ZIP 20815: $124.8 million across 216,487 FEC lines

A long line list on the D.C. line

$124,791,855 divided by 216,487 is about $576 per itemized line. Among Maryland ZIPs in this wave, 20815 is the volume outlier: more lines than Potomac 20854, a lower mean. That does not prove every line is small. Large PAC or joint-fundraising itemizations can still sit inside $124,791,855. They are diluted in the average by 216,487 lines.

Two hundred sixteen thousand four hundred eighty-seven contributions is an itemization count, not a unique-person count. Repeat givers and household pairs can lengthen the list. This packet has no donor headcount. Cite 216,487 as a contribution-line total, not a census of Chevy Chase.

No party split is published on $124,791,855. Close-in Maryland geography is orientation. It is not an FEC finding about suburban ideology. The Commission stores a ZIP string.

20815 is not 20854

Potomac and Chevy Chase are different contributor ZIPs. Adding 20815 to 20854 is a recode. FEC.gov did not publish a combined Montgomery County figure on this table. A PAC that lists a 20815 address adds only to this total when that ZIP is filed.

Household rows and committee rows share the 216,487-line count. Open the ZIP 20815 FEC page for named receipts rather than inferring the mix from the mean.

What $124,791,855 omits

Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Maryland state-office campaigns are omitted. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a Maryland race. Cite $124,791,855 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 20815, sourced from FEC.gov.

A long line list can absorb small amendments. A restated joint-fundraising block can still move the headline. Recheck the live ZIP 20815 FEC page after large filings. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Cycle windows matter even when this packet does not print a cycle year. $124,791,855 is the indexed aggregate for ZIP 20815 as harvested. An older news clip with a different total is not a contradiction until you check extract dates. FEC.gov amendments are expected on a extreme volume suburban ZIP with 216,487 lines.

20815 in the ZIP ranking

The all-ZIP directory ranks dollars. 20815’s rank on dollars will not match its rank on line count. Compare 216,487 receipts against 20854’s shorter list as filing shape. FEC.gov publishes both shapes. It does not crown a more engaged suburb.

Chevy Chase is a close-in Maryland place name. ZIP 20815 is a five-digit FEC field. $124,791,855 across 216,487 lines is the indexed pair. This page does not treat the ZIP as a personality. Employer, occupation, and recipient tables sit elsewhere.

Source tables

The ZIP 20815 FEC page holds $124,791,855 and 216,487 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 embassy-row narrative is attached to the ZIP field.

Chevy Chase ZIP 20815 carries 216,487 itemized lines totaling $124,791,855. A list that long can hide a large transfer in the mean. After committees amend, the live ZIP 20815 FEC page is the place to confirm both numbers. FEC.gov remains the source; this page is an index.

ZIP 20815 as a geographic key, not a community survey

FEC contributor ZIP 20815 covers mail in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Geocoding those five digits to parcels, precincts, or income maps is extra work this aggregate does not do. $124,791,855 follows the form field. 216,487 counts itemized rows. Neither number is a poll of people who sleep in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Joint fundraising and PAC addresses can be in $124,791,855. That caveat is the same for every ZIP on this wave and still has to be said on this page. Combined with a extreme volume suburban mean of about $576, it tells a reader not to treat ZIP 20815 as a household checkbook. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Because 216,487 and $124,791,855 are large enough to quote in isolation, they get quoted in isolation. That is how ZIP 20815 gets misread. A dollar total without a line count hides whether Chevy Chase is a concentration ZIP or a volume ZIP. A line count without $124,791,855 hides scale. A mean of about $576 without the PAC-address caveat hides how FEC mail works. Quote the pair, then the caveat, then the source: FEC.gov itemized receipts indexed on LobbyVault. Skip motive language. Skip stacking neighboring ZIPs into a metro total unless you document the recode. The ZIP 20815 FEC page remains the live table for both printed facts.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 20815?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 20815 total $124,791,855 across 216,487 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 Chevy Chase, Maryland. Joint fundraising committees and PAC addresses can appear in $124,791,855 when that five-digit code was filed. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 20815?

LobbyVault counts 216,487 itemized contributions for ZIP 20815. 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 216,487 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $124,791,855.

Does ZIP 20815 include only residents of Chevy Chase, Maryland?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses in Chevy Chase, Maryland can be part of $124,791,855 when 20815 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 216,487-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 20815 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $124,791,855 and 216,487 lines for ZIP 20815. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from Chevy Chase, Maryland are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $576 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.