ADA, MI

18,380 lines carrying $19,271,873

ADA shows 18,380 itemizations behind $19,271,873. That mix is a thinner stack with a high average line relative to volume books that post similar dollars on 70,000-plus rows. The implied mean is about $1,049. Committee receipts that list a ADA address still sit in the same column as individual rows.

Ada posts a thin Kent County stack: 18,380 lines against $19.3 million, a mean near $1,049. Grand Rapids is a neighboring string, not a parent key. Ada, Oklahoma is a different state key. 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. Read $19,271,873 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of ADA gave. The 18,380 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints ADA together with Grand Rapids, Cascade, and East Grand Rapids, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $19,271,873 on 18,380 ADA, MI rows, mean near $1,049. Keep the stored spelling ADA in the citation.

Why ADA on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Ada give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city ADA, MI total $19,271,873 across 18,380 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. Eighteen thousand three hundred eighty lines against $19,271,873 produce that mean. A short file at this dollar scale can be moved by large receipts.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $19,271,873. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $1,049 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city ADA, MI?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city ADA, MI total $19,271,873 across 18,380 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 Ada. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $1,049 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Why is Ada’s average line near $1,049?

Eighteen thousand three hundred eighty lines against $19,271,873 produce that mean. A short file at this dollar scale can be moved by large receipts. LobbyVault counts 18,380 itemized contributions for ADA, MI against $19,271,873. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 18,380 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Ada total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed ADA with state MI. Office addresses and mail that list Ada can be part of $19,271,873 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 18,380-line count follows the same rule.

Are Ada numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $19,271,873 and 18,380 lines for ADA, MI. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MI are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.