CHGO, IL

4,464 lines carrying $20,760,208

CHGO shows 4,464 itemizations behind $20,760,208. That mix is a thinner stack with a high average line relative to volume books that post similar dollars on 70,000-plus rows. The implied mean is about $4,651. Committee receipts that list a CHGO address still sit in the same column as individual rows.

CHGO is the four-letter abbreviation as stored, not a merge with CHICAGO. This extract is a short file: 4,464 lines against $20.8 million, a mean near $4,651. That mix is a high average line. Do not add this page to a CHICAGO hub. Keep CHGO in the citation. 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. Read $20,760,208 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of CHGO gave. The 4,464 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints CHGO together with CHICAGO (full spelling), Evanston, and Oak Park, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $20,760,208 on 4,464 CHGO, IL rows, mean near $4,651. Keep the stored spelling CHGO in the citation.

Why CHGO on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Chgo give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city CHGO, IL total $20,760,208 across 4,464 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. This extract is the stored string CHGO with state IL: 4,464 lines and $20,760,208. A spelled-out CHICAGO row is a different city key. Do not assume the two spellings are merged.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $20,760,208. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $4,651 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city CHGO, IL?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city CHGO, IL total $20,760,208 across 4,464 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in CHGO. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $4,651 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is CHGO the same as Chicago on FEC reports?

This extract is the stored string CHGO with state IL: 4,464 lines and $20,760,208. A spelled-out CHICAGO row is a different city key. Do not assume the two spellings are merged. LobbyVault counts 4,464 itemized contributions for CHGO, IL against $20,760,208. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 4,464 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the CHGO total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed CHGO with state IL. Office addresses and mail that list CHGO can be part of $20,760,208 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 4,464-line count follows the same rule.

Are CHGO numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $20,760,208 and 4,464 lines for CHGO, IL. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from IL are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.