Federal contributions from ZIP 48236

Forty-nine thousand lines on a lakeshore ZIP

$28,904,523 divided by 49,509 is about $584 per itemized line. That mean sits in the middle of high-volume suburban codes: tens of thousands of rows, dollars in the high $20 millions, no median in the packet. The average is a ratio, not a typical Grosse Pointe household check.

Forty-nine thousand five hundred nine itemizations is a long receipt list. Repeat gifts, workplace itemizations, and bundled events can all add rows. 49,509 is not a headcount of people who live on the Lake St. Clair shore.

No party share is attached to $28,904,523. Employer strings sit on other LobbyVault views. 48236 is a geographic key on the contributor record. Cite 49,509 contributions with that total whenever the ZIP is quoted.

How FEC forms treat 48236

48236 covers Grosse Pointe Woods and adjacent east-side mail. A contributor who lists a residential street, an office, or a committee that files 48236 adds to $28,904,523 when that ZIP is on the itemization. Treating the total as household-only giving misstates the field.

The 49,509-line count includes memo entries and redesignations. This guide does not invent a person count the packet omitted. Grosse Pointe geography is orientation only.

What $28,904,523 leaves out

Unitemized federal gifts are out. Michigan Bureau of Elections filings are out. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are out. Cite $28,904,523 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 48236, from FEC.gov.

A suburban Michigan ZIP still moves when schedules are amended. Recheck the ZIP 48236 FEC page after a restatement. Compare extract dates before treating two published totals as a contradiction.

48236 next to other Detroit-area codes

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same FEC series. Nearby codes may show different means on different line counts. Those contrasts describe filing shape. FEC.gov does not score neighborhoods.

Do not add 48236 to another Grosse Pointe or Detroit code into a lakeshore-plus total on this page. The file reports one key: 48236, $28,904,523, 49,509 contributions.

Live tables for 48236

Open the ZIP 48236 FEC page for $28,904,523 and 49,509 as currently indexed. Use the all-ZIP directory to compare codes and the donor directory for names. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

LobbyVault is the index, not the filing system. Named receipts answer identity questions this 49,509-line roll-up cannot. Quote $28,904,523 with 49,509 contributions. The mean of about $584 is $28,904,523 divided by 49,509. It is not a median. The packet has no unique-donor field.

How to quote 48236 without inventing a lakeshore census

Researchers who want a Grosse Pointe Woods figure should keep $28,904,523 and 49,509 together. Dropping the line count turns a mid-$500 mean into a headline that sounds like household wealth. The packet has no unique-donor field, so 49,509 cannot be restated as people. Lake St. Clair geography orients the map. It does not convert Schedule A into a voter file.

Workplace itemizations in a suburban Michigan ZIP can share 48236 with residential streets. LobbyVault leaves that mix in place. The ZIP 48236 FEC page is the place to sort payers. The donor directory is the place for names. Neither table is a Michigan Bureau of Elections extract.

If two published totals for 48236 disagree, match extract dates before treating the gap as a new finding. Amended schedules move suburban ZIPs. Cite $28,904,523 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 48236, from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts stay outside it. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP stay outside it.

A mean of about $584 is $28,904,523 divided by 49,509. Keep that ratio next to the all-ZIP directory when you compare 48236 with another Detroit-area code. Different means on different line counts describe filing shape. FEC.gov does not score the lakeshore. Quote the pair: $28,904,523 and 49,509 contributions.

Grosse Pointe Woods mail is still a five-digit FEC key. $28,904,523 is the dollar side of that key. 49,509 is the line side. Repeat gifts add rows. Memo entries add rows. Neither figure is a Michigan household census. Keep both on the same citation.

Open the ZIP 48236 FEC page when you need the current extract. Open the all-ZIP directory when you need a rank. Open the donor directory when you need a name. LobbyVault does not replace FEC.gov. Quote $28,904,523 with 49,509 contributions after any restatement.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 48236?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 48236 total $28,904,523 across 49,509 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Grosse Pointe Woods residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $584 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 48236?

LobbyVault counts 49,509 itemized contributions for ZIP 48236. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. Those rows are itemized Schedule A lines, not people. The matching dollar total is $28,904,523.

Does ZIP 48236 include only Grosse Pointe Woods residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office and committee addresses in the 48236 grid can be part of $28,904,523 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 49,509-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 48236 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $28,904,523 and 49,509 lines for ZIP 48236. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Michigan state filings are outside both figures. LobbyVault is the index, not the filing system. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.