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FORT WAYNE, IN

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city FORT WAYNE, IN sum to $22,893,911 across 91,217 contributions. Fort Wayne’s 91,217-line count is a high-volume Allen County city field; the mean near $251 is arithmetic from those two packet facts. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census and not a party score. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • FORT WAYNE, IN FEC itemizations total $22,893,911 across 91,217 contributions.
  • The mean line is about $251; 91,217 is a line count, not unique donors.
  • Fort Wayne is not Indianapolis on the FEC city key.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

91,217 lines behind $22,893,911

Fort Wayne shows 91,217 itemizations behind $22,893,911. That mix is a high-volume, smaller-average file relative to concentration books that post similar dollars on far fewer rows. Many of the lines will be modest individual receipts that happen to share the Fort Wayne city field. Committee receipts that list a Fort Wayne address still sit in the same column.

Allen County’s Fort Wayne string is separate from Indianapolis, South Bend, and New Haven, IN, on the FEC city key. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. Read $22,893,911 as tagged federal receipts, not as what Fort Wayne residents gave. The 91,217 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

Nothing on this page estimates how Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

Fort Wayne is not Indianapolis on the FEC key

Committees type the city as it appears on the contributor record and the state as IN. A workplace in Fort Wayne and a home in New Haven, IN, can produce different city strings on different receipts. This hub holds only the 91,217 lines labeled FORT WAYNE with state IN. That split is disclosure mechanics, not a statement about northeast Indiana’s civic identity.

Keeping both facts in view—$22,893,911 and 91,217 contributions—shows a thick file. A combined Allen County picture requires adding other hubs by design. Do not merge Indianapolis into this string.

Full analysis: FORT WAYNE, IN: $22.9M on 91,217 FEC receipts

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to Fort Wayne, IN?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city FORT WAYNE, IN total $22,893,911 across 91,217 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 Fort Wayne. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
Is Fort Wayne folded into Indianapolis’s FEC city total?
No. LobbyVault counts 91,217 itemized contributions for FORT WAYNE, IN against $22,893,911, a mean near $251. Indianapolis is a different city string. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. A high line count with a modest mean is a volume book, not a turnout score.
Does the Fort Wayne total include only residents?
No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed FORT WAYNE with state IN. Office addresses and mail that list Fort Wayne can be part of $22,893,911 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 91,217-line count follows the same rule.
Are Fort Wayne numbers from FEC.gov?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $22,893,911 and 91,217 lines for FORT WAYNE, IN. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from IN are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $251 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.

Total Donations

$22,893,911

Contributions

91,217

Top Industry

CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY INC

Top Industries

CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY INC
$7K
SHAREOWNER
$5K
HOMEMAKER
$3K
MEISTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$2K
HOMEMAER
$2K
ATTORNEY
$2K
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY
$2K
PHYSICIAN
$2K
MALOLEY BROS, INC
$1K
ALLEN COUNTY MOTORS INC
$1K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$40K
1982
$6K
1984
$9K
1986
$4K
1988
$2K
1990
$11K
1992
$20K
1994
$9K
1996
$9K
1998
$9K
2000
$14K
2002
$16K
2004
$10K
2006
$25K
2008
$25K
2010
$16K
2012
$9K
2014
$9K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in FORT WAYNE, IN, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1GALLUCCI, FRANK L$5,0001SHAREOWNER1980
2JONES, JOSEPH F$3,0001CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY INC1980
3GILLESPIE, JOSEPH W$2,7507CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY INC1980
4INSKEEP, HARRIETT$2,0002HOMEMAER1980
5HIVELY, TERRY$1,5002INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY1980
6MALOLEY, ALFRED$1,2504MALOLEY BROS, INC1980
7BOWLIN, R R$1,2402ALLEN COUNTY MOTORS INC1980
8CRAWFORD, CECIL$1,0002FINANCIAL CONSULTANT1980
9ANDREWS, CHARLOTTE$1,0001HOUSEWIFE1980
10DAVISON, MARK S$1,0001POND CONSTRUCTION1980
11MARINE, C LOCKWOOD$1,0002CENTRAL SOYA CO, INC1980
12EVANS, RICHARD C$1,0001EVANS MOTORS INC1980
13FOY, T D DR$1,0001PHYSICIAN1980
14GLADIEUX, JAMES M$1,0001GLADIEUX REFINERY1980
15GLADIEUX, JAMES M MR$1,00011980
16GRAY, JOHN F JR$1,0001MEISTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION1980
17KELLY, JAS E MRS$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
18HEFNER, BILL$1,0001HEFNER CHEVROLET1980
19KELLEY, LAVON$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
20CLAYTON, JERIE$1,00011980
21BRUGGEMAN, PATRICK$1,0001ATTORNEY1980
22MCMILLEN, D W JR$1,0001CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY INC1980
23CLARK, RICHARD F$1,0001MAGNAVOX CORP1980
24BROOKS, ROBERT F$1,0001SELF-EMPLOYED CONTRACTOR1980
25CLAYTON, JANE$1,0001GENERAL TELEPHONE CO1980
26MEISTER, ROBERT L$1,0001MEISTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION1980
27HATHAWAY, ESTON V$7001CONTRACTOR1980
28KNAPKE, NORBERT B$7002NORBERT B KNAPKE, INC1980
29EHLE, LEORA JEAN MRS$60011980
30BRUGGEMAN, PAT$6001ATTORNEY1980
31ELLIS, RONN L$55021980
32BLEE, THOMAS J MR$5001BURT BLEE HAWK & SUTTON1980
33HEBEGGER, LEON$5001L H CARBIDE TOOL & DIE CORP1980
34MCDONALD, DONNELLY P JR$5001PEOPLE'S TRUST BANK1980
35BIXLER, JAMES A$5001OPHTHALMOLOGICAL ASSOC INC1980
36INSKEEP, HARRIET$5001HOMEMAKER1980
37GOLDEN, ZAN SR$5001NORTHAMERICAN VAN LINES1980
38BARLOW, DONALD D$5002GENERAL ELECTRIC CO1980
39INSKEEP, RICHARD G$5001FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE1980
40FRANKHOUSER, CHARLES$5001PHYSICIAN1980
41MCDONALD, DONNELLY R JR$5001PEOPLE'S TRUST BANK1980
42DURNELL, KENNETH$5001RESTAURANT OWNER1980
43DOERMER, RICHARD T$5002INDIANA BANK1980
44DEISTER, E MARK$5001DEISTER MACHINE CO1980
45HAUPT, DOUGLAS L$4442LOCAL UNION 2321980
46FAULL, ROBERT W$4201WFFT-TV1980
47MCGLONE, ROGER O$4002COCA COLA BOTTLING1980
48BRANSTRATOR, WAYNE R$4001BRANSTRATOR ALUMINUM1980
49EHLE, LEDARA$40011980
50HELSTROM, W R$4001NORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from FORT WAYNE, IN.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1FRIENDS OF DICK LUGAR INCC00122176$21,450
2LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUNDC00252940$20,975
3DAN COATS FOR INDIANAC00235499$13,890
4EVAN BAYH COMMITTEEC00306860$12,500
5CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00012666$12,450
6SOUDER FOR CONGRESS, INC.C00285189$10,330
7NRSCC00027466$10,000
8MCCARTHY VICTORY FUNDC00541011$10,000
9STUTZMAN FOR SENATEC00484683$9,885
10KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSC00420935$9,400
11MIKE PENCE COMMITTEEC00350397$9,350
12NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00040998$8,190
13TOM HAYHURST FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00465419$7,200
14DAN COATS FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00110361$6,750
15WALDA FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00085704$6,600