PROVIDENCE, RI: $39.5M on 116,868 FEC receipts

Providence’s volume relative to its dollars

One hundred sixteen thousand eight hundred sixty-eight lines produce $39,517,814. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $338. That is a high-volume city string on this extract. Cranston, Warwick, and Pawtucket are other Rhode Island city strings. They are not inside $39,517,814 unless the filer typed PROVIDENCE.

Providence County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. $39,517,814 is the PROVIDENCE match only.

Not Boston and not a statewide recode

Boston keeps a Massachusetts hub. Recoding Providence into a New England capital sum would mix states. This packet publishes PROVIDENCE, RI only: $39,517,814 and 116,868 lines.

Household streets and office addresses can share the city field. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 116,868 lines are receipts, not unique persons. Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

City string versus ZIP cut

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. PROVIDENCE plus RI is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a metro-Rhode Island label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Providence-area ZIPs can diverge from $39,517,814 when some receipts used East Providence or Cranston as the city. The 116,868-line count follows the city field.

What sits outside the pair

Rhode Island state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $39,517,814 and outside 116,868. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing PROVIDENCE, RI

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $39,517,814 with 116,868 together. Dropping the line count hides a mean near $338 and a volume capital-city book.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Providence receipt matters. Cranston and Warwick remain other Rhode Island hubs.

How to use the Providence hub

Start on the live Providence city page. $39,517,814 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 116,868 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Cranston, Warwick, Pawtucket, or East Providence as the “real” Rhode Island address. Filers typed PROVIDENCE. LobbyVault indexed PROVIDENCE. Providence County and “the capital” are useful for maps. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub. A mean near $338 is only $39,517,814 divided by 116,868. It is not a typical Providence household 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 turnout. Boston is a Massachusetts city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city PROVIDENCE, RI, $39,517,814, 116,868 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Providence receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Rhode Island 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. 116,868 is not a unique-donor census. A high line count can include repeat givers. $39,517,814 is still the dollar sum of those lines. Quote both. The live Providence hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. ZIP pages split a different field. Keep RI on the key. Do not fold a statewide slogan into $39,517,814.

Providence’s pair on this extract is $39,517,814 and 116,868 lines, mean near $338. Print both. Cranston, Warwick, Pawtucket, and East Providence remain other Rhode Island strings. Boston remains a Massachusetts hub. Providence County is orientation. Rhode Island state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 116,868 without adding unique persons. The live Providence FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city PROVIDENCE, RI with both packet numbers. Do not fold a statewide slogan into $39,517,814.

Questions

What is Providence’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city PROVIDENCE, RI total $39,517,814 across 116,868 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Providence residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Providence’s 116,868 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 116,868 itemized lines for PROVIDENCE, RI. 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 $39,517,814.

Does Providence’s total include Cranston or Boston?

Only if the filer typed PROVIDENCE. Cranston, Warwick, and Boston are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $39,517,814 is the PROVIDENCE, RI match. The 116,868 lines follow the same rule. Statewide labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Providence facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $39,517,814 and 116,868 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Rhode Island non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.