How much did Researcher-labeled donors give in 2010?

The Researcher grouping’s 2010 cell is $193,680 in itemized individual contributions, from 317 contributions and 157 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $13,109,440 all-cycle occupation total.

Are these academic researchers only?

Not necessarily. RESEARCHER is the occupation string as typed. FEC aggregates do not encode employer or discipline. The 2010 cycle filter on Researcher is $193,680, 317 contributions, and 157 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $13,109,440. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

What share of Researcher FEC money fell in 2010?

About 1.5%. $193,680 divided by $13,109,440 is the 2010 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about 98.5% ($12,915,760) on the occupation hub. See the Researcher occupation hub for other cycles and the 2010 cycle hub for other strings.

Does Researcher 2010 money fund federal awards?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. $193,680 is itemized receipts tagged RESEARCHER in 2010, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

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Researcher political money — 2010 cycle

In the 2010 FEC cycle, filers listing occupation RESEARCHER itemized $193,680 in individual contributions. The cycle filter holds 317 contributions and 157 donors. The Researcher occupation total across cycles is $13,109,440 ($13.1 million). 2010 is a thin slice of Researcher occupation dollars: 1.5% ($193,680 of $13,109,440). The occupation hub is much larger than this one cycle. This page is an occupation-and-cycle join, not a restatement of one hub.

Key figures

$193,680 joins the Researcher occupation string to the 2010 FEC cycle.
317 contributions from 157 donors produced that cell.
2010 is about 1.5% of the occupation’s $13,109,440 lifetime total.
RESEARCHER is a filer-entered title, not an NSF researcher census.
FEC itemized receipts are not USAspending awards.

The Researcher × 2010 intersection

Two keys define this page. One is the occupation string RESEARCHER. The other is the 2010 federal election cycle. The match is $193,680, built from 317 contributions and 157 unique donors. Drop either key and the number changes. 2010 is a midterm FEC window. 317 contributions from 157 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter.

The join is a filter pair, not a causal story. RESEARCHER is a one-word title spanning academic, market, and policy research. Research scientist and research associate remain other keys. The join does not assign field, employer, or that the filer still researched in the cycle. University, think-tank, and industry researchers can share this label. LobbyVault does not recode SCIENTIST or ANALYST into RESEARCHER. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and committee-to-committee transfers are outside $193,680. FEC individual receipts are not USAspending.gov awards; this page does not treat campaign gifts as federal spending.

The Researcher occupation hub behind $13,109,440

Researcher donations is the occupation hub: $13,109,440 ($13.1 million) across cycles from filers who typed RESEARCHER. Sibling strings (RESEARCH SCIENTIST, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, and SCIENTIST) are not merged here. The occupation total is not an NSF researcher census, a lab-privilege file, or a merge with SCIENTIST.

2010’s $193,680 sits inside $13,109,440. Because 1.5% is the cycle’s share of occupation dollars, the leftover outside 2010 is $12,915,760 (98.5%). Open the occupation hub for the all-cycle table. This tie keeps 2010 as the second dimension.

2010 as the cycle side of the Researcher join

The 2010 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only Researcher. $193,680 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2010. A midterm FEC window. It is not a 2008 presidential window and not a 2012 presidential cycle.

317 contributions from 157 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. About 2.0 itemized rows per donor is a filing ratio. Mean per receipt about $611; mean per donor about $1,234. Those means are arithmetic on the 2010 cell only. The packet has no median, no party split, and no employer table. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $193,680.

Caveats on RESEARCHER in 2010

Matching Researcher with 2010 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Researcher donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not an NSF researcher census, a lab-privilege file, or a merge with SCIENTIST.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. RESEARCHER is a one-word title spanning academic, market, and policy research. Research scientist and research associate remain other keys. The join does not assign field, employer, or that the filer still researched in the cycle. Campaign gifts and federal awards remain separate public records. This page does not claim that $193,680 funded USAspending obligations.

Linked Researcher and 2010 tables

Researcher donations holds the $13,109,440 occupation total. The 2010 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Researcher. All occupations places RESEARCHER beside other titles without merging sibling strings (RESEARCH SCIENTIST, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, and SCIENTIST). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $193,680 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Researcher dollars ($13,109,440). Use the 2010 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $193,680, 317 contributions, 157 donors, 1.5% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use.

How $193,680 sits under $13,109,440

Subtract $193,680 from $13,109,440 and the residual is $12,915,760 in other even-year cycles for the same occupation string, not a different title. 1.5% in 2010 leaves 98.5% of Researcher dollars outside this page.

Do not treat the residual as a named year. This packet only publishes 2010 as the cycle dimension. The occupation hub is the place for the full $13,109,440 series.

Questions

How much did Researcher-labeled donors give in 2010?: The Researcher grouping’s 2010 cell is $193,680 in itemized individual contributions, from 317 contributions and 157 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $13,109,440 all-cycle occupation total.
Are these academic researchers only?: Not necessarily. RESEARCHER is the occupation string as typed. FEC aggregates do not encode employer or discipline. The 2010 cycle filter on Researcher is $193,680, 317 contributions, and 157 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $13,109,440. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.
What share of Researcher FEC money fell in 2010?: About 1.5%. $193,680 divided by $13,109,440 is the 2010 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about 98.5% ($12,915,760) on the occupation hub. See the Researcher occupation hub for other cycles and the 2010 cycle hub for other strings.
Does Researcher 2010 money fund federal awards?: No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. $193,680 is itemized receipts tagged RESEARCHER in 2010, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

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