Philanthropist donations in the 2012 FEC cycle

Philanthropist as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation PHILANTHROPIST and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $1,303,626, 343 contributions, and 163 donors. 2012 concentrates a seven-figure cell into a few hundred receipts and under two hundred donors. 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.

Philanthropist is a status-or-occupation stamp as typed. Nearby strings — PHILANTHROPY, FOUNDATION PRESIDENT, DONOR, and RETIRED — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,303,626 or $36,654,588. A small donor count can still carry a large dollar cell; that is a concentration statistic, not a named-foundation list.

2012’s dollar share is 3.6% ($1,303,626 of $36,654,588). 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 $1,303,626.

The Philanthropist string across cycles

Under the exact label PHILANTHROPIST, harvested individual contributions sum to $36.7 million ($36,654,588). The 2012 cell is 3.6% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify a private-foundation filing or a grant-making entity. 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.

Philanthropist is not a Giving Pledge roster and not proof of a 501(c)(3) gift. Open Philanthropist donations for the $36,654,588 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, 343 itemized contributions map to 163 donors. That is about 2.1 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 $3,801; dollars per donor average about $7,998. 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 $1,303,626 by those stages or by party. The 2012 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Philanthropist row. 163 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2012, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,303,626 attached to 2012 and $36,654,588 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 $1,303,626 with both nouns: Philanthropist and 2012.

What the Philanthropist–2012 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Philanthropist is not a Giving Pledge roster and not proof of a 501(c)(3) gift. 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 990 officer extract, not a foundation directory, and not a charity-registry census. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 343 receipts and 163 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did philanthropists donate in 2012?

Filers who wrote Philanthropist on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,303,626 in the 2012 cycle, across 343 receipts from 163 donors. That cell is 3.6% of $36,654,588 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Does Philanthropist mean a foundation officer?

The stored string is PHILANTHROPIST. Some filers use it as a primary occupation and some as a status. Foundation President and Philanthropy are other keys if used. This page does not confirm a Form 990 officer seat or a named foundation.

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 $36.7 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2012. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.3 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2012 Philanthropist total include PACs or party committees?

$1,303,626 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 Philanthropist donations hub or the 2012 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.