STANFORD, CA

What $46,473,517 on the Stanford city field covers

$46,473,517 divided by 36,513 is about $1,273 per itemized line. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median, a unique-donor count, or a party split on this city aggregate. LobbyVault reports $46,473,517 and 36,513.

STANFORD is a census-designated place name that filers type as a city. Size of the campus community is not in this packet. The 36,513-line count is a contribution-line total. It is not a headcount of Stanford residents. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string.

A Stanford total of $46,473,517 does not absorb Palo Alto, Menlo Park, or Mountain View. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State CA stays on the citation so STANFORD, CA is not merged with Stanford, Kentucky. The 36,513 lines and the mean near $1,273 describe this key only.

Stanford is a contributor city, not a Palo Alto recode

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Stanford against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household that still typed STANFORD can sit inside $46,473,517 even if the postal service maps the street to Palo Alto.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $46,473,517 and 36,513. If the live Stanford hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Questions

What is Stanford’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city STANFORD, CA total $46,473,517 across 36,513 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Stanford residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Stanford’s 36,513 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 36,513 itemized lines for STANFORD, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $46,473,517.

Does Stanford’s total include Palo Alto or Menlo Park?

Only if the filer typed STANFORD. Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Mountain View are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $46,473,517 is the STANFORD, CA match. The 36,513 lines follow the same rule. Campus-to-city recodes are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Stanford facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $46,473,517 and 36,513 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. California non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $1,273 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.