How much in federal contributions lists Lake Forest, IL?

FEC itemizations with contributor city Lake Forest, IL total $157,374,022 across 74,902 records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a survey of Lake Forest residents.

Is Lake Forest rolled into Chicago donations?

No. Chicago is a separate FEC city string. This hub is the 74,902 itemizations labeled Lake Forest, IL, totaling $157,374,022.

Do PAC or fund addresses count in Lake Forest totals?

Yes, if the itemization lists Lake Forest, IL. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses share the city field with individuals. The $157,374,022 figure should not be read as resident-only giving.

Where do the Lake Forest FEC numbers come from?

Federal Election Commission filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $157,374,022 and 74,902 contributions.

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LAKE FOREST, IL

Lake Forest, IL is the contributor city on $157,374,022 in federal receipts across 74,902 FEC itemizations. LobbyVault groups those lines from FEC.gov by city and state. Relative to the dollar total, the line count is modest, which can happen when larger receipts share the city field with ordinary individual contributions. Lake Forest is not rolled into Chicago. The city string is an address on the itemization, not a proof of residence.

Key figures

Lake Forest, IL contributor-city receipts total $157,374,022.
Those dollars sit on 74,902 FEC itemizations.
The line count is thinner than Chicago and many similar-dollar city hubs.
PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can appear in the city field.
ZIP pages split the same federal filings by postal code.

Large dollars on a thinner North Shore file

The $157,374,022 figure is the sum of federal contribution itemizations stored as Lake Forest, IL. Seventy-four thousand nine hundred two lines feed that total. That is fewer lines than Chicago and fewer than many city hubs with similar dollar volume. LobbyVault does not interpret the mix as a character study of the North Shore. It reports the combined file: every receipt whose city field is Lake Forest and whose state is IL.

Chicago is stored as its own city string. It is not inside this Lake Forest number. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. Funds and committees that list a Lake Forest office can sit in the same bucket as household streets. Quoting $157,374,022 as resident giving describes the city field, not a residency test. The 74,902 lines are disclosed receipts, not unique persons.

Nothing on this page estimates how Lake Forest voted, which candidates the receipts supported, or whether a listed street is a home. Occupation and recipient committee live on other FEC fields. The supported path is the Lake Forest city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index. The two facts to carry are $157,374,022 and 74,902 itemizations.

Why the line count matters here

A thinner file next to a large dollar total is a signal to keep both facts on the page. Dropping the 74,902 count would hide whether a few large receipts are doing more of the work. Dropping the $157,374,022 sum would hide the scale. This hub keeps both so readers can see the mix without a hidden individuals-only filter.

Free-text city names still split Lake County. A committee that typed Lake Bluff or Highland Park would not land here. The 74,902 records are the literal LAKE FOREST match. A combined North Shore research question requires adding other hubs by design. This guide does not invent that merge.

Illinois state campaign accounts are not inside $157,374,022. This hub is federal itemizations labeled Lake Forest, IL: 74,902 records. A North Shore briefing that blends Chicago is a different object unless that label is added on purpose. Keep this page’s two facts unchanged when you cite it.

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Questions

How much in federal contributions lists Lake Forest, IL?: FEC itemizations with contributor city Lake Forest, IL total $157,374,022 across 74,902 records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a survey of Lake Forest residents.
Is Lake Forest rolled into Chicago donations?: No. Chicago is a separate FEC city string. This hub is the 74,902 itemizations labeled Lake Forest, IL, totaling $157,374,022.
Do PAC or fund addresses count in Lake Forest totals?: Yes, if the itemization lists Lake Forest, IL. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses share the city field with individuals. The $157,374,022 figure should not be read as resident-only giving.
Where do the Lake Forest FEC numbers come from?: Federal Election Commission filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $157,374,022 and 74,902 contributions.

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

City ties

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Total Donations

$157,374,022

Contributions

74,902

Top Industry

RETIRED

Top Industries

RETIRED

$38K

REFCO

$21K

SEARS ROEBUCK & CO

$18K

HOMEMAKER

$17K

REQUESTED

$16K

AMER HOSPITAL SUPPLY

$15K

HOUSEWIFE

$9K

HOUSE WIFE

$8K

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS

$7K

INVESTMENTS

$7K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980

$306K

1982

$154K

1984

$214K

1986

$129K

1988

$190K

1990

$81K

1992

$119K

1994

$92K

1996

$162K

1998

$92K

2000

$372K

2002

$71K

2004

$215K

2006

$212K

2008

$285K

2010

$137K

2012

$374K

2014

$274K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in LAKE FOREST, IL, ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Cycles
1	DITTMER, THOMAS H	$20,250	10	REFCO	1980
2	MEYER, CHARLES A	$16,700	20	SEARS ROEBUCK & CO	1980
3	MCGAW, FOSTER G	$15,250	14	AMER HOSPITAL SUPPLY	1980
4	BEIDLER, FRANCIS II	$11,300	8	—	1980
5	BENT, JOHN P	$9,300	12	RETIRED	1980
6	CATHCART, SILAS S	$7,450	10	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS	1980
7	ARMOUR, LAURANCE H JR	$7,250	11	INVESTMENTS	1980
8	DICK, ALBERT B III	$6,350	11	A B DICK CO	1980
9	MEYER, C LOUIS MRS	$5,000	1	—	1980
10	CUDAHY, MICHAEL	$4,750	8	RETIRED	1980
11	DOUGLAS, JAMES H	$4,250	9	GARDNER CARTON & DOUGLAS	1980
12	BROOKE, JOHN A	$4,161	5	BROOKE INNS INC	1980
13	ARMOUR, SARAH W	$4,000	4	—	1980
14	BUCHANAN, D W JR	$3,700	4	REQUESTED	1980
15	MCCORMACK, ROBERT C MR	$3,250	3	DALTON READ AND CO	1980
16	MEYER, CHARLES A MR	$3,250	5	BANKER	1980
17	CROSS, MICHAEL F MR	$3,000	1	—	1980
18	CASTONGUAY, WILLARD P	$3,000	2	RAY E FRIEDMAN & CO	1980
19	HART, A S MRS	$2,800	3	QUAKER OATS	1980
20	BENT, JOHN P MRS	$2,500	4	HOUSE WIFE	1980
21	LOVE, H NORRIS	$2,500	3	REQUESTED	1980
22	ARMOUR, SARAH W MRS	$2,500	3	HOUSEWIFE	1980
23	CROSS, MICHEAL F	$2,500	1	—	1980
24	BEIDLER, FRANCIS II MR	$2,500	3	—	1980
25	BROWN, GARDNER	$2,450	3	RETIRED	1980
26	DICKINSON, WILLIAM R JR	$2,300	4	WILSON & MCILVAINE	1980
27	FARNAM, ROBERT G	$2,300	3	CONSULTANT	1980
28	DONNELLEY, ROBERT G	$2,250	3	FIRST NATL BANK OF CHGO	1980
29	DITTMER, THOMAS H MR	$2,250	3	—	1980
30	BENT, JOHN P MR	$2,000	4	RETIRED	1980
31	ARMOUR, A WATSON III MR	$2,000	2	HUCK MFG CO	1980
32	COTTRELL, DONALD C JR	$2,000	2	RETIRED	1980
33	DICK, EDISON MRS	$2,000	2	—	1980
34	FISHER, RUSSELL W	$2,000	3	JAPSER CORP	1980
35	AMORY, DAVID L	$1,800	3	—	1980
36	DICK, ALBERT B JR MRS	$1,750	3	HOMEMAKER	1980
37	DICK, ALBERT B III MR	$1,750	2	RETIRED	1980
38	DOUGLAS, JAMES H MR	$1,750	4	GARDNER CARTON & DOUGLAS	1980
39	DIXON, WESLEY JR	$1,750	2	G D SEARLE & CO	1980
40	CLAY, S P JR	$1,750	3	RETIRED	1980
41	MEERS, HENRY W MR	$1,750	4	—	1980
42	KERWIN, CHARLES C	$1,700	3	BACHE, HALSEY, STUART & SHIELDS	1980
43	GLORE, ROBERT H	$1,500	2	—	1980
44	DICK, A B JR MRS	$1,500	2	—	1980
45	KENNEDY, ROBERT N	$1,500	2	KENNEDY BROS INC	1980
46	MERLIN, PETER H	$1,500	3	GARDNER CARTON AND DOUGLAS	1980
47	GRIFFITH, GEORGE F	$1,500	2	ATTORNEY	1980
48	MEERS, HENRY W SR	$1,500	2	MERRILL LYNCH WHITE WELD	1980
49	KORHUMEL, NEWTON F	$1,500	2	PERSONAL INVESTMENTS	1980
50	BRONSON, BECKWITH R	$1,500	2	RETIRED	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from LAKE FOREST, IL.
#	Committee	Total Received
1	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$355,434
2	DSCCC00042366	$298,972
3	ACTBLUEC00401224	$222,427
4	ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY - FEDERALC00005926	$195,600
5	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376	$158,225
6	RESTORE OUR FUTURE, INC.C00490045	$150,000
7	ILLINOIS LINCOLN PACC00350785	$143,700
8	NRSCC00027466	$136,517
9	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009	$122,980
10	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931	$110,117
11	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$102,360
12	RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEEC60000015	$91,462
13	WINREDC00694323	$84,912
14	DCCCC00000935	$74,713
15	SCHOCK VICTORY COMMITTEEC00469395	$72,600