How much federal campaign money is tied to Indianapolis, IN?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city INDIANAPOLIS, IN total $139,287,043 across 371,657 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 Indianapolis. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to Indianapolis?

LobbyVault counts 371,657 itemized contributions for INDIANAPOLIS, IN. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 371,657 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $139,287,043.

Does the Indianapolis total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed INDIANAPOLIS with state IN. Office addresses and mail that list Indianapolis can be part of $139,287,043 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 371,657-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get Indianapolis totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $139,287,043 and 371,657 lines for INDIANAPOLIS, 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 $375 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city INDIANAPOLIS, IN sum to $139,287,043 across 371,657 contributions. LobbyVault indexes that pair as a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows for Indiana’s largest municipality as typed on the receipt. 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

INDIANAPOLIS, IN FEC itemizations total $139,287,043 across 371,657 contributions.
The mean line is about $375; 371,657 is a line count, not unique donors.
City is the contributor-city field on FEC itemizations.
Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

What $139,287,043 on the Indianapolis city field covers

$139,287,043 divided by 371,657 is about $375 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 $139,287,043 and 371,657.

Indiana’s capital sits on this string as a Midwest filing city, not as a score of statehouse races. 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.

An Indianapolis total of $139,287,043 does not absorb Carmel, Fishers, or Greenwood. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State IN stays on the citation so INDIANAPOLIS, IN is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. The 371,657 lines and the mean near $375 describe this key only.

Indianapolis is a contributor city, not a residency audit

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Indianapolis against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed INDIANAPOLIS can sit inside $139,287,043.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $139,287,043 and 371,657. If the live Indianapolis hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Full analysis: INDIANAPOLIS, IN: $139.3M on 371,657 FEC receipts →

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to Indianapolis, IN?: FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city INDIANAPOLIS, IN total $139,287,043 across 371,657 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 Indianapolis. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
How many FEC contributions are tagged to Indianapolis?: LobbyVault counts 371,657 itemized contributions for INDIANAPOLIS, IN. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 371,657 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $139,287,043.
Does the Indianapolis total include only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed INDIANAPOLIS with state IN. Office addresses and mail that list Indianapolis can be part of $139,287,043 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 371,657-line count follows the same rule.
Where does LobbyVault get Indianapolis totals?: The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $139,287,043 and 371,657 lines for INDIANAPOLIS, 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 $375 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

$139,287,043

Contributions

371,657

Top Industry

HOMEMAKER

Top Industries

HOMEMAKER

$27K

ATTORNEY

$22K

RETIRED

$21K

HOUSE WIFE

$14K

HOUSEWIFE

$11K

REQUESTED

$8K

P R DUKE CONST CO INC

$8K

BUILDER

$6K

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

$5K

MELVIN SIMON & ASSOC

$5K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980

$400K

1982

$195K

1984

$157K

1986

$137K

1988

$179K

1990

$174K

1992

$298K

1994

$243K

1996

$363K

1998

$280K

2000

$350K

2002

$191K

2004

$429K

2006

$305K

2008

$459K

2010

$517K

2012

$474K

2014

$238K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in INDIANAPOLIS, IN, ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Cycles
1	DUKE, PHILLIP R	$6,750	5	P R DUKE CONST CO INC	1980
2	COSTIN, JAMES W	$6,400	15	RETIRED	1980
3	CONRAD, LARRY A	$5,300	5	—	1980
4	LYNN, CHARLES J MRS	$5,000	9	HOMEMAKER	1980
5	GRADISON, MICHAEL L	$4,750	6	BERLING AND GRADISON	1980
6	LONG, WILLIAM A	$4,500	5	INLAND CONTAINER CORPORATION	1980
7	GRADISON, MICHAEL L MR	$4,000	4	—	1980
8	KITTLE, JAMES L SR	$4,000	5	KITTLES HOME FURNISHING CENTER	1980
9	HASTEN, MARK	$3,500	5	COLONIAL CRESCENT CONVALESCENT HOME	1980
10	FAIRBANKS, RICHARD M	$3,500	9	FAIRBANKS BROADCASTING CO	1980
11	KATZ, MORRIS	$3,500	6	KATZ BAG CO INC	1980
12	GRADISON, MICHAEL LEE	$3,450	4	—	1980
13	DORA, JAMES E	$3,150	6	HOLIDAY INNS	1980
14	JENN, LOUIS J	$3,000	2	ATRIUMSTRUCTURES INC	1980
15	HAFSTEN, RAYMOND J JR	$3,000	3	CONRAD AND HAFSTEN	1980
16	JORDAN, ROBERT E	$3,000	5	MIDLAND TIRE SUPPLY CO	1980
17	BOWMAN, FELSON	$2,750	4	ATTORNEY	1980
18	KUHN, GEORGE A JR	$2,750	5	KLEIN & KUHN INC	1980
19	BURKHART, JOHN	$2,655	5	UMEMPLOYED	1980
20	COSTIN, JAMES W MR	$2,555	8	—	1980
21	KITTLE, JAMES MR	$2,500	1	KITTLE'S	1980
22	MOSES, ANNE M	$2,500	4	HOUSEWIFE	1980
23	GLICK, MARILYN	$2,500	3	BUILDER	1980
24	JACKSON, ETHAN	$2,500	3	—	1980
25	JAMES, JIM	$2,500	3	RETAILER	1980
26	BREEDLOVE, BARNETT W	$2,400	2	INDIANA WAR MEMORIALS COMMISSION	1980
27	LYNN, DOROTHY B	$2,250	4	HOUSE WIFE	1980
28	GOODRICH, HENRY C	$2,250	5	INLAND CONTAINER	1980
29	LEWIS, EDWARD D	$2,250	3	ATTORNEY	1980
30	GRIFFITH, WILLIAM C JR	$2,250	3	MERRILL LYNCH	1980
31	KAUFMAN, BARTON L	$2,000	3	KAUFMAN FINANCIAL CORP	1980
32	GERSHMAN, J L	$2,000	2	MEL SIMON ASSOCIATES	1980
33	MAYER, EDWARD L	$2,000	3	RETIRED	1980
34	MACALLISTER, P E	$2,000	2	MACALLISTER MACHINERY	1980
35	KITTLE, JAMES L	$2,000	4	KITTLE'S	1980
36	AYRES, LYMAN S	$2,000	4	L S AYRES & CO	1980
37	MOBERLY, MARTHA ANNE	$2,000	3	HOUSE WIFE	1980
38	KITTLE, ALICE C	$2,000	2	HOMEMAKER	1980
39	GRAY, JOHN B	$2,000	7	COMPUTER MGMT SYSTEMS INC	1980
40	FEHSENFELD, FRED M MR	$2,000	2	REQUESTED	1980
41	GRADISON, JULES T	$2,000	2	RETIRED	1980
42	FRIEDMAN, DOROTHY	$2,000	2	HOUSE WIFE	1980
43	CHAMBERS, DAVID L JR MR	$2,000	2	BESSIRE & CO INC	1980
44	MOBERLY, WARREN C	$2,000	3	ATTORNEY	1980
45	BORNS, SANDRA S	$2,000	2	HOUSE WIFE	1980
46	KITE, ALVIN E JR	$2,000	1	KITE INDUSTRIES	1980
47	FREED, RUTH	$2,000	2	HOMEMAKER	1980
48	MAJOR, BERNARD	$2,000	2	TRADEWAY GROUP	1980
49	GRIFFITH, RUTH P	$1,900	3	—	1980
50	KINCANNON, LOUIS E	$1,900	3	GOLDEN IMPERIAL INC	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
#	Committee	Total Received
1	ACTBLUEC00401224	$533,459
2	INDIANA REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE, INC.C00006486	$292,873
3	FRIENDS OF DICK LUGAR INCC00122176	$287,624
4	DCCCC00000935	$255,579
5	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$180,876
6	WINREDC00694323	$171,092
7	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$158,822
8	AMERICA'S FAMILIES FIRST ACTION FUNDC00487744	$150,000
9	FRIENDS OF TODD YOUNG, INC.C00459255	$135,500
10	BIRCH BAYH FOR SENATOR COMMITTEEC00027094	$111,825
11	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009	$111,049
12	NRSCC00027466	$103,842
13	EVAN BAYH COMMITTEEC00306860	$102,553
14	SENATE GEORGIA BATTLEGROUND FUNDC00736967	$100,780
15	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$82,888