Member donations in the 2012 FEC cycle

Member as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation MEMBER and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $1,211,431, 361 contributions, and 177 donors. 2012 is a thin-donor status stamp: under two hundred donors carry a seven-figure cell. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2012 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Member is a one-word status-or-ownership stamp as typed. Nearby strings — LLC MEMBER, PARTNER, MANAGING MEMBER, and BOARD MEMBER — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,211,431 or $7,536,549. A one-word MEMBER stamp can mean a firm interest or a civic affiliation; the FEC field does not split those uses.

2012’s dollar share is 16.1% ($1,211,431 of $7,536,549). 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 $1,211,431.

The Member string across cycles

Under the exact label MEMBER, harvested individual contributions sum to $7.5 million ($7,536,549). The 2012 cell is 16.1% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify LLC membership, a partnership interest, or a board seat. 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.

Member is not a corporate-shareholder list and not a PAC membership roll. Open Member donations for the $7,536,549 roll. Open the 2012 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.

2012 receipts and donors

Inside the 2012 cell, 361 itemized contributions map to 177 donors. That is about 2.0 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 $3,356; dollars per donor average about $6,844. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2012. This packet does not split $1,211,431 by those stages or by party. The 2012 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Member row. 177 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2012, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,211,431 attached to 2012 and $7,536,549 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2012 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 $1,211,431 with both nouns: Member and 2012.

What the Member–2012 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Member is not a corporate-shareholder list and not a PAC membership roll. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.2 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 secretary-of-state entity file, not an LLC operating-agreement extract, and not a club roster. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 361 receipts and 177 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did member-coded filers donate in 2012?

Filers who wrote Member on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,211,431 in the 2012 cycle, across 361 receipts from 177 donors. That cell is 16.1% of $7,536,549 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Does Member mean an LLC member or a club member?

The stored string is MEMBER with no entity. LLC Member, Managing Member, Partner, and Board Member are other keys if filers spelled them out. This join does not recode those compounds into MEMBER or confirm an ownership interest. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Member in 2012 is $1,211,431 on 361 receipts from 177 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 $7.5 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2012. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.2 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2012 Member total include PACs or party committees?

$1,211,431 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 Member donations hub or the 2012 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.