Federal contributions from ZIP 02238

Cambridge 02238’s $12,697,533

$12,697,533 is the disclosed federal total for lines that carried 02238 in the ZIP box. Committees in any state can be the payees. Massachusetts OCPF filings and Cambridge municipal races generally sit outside this extract. Unitemized federal gifts never enter the total. Quote $12.7M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure, not as a census of what every household in Cambridge spent.

Five thousand eight hundred seventy-nine rows is a short file among ZIPs near $13 million. A short list at this dollar scale can still mix large committee transfers with small itemized gifts. This aggregate does not name that mix. Middlesex County geography on the form is not a party split. 02238 is a Cambridge mail key often associated with post-office box traffic; this packet does not break out box versus street addresses.

Nothing in the packet assigns $12,697,533 to a party, a cycle, or a unique-person roster. LobbyVault does not recode the ZIP field into a Harvard Square political score. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the hub. The supported facts stop at the dollar total, the contribution count, FEC as source, and the five-digit ZIP definition.

5,879 lines behind a large total

The extract lists 5,879 contributions for 02238. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this guide does not invent how many people sit behind Cambridge 02238 filings. A short file at $12.7M is still a ZIP roll-up. Repeat gifts and memo entries still add rows.

A list of 5,879 rows is practical to scan by amount. If a few committee lines account for a visible share of $12,697,533, the committee column on the hub will show it. This page will not publish an average as if the FEC printed one. Keep 02238 as a geographic key on the contributor record, not as a unique-person roster.

02238 as a contributor ZIP

Committees report a five-digit contributor ZIP. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents. Post-office box rows, institutional mail, and committee addresses that type 02238 can share the code. Quote $12.7M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure. Swap that phrase for “Cambridge residents spent” only if the hub rows actually support it.

The packet has no residency filter beyond the ZIP box. Street ZIPs 02138 and 02139 are separate keys; do not add them to 02238. A Cambridge mail drop and a committee that files 02238 both increment the same roll-up. Keep 02238 as five digits; dropping the leading zero breaks joins.

Reading the 02238 hub

The ZIP 02238 FEC page is the itemized table behind $12,697,533 and 5,879 contributions. The all-ZIP index is the comparison catalog. The donor directory searches names across the FEC file. FEC.gov is the originating system. LobbyVault indexes the ZIP field so these two facts can be quoted without assembling Schedule A reports by hand.

Somerville and Boston codes are separate keys. Open the hub for committee names, amounts, and dates that this summary does not carry. Sort, filter, and export live on the hub.

What 02238 does not include

No unique-donor count, party split, cycle trend, or per-resident ratio appears here. Massachusetts OCPF state reports are out. Cambridge municipal filings are out. So is any unitemized federal gift. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are also out. Cite $12,697,533 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 02238.

What a 02238 total is for

$12,697,533 is for citing itemized federal receipts tagged 02238. 5,879 is for citing how many such lines the index holds. $12.7M is a rounded form of $12,697,533. Use the exact figure in a table; use $12.7M in a sentence that needs a short headline.

The total is not for counting unique people. This packet has no donor headcount. It is not for state-office activity. It is not for unitemized federal gifts. It is not a license to add neighboring keys into $12,697,533. Those are other keys.

Open the live hub for the current index. This prose is a snapshot. If the hub and this file disagree, FEC.gov and the live index win. Then send the reader to the ZIP 02238 FEC page for names and to the donor directory for person-level itemizations.

Questions

How much did ZIP 02238 show in FEC itemized totals?

Receipts listing 02238 total $12,697,533 across 5,879 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of Cambridge and not Massachusetts OCPF campaign totals. The packet facts stop at $12,697,533 and 5,879 contributions; named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 02238 FEC page.

Does 5,879 contributions mean 5,879 people donated?

No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 02238 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people. Open the ZIP 02238 FEC page for names behind the 5,879 lines.

Does ZIP 02238 include Massachusetts state races?

No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Massachusetts OCPF filings sit outside $12,697,533. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 02238 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $12,697,533 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 02238 FEC page, not in this summary.

Where can I see 02238 itemizations?

On the ZIP 02238 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes $12,697,533, 5,879 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $12,697,533, 5,879 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP on FEC.gov itemizations.