BROOKLINE, MA: $64.4M on 157,457 FEC receipts

Brookline beside Boston, not inside Boston

Divide $64,389,320 by 157,457 and the average itemized line is about $409. Wayland, on nearby dollars, carries 44,737 lines. Brookline is the thicker of those two Massachusetts books.

Boston, Newton, Cambridge, and Newton Centre are other city strings. They are not inside $64,389,320 unless the filer typed BROOKLINE. Norfolk County is orientation, not an FEC dimension.

A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that listed Brookline can share the city field with household streets. LobbyVault does not recode those rows into Boston. The 157,457 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Do not treat Brookline as a Boston subtotal

Boston is a separate city hub. Adding Brookline to Boston and calling the sum “Greater Boston” is a recode this packet does not publish.

Keep BROOKLINE, MA as the citation. Recheck $64,389,320 and 157,457 on the live hub after a later extract.

City field versus ZIP pages

Filers type a city. The Commission stores that string. Recoding Brookline into a Census place would be a different product.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Boston-adjacent ZIPs often straddle city labels. Do not expect ZIP sums to equal $64,389,320. The 157,457-line count follows the city field.

What this table omits

Massachusetts state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $64,389,320 and outside 157,457. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how Brookline voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

A Brookline citation that names FEC.gov and prints $64,389,320 without 157,457 hides a mid-volume book beside Boston, mean near $409. Boston remains a separate hub. Norfolk County maps do not replace the city field.

If a later extract moves Brookline’s pair, the live hub is the authority. This guide is a snapshot. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Brookline receipt is the story. Unitemized gifts and Massachusetts state filings remain outside $64,389,320 and 157,457.

Citing BROOKLINE, MA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $64,389,320 with 157,457 together. Dropping the line count hides the mean near $409 and Brookline’s thicker file beside Wayland.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Brookline receipt matters.

Brookline’s $64,389,320 on 157,457 lines, mean near $409, is a thicker Massachusetts file than Wayland on similar dollars. Keep 157,457 in the citation.

Boston remains the neighboring hub readers most often want to fold in. This packet does not fold it in. $64,389,320 is BROOKLINE only.

What a Brookline reader should carry

Carry FEC.gov, contributor city BROOKLINE, MA, $64,389,320, and 157,457 lines. The mean near $409 is optional arithmetic. It is not a typical household gift and not a unique-donor average.

Boston, Newton, Cambridge, and Newton Centre stay off this page unless the filer typed BROOKLINE. Massachusetts state-office receipts stay off this page. Unitemized federal gifts stay off this page.

Norfolk County is orientation, not an FEC dimension. Greater Boston is a research phrase. FEC.gov stored city. Quote $64,389,320 with 157,457 together.

The live Brookline hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Brookline receipt matters. ZIP pages split a different field. Boston-adjacent ZIPs often straddle city labels.

Brookline’s 157,457 lines behind $64,389,320, mean near $409, sit beside Boston as a separate city string. Folding Brookline into Boston mixes labels. Newton and Cambridge are other neighboring hubs.

Norfolk County is orientation. Greater Boston is a research phrase. $64,389,320 is BROOKLINE only. The 157,457 lines follow the same rule.

Massachusetts state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Boston-adjacent ZIPs often straddle city labels, so ZIP sums will not automatically equal $64,389,320. The Brookline hub holds the live table. Open FEC.gov for named receipts. Quote $64,389,320 with 157,457.

Brookline’s pair is $64,389,320 and 157,457 lines. Print both. Boston stays on its own hub. Greater Boston is a research phrase. The live table on the Brookline FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge.

Questions

What is Brookline’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city BROOKLINE, MA total $64,389,320 across 157,457 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Brookline residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Brookline’s 157,457 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 157,457 itemized lines for BROOKLINE, MA. That is a line count, not a headcount. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $64,389,320. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 157,457 should not be quoted as a Brookline population of donors.

Does Brookline’s total include Boston or Newton?

No, unless the filer typed BROOKLINE. Boston and Newton are separate city hubs. $64,389,320 is the BROOKLINE, MA match. The 157,457 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this page. Greater Boston is a research phrase, not an FEC dimension on this Brookline hub.

Where do the Brookline facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $64,389,320 and 157,457 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Massachusetts non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $409 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.