CONCORD, MA: $44.8M on 96,018 FEC receipts

What $44,810,428 on the Concord city field covers

$44,810,428 divided by 96,018 is about $467 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 $44,810,428 and 96,018.

Concord sits on this string as a western-suburb filing city, not as a score of historic-district races. 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 Concord total of $44,810,428 does not absorb Lexington, Lincoln, or Acton. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State MA stays on the citation so CONCORD, MA is not merged with Concord, New Hampshire or Concord, California. The 96,018 lines and the mean near $467 describe this key only.

Concord is a contributor city, not a residency audit

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Concord against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed CONCORD can sit inside $44,810,428.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $44,810,428 and 96,018. If the live Concord hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Not a Boston metro sum

Boston, Cambridge, and Chestnut Hill keep separate Massachusetts hubs. Adding them to Concord would be a recode. This packet publishes CONCORD, MA only: $44,810,428 and 96,018 lines.

Nothing here ranks Concord against Lexington. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $44,810,428 from Concord omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $44,810,428. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $44,810,428 as “all federal money from Concord” overstates the series.

Massachusetts state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $44,810,428 and outside 96,018. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

How to cite Concord without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city CONCORD, MA, and print $44,810,428 with 96,018 together. Dropping the state abbreviation invites a merge with another Concord.

Concord will keep attracting queries that treat the town as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $44,810,428 across 96,018 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $467 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. Use ZIP pages for a different field. If the live hub reprints a different $44,810,428 or 96,018, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Concord receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Concord hub

Start on the live Concord city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $44,810,428 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 96,018 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Lexington or Acton as the “real” west suburb. Filers typed CONCORD. LobbyVault indexed CONCORD. Middlesex County, the Battle Road, and “MetroWest” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $467 is only $44,810,428 divided by 96,018. It is not a typical Concord household gift, not a typical professional gift, and not a typical town-center 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 Concord is more or less “politically active” than Boston because the line counts differ. Boston is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city CONCORD, MA, $44,810,428, 96,018 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Keep MA on the citation so the key is not merged with Concord, New Hampshire. 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 Concord receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Massachusetts 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 Concord’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city CONCORD, MA total $44,810,428 across 96,018 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Concord residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Concord’s 96,018 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 96,018 itemized lines for CONCORD, MA. 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 $44,810,428.

Does Concord’s total include Lexington or Boston?

Only if the filer typed CONCORD. Lexington, Lincoln, and Boston are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $44,810,428 is the CONCORD, MA match. The 96,018 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Concord facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $44,810,428 and 96,018 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 $467 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.