Federal contributions from ZIP 94708

North Berkeley volume on 92,847 federal lines

Ninety-two thousand eight hundred forty-seven itemized receipts add to $19,336,701. The mean is about $208 per line ($19,336,701 / 92,847). That pairing is a dense East Bay hills pattern: a very long receipt list, a low-two-hundreds mean, eight-figure dollars. A mean in that band usually means many modest itemizations; large checks still sit in the tail but get diluted.

Sort the ZIP 94708 FEC page by amount to inspect the tail. The $208 mean can look small even if a few transfers are large, because 92,847 lines dilute them. Receipt count is not unique people. This packet has no donor-distinct figure. Treat 92,847 as lines on committee reports, not as a census of the Berkeley Hills.

Berkeley is not a single ZIP. 94708 is the north hills code. 94704, 94705, 94707, and Oakland tags have their own hubs. Rank them on the all-ZIP index. Adding 94708 to those codes is a recode FEC.gov did not publish on this table.

What 94708 is not

The aggregate is not a California FPPC total and not a City of Berkeley 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 $19,336,701. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a California race. Occupation and employer strings live on individual receipts. This ZIP rollup does not tally them. A campus story that cites $19,336,701 without opening those strings is using a ZIP total as a substitute for an employer table it does not have. 94708 is hills residential, not the campus core.

High line count, low mean

A $208 mean on 92,847 lines is the inverse of a commercial ZIP with a $2,000 mean on 9,000 lines. Both can land near $19 million. Filing shape is the difference. FEC.gov publishes both dollars and line count. It does not score North Berkeley as more engaged than Piedmont because it has more receipts.

The all-ZIP directory ranks dollars. 94708's rank on dollars will not automatically match its rank on line count. Compare 92,847 receipts against a thinner East Bay ZIP as filing shape. Hills geography is orientation. It is not an FEC finding about giving habits.

Reading the $208 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, 92,847 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. $19,336,701 is the indexed aggregate as harvested. Recheck the live ZIP 94708 FEC page after large filings. FEC.gov remains the source.

Where to continue from 94708

The ZIP 94708 FEC page lists the table behind $19,336,701. 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 92,847-line count, the newer FEC extract wins. A mean near $208 follows from division and is not a median Berkeley resident. Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Berkeley Hills volume versus campus-core codes

94708 is hills residential. Campus-core 94704 is a different hub. Do not add them. Ninety-two thousand eight hundred forty-seven lines against a $208 mean is high-volume, low-mean shape. A campus story that cites $19,336,701 for 94708 is using the wrong ZIP. Sort the ZIP 94708 FEC page by amount even though the mean is low; a long list can hide a large tail.

California FPPC filings sit outside this table. The donor directory is the name-level path. Rank 94707 and 94705 on the all-ZIP index. Recheck the live hub after large filings. Cite $19,336,701 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 94708, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Questions

How much did ZIP 94708 itemize in federal contributions?

LobbyVault's ZIP aggregate shows $19,336,701 across 92,847 FEC contributions listing 94708, sourced from FEC.gov. The five-digit field is the contributor ZIP on each receipt. The mean is about $208 per line, which is not a unique-donor average.

Why is the 94708 average so low?

Dividing $19,336,701 by 92,847 receipts yields about $208 per line. A very long receipt list pulls the mean down even when large rows sit in the tail. That is a mean, not a median, and not a unique-donor average. Sort the hub table by amount.

Does 94708 cover all of Berkeley?

94708 is North Berkeley and the Berkeley Hills edge. Other Berkeley and Kensington ZIPs have separate FEC hubs. Compare them on the all-ZIP index. The $19,336,701 figure is only the itemizations labeled 94708, not a citywide total. This packet reports the dollar total and the contribution count only, with no unique-donor field.

Where can I see 94708 receipts?

On the ZIP 94708 FEC page, which lists the table behind $19,336,701 and 92,847 receipts. Rank other mailing codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory for person-level records. LobbyVault's 94708 packet reports the dollar total and the contribution count only.