holds $18,227,100 outside 2014. Most of the $19,237,050 roll is not this cycle’s cell. This page isolates the overlap for readers who need both the title and the year, not either hub restated. Writer, Journalist, and Novelist are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of AUTHOR on this page. Gifts per donor in 2014 average about 2.1. That ratio is 268 divided by 126, not a measure of turnout.

Repeat the four numbers together: $1,009,950 in the 2014 cycle, 268 contributions, 126 donors, and 5.3% of $19,237,050. That sentence is the join. It is not a license census and not a federal award total.

Questions

How much did Author-tagged donors give in 2014?: The join records $1,009,950 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Author in the 2014 FEC cycle, from 268 contributions and 126 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $19,237,050, so 2014 is 5.3% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.
Does this count every author who donated in 2014?: No. The 126 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to AUTHOR in 2014. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,009,950 on 268 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.
What share of Author occupation money is the 2014 cycle?: 5.3%: $1,009,950 of $19,237,050. The remaining $18,227,100 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,009,950 divided by $19,237,050, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.
Where are the live Author and 2014 tables?: Author donations carries the $19,237,050 occupation total. The 2014 election cycle hub places Author beside other occupation strings that year. All occupations and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the Author × 2014 intersection only.

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