ZIP 02139: $17.6 million across 91,693 FEC lines

91,693 lines on a $17.6 million campus ZIP

Divide $17,571,451 by 91,693 and the typical itemized line is about $192. That high-volume, low-mean shape matches other university-adjacent codes more than it matches a Financial District ZIP with 27,000 lines. MIT and Central Square geography do not add a third packet fact. The file has two numbers. It does not have a unique-donor count.

Ninety-one thousand six hundred ninety-three contributions is a line count, not a headcount of Cambridge. Repeat gifts, campus-address batches, and redesignations can inflate the list. Quote 91,693 as a contribution-line total.

LobbyVault does not attach an academic political identity to $17,571,451. The source is FEC.gov receipts tagged 02139.

Keep the leading zero; Cambridge has several keys

02139 is a five-digit code. Spreadsheets that store 2139 will fail to match FEC itemizations. 02138 and 02142 are different Cambridge keys. A committee that lists a Massachusetts Avenue suite still posts 02139. $17,571,451 follows the form. It is not a resident-only book and not a citywide sum.

Open named receipts on the ZIP 02139 FEC page if you need to see which committees appear. This guide will not guess the mix inside 91,693 lines.

What the long list still excludes

Unitemized federal gifts sit outside $17,571,451. Massachusetts state-office campaigns sit outside. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP sit outside even if they mention a Middlesex race.

Because the line list is long, small amendments may not change the headline much. A restated joint-fundraising block still can. Recheck the live hub after large filings. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Cambridge’s 02139 key is a volume ZIP: 91,693 lines against $17,571,451, about $192 per line. Campus-adjacent household mail explains that shape better than a civic-mood story. Keep the leading zero. Keep 91,693 as a line count. This packet has no unique-donor count.

Massachusetts local campaigns never enter this federal ZIP total. Recheck the ZIP 02139 FEC page after quarterly filings. Other Cambridge keys have their own totals. The donor directory lists names. Filtering it to 02139 should reconcile to the hub, not to a homemade $192 average. FEC.gov remains the original.

02139 versus 02138 and 02142

Harvard Square and Kendall Square are different mail keys. Adding them to 02139 and calling the sum a Cambridge FEC total is a recode you must document. This page reports $17,571,451 for 02139 only.

The all-ZIP directory is the inventory for that comparison. Compare 91,693 against those peers rather than against a Boston Financial District ZIP with 27,000 lines. Filing shape is local to how addresses were entered.

How to read a high-volume Cambridge hub

The ZIP 02139 FEC page holds $17,571,451 and 91,693 as currently indexed. The all-ZIP directory places the code among others. The donor directory lists names on itemized receipts. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

Filtering the donor directory to 02139 should reconcile to the ZIP hub. When a name search and 91,693 disagree, the ZIP roll-up is the geographic total. The $192 mean is arithmetic, not a typical-person gift.

Filing shape: campus-adjacent volume

Cambridge appears on FEC Schedule A as ZIP 02139 among other keys. The indexed total for this key is $17,571,451 across 91,693 contributions. That high-volume, low-mean pattern is the fact the two numbers support. It is not a ranking of civic virtue and not a party split.

Use the ZIP 02139 FEC page as the live table. If an extract later prints a different dollar figure, the Commission’s filing wins. This prose will not silently rewrite 91,693.

02139 posts $17,571,451 across 91,693 contributions, about $192 per line. That is one of the longer lists in this remaining wave. Campus-adjacent household mail and small itemized gifts can produce that shape. Keep the leading zero. This packet has no unique-donor count. Quote 91,693 as a line count, not a population.

02138 and 02142 are other Cambridge keys. Adding them to 02139 manufactures a city figure. If you need that figure, list every ZIP. Keep 91,693 as the 02139 line count. The all-ZIP directory is the inventory.

Massachusetts state filings sit outside $17,571,451. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside. A long list can hide a few large restated transfers. Recheck the ZIP 02139 FEC page after quarterly filings. The donor directory lists names; filtering it to 02139 should reconcile to the hub. FEC.gov remains the original filing.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 02139?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 02139 total $17,571,451 across 91,693 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Cambridge residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $192 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Why does ZIP 02139 have so many contribution lines?

LobbyVault counts 91,693 itemized contributions for ZIP 02139 against $17,571,451. Campus-adjacent household mail and small itemized gifts can produce many rows at a low mean. Repeat gifts add lines without adding unique people. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 91,693 should not be quoted as a population.

Does ZIP 02139 cover all of Cambridge?

No. 02139 is one Cambridge mail key. 02138 and 02142 are separate roll-ups. Keep the leading zero when matching files. Committees and office addresses that file 02139 can be part of $17,571,451. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a citywide or residential-only book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 02139 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $17,571,451 and 91,693 lines for ZIP 02139. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and Massachusetts state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.