What is Stanford’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city STANFORD, CA total $46,473,517 across 36,513 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Stanford residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Stanford’s 36,513 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 36,513 itemized lines for STANFORD, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $46,473,517.

Does Stanford’s total include Palo Alto or Menlo Park?

Only if the filer typed STANFORD. Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Mountain View are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $46,473,517 is the STANFORD, CA match. The 36,513 lines follow the same rule. Campus-to-city recodes are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Stanford facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $46,473,517 and 36,513 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. California non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $1,273 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.

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STANFORD, CA: $46.5M on 36,513 FEC receipts

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city STANFORD, CA sum to $46,473,517 across 36,513 contributions. Stanford’s book is a high average on a thinner line count, which is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a campus ranking. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

Stanford’s federal itemized city book is $46,473,517 across 36,513 contributions.
The mean near $1,273 reflects a thinner file on this extract.
Cite STANFORD, CA, not Palo Alto, so the key stays intact.
Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

What $46,473,517 on the Stanford city field covers

$46,473,517 divided by 36,513 is about $1,273 per itemized line. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median, a unique-donor count, or a party split on this city aggregate. LobbyVault reports $46,473,517 and 36,513.

STANFORD is a census-designated place name that filers type as a city. Size of the campus community is not in this packet. The 36,513-line count is a contribution-line total. It is not a headcount of Stanford residents. 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.

A Stanford total of $46,473,517 does not absorb Palo Alto, Menlo Park, or Mountain View. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State CA stays on the citation so STANFORD, CA is not merged with Stanford, Kentucky. The 36,513 lines and the mean near $1,273 describe this key only.

Stanford is a contributor city, not a Palo Alto recode

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Stanford against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household that still typed STANFORD can sit inside $46,473,517 even if the postal service maps the street to Palo Alto.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $46,473,517 and 36,513. If the live Stanford hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Campus string versus neighboring cities

Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Atherton keep separate California hubs. Adding them to Stanford would be a recode. This packet publishes STANFORD, CA only: $46,473,517 and 36,513 lines.

Do not convert a mean near $1,273 into a story about a university. FEC.gov stored city, dollars, and a line count. Occupation is not in this packet.

What $46,473,517 from Stanford omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $46,473,517. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $46,473,517 as “all federal money from Stanford” overstates the series.

California state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $46,473,517 and outside 36,513. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

ZIP codes under the Stanford city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Stanford city total of $46,473,517 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Stanford. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps to Palo Alto, and the reverse.

Stanford will keep attracting queries that treat a campus city string as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $46,473,517 across 36,513 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $1,273 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer FEC extract wins. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Stanford receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Stanford hub

Start on the live Stanford city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $46,473,517 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 36,513 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Palo Alto or Menlo Park as the “real” campus town. Filers typed STANFORD. LobbyVault indexed STANFORD. Santa Clara County, the campus CDP, and “Silicon Valley” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $1,273 is only $46,473,517 divided by 36,513. It is not a typical Stanford household gift, not a typical faculty gift, and not a typical student gift. Occupation is a different FEC field. Recipient is a different FEC field. Party is a different FEC field. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer them from the mean. Do not infer turnout. Do not infer that Stanford is more or less “politically active” than Palo Alto because the line counts differ. Palo Alto is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city STANFORD, CA, $46,473,517, 36,513 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Keep CA on the citation so the key is not merged with Stanford, Kentucky. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original PDFs and electronic filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Stanford receipt that needs a line-by-line check. California non-federal filings never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations never enter either fact. That is the full scope of this city page.

Questions

What is Stanford’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?: Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city STANFORD, CA total $46,473,517 across 36,513 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Stanford residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.
How should I read Stanford’s 36,513 contributions?: LobbyVault counts 36,513 itemized lines for STANFORD, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $46,473,517.
Does Stanford’s total include Palo Alto or Menlo Park?: Only if the filer typed STANFORD. Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Mountain View are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $46,473,517 is the STANFORD, CA match. The 36,513 lines follow the same rule. Campus-to-city recodes are not an FEC dimension on this hub.
Where do the Stanford facts come from?: Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $46,473,517 and 36,513 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. California non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $1,273 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.