How much in federal contributions lists Boston, MA?

FEC itemizations with contributor city Boston, MA total $280,702,761 across 457,209 records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a survey of Boston residents.

Does the Boston total include PAC addresses?

Yes, if the itemization lists Boston, MA. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses share the city field with individuals. The $280,702,761 figure and 457,209 lines should not be read as resident-only giving.

Is Cambridge included in the Boston city total?

No. Cambridge is a separate FEC city string. This hub is only the 457,209 itemizations labeled Boston, MA, totaling $280,702,761. Use the cities index for other Massachusetts labels.

Where do the Boston FEC numbers come from?

Federal Election Commission filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $280,702,761 and 457,209 contributions.

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BOSTON, MA

Boston, MA is the contributor city on $280,702,761 in federal receipts across 457,209 FEC itemizations. LobbyVault groups those lines from FEC.gov by the city and state on each record. Financial-district offices, university-adjacent addresses, and household streets can share that city string. The total is tagged activity, not a headcount of Boston residents who donated. Those two FEC.gov facts—$280,702,761 and 457,209 itemizations—are the entire numeric claim this Boston guide makes.

Key figures

Boston, MA contributor-city receipts total $280,702,761.
Those dollars sit on 457,209 FEC itemizations.
Cambridge and other nearby city strings are not merged into this hub.
PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can appear in the city field.
ZIP pages split the same federal filings by postal code.

What the Boston city field actually sums

The $280,702,761 figure is the sum of federal contribution itemizations stored as Boston, MA. Four hundred fifty-seven thousand two hundred nine lines feed that total. LobbyVault does not drop headquarters-looking addresses. If the committee typed Boston, the receipt stays in this hub. That mechanical rule is what makes the table checkable against the public file.

Cambridge, Newton Centre, and other nearby labels are stored as their own city strings. They are not inside the Boston number. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. Quoting $280,702,761 as what Bostonians gave describes the city field, not a residency test. The 457,209 lines are disclosed receipts, not unique persons.

Nothing on this page estimates how Boston 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 Boston city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index. The two facts to carry are $280,702,761 and 457,209 itemizations.

Itemization volume next to the dollar total

A count of 457,209 lines means the Boston aggregate is a substantial file. Many records will be ordinary individual contributions. Others will be committee receipts that list a Boston address. The FEC city column does not mark which is which. This page keeps both so the dollar total and the line count stay faithful to what committees filed.

Free-text city names split Greater Boston. A suburb that residents treat as part of Boston may be stored under its own municipal name. This hub holds only the 457,209 records labeled BOSTON. A combined metro research question requires adding those other hubs by design. This guide does not invent that merge.

Massachusetts state campaign accounts are not inside $280,702,761. This hub is federal itemizations labeled Boston, MA: 457,209 records. A Greater Boston briefing that blends Cambridge is a different object unless those labels are 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 Boston, MA?: FEC itemizations with contributor city Boston, MA total $280,702,761 across 457,209 records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a survey of Boston residents.
Does the Boston total include PAC addresses?: Yes, if the itemization lists Boston, MA. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses share the city field with individuals. The $280,702,761 figure and 457,209 lines should not be read as resident-only giving.
Is Cambridge included in the Boston city total?: No. Cambridge is a separate FEC city string. This hub is only the 457,209 itemizations labeled Boston, MA, totaling $280,702,761. Use the cities index for other Massachusetts labels.
Where do the Boston FEC numbers come from?: Federal Election Commission filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $280,702,761 and 457,209 contributions.

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

$280,702,761

Contributions

457,209

Top Industry

ATTORNEY

Top Industries

ATTORNEY

$29K

RETIRED

$28K

SCUDDER, STEVENS & CLARK

$15K

BERG & CO

$11K

SELF-EMPLOYED

$9K

INVESTMENT ADVISERS

$8K

REQUESTED

$6K

INVESTOR

$6K

SELF EMPLOYED

$6K

LAWYER

$6K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980

$345K

1982

$158K

1984

$272K

1986

$202K

1988

$398K

1990

$204K

1992

$252K

1994

$178K

1996

$203K

1998

$157K

2000

$200K

2002

$133K

2004

$387K

2006

$298K

2008

$612K

2010

$521K

2012

$1.9M

2014

$1.0M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in BOSTON, MA, ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Cycles
1	LYMAN, RONALD T JR	$15,000	3	SCUDDER, STEVENS & CLARK	1980
2	BENNETT, GEORGE F	$7,750	7	INVESTMENT ADVISERS	1980
3	JOHNSON, EDWARD C III	$6,700	12	—	1980
4	JOHNSON, EDWARD C 3RD	$5,500	2	FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH CO	1980
5	ETCHEVERRY, NICHOLAS D	$5,500	9	NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AN EFFECTIVE	1980
6	BERG, GORDON H MR	$5,250	2	BERG & CO	1980
7	BERG, GORDON H	$5,250	2	BERG & CO	1980
8	KENDALL, JOHN	$5,000	2	FANEUIL HALL ASSOCIATES	1980
9	DUNFEY, GERALD F	$4,950	9	DUNFEY FAMILY CORP	1980
10	GORDON, MARY	$4,000	3	—	1980
11	CABOT, LOUIS W	$3,750	5	CABOT CORPORATION	1980
12	FULLER, PETER	$3,600	5	HORSE BREEDER	1980
13	GORDON, ELIZABETH M	$3,250	3	RETIRED	1980
14	GORDON, MARY E	$3,250	3	RETIRED	1980
15	MUGAR, STEPHEN P	$3,000	3	REQUESTED	1980
16	BEMIS, F G	$3,000	3	RETIRED	1980
17	ETCHEVERRY, NICHOLAS D MR	$3,000	2	SELF-EMPLOYED	1980
18	CLAPP, EUGENE H MR	$3,000	3	—	1980
19	MCCORMACK, E J JR	$2,700	4	ATTORNEY	1980
20	GORDON, ELIZABETH M MS	$2,500	3	RETIRED	1980
21	CSAPLER, RICHARD CJR	$2,500	1	ATTORNEY	1980
22	DRUCKER, RONALD D	$2,500	1	REAL ESTATE DEV	1980
23	BRAINERD, RICHARD P	$2,500	2	UNITED COMM DVLPMT	1980
24	LEE, SUSAN	$2,500	1	—	1980
25	DOHERTY, GERALD F	$2,500	2	ATTORNEY	1980
26	DOHERTY, GERARD E MR	$2,500	1	ATTORNEY	1980
27	GORDON, MARY E MS	$2,500	3	RETIRED	1980
28	BUCHER, NANCY L R	$2,300	2	—	1980
29	LEE, SUSAN M	$2,250	5	RETIRED	1980
30	MUGAR, DAVID G	$2,250	3	STAR MARKET INC	1980
31	MATTHEWS, GEORGE J	$2,200	5	FINANCIAL CONSULTANT	1980
32	GORDON, ROBERT D	$2,200	4	ATTORNEY	1980
33	BEAL, ROBERT L	$2,050	5	SELF EMPLOYED	1980
34	LAKIAN, JOHN R	$2,000	3	INVESTOR	1980
35	BERMAN, JOSHUA M	$2,000	3	ATTORNEY	1980
36	KLINCK, MASON J O	$2,000	2	—	1980
37	BRENNAN, PAUL J	$2,000	1	PEAT MARWICK MITCHELL	1980
38	DAUBER, CLARENCE A MRS	$2,000	7	UNEMPLOYED	1980
39	LOMBARD, JOSEPH	$2,000	3	SALOMON BROTHERS	1980
40	EBERLE, W D MR	$2,000	2	THE PILOT HOUSE/LEWIS WHARF	1980
41	CHARPIE, ROBERT A	$2,000	2	CABOT CORP	1980
42	HOURIHAN, JOSEPH M	$2,000	1	RETIRED	1980
43	ETCHEVERRY, DOMINICK	$2,000	1	STUDENT	1980
44	BUCHER, NANCY L R DR	$2,000	3	PHYSICIAN/MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL	1980
45	JOHNSON, ELIZABETH	$1,950	2	—	1980
46	HOSTETTER, AMOS B JR	$1,950	5	CONT CABLEVISION	1980
47	LILLY, SUSANNE B	$1,800	4	—	1980
48	CHASE, JOHN P	$1,750	2	PRIVATE TRUSTEE	1980
49	HAGEMANN, H FREDERICK JR	$1,750	2	—	1980
50	CHAPIN, MELVILLE MR	$1,700	3	WARNER & STACKPOLE	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from BOSTON, MA.
#	Committee	Total Received
1	SLF PACC00571703	$2,268,600
2	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$1,039,851
3	RESTORE OUR FUTURE, INC.C00490045	$1,000,000
4	CLFC00504530	$950,000
5	ACTBLUEC00401224	$758,012
6	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$580,094
7	SMPC00484642	$554,367
8	DSCCC00042366	$551,129
9	VOTEVETSC00418897	$533,498
10	TRUMP VICTORYC00618389	$411,900
11	DCCCC00000935	$368,672
12	HMPC00495028	$355,505
13	NRSCC00027466	$318,133
14	SECURITY IS STRENGTH PACC00573733	$250,000
15	MASSACHUSETTS VICTORY COMMITTEEC00549782	$194,200