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EVANSTON, IL

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city EVANSTON, IL sum to $57,567,344 across 164,549 contributions. Evanston sits north of Chicago as its own city string, with more lines than Winnetka on similar dollars. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census and not a campus headcount. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • Evanston’s federal itemized city book is $57,567,344 across 164,549 contributions.
  • Cite contributor city, dollars, and line count together.
  • Chicago is a separate city string, not inside this total.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Evanston beside Chicago, not inside Chicago

Divide $57,567,344 by 164,549 and the average itemized line is about $350. Winnetka, on nearby dollars, carries fewer lines. Evanston is the thicker of those two North Shore-adjacent books.

Chicago, Winnetka, and Lake Bluff are other Illinois city hubs on this extract. Skokie and Wilmette are other strings. They are not inside $57,567,344 unless the filer typed EVANSTON.

Office addresses can share the Evanston city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 164,549 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Not a Chicago subtotal and not a campus roll-up

FEC.gov stored a city string, not an employer. Recoding Evanston into a campus map would be a different product. Adding Evanston to Chicago is also a recode this packet does not publish.

Keep EVANSTON, IL as the citation. Recheck $57,567,344 and 164,549 on the live hub after a later extract.

Full analysis: EVANSTON, IL: $57.6M on 164,549 FEC receipts

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Evanston federal contributions?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city EVANSTON, IL total $57,567,344 across 164,549 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Evanston residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
Is 164,549 the number of Evanston donors?
No. LobbyVault counts 164,549 itemized contribution lines for EVANSTON, IL. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding people. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $57,567,344. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 164,549 should not be quoted as an Evanston population of donors.
Does Evanston’s total include Chicago or Winnetka?
No, unless the filer typed EVANSTON. Chicago and Winnetka are separate city hubs. $57,567,344 is the EVANSTON, IL match. The 164,549 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this page. Chicago and Winnetka are separate city hubs; metro labels are not an FEC dimension here.
How current is Evanston’s $57,567,344 figure?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $57,567,344 and 164,549 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Illinois non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $350 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

City ties

All data ties →

Total Donations

$57,567,344

Contributions

164,549

Top Industry

RETIRED

Top Industries

RETIRED
$72K
ATTORNEY
$12K
HOUSE WIFE
$11K
PUBLIC MEDIA INC
$8K
HOMEMAKER
$6K
AMERICAN HOSP SUPPLY CORP
$4K
PHOTOGRAPHER
$4K
UNICEF
$4K
HOUSEWIFE
$3K
CPA
$3K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$175K
1982
$103K
1984
$59K
1986
$65K
1988
$72K
1990
$70K
1992
$74K
1994
$55K
1996
$73K
1998
$78K
2000
$98K
2002
$49K
2004
$97K
2006
$86K
2008
$140K
2010
$92K
2012
$142K
2014
$134K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in EVANSTON, IL, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1LESLIE, JOHN W MRS$37,15012RETIRED1980
2DUNBAUGH, KATHERINE S MRS$9,6008RETIRED1980
3MORRIS, JOHN A$8,9509ATTORNEY1980
4DUNBAUGH, KATHERINE S$7,0006RETIRED1980
5ANDERSON, ROGER E$6,500101980
6MCGAW, FOSTER G MR$6,00091980
7LESLIE, J W MR$5,0001RETIRED1980
8BENTON, CHARLES$4,7009PUBLIC MEDIA INC1980
9BARR, J ROBERT$4,52051980
10LINDLEY, LUCIA WOODS$4,0004PHOTOGRAPHER1980
11MCGRAW, FOSTER G$4,0006AMERICAN HOSP SUPPLY CORP1980
12BENTON, CHARLES W MRS$4,0003UNICEF1980
13BENTON, CHARLES MR$3,5002PUBLIC MEDIA INC1980
14BENTON, MARJORIE$3,1507HOUSE WIFE1980
15DUNBAUGH, KATHERINE S MISS$3,00011980
16DUNBAUGH, H J MRS$3,0004RETIRED1980
17DUNBAUGH, K S MRS$2,5004RETIRED1980
18DUNBAUGH, HARRY J MRS$2,5003HOUSE WIFE1980
19KULLBERG, DUANE R$2,2505CPA1980
20HALL, GEORGE W$2,25031980
21MURDOUGH, THOMAS G$2,2002RETIRED1980
22CARLSON, LEROY T$2,00021980
23LESLIE, JOHN W$2,0001HOMEMAKER1980
24BENTON, MARJORIE CRAIG MRS$2,0001UNITED NATIONS1980
25ANDERSON, ROGER E MR$2,00021980
26HANDELMAN, ROBIN$1,7003HOMEMAKER1980
27BENTON, MARJE$1,5002HOMEMAKER1980
28MULLENDORE, JOHN A$1,5002G D SEARLE & CO1980
29MURDOUGH, THOMAS G MR$1,5002RETIRED1980
30MOONEY, JOSEPH F$1,5002CHICAGO MERCHANTILE EXCHANGE1980
31EISNER, ROBERT DR$1,5002NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY1980
32MURDOUGH, THOMAS$1,1002RETIRED1980
33MC GAW, FOSTER G MR$1,00011980
34COLE, MATTHEW$1,00011980
35MCGAW, FOSTER$1,0001AMER HOSPITAL SUPPLY CO1980
36AGUIAR, H$1,0001SPANISH AMERICAN GEN CONSTRUCTION1980
37KENNY, HEIDE H$1,0001HOUSEWIFE1980
38BYER, STEVE$1,0001SELF-EMPLOYED1980
39BYER, STEPHEN B$1,0001S BYER ASSO1980
40MCGAW, F G$1,00011980
41BENTON, MARJORIE CRAIG$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
42BENTON, MARJORIE C$1,0002HOUSE WIFE1980
43BENTON, MARGE MRS$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
44BARR, J ROBERT MR$1,0001ATTORNEY1980
45BENTON, MARJORIE THE HONORAB$8253HOUSEWIFE1980
46JENKINS, WARREN C MD$8002INSURANCE EXECUTIVE1980
47HARDESTY, JEAN$8001WRITER1980
48JUNG, C C MRS$8003HOUSE WIFE1980
49BENTON, MARJORIE MS$7503HOUSE WIFE1980
50AGUIAR, H ALEXANDER MR$7501CORP EXECUTIVE1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from EVANSTON, IL.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESSC00327023$77,400
2DSCCC00042366$73,405
3DCCCC00000935$69,689
4ACTBLUEC00401224$56,502
5HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537$50,307
6DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$41,690
7OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740$41,250
8DURBIN SENATE VICTORYC00551630$40,400
9REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$36,642
10WINREDC00694323$35,721
11U S SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP CIRCLEC00139485$35,000
12TDS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION PACC00299750$34,500
13REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376$32,100
14ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY - FEDERALC00005926$31,200
15EMILYS LISTC00193433$31,000