Federal contributions from ZIP 98103

A high itemization count behind $16,275,902

ZIP 98103 reaches $16,275,902 with 107,055 contributions, the highest row count. Many codes at similar dollar volume show far fewer receipts. A large row count usually means the disclosed file contains many separate itemizations—repeat payroll-style gifts, modest disclosed amounts, earmarks, and cycle-over-cycle repeats—rather than a handful of outsized transfers. The summary still cannot prove that pattern without opening the table.

The $16,275,902 total remains a sum of itemized lines that listed 98103. Unitemized gifts never enter this number. If a searcher only quotes the dollars and ignores the 107,055 count, the ZIP looks like any other mid-$16 million code. The count is the local signature in this extract: volume of receipts, not a published unique-person figure.

What 107,055 contributions are and are not

One hundred seven thousand fifty-five is a receipt count. It is not a donor census. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this guide does not invent how many individuals live behind Fremont and Wallingford rows. A household that split gifts across committees, or a person who gave in several cycles, can occupy many lines.

Joint-fundraising committees and PACs that file from 98103 would also inflate both dollars and rows if their address uses this ZIP. The 98103 hub is where those committee names become visible. Until a row is inspected, the safe statement is only that FEC disclosure tagged 107,055 itemizations to this five-digit code.

North Seattle ZIP, not a neighborhood poll

Committees report a five-digit ZIP on each itemized contribution. For this page that code is 98103. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents. A co-working suite, a nonprofit office, or a political committee that mails from Fremont will share the bucket with houses and apartments in the same ZIP.

That is a feature of FEC record layout, not a LobbyVault interpretation. Anyone using 98103 totals in a story about “the neighborhood’s money” should read the committee column first. The dollar figure and the row count stay true either way; the meaning of those figures changes if the address is institutional.

Where to inspect the 98103 rows

The ZIP 98103 FEC page is the itemized table for this code. The all-ZIP index is the comparison catalog, which matters here because 107,055 rows is a high count relative to many codes with a similar $16,275,902-scale total. The donor directory searches names across the wider file when a hub row needs a cross-check.

FEC.gov remains the primary disclosure system. LobbyVault aggregates the ZIP field so the $16,275,902 and 107,055 figures can be quoted without downloading every committee report by hand.

Limits of the 98103 summary

This guide does not break 98103 money by candidate, party, or election cycle, because those splits are not in the packet facts. It does not compute a typical gift size as a claimed FEC statistic. It does not say how many unique people gave. Quote $16,275,902 and 107,055, name FEC.gov, and follow the hub if the next question is who appears on the lines.

How to work a 107,055-row Seattle file

ZIP 98103’s $16,275,902 total is ordinary for this dollar band; the 107,055 contributions are not. A file that long cannot be read from the top ten lines. Sort by amount to see whether PAC or joint-fundraising committees used Fremont or Wallingford mail, then sample several slices of the remaining rows. Unitemized gifts never enter the dollar total. Repeat payroll-style itemizations likely explain much of the row volume, but this page will not claim that as a measured FEC statistic. It is a reason to look.

One hundred seven thousand fifty-five is a receipt count. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total. Treating 107,055 as unique Seattleites is the error this guide exists to block. Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission local filings are outside this extract. Caption $16,275,902 as federal ZIP-tagged disclosure.

Use the ZIP 98103 FEC page as the evidence, the all-ZIP index as a catalog of other codes, and the donor directory for name search. Cite FEC.gov. No party split, cycle series, or per-resident ratio is in the packet. Do not divide $16,275,902 by 107,055 and call the result an official typical gift. Quote the two facts, then work the table in pieces.

Questions

How much federal money is tagged to ZIP 98103?

FEC itemizations listing 98103 as the contributor ZIP total $16,275,902. That amount is the sum of disclosed receipts in the extract, not an estimate of unitemized giving and not a unique-donor total. The companion count is 107,055 contributions carrying the same five-digit ZIP.

Why does ZIP 98103 have 107,055 contributions?

The 107,055 figure is how many itemized rows list 98103—the highest row count among the codes at similar disclosed dollars. Repeat gifts, payroll-style deductions, and earmarks each add a row. The packet does not include a distinct-donor count, so the high row volume should not be read as 107,055 people. The ZIP hub shows the actual receipts.

Can PAC filings be inside the 98103 total?

Yes. The FEC ZIP is the five-digit code on the contribution record. Joint-fundraising committees and PAC addresses in 98103 can sit in the same $16,275,902 total as gifts that list a home address. Check committee names on the ZIP 98103 FEC page before treating the sum as household-only.

Where are the 98103 itemizations listed?

On the ZIP 98103 FEC page, which sits behind the $16,275,902 and 107,055 summary. Browse other codes on the all-ZIP index, and use the donor directory for name search across the FEC file. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Those three LobbyVault paths plus FEC.gov are the full working set for verifying $16,275,902 and 107,055 contributions tagged to ZIP 98103.