Philanthropist occupation money in the 2008 cycle

Philanthropist as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation PHILANTHROPIST and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,150,347, 427 contributions, and 191 donors. PHILANTHROPIST in 2008 is a self-description on itemized receipts. FEC.gov does not verify grantmaking or endowment size. The occupation hub is $36,654,588 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2008 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2008’s dollar share is 3.1% ($1,150,347 of $36,654,588). The remainder, $35,504,241, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Under two hundred donor keys carrying more than a million dollars is a concentrated title cell inside a large all-cycle roll. 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 $1,150,347.

A large all-cycle roll, a smaller 2008 chapter

$36,654,588 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Investor, Retired, and Foundation are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $36,654,588 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Philanthropist donations for the $36,654,588 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.

191 donors and a high mean gift

Dividing $1,150,347 by 427 contributions yields about $2,694 per gift. Dividing by 191 donors yields about $6,023 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.2 (427 ÷ 191). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

191 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2008. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 191 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. A small share of a large occupation total is still a seven-figure cycle cell. Do not treat the share as a decline narrative.

What a 2008 Philanthropist share is not

A 3.1% share of Philanthropist-coded dollars from 2008 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 2008 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $1,150,347 as itemized individual receipts tagged PHILANTHROPIST in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Philanthropist × 2008

A complete claim names Philanthropist and 2008, then $1,150,347, 427 contributions, 191 donors, and 3.1% of $36,654,588, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 191 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Philanthropist and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $2,694 and mean per donor $6,023 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Investor as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $35,504,241 outside 2008. Most of the $36,654,588 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. Investor, Retired, and Foundation are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of PHILANTHROPIST on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.2. That ratio is 427 divided by 191, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Philanthropist-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $1,150,347 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Philanthropist in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 427 contributions and 191 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $36,654,588, so 2008 is 3.1% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every philanthropist who donated in 2008?

No. The 191 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to PHILANTHROPIST in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,150,347 on 427 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Philanthropist occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

3.1%: $1,150,347 of $36,654,588. The remaining $35,504,241 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,150,347 divided by $36,654,588, 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 Philanthropist and 2008 tables?

Philanthropist donations carries the $36,654,588 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Philanthropist 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 Philanthropist × 2008 intersection only.