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BROOKLINE, MA

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city BROOKLINE, MA sum to $64,389,320 across 157,457 contributions. Brookline sits beside Boston as a separate city string, with more lines than Wayland on similar dollars. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • Brookline’s federal itemized city book is $64,389,320 across 157,457 contributions.
  • Cite contributor city, dollars, and line count together.
  • Boston is a separate city string, not inside this total.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Brookline beside Boston, not inside Boston

Divide $64,389,320 by 157,457 and the average itemized line is about $409. Wayland, on nearby dollars, carries 44,737 lines. Brookline is the thicker of those two Massachusetts books.

Boston, Newton, Cambridge, and Newton Centre are other city strings. They are not inside $64,389,320 unless the filer typed BROOKLINE. Norfolk County is orientation, not an FEC dimension.

A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that listed Brookline can share the city field with household streets. LobbyVault does not recode those rows into Boston. The 157,457 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Do not treat Brookline as a Boston subtotal

Boston is a separate city hub. Adding Brookline to Boston and calling the sum “Greater Boston” is a recode this packet does not publish.

Keep BROOKLINE, MA as the citation. Recheck $64,389,320 and 157,457 on the live hub after a later extract.

Full analysis: BROOKLINE, MA: $64.4M on 157,457 FEC receipts

Questions

What is Brookline’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?
Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city BROOKLINE, MA total $64,389,320 across 157,457 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Brookline residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.
How should I read Brookline’s 157,457 contributions?
LobbyVault counts 157,457 itemized lines for BROOKLINE, MA. That is a line count, not a headcount. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $64,389,320. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 157,457 should not be quoted as a Brookline population of donors.
Does Brookline’s total include Boston or Newton?
No, unless the filer typed BROOKLINE. Boston and Newton are separate city hubs. $64,389,320 is the BROOKLINE, MA match. The 157,457 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this page. Greater Boston is a research phrase, not an FEC dimension on this Brookline hub.
Where do the Brookline facts come from?
Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $64,389,320 and 157,457 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Massachusetts non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $409 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.

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

$64,389,320

Contributions

157,457

Top Industry

RETIRED

Top Industries

RETIRED
$8K
HOMEMAKER
$5K
REQUESTED
$3K
STUDENT
$3K
HOUSE WIFE
$3K
ONE FIFTY TRUST
$2K
PHYSICIAN
$2K
NONE
$2K
MB ASSOCIATES
$2K
RESTAURANT OWNER
$2K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$57K
1982
$29K
1984
$33K
1986
$40K
1988
$38K
1990
$35K
1992
$64K
1994
$25K
1996
$69K
1998
$25K
2000
$77K
2002
$30K
2004
$117K
2006
$88K
2008
$90K
2010
$64K
2012
$137K
2014
$378K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in BROOKLINE, MA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1LYMAN, ELEANOR L$2,7505HOMEMAKER1980
2HOPKINS, MARK$2,5004RETIRED1980
3MANNOS, PAUL$2,2004ONE FIFTY TRUST1980
4ATKINSON, HENRY$2,0504RETIRED1980
5MCALILEY, CHRIS$2,0002STUDENT1980
6AMES, OLIVER F$1,9504NONE1980
7BOWDITCH, ROBERT S JR$1,5504MB ASSOCIATES1980
8FARMER, ROBERT A$1,5002EDUCATION FOR MANAGEMENT INC1980
9CHIN, JOSEPHINE MS$1,5002RESTAURANT OWNER1980
10MERRILL, KEITH JR DR$1,02521980
11DRESCHER, ALLEN J$1,0001GERAGHTY & ASSOCS1980
12MORNINGSTAR, OTTO$1,0002DATA PACKAGING CORPORATION1980
13MORNINGSTAR, JANE$1,00021980
14MC CARDELL, MARGARET M MRS$1,0001REQUESTED1980
15LEVY, ROBERT MR$1,0001STUDENT1980
16BERGER, ROBERT L DR$1,0003PHYSICIAN1980
17KRAFT, SARAH MS$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
18KRAFT, ROBERT$1,00011980
19BLAKELEY, POLLY$1,0001INTERIOR DECORATOR1980
20HORST, KAREN D MS$1,00011980
21HOPKINS, MARK MR$1,0002RETIRED1980
22BOWDITCH, ROBERT$1,0001BUS EXEC1980
23BREZNER, ETHEL NEMROW$1,0001RETIRED1980
24HAVEN, ALLAN MR$1,00011980
25HAVEN, ALLAN$1,0001ARCHITECT1980
26CURTIS, LAURENCE$1,0001LAW &GOOT SERVICE1980
27CHABAN, STANLEY$1,0001GRANADA WINES INC1980
28GROSSMAN, MIKE$1,00011980
29GOSMAN, DAVID MR$1,0001A D GOSMAN CO1980
30CHIN, KATHLEEN$1,00011980
31GOLDBERG, AVRAM J MR$1,00021980
32CUNNINGHAM, GEORGIA$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
33GARDNER, G P JR$1,0002PAINE WEBBER JACKSON CURTIS1980
34COHEN, OLLIE A MR$1,00011980
35FISH, ROBERT R JR$1,0001BAY STATE1980
36FAULKNER, MARY D$95011980
37CUNNINGHAM, C C$9001VENTURE CAPITAL1980
38DE CROW, MARION L MISS$8002REQUESTED1980
39LYNTON, ERNEST A MR$7502ACADEMIC AFFAIRS1980
40JENNY, JOAN MRS$7502HOMEMAKER1980
41EMERSON, KENDALL$7502PHYSICIAN1980
42BURKHARDT, HENRY III MR$7501REQUESTED1980
43COHEN, ELEANOR MS$75011980
44HOFFMAN, DIANE B$7001HOUSE WIFE1980
45HENRY, BAYARD MR$5502S B I C1980
46DUKAKIS, MICHAEL S HON$50011980
47EMERSON, BETTY DAVIS$50011980
48EMERSON, BETTY D$50011980
49MCNEILL, TIMOTHY J$5001MANAGEMENT CONS1980
50MYERSON, MURTON$5001MEYERSON ALLEN CO1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from BROOKLINE, MA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$595,970
2HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946$330,081
3ACTBLUEC00401224$249,074
4DCCCC00000935$120,855
5GRASSROOTS VICTORY PROJECT 2014C00567529$100,000
6DSCCC00042366$84,263
7MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN PARTYC00042622$77,525
8GRIDIRON-PACC00451153$70,000
9MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE - FED FUNDC00089243$65,750
10END CITIZENS UNITEDC00573261$57,444
11PRIORITIES USA ACTIONC00495861$50,000
12VOICES FOR PROGRESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00501676$37,700
13THE MARKEY COMMITTEEC00196774$36,450
14OBAMA VICTORY FUNDC00451393$27,500
15EVERY VOICE ACTIONC00566208$25,000