Federal contributions itemized with ZIP 02459
ZIP 02459 accounts for $19,911,283 in federal contributions across 66,372 FEC itemized receipts. LobbyVault sums FEC.gov filings that list 02459 as the contributor ZIP. Newton Centre, Massachusetts uses this inner-suburb code west of Boston. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can share those five digits.
Key figures
- ZIP 02459 FEC itemizations total $19,911,283 on 66,372 receipts.
- Mean itemized amount is about $300.
- 02459 is a Newton Centre mailing code, not a Boston combined total.
- Unique donor counts are not in this packet.
Newton Centre volume on 66,372 federal lines
Sixty-six thousand three hundred seventy-two itemized receipts add to $19,911,283. The mean is about $300 per line ($19,911,283 / 66,372). That pairing is a high-volume inner-suburb pattern: many receipts, a round three-hundred mean, eight-figure dollars. A mean in that band usually means many modest itemizations with a thinner tail of larger checks.
Sort the ZIP 02459 FEC page by amount to inspect the tail. The mean can look ordinary even if a few transfers are large, because 66,372 lines dilute them. Receipt count is not unique people. This packet has no donor-distinct figure. Treat 66,372 as lines on committee reports, not as a census of Newton Centre.
Newton is not a single ZIP. 02459 is one town code. Other Newton, Brookline, and Boston codes have their own hubs. Rank them on the all-ZIP index. Adding 02459 to those codes is a recode FEC.gov did not publish on this table.
What 02459 is not
The aggregate is not a Massachusetts OCPF total and not a City of Newton campaign report. It is federal itemizations from FEC.gov. It is also not a party index. FEC schedules do not score ZIP codes by ideology, and this packet does not invent one.
Unitemized federal gifts sit outside $19,911,283. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a Massachusetts race. Occupation and employer strings live on individual receipts. This ZIP rollup does not tally them. A hospital-or-university story that cites $19,911,283 without opening those strings is using a ZIP total as a substitute for an employer table it does not have.
02459 versus other Newton codes
Newton Centre is a place name. ZIP 02459 is a five-digit FEC field. $19,911,283 across 66,372 lines is the indexed pair. Inner-suburb geography is orientation. It is not an FEC finding about giving habits. Employer, occupation, and recipient tables sit elsewhere.
The all-ZIP directory ranks dollars. 02459's rank on dollars will not automatically match its rank on line count. Compare 66,372 receipts against a thinner Massachusetts ZIP as filing shape. FEC.gov publishes both. It does not crown a more engaged town.
Reading the $300 mean
Confirm the largest rows on the hub table. If they are committee names, note them. If they are personal names, note that instead. Either way, 66,372 remains a receipt count. The accurate comparison with another ZIP uses both dollars and line count, not dollars alone.
Cycle windows matter even when this packet does not print a cycle year. $19,911,283 is the indexed aggregate as harvested. Recheck the live ZIP 02459 FEC page after large filings. FEC.gov remains the source.
Newton Centre 02459 sits in a cluster of high-volume Massachusetts inner-suburb codes. The $300 mean on 66,372 lines is the filing shape that distinguishes it from a compact Boston tower ZIP with a $2,000 mean on fewer than 10,000 lines. Both can land near the same eight-figure dollar band. Filing shape is the difference. FEC.gov publishes both dollars and line count. It does not score Newton Centre as more engaged than Back Bay.
Where to continue from 02459
The ZIP 02459 FEC page lists the table behind $19,911,283. The all-ZIP index ranks other codes. The donor directory is the name-level path. This copy uses only the packet's total and contribution count. Cycle splits, party labels, and occupation tallies are omitted because they are not packet facts. If the live hub reprints a different total or 66,372-line count, the newer FEC extract wins. A mean near $300 follows from division and is not a median Newton resident.
Newton Centre 02459 as one town code west of Boston
Newton Centre sits west of Boston. The contributor field does not merge them. $19,911,283 across 66,372 lines is 02459 only. Other Newton and Boston codes have their own hubs. Rank them on the all-ZIP index. Adding 02459 to a Boston ZIP is a recode this packet does not contain.
The $300 mean on 66,372 lines is a high-volume inner-suburb shape. Sort the ZIP 02459 FEC page by amount. This packet has no unique-donor count. Cite 66,372 as receipts. Massachusetts OCPF filings sit outside $19,911,283. Use the donor directory for names. If the live hub reprints a different total or 66,372-line count, FEC.gov controls. Cite $19,911,283 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 02459, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Newton Centre is one inner-suburb code west of Boston, not a combined Newton-Brookline-Boston total. Other Newton tags have their own hubs on the all-ZIP index. Sort the ZIP 02459 FEC page by amount if the question is whether a few large rows sit in the tail of the $300 mean. Massachusetts OCPF filings sit outside $19,911,283. Recheck the live hub after large filings. FEC.gov remains the source for both the dollar total and the 66,372-line count.
Questions
- How much did ZIP 02459 itemize in federal contributions?
- LobbyVault's ZIP aggregate shows $19,911,283 across 66,372 FEC contributions listing 02459, sourced from FEC.gov. The five-digit field is the contributor ZIP on each receipt. The mean is about $300 per line, which is not a unique-donor average.
- What is the average 02459 contribution?
- Dividing $19,911,283 by 66,372 receipts yields about $300 per line. That is a mean, not a median, and not a per-person average. This packet does not include a unique-donor count, so the receipt total should not be read as a headcount of Newton Centre residents.
- Does 02459 cover all of Newton?
- 02459 is a Newton Centre, Massachusetts code, but other Newton ZIPs have separate FEC hubs with their own dollar totals. Compare them on the all-ZIP index. The $19,911,283 figure is only the itemizations labeled 02459, not a homemade citywide or Boston combined total.
- Where can I see 02459 receipts?
- On the ZIP 02459 FEC page, which lists the table behind $19,911,283 and 66,372 receipts. Rank other mailing codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory for person-level records. LobbyVault's 02459 packet reports the dollar total and the contribution count only.
ZIP is the 5-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.