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ZIP Code 27517

CHAPEL HILL, NC

Total Donations

$13,212,890

Contributions

64,928

Unique Donors

0

$13.2M in FEC.gov itemized receipts list contributor ZIP 27517. The exact aggregate is $13,212,890 across 64,928 contributions. 27517 is a high-volume contributor ZIP on FEC.gov receipts, not a single-town household census of Chapel Hill or Pittsboro. Joint-fundraising and PAC mail using 27517 count in the same roll-up as a Governor’s Club or Chatham-edge street.

Key figures

  • ZIP 27517 FEC itemizations total $13,212,890 ($13.2M).
  • 64,928 contributions list 27517 β€” a high-volume receipt file at this dollar scale.
  • 27517 is a high-volume Triangle filing key, not a two-county headcount.
  • This packet has no unique-donor count.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault; the North Carolina State Board of Elections filings are outside the total.

27517’s $13,212,890 high-volume file

$13,212,890 is a sum of disclosed federal contribution lines that carried 27517 in the ZIP field. Federal committees anywhere in the country can receive that money. the North Carolina State Board of Elections filings and local municipal races sit outside this extract. Unitemized gifts never enter the total. Quote $13.2M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure, not as a census of what every household in Chapel Hill / Chatham edge spent.

Sixty-four thousand nine hundred twenty-eight rows is a high-volume file among ZIPs near $13.2 million. A long list can still hide large committee transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. This aggregate does not name the mix of individuals and committee traffic that share 27517. Triangle geography on the form is not a party split. Chapel Hill 27514 and 27516 are other keys.

No party share, cycle series, or unique-person census is attached to $13,212,890. LobbyVault does not recode the ZIP field into a southern Orange and northern Chatham political score. Readers who want named payees, dates, or employer strings should open the live hub rather than infer a story from the line count alone. The supported facts in this packet are the dollar total, the contribution count, FEC as source, and the five-digit ZIP definition. Nothing in the packet assigns $13.2M to a party, a cycle, or a unique-person roster.

64,928 lines behind Chapel Hill / Chatham edge's $13.2M

The extract lists 64,928 contributions for 27517. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this guide does not invent how many people sit behind Chapel Hill / Chatham edge filings. A file this long at $13.2M is a high-volume ZIP: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. Large committee lines can still sit inside a long list. Dollars divided by lines is about $204; treat that as a ratio of the two harvested numbers, not as a portrait of a household.

Scanning 64,928 rows by eye is impractical. Sort the ZIP 27517 FEC page by amount to see whether $13,212,890 is spread across many names or concentrated in a few payees. Chatham-edge streets and Chapel Hill–adjacent addresses both add rows when filers type 27517. Repeat gifts, memo entries, and split receipts all add rows. The packet facts stop at the dollar total and the line count. Named receipts, employer strings, and dates live on the live hub, not in this summary.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 27517: $13.2M β†’

Questions

How much did ZIP 27517 show in FEC itemized totals?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 27517 total $13,212,890 across 64,928 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. The compact headline is $13.2M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Chapel Hill / Chatham edge residents. Unitemized gifts and the North Carolina State Board of Elections filings sit outside it.
Does 64,928 contributions mean 64,928 unique Chapel Hill–area donors?
No. LobbyVault counts 64,928 itemized contributions for ZIP 27517. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, household pairs, and memo entries can add rows without adding new people. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so this page does not invent one. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $13,212,890.
Does ZIP 27517 include North Carolina state races?
No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. North Carolina State Board of Elections filings sit outside $13,212,890. Local races are also out. Unitemized federal gifts never enter. Use the ZIP 27517 FEC page for the federal table. The federal ZIP roll-up for 27517 remains $13,212,890 across 64,928 contributions on FEC.gov itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.
Where can I see 27517 itemizations?
On the ZIP 27517 FEC page, which holds $13,212,890 and 64,928 contributions as currently indexed. Compare codes on the all-ZIP directory and search names in the donor directory. Original filings remain on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: the five-digit contributor ZIP, the dollar total, and the line count. If those tools and this snapshot disagree, FEC.gov 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
$17K
1982
$24K
1984
$83K
1986
$122K
1988
$49K
1990
$119K
1992
$113K
1994
$93K
1996
$319K
1998
$319K
2000
$431K
2002
$483K
2004
$1.4M
2006
$694K
2008
$2.4M
2010
$3.8M
2012
$3.5M
2014
$1.6M
2016
$2.8M
2018
$1.8M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 27517 (CHAPEL HILL, NC), ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerOccupationCycles
1ESHELMAN, FRED$4,558,32742β€”β€”1990–2012
2ABRAM, J ADAM$198,87544ADARON GROUP INCβ€”1990–2016
3TIEMANN, AMY$195,27556β€”β€”2002–2014
4TIEMANN, MICHAEL$173,01037RED HATβ€”2002–2014
5KAGAN, JANET$171,11344STUDENTβ€”2000–2014
6HARVEY, PHILIP D$157,07561PHE INCβ€”1984–2014
7BERNSTEIN, RONALD J$126,80057THE LIGGETT GROUPβ€”1994–2014
8SPENCE, DAVID$113,60567LOGOS BOOK STOREβ€”1982–2014
9Brader-Araje, Michael$111,90831True Pilot/Managing Directorβ€”2002–2014
10ROSEN, RICHARD A$108,20054β€”β€”1990–2014
11STEIN, JANE$106,27592UNC CHAPEL HILLβ€”1986–2014
12PREYER, JANE$90,10038β€”β€”1996–2014
13Walter, Robert D. Mr.$83,5009Retiredβ€”2000–2012
14BENNETT, ELIZABETH M$79,716105EDUCATION SPECIALISTβ€”1990–2014
15CRAVEN, ELIZABETH$73,76537β€”RETIRED2004–2014
16STEIN, ADAM MR$63,40012LAWYERβ€”1988–2012
17LERNER, STEVEN J$59,90023FGI INCβ€”1996–2012
18LAMONT, JAMES M. MR. $56,55019INTERNATIONAL TOUR OPERATORKALOS TOWERS2004–2014
19KENAN, FRANK H MR$54,28741REQUESTEDβ€”1980–1996
20GILLINGS, DENNIS B$53,9009QUALITY TRANSNAT'Lβ€”1996–2014
21TRAPANI, KEVIN$53,70028THE REDWOODS GROUPPRESIDENT & CEO2004–2014
22HOCK, DEBORAH M$51,0507HOMEMAKERβ€”1998–2008
23HENNINGSEN, LEE A MR.$48,1008SELF-EMPLOYEDβ€”2006–2012
24MUNDT, PHILIP J$46,250185TERRY BYRD EASON DESIGNDESIGNER2008
25HOCK, CONRAD MR. JR.$44,7507WILLIAMS FOODS INC.OWNER2004–2012