Investment Advisor donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Investment Advisor as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation INVESTMENT ADVISOR and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,308,461, 922 contributions, and 480 donors. 2008 is an -OR spelling advice-title cell, not a Form ADV roster. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2008 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Investment Advisor is a advice title as typed, including the -OR spelling. Nearby strings — INVESTMENT ADVISER, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WEALTH MANAGER, and RIA — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,308,461 or $17,194,878. Advisor versus Adviser is a spelling split the FEC field keeps if filers used both.

2008’s dollar share is 7.6% ($1,308,461 of $17,194,878). The remainder sits in other cycles on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. 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 $1,308,461.

The Investment Advisor string across cycles

Under the exact label INVESTMENT ADVISOR, harvested individual contributions sum to $17.2 million ($17,194,878). The 2008 cell is 7.6% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify Series 7, an RIA registration, or a CFP mark. A share in a presidential cycle is a slice, not proof that the remaining dollars sat in any particular other year. Those other years are not in this packet.

Investment Advisor is not an AUM ranking and not a broker-dealer census. Open Investment Advisor donations for the $17,194,878 roll. Open the 2008 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.

2008 receipts and donors

Inside the 2008 cell, 922 itemized contributions map to 480 donors. That is about 1.9 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $1,419; dollars per donor average about $2,726. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2008. This packet does not split $1,308,461 by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Investment Advisor row. 480 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,308,461 attached to 2008 and $17,194,878 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award, a research grant, or a USAspending obligation. Quote $1,308,461 with both nouns: Investment Advisor and 2008.

What the Investment Advisor–2008 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Investment Advisor is not an AUM ranking and not a broker-dealer census. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.3 million. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

No motive, no vote, no ranking of occupations. Not a Form ADV roster, not a CFP-board extract, and not a BrokerCheck dump. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 922 receipts and 480 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did investment advisors donate in 2008?

Filers who wrote Investment Advisor on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,308,461 in the 2008 cycle, across 922 receipts from 480 donors. That cell is 7.6% of $17,194,878 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Are these SEC-registered investment advisers?

Occupation is the string INVESTMENT ADVISOR, including the -OR spelling. The FEC file does not check Form ADV or a Series license. Investment Adviser with an E, Financial Advisor, and Wealth Manager are other keys if stored that way. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Investment Advisor in 2008 is $1,308,461 on 922 receipts from 480 donors.

What is an occupation-cycle join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of one self-reported occupation key and one even-numbered FEC cycle. The occupation hub holds $17.2 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2008. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.3 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2008 Investment Advisor total include PACs or party committees?

$1,308,461 is an aggregate of individual contributions whose occupation field matches this string. It is not PAC independent spending, not committee-to-committee transfers, and not a party split. This packet has no party field. Open the Investment Advisor donations hub or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.