How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 11238?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 11238 total $14,561,261 across 77,030 contributions. The compact headline is $14.6M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Prospect Heights. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 11238?

LobbyVault counts 77,030 itemized contributions for ZIP 11238. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts can add rows. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $14,561,261. The mean of about $189 is dollars divided by lines.

Does ZIP 11238 cover all of Brooklyn?

No. 11238 is the Prospect Heights mail key. Other Brooklyn ZIPs are separate roll-ups. Committees that file 11238 can be part of $14,561,261. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a boroughwide book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear. This packet still does not publish a unique-donor count.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 11238 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $14,561,261 and 77,030 lines for ZIP 11238. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and New York state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.

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ZIP Code 11238

BROOKLYN, NY

Total Donations

$14,561,261

Contributions

77,030

Unique Donors

$14.6M in FEC.gov itemized receipts list contributor ZIP 11238. The exact sum is $14,561,261 across 77,030 contributions — a high line count for this dollar total. 11238 is the Prospect Heights mail key in Brooklyn, used as the five-digit field on the itemization. A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that files 11238 can sit in the same total as a brownstone address.

Key figures

ZIP 11238 FEC itemizations total $14,561,261 ($14.6M) across 77,030 contributions.
The mean line is about $189; high line count, modest average.
This packet does not publish a unique-donor count.
Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Seventy-seven thousand Brooklyn lines

$14,561,261 divided by 77,030 is about $189 per itemized line. That modest mean next to 77,030 rows is the shape of this code. The packet has a dollar total and a contribution count. It does not have a unique-donor count. Do not treat 77,030 as a census of Prospect Heights.

Park Slope 11217, 11215, and 11216 are different roll-ups. LobbyVault does not interpret $14,561,261 as a ranking of central Brooklyn civic intensity. The source is FEC.gov receipts tagged 11238.

Prospect Heights is not all of central Brooklyn

A Vanderbilt Avenue walk-up, a Flatbush-adjacent listing, and a committee suite can share 11238. $14,561,261 follows the form. Open the ZIP 11238 FEC page for named receipts. This guide will not guess which of the 77,030 rows are households.

Adding 11238 to neighboring Brooklyn codes and calling the sum a central Brooklyn FEC total is a recode you must document. This page reports $14,561,261 for 11238 only. Compare line volume on the all-ZIP directory.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 11238: $14.6M →

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 11238?: FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 11238 total $14,561,261 across 77,030 contributions. The compact headline is $14.6M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Prospect Heights. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 11238?: LobbyVault counts 77,030 itemized contributions for ZIP 11238. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts can add rows. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $14,561,261. The mean of about $189 is dollars divided by lines.
Does ZIP 11238 cover all of Brooklyn?: No. 11238 is the Prospect Heights mail key. Other Brooklyn ZIPs are separate roll-ups. Committees that file 11238 can be part of $14,561,261. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a boroughwide book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear. This packet still does not publish a unique-donor count.
Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 11238 totals?: The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $14,561,261 and 77,030 lines for ZIP 11238. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and New York state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.

ZIP is the 5-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980

$302K

1982

$280K

1984

$466K

1986

$624K

1988

$1.8M

1990

$1.4M

1992

$2.6M

1994

$2.0M

1996

$2.9M

1998

$3.1M

2000

$5.0M

2002

$2.2M

2004

$6.7M

2006

$5.9M

2008

$11.7M

2010

$5.4M

2012

$9.4M

2014

$5.8M

2016

$22.4M

2018

$13.8M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 11238 (BROOKLYN, NY), ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Occupation	Cycles
1	TRUMP, DONALD J	$670,233	272	TRUMP ORGANIZATION	—	1980–2014
2	SIEGEL, CHARLES	$439,175	178	NYS OFFICE OF COURT ADM	—	1990–2014
3	SILBERMAN, CLAIRE	$366,115	618	SELF EMPLOYED	CONSULTANT	2004–2014
4	TAYLOR, ROBERT	$360,601	618	SOCIAL WORKER-ARTIST	—	1980–2014
5	ROSS, JAMES	$358,200	235	ATTORNEY	—	1990–2014
6	ROVT, ALEXANDER	$345,530	154	IBE TRADE CORP	—	1992–2014
7	BASTIAN, CHRISTIAN	$343,018	429	—	—	2000–2014
8	JOHNSON, MATTHEW	$317,411	226	RETIRED	—	1994–2014
9	FUCHS, MICHAEL	$293,800	117	—	—	1988–2014
10	WITTY, JOANNE	$293,250	185	ESQ	—	1988–2014
11	COLEMAN, WILLIAM R	$276,450	146	—	—	1986–2014
12	RUBIN, ROBERT	$276,067	217	LEHMAN BROTHERS KUHN LOEB INC	—	1980–2014
13	PAPANICOLAOU, PANAYIOTIS	$259,200	163	—	—	1992–2014
14	COLEMAN, MARJORIE T	$249,450	60	—	—	1990–2014
15	KAUFMAN, GEORGE	$246,000	179	T S COMMODITY INC	—	1980–2014
16	ROSEN, WAYNE	$244,192	85	SELF-EMPLOYED	—	1992–2014
17	FISHER, EMILY H	$240,500	361	—	—	1984–2014
18	WAGNER, LEON	$203,800	68	DREXEL BURNHAM LAMBERT	—	1986–2014
19	GLASS, DAVID	$200,278	157	FIXMOBILE	—	1980–2014
20	BRONFMAN, MATTHEW	$197,150	72	—	—	1984–2014
21	HAYWOOD, GEORGE W	$195,400	45	LEHMAN BROTHERS	—	1992–2012
22	WULF, EVAN	$191,816	639	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	GRADUATE STUDENT	2006–2014
23	EVERETT, HENRY J	$181,500	36	INVESTMENT BANKING	—	1980–2002
24	RUBIN, ROBERT S	$178,150	58	LEHMAN BROTHERS KUHN LEOB INC	—	1980–2014
25	COHEN, DAVID MR	$177,776	86	RETAILER	—	1988–2014