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PHILADELPHIA, PA

Philadelphia, PA appears as the contributor city on $322,266,398 in federal receipts across 832,561 FEC itemizations. Those figures come from FEC.gov filings grouped on LobbyVault by city and state. Center City offices, national committee mail rooms, and household streets can share that city string. The total is tagged activity, not a roster of Philadelphians who donated. Those two FEC.gov factsβ€”$322,266,398 and 832,561 itemizationsβ€”are the entire numeric claim this Philadelphia guide makes.

Key figures

  • Philadelphia, PA contributor-city receipts total $322,266,398.
  • Those dollars sit on 832,561 FEC itemizations.
  • Suburban city strings are not silently 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 $322 million on the Philadelphia city field covers

The $322,266,398 sum is every loaded federal itemization whose contributor city is Philadelphia and whose state is PA. Eight hundred thirty-two thousand five hundred sixty-one lines feed that total. LobbyVault does not test whether an address is a law-firm PAC, a union office, or a residential street. If the committee typed Philadelphia, PA, the receipt stays here. That mechanical rule keeps the hub aligned with the public file.

Camden, Wilmington, and suburban Pennsylvania labels are stored as their own city strings when committees type them that way. They are not silently folded into this hub. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. Quoting $322,266,398 as what Philadelphians gave describes the city field, not a residency screen. The 832,561 lines are disclosed receipts, not unique persons.

Nothing on this page estimates how Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index. The two facts to carry are $322,266,398 and 832,561 itemizations.

Reading the 832,561 itemizations

A count of 832,561 lines means the Philadelphia aggregate is a substantial file, not a handful of oversized transfers. Individual receipts and committee receipts share the same city column. This page does not strip one type. It reports the combined dollars and the combined line count so both facts stay visible.

Free-text spelling still splits the region. A committee that typed a Main Line borough would not land in this PHILADELPHIA bucket. The 832,561 records are the literal match. A combined metro research question requires adding other city hubs by design. This guide does not invent that merge or extra dollar amounts.

Pennsylvania state campaign accounts are not inside $322,266,398. This hub is federal itemizations labeled Philadelphia, PA: 832,561 records. A regional briefing that blends Camden or the Main Line is a different object unless those labels are added on purpose. Keep this page’s two facts unchanged when you cite it.

Full analysis: Federal contributions listing Philadelphia, PA β†’

Questions

How much in federal contributions lists Philadelphia, PA?
FEC itemizations with contributor city Philadelphia, PA total $322,266,398 across 832,561 records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a survey of Philadelphia residents.
Do PAC addresses count in the Philadelphia total?
Yes, if the itemization lists Philadelphia, PA. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses share the city field with individuals. The $322,266,398 figure should not be read as resident-only giving.
Are New Jersey suburbs included in this hub?
Only if the committee typed Philadelphia, PA. Other municipal names are separate city strings. This page is the 832,561 itemizations labeled Philadelphia, PA, totaling $322,266,398.
Where do the Philadelphia FEC numbers come from?
Federal Election Commission filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $322,266,398 and 832,561 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 β†’

Total Donations

$322,266,398

Contributions

832,561

Top Industry

ATTORNEY

Top Industries

ATTORNEY
$28K
RETIRED
$27K
SCOTT PAPER CO
$17K
STOCK BROKER
$15K
SMITH KLINE CORP
$15K
HOUSEWIFE
$13K
REQUESTED
$12K
THE CONDUIT & FOUNDATION CORP
$11K
HOMEMAKER
$10K
LAWYER
$10K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$429K
1982
$245K
1984
$317K
1986
$283K
1988
$228K
1990
$168K
1992
$406K
1994
$422K
1996
$487K
1998
$332K
2000
$544K
2002
$303K
2004
$560K
2006
$587K
2008
$804K
2010
$770K
2012
$1.3M
2014
$679K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in PHILADELPHIA, PA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1GOLDSTEIN, EDWARD S$18,5974β€”1980
2MCCABE, THOMAS B$17,00019SCOTT PAPER CO1980
3MANN, FREDRIC R$16,5004RETIRED1980
4BUTCHER, HOWARD III MR$15,4009STOCK BROKER1980
5DEE, ROBERT F$15,05019SMITH KLINE CORP1980
6HALLORAN, HARRY R$11,00011THE CONDUIT & FOUNDATION CORP1980
7CASSARD, EDWARD C MRS$7,4009REQUESTED1980
8MANN, SILVIA E$7,0003HOUSEWIFE1980
9BUTCHER, W W KEEN$6,50011BUTCHER & SINGER INC1980
10KENDALL, PHILIP J$5,5002PRINTER1980
11FISHMAN, W S$5,0001ARA SERVICES INC1980
12BERGER, DAVID$4,2505ATTORNEY1980
13GAMBLE, KENNETH$4,0004PHILA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS1980
14BUTTENWEISER, PETER L$3,5003EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT1980
15MONTGOMERY, R ALEXANDER$3,0005LAWYER1980
16BROWN, RICHARD P JR MR$2,7503LAWYER1980
17COLOSIMO, DOMINIC J$2,5001OWNER1980
18BUTTENWIESER, PETER$2,5004CONSULTANT1980
19DICKEY, CHARLES D JR$2,5003SCOTT PAPER1980
20ATWOOD, JOHN C JR MRS$2,4507HOMEMAKER1980
21DAWKINS, KEMEL G$2,3747β€”1980
22HENDERSON, J WELLES$2,3505RAWLE & HENDERSON1980
23BOOTHBY, WILLARD S JR$2,2503BLYTH, EASTMAN, DILLON & CO1980
24HENDERSON, HANNAH L$2,2505β€”1980
25DIGIACOMO, ANTHONY J$2,1256A D SURPLUS SALES1980
26BROWN, RICHARD P JR$2,0004MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS1980
27DILWORTH, PAXSON$2,0002β€”1980
28CHEN, ENG H$2,0001GREAT WALL1980
29DRAKE, CRAIG M MR$2,0001INVESTOR1980
30GAMBLE, KENNETH MR$2,0002PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL REC1980
31HAAS, F OTTO DR$2,0002RETIRED1980
32KAMENS, ARNOLD$2,0002OFFICE OUTFITTERS1980
33DOGOLE, S MR$2,0001.1980
34ESPOSITO, LOUIS J$2,0004FOOD PURVEYOR1980
35BROBYN, ROBERT J F$2,0001BROBYN & FORCENO1980
36FAWLEY, JOHN J$1,8502INDUSTRIAL VALLEY BANK & TRUST-EXVP1980
37DALZELL, STEWART$1,7504DRINKER, BIDDLE & REATH1980
38BERGER, DANIEL$1,7504ATTORNEY1980
39EWING, GEORGE M JR$1,7503BUILDER1980
40KALISH, HARRY A$1,7003DOWORTH, PAXIN, KELLISH, LEVY1980
41BAYER, JACK$1,7002INTERNATIONAL MILL SERVICE1980
42LEISENRING, E B JR$1,5503WESTMORELAND COAL1980
43GLASSMOYER, THOMAS P$1,5003SCHNADER, HARRISON, SEGAL1980
44GITTIS, HOWARD MR$1,5002β€”1980
45LEFEVRE, THOMAS V$1,5002β€”1980
46LOVELAND, S C JR MR$1,5003S C LOVELAND CO INC1980
47MULLINIX, EDWARD W$1,5003SCHNADER, HARRISON, SEGAL ...1980
48ABBOTT, FRANK H$1,5003SCHNADER, HARRISON, SEGAL ...1980
49COLE, C S JR$1,5002ENGINEER1980
50LAZIN, MALCOLM$1,5002FELL SPAULDING GOFF & RUBIN1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from PHILADELPHIA, PA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1ACTBLUEC00401224$971,422
2AB PACC00492140$875,500
3DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$452,421
4HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946$334,319
5WINREDC00694323$318,441
6DSCCC00042366$256,544
7AMERICAN PRIORITIES 16C00519918$250,000
8OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740$248,363
9HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537$243,991
10DCCCC00000935$202,266
11NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009$179,205
12EMILYS LISTC00193433$177,445
13DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALC60000254$176,950
14OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$175,729
15REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376$133,825