Federal contributions listing Wilmington, DE
Wilmington, DE is the contributor city on $158,581,240 in federal receipts across 153,365 FEC itemizations. LobbyVault groups those lines from FEC.gov by city and state. Delaware’s corporate-law center means many committees and companies list a Wilmington address even when the people associated with a receipt live elsewhere. The city field is still the address on the itemization, not a proof of residence.
Key figures
- Wilmington, DE contributor-city receipts total $158,581,240.
- Those dollars sit on 153,365 FEC itemizations.
- The line count is thinner than many city hubs with similar dollars.
- PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can appear in the city field.
- ZIP pages split the same federal filings by postal code.
Why a corporate city string concentrates receipts
The $158,581,240 figure is the sum of federal contribution itemizations stored as Wilmington, DE. One hundred fifty-three thousand three hundred sixty-five lines feed that total. Relative to the dollars, that is a thinner file than many city hubs with similar money. LobbyVault does not interpret the mix as a character study. It reports every receipt whose city field is Wilmington and whose state is DE.
Philadelphia and other nearby labels are stored as their own city strings. They are not inside this Wilmington number. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. For Wilmington, that caveat is central: registered-agent and committee addresses can sit in the same bucket as household streets. Quoting $158,581,240 as resident giving describes the city field, not a residency test. The 153,365 lines are disclosed receipts, not unique persons.
Nothing on this page estimates how Wilmington 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 Wilmington city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index. The two facts to carry are $158,581,240 and 153,365 itemizations.
Why the line count matters here
A thinner file next to a large dollar total is a signal to keep both facts on the page. Dropping the 153,365 count would hide whether larger receipts are doing more of the work. Dropping the $158,581,240 sum would hide the scale. This hub keeps both so readers can see the mix without a hidden individuals-only filter.
Free-text city names still split New Castle County. A committee that typed Newark or Dover would not land here. The 153,365 records are the literal WILMINGTON match. A combined Delaware research question requires adding other hubs by design. This guide does not invent that merge.
Delaware state campaign accounts are not inside $158,581,240. This hub is federal itemizations labeled Wilmington, DE: 153,365 records. A New Castle County briefing that blends Newark is a different object unless those labels are added on purpose. Keep this page’s two facts unchanged when you cite it.
ZIP codes inside the Wilmington string
Postal codes on the same filings separate office-heavy ZIPs from neighborhood ZIPs. The city page still reports $158,581,240 and 153,365 contributions. ZIP pages regroup those FEC.gov lines without adding party scores or legal findings. A ZIP that hosts several registered offices or PAC addresses can look large relative to overnight population.
When another publisher’s Wilmington number differs, check date range, individuals-only filters, and whether nearby towns were rolled in. This rollup keeps every loaded itemization whose city field is Wilmington, DE.
What this Wilmington table omits
Delaware state campaign accounts are a different disclosure system. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are also outside these two facts. Occupation and recipient committee live on other FEC fields. The defining pair remains $158,581,240 and 153,365 records listing Wilmington, DE. Nothing here estimates how Wilmington voted.
Wilmington’s role as a corporate-address city is the reading key. One hundred fifty-three thousand three hundred sixty-five itemizations behind $158,581,240 is a thinner file than many similar-dollar hubs. Registered offices and household streets share the city field. The table does not label which lines are which. It reports the combined FEC city string.
Source and next steps
All figures are Federal Election Commission contribution itemizations aggregated by contributor city. Open the Wilmington city page for the live table, the cities index for other Delaware labels, and ZIP pages for postal-code cuts of the same 153,365 lines. The only dollar fact on this guide is $158,581,240.
Cite both facts so the mix is visible. Philadelphia remains a different hub. ZIP pages can show office-heavy postal codes carrying more of the $158,581,240. No third quantity is used in this guide.
Questions
- How much in federal contributions lists Wilmington, DE?
- FEC itemizations with contributor city Wilmington, DE total $158,581,240 across 153,365 records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a survey of Wilmington residents.
- Why might Wilmington show large dollars on fewer itemizations?
- The file contains 153,365 lines behind $158,581,240. A thinner line count next to a large dollar total can mean larger receipts sharing the city field, including committee and corporate addresses. This page reports the combined FEC city aggregate.
- Do PAC or corporate addresses count in Wilmington totals?
- Yes, if the itemization lists Wilmington, DE. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses share the city field with individuals. The $158,581,240 figure should not be read as resident-only giving.
- Where do the Wilmington FEC numbers come from?
- Federal Election Commission filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $158,581,240 and 153,365 contributions.
City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.