ZIP Code 35242
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Total Donations
$17,006,883
Contributions
54,357
Unique Donors
0
FEC itemizations that list ZIP 35242 total $17,006,883 across 54,357 contributions. The code sits in Birmingham’s suburban belt in Alabama; the Commission still records it as a five-digit contributor ZIP on each receipt, not as a metro-area poll. Figures come from FEC.gov filings indexed on LobbyVault. This page quotes those two totals and explains what the ZIP field does and does not prove.
Key figures
- ZIP 35242 FEC itemizations total $17,006,883.
- 54,357 contributions list 35242 as the contributor ZIP.
- The contribution count is a receipt count, not a unique-donor total.
- PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can be included in the ZIP total.
The $17,006,883 tagged to 35242
Seventeen million six thousand eight hundred eighty-three dollars is the sum of disclosed federal contribution lines that carried 35242. It is not Alabama Ethics Commission data and not a Birmingham municipal filing. Federal committees in any state can receive money from a contributor ZIP of 35242. Unitemized gifts never enter the total.
LobbyVault surfaces the sum so a searcher sees disclosed scale before opening rows. Fifty-four thousand itemizations sit under that dollar figure. That combination—high dollars and a substantial but not extreme row count—is a reason to inspect mix on the hub rather than assume a typical gift size.
Hoover and Shoal Creek geography sits inside 35242, but the FEC does not store neighborhood names on the ZIP field. The $17,006,883 total is the five-digit code only. Fifty-four thousand three hundred fifty-seven contributions inherit that limit. Any finer geography has to be inferred from street fields on individual receipts, which this packet does not summarize.
54,357 contributions as an inventory of receipts
The extract counts 54,357 contributions for 35242. That is how many itemized rows share the ZIP. It is not a unique-donor census, and this packet does not include a distinct-person total to quote. Repeat givers, earmarked pass-throughs, and joint-fundraising splits can each add lines.
A file of this length is large enough that a few headline receipts will not be the whole story and small enough that sorting the 35242 table by amount is still practical. Neither observation replaces reading committee names on the largest lines.
Alabama federal itemizations can support committees outside the state. A 35242-tagged gift to a Senate race elsewhere is still in this total. That is expected. It is also why “Birmingham money” is a sloppy caption for $17,006,883. ZIP-tagged federal disclosure is the accurate one.
Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 35242 →
Questions
- How much federal money is tagged to ZIP 35242?
- Itemizations listing 35242 total $17,006,883 across 54,357 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not Alabama state campaign totals and not a unique-donor census of the Birmingham-area code. LobbyVault indexes those FEC.gov itemizations so $17,006,883 and 54,357 contributions can be checked on the ZIP 35242 hub without assembling committee reports by hand.
- Does 54,357 contributions mean 54,357 people donated?
- No. The number counts itemized receipts. One person can appear on many rows across committees and cycles. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 35242 FEC page.
- Can PAC filings be inside the 35242 total?
- Yes. FEC stores the five-digit ZIP on the contribution. Joint-fundraising committees and PAC addresses in 35242 can sit inside the $17,006,883 sum with residential receipts. Committee names on the hub identify those lines. Read committee names on the largest ZIP 35242 lines before treating $17,006,883 as household-only money; the five-digit field does not make that distinction by itself.
- Where are ZIP 35242 receipts listed?
- On the ZIP 35242 FEC page. Other codes are on the all-ZIP index, and names can be searched in the donor directory. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Those three LobbyVault paths plus FEC.gov are the full working set for verifying $17,006,883 and 54,357 contributions tagged to ZIP 35242.
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
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Employer | Occupation | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DENNIS, JAES | $22,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 2 | CABANISS, W J MR | $11,950 | 5 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 3 | BLOUNT, W H MR | $7,000 | 3 | BLOUNT INC | — | 1980 |
| 4 | FAIRLEY, JAMES V | $6,820 | 7 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 5 | GRIFFIN, JOE LEE JR MR | $6,000 | 2 | NASCO INC | — | 1980 |
| 6 | HARE, FRANCIS H JR MR | $5,000 | 1 | INVESTOR | — | 1980 |
| 7 | MCGOVERN, MARGARET A MRS | $5,000 | 1 | HOUSEWIFE | — | 1980 |
| 8 | DIXON, EDWIN M | $4,750 | 5 | — | — | 1980 |
| 9 | JONES, A W MR | $3,500 | 4 | ATTORNEY | — | 1980 |
| 10 | HULSE, FRANK W | $3,300 | 4 | SOUTHERN AIRWAYS INC | — | 1980 |
| 11 | JOHNSON, ABNER C | $3,250 | 6 | JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES MORTGAGE | — | 1980 |
| 12 | HARBIN, ROBIN H | $3,000 | 3 | REQUESTED | — | 1980 |
| 13 | DURBIN, MARSHALL JR | $3,000 | 4 | — | — | 1980 |
| 14 | KAUL, HUGH MR | $3,000 | 1 | KAUL LUMBER CO | — | 1980 |
| 15 | MONAGHAN, B A MR | $2,750 | 2 | VULCAN MATERIALS CO | — | 1980 |
| 16 | BAILES, GEORGE L JR | $2,750 | 4 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY | — | 1980 |
| 17 | JERNIGAN, W C | $2,500 | 3 | CAIN MFG CO | — | 1980 |
| 18 | HARBERT, JOHN M III | $2,500 | 3 | JOHN HARBERT CONST CO | — | 1980 |
| 19 | BROCK, HARRY B JR | $2,500 | 3 | CENTRAL BANK | — | 1980 |
| 20 | BALCH, S EASON | $2,250 | 3 | ATTORNEY | — | 1980 |
| 21 | GRAMMAS, CAMERON M | $2,250 | 3 | — | — | 1980 |
| 22 | DANIEL, CHARLES W | $2,250 | 3 | REALTOR | — | 1980 |
| 23 | KAMPAKIS, SERGEI | $2,250 | 3 | BIRMINGHAM BEV CO | — | 1980 |
| 24 | BERMAN, FRED | $2,200 | 6 | BERMAN BROS IRON & METAL CO INC | — | 1980 |
| 25 | BOSHELL, BURIS R MD | $2,000 | 2 | PHYSICIAN | — | 1980 |