ZIP 20004: $143.6 million on 111,235 FEC receipts

A federal-core ZIP with six-figure line volume

$143,592,452 divided by 111,235 is about $1,290 per itemized line. That mean sits below 20005 and 20036 on this wave and above Georgetown’s 20007. 20004 mixes museum-and-office geography with committee mail. FEC.gov does not split those groups in this ZIP total. LobbyVault reports $143,592,452 and 111,235.

One hundred eleven thousand two hundred thirty-five itemizations is a volume list, not a unique-person count. Repeat givers, agency-adjacent office addresses, and PAC mail all add rows. This packet has no donor headcount. Cite 111,235 as a contribution-line total.

No party split is attached to $143,592,452. Proximity to federal buildings is orientation. It is not an FEC finding about who “owns” Penn Quarter. The Commission stores a ZIP string.

Keep 20004 separate from 20005 and 20006

Downtown D.C. codes are separate FEC keys. 20005 and 20006 have their own dollar totals and line counts. This page cites only 20004. Adding the three ZIPs is a recode. FEC.gov did not publish a combined downtown figure here.

A PAC or joint fundraising committee that lists a 20004 suite still posts that ZIP when it is on Schedule A. Household rows are fewer in a commercial core, but they are not excluded by a residential filter — because this aggregate has no such filter. Open the ZIP 20004 FEC page for named receipts.

What $143,592,452 omits

Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. D.C. local-office filings are omitted. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a District race. Cite $143,592,452 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 20004, sourced from FEC.gov.

Joint-fundraising restatements can still move a downtown ZIP. Recheck the live ZIP 20004 FEC page after large amendments. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Itemized-only scope still needs repeating on a high-volume commercial ZIP. $143,592,452 never includes unitemized federal gifts, and it never includes state-office money from Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle. A newspaper that adds those systems to $143,592,452 has left FEC.gov. This page stays on the Commission’s itemized receipts tagged 20004.

20004 in the ZIP ranking

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same series. Compare 111,235 lines against neighboring 2000x codes as filing shape. Do not convert that comparison into a claim about which downtown block is more politically active. FEC.gov does not score activity.

Dollar rank and line-count rank diverge on ZIP 20004. 111,235 receipts against $143,592,452 is the pairing that describes filing shape. A peer ZIP with similar dollars and one-tenth the lines is a different mix, not a more generous town. FEC.gov does not score generosity.

Source tables

The ZIP 20004 FEC page holds $143,592,452 and 111,235 as currently indexed. The all-ZIP directory ranks other codes. The donor directory lists names on itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls. No museum or arena narrative is attached to the ZIP field.

The live ZIP 20004 FEC page can disagree with this snapshot after an amendment. Joint-fundraising restatements are the usual reason a high-volume commercial total moves. When the numbers differ, the later FEC.gov extract controls. LobbyVault indexes; it does not freeze $143,592,452.

What 111,235 lines cannot tell you about Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle

ZIP 20004 in Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle shows 111,235 itemized contributions totaling $143,592,452. That line count is not a unique-donor census. Repeat itemizations, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows. This packet has no person field, so this guide does not invent one. Open named receipts if you need identities.

The mean of about $1,290 is $143,592,452 divided by 111,235. It is a ratio for a high-volume commercial ZIP, not a typical household gift and not a median. Committee and joint-fundraising addresses in Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle can sit in the same total as individuals. The source remains FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Readers who arrive from a search for ZIP 20004 political donations usually want a single headline. The honest headline is two numbers: $143,592,452 and 111,235 itemized FEC contributions. A $1,290 mean is a third derived figure, useful only as a scale check. Penn Quarter is a mail-code label, not a finding that every dollar came from people who live there. Joint fundraising and PAC addresses can sit in $143,592,452. FEC.gov is the source; LobbyVault is the index. If you need names, leave this roll-up and open the ZIP 20004 hub and the donor directory. Do not add state-office money to $143,592,452. Do not add unitemized gifts. Do not invent a unique-donor count the packet omitted. The table behind this guide is the live ZIP 20004 FEC page, which can move when committees amend.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 20004?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 20004 total $143,592,452 across 111,235 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 people who live in Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle. Joint fundraising committees and PAC addresses can appear in $143,592,452 when that five-digit code was filed. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 20004?

LobbyVault counts 111,235 itemized contributions for ZIP 20004. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 111,235 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $143,592,452.

Does ZIP 20004 include only residents of Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses in Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle can be part of $143,592,452 when 20004 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 111,235-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 20004 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $143,592,452 and 111,235 lines for ZIP 20004. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from Penn Quarter and Federal Triangle are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $1,290 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.