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Federal contributions from ZIP 19118

Itemized FEC.gov receipts that list contributor ZIP 19118 add to $18,765,115 on 37,818 lines. Philadelphia uses this Chestnut Hill code at the city's northwest edge, distinct from Center City 19102. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can share those five digits.

Key figures

  • ZIP 19118 FEC itemizations total $18,765,115 on 37,818 receipts.
  • Mean itemized amount is about $496.
  • 19118 is Chestnut Hill, not a Philadelphia citywide total.
  • Unique donor counts are not in this packet.

Chestnut Hill volume on 37,818 federal lines

Thirty-seven thousand eight hundred eighteen itemized receipts add to $18,765,115. The mean is about $496 per line ($18,765,115 / 37,818). That pairing is a mid-to-high volume northwest-Philadelphia pattern: many receipts, a mid-hundreds mean, eight-figure dollars. Searchers often collapse Northwest into one story. 19118 is Chestnut Hill. 19119 is Mount Airy.

Sort the ZIP 19118 FEC page by amount. The $496 mean can look ordinary even if a few transfers are large, because 37,818 lines dilute them. Receipt count is not unique people. This packet has no donor-distinct figure. Treat 37,818 as lines on committee reports, not as a census of Chestnut Hill.

Philadelphia is not a single ZIP. 19118 is the northwest-edge code. Rank neighboring tags on the all-ZIP index. Adding 19118 to 19119 or a Main Line ZIP is a recode FEC.gov did not publish on this table.

What 19118 is not

The aggregate is not a Pennsylvania Department of State total and not a City of Philadelphia 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 $18,765,115. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a Pennsylvania race. Occupation and employer strings live on individual receipts. This ZIP rollup does not tally them. A university-or-hospital story that cites $18,765,115 without opening those strings is using a ZIP total as a substitute for an employer table it does not have.

19118 versus Center City and Main Line codes

Chestnut Hill is a place name. ZIP 19118 is a five-digit FEC field. $18,765,115 across 37,818 lines is the indexed pair. Northwest 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. 19118's rank on dollars will not automatically match its rank on line count. Compare 37,818 receipts against a thinner Pennsylvania ZIP as filing shape. FEC.gov publishes both. It does not crown Chestnut Hill as more engaged than Center City.

Reading the $496 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, 37,818 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. $18,765,115 is the indexed aggregate as harvested. Recheck the live ZIP 19118 FEC page after large filings. FEC.gov remains the source.

Where to continue from 19118

The ZIP 19118 FEC page lists the table behind $18,765,115. 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 37,818-line count, the newer FEC extract wins. A mean near $496 follows from division and is not a median Chestnut Hill resident. Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Chestnut Hill versus Mount Airy 19119

19118 is Chestnut Hill. 19119 is Mount Airy. Main Line codes sit in different counties. None of those hubs should be added to $18,765,115. Thirty-seven thousand eight hundred eighteen lines against a $496 mean is mid-to-high volume northwest-Philadelphia shape. Sort the ZIP 19118 FEC page by amount to inspect the tail.

Pennsylvania Department of State filings sit outside this table. The donor directory is the name-level path. Recheck the live hub after large filings. Cite $18,765,115 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 19118, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Philadelphia 19118 is Chestnut Hill, not Mount Airy 19119 and not Center City 19102. $18,765,115 across 37,818 lines is the indexed pair. A $496 mean on a long list is mid-to-high volume northwest-Philadelphia shape. Rank neighboring tags on the all-ZIP index. Recheck the live ZIP 19118 FEC page after large filings. FEC.gov remains the source for $18,765,115 and 37,818.

Questions

How much did ZIP 19118 itemize in federal contributions?
LobbyVault's ZIP aggregate shows $18,765,115 across 37,818 FEC contributions listing 19118, sourced from FEC.gov. The five-digit field is the contributor ZIP on each receipt. The mean is about $496 per line, which is not a unique-donor average.
What is the average 19118 contribution?
Dividing $18,765,115 by 37,818 receipts yields about $496 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 Chestnut Hill residents.
Does 19118 cover all of Northwest Philadelphia?
19118 is Chestnut Hill. Mount Airy 19119 and other Northwest ZIPs have separate FEC hubs. Compare them on the all-ZIP index. The $18,765,115 figure is only the itemizations labeled 19118, not a citywide or Main Line combined total.
Where can I see 19118 receipts?
On the ZIP 19118 FEC page, which lists the table behind $18,765,115 and 37,818 receipts. Rank other mailing codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory for person-level records. LobbyVault's 19118 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.