MISSOULA, MT

89,876 lines behind MISSOULA's $21.8M

MISSOULA shows 89,876 itemizations behind $21,765,491. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $21.8M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. The implied mean is about $242.

Missoula is a western-Montana volume book: 89,876 lines against $21.8 million, a mean near $242. Billings is a different eastern-Montana string. Kalispell is another western key, not a subset. 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 $21,765,491 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of MISSOULA gave. The 89,876 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints MISSOULA together with Lolo, Frenchtown, and Kalispell, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $21,765,491 on 89,876 MISSOULA, MT rows, mean near $242. Keep the stored spelling MISSOULA in the citation.

Why MISSOULA on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Missoula give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city MISSOULA, MT total $21,765,491 across 89,876 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. MISSOULA, MT is the stored western-Montana string. Billings is a different city key with its own packet.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $21,765,491. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $242 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city MISSOULA, MT?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city MISSOULA, MT total $21,765,491 across 89,876 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 Missoula. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $242 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is Missoula merged with Billings on this extract?

No. MISSOULA, MT is the stored western-Montana string. Billings is a different city key with its own packet. LobbyVault counts 89,876 itemized contributions for MISSOULA, MT against $21,765,491. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 89,876 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Missoula total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MISSOULA with state MT. Office addresses and mail that list Missoula can be part of $21,765,491 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 89,876-line count follows the same rule.

Are Missoula numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $21,765,491 and 89,876 lines for MISSOULA, MT. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MT are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.