GREENSBORO, NC: $43.9M on 118,923 FEC receipts

What $43,852,376 on the Greensboro city field covers

$43,852,376 divided by 118,923 is about $369 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 $43,852,376 and 118,923.

Guilford County’s largest city sits on this string as a Triad filing city, not as a score of furniture-belt 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 Greensboro total of $43,852,376 does not absorb Winston-Salem, High Point, or Durham. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State NC stays on the citation. The 118,923 lines and the mean near $369 describe this key only.

Greensboro 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 Greensboro against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed GREENSBORO can sit inside $43,852,376.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $43,852,376 and 118,923. If the live Greensboro hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Not a Charlotte or Raleigh sum

Charlotte and Raleigh keep separate North Carolina hubs. Adding them to Greensboro would be a recode. This packet publishes GREENSBORO, NC only: $43,852,376 and 118,923 lines.

Nothing here ranks the Triad against the Triangle. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $43,852,376 from Greensboro omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $43,852,376. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $43,852,376 as “all federal money from Greensboro” overstates the series.

North Carolina state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $43,852,376 and outside 118,923. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

ZIP codes under the Greensboro city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Greensboro city total of $43,852,376 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Greensboro. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps to High Point or Kernersville, and the reverse.

Do not treat a mean near $369 as proof that Greensboro ZIPs are “mid-dollar donor ZIPs.” This packet has no ZIP list and no income field. Greensboro will keep attracting queries that treat the city as a proxy for Triad residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $43,852,376 across 118,923 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer FEC extract wins. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Greensboro receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Greensboro hub

Start on the live Greensboro city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $43,852,376 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 118,923 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Winston-Salem or High Point as the “real” Triad. Filers typed GREENSBORO. LobbyVault indexed GREENSBORO. Guilford County, the Piedmont, and “the Triad” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $369 is only $43,852,376 divided by 118,923. It is not a typical Greensboro household gift, not a typical campus gift, and not a typical downtown-office 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 Greensboro is more or less “politically active” than Charlotte because the line counts differ. Charlotte is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city GREENSBORO, NC, $43,852,376, 118,923 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. 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 Greensboro receipt that needs a line-by-line check. North Carolina 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 Greensboro’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city GREENSBORO, NC total $43,852,376 across 118,923 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Greensboro residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Greensboro’s 118,923 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 118,923 itemized lines for GREENSBORO, NC. 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 $43,852,376.

Does Greensboro’s total include Winston-Salem or Charlotte?

Only if the filer typed GREENSBORO. Winston-Salem, High Point, and Charlotte are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $43,852,376 is the GREENSBORO, NC match. The 118,923 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Greensboro facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $43,852,376 and 118,923 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. North Carolina non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $369 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.