How much did ZIP 38117 show in FEC itemized totals?

Receipts listing 38117 total $14,096,297 across 28,215 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of East Memphis and not the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance campaign totals.

Does 28,215 contributions mean 28,215 people donated?

No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 38117 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.

Does ZIP 38117 include Tennessee state races?

No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Tennessee Registry of Election Finance filings sit outside $14,096,297. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 38117 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $14,096,297 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 38117 FEC page, not in this summary.

Where can I see 38117 itemizations?

On the ZIP 38117 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $14,096,297, 28,215 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

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ZIP Code 38117

MEMPHIS, TN

Total Donations

$14,096,297

Contributions

28,215

Unique Donors

Itemized federal contributions that list ZIP 38117 add up to $14.1M across 28,215 contributions. The five-digit code is the contributor ZIP on FEC.gov receipts, not a Tennessee Registry of Election Finance local file. Twenty-eight thousand lines at this dollar scale is a mid-length receipt file rather than a thin stack of oversized transfers. Numbers come from FEC.gov records indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

ZIP 38117 FEC itemizations total $14,096,297 ($14.1M).
28,215 contributions list 38117 as the contributor ZIP.
East Memphis’s 38117 tag is a filing key, not a Shelby County headcount.
This packet has no unique-donor count.

East Memphis $14,096,297

$14,096,297 is a sum of disclosed federal contribution lines that carried 38117 in the ZIP field. Federal committees anywhere in the country can receive that money. The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance filings and local municipal races generally sit outside this extract. Unitemized gifts never enter the total. Quote $14.1M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure, not as a census of what every household in East Memphis spent.

Twenty-eight thousand two hundred fifteen rows sits in the middle of $14 million ZIP files. A list of this length can still mix large committee transfers with small itemized gifts. This aggregate does not name the mix of individuals and committee traffic that share 38117. Shelby County geography on the form is not a party split.

No party share, cycle series, or unique-person census is attached to $14,096,297. LobbyVault does not recode the ZIP field into a Shelby County 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.

28,215 contributions without a donor roster

The extract lists 28,215 contributions for 38117. 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 East Memphis filings. A mid-length file at $14.1M can still mix large committee transfers with small itemized gifts. Repeat gifts and memo entries still add rows.

A list of 28,215 rows is practical to scan by amount. If a few committee lines account for a visible share of $14,096,297, the committee column on the hub will show it. If the total is many individual names, that will show too. This page will not publish an average as if the FEC printed one. Keep 38117 as a geographic key on the contributor record, not as a East Memphis political score.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 38117 →

Questions

How much did ZIP 38117 show in FEC itemized totals?: Receipts listing 38117 total $14,096,297 across 28,215 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of East Memphis and not the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance campaign totals.
Does 28,215 contributions mean 28,215 people donated?: No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 38117 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.
Does ZIP 38117 include Tennessee state races?: No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Tennessee Registry of Election Finance filings sit outside $14,096,297. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 38117 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $14,096,297 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 38117 FEC page, not in this summary.
Where can I see 38117 itemizations?: On the ZIP 38117 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $14,096,297, 28,215 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

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

$360K

1982

$327K

1984

$448K

1986

$373K

1988

$1.0M

1990

$589K

1992

$1.3M

1994

$2.1M

1996

$3.4M

1998

$2.2M

2000

$4.1M

2002

$3.3M

2004

$3.3M

2006

$4.3M

2008

$3.9M

2010

$2.6M

2012

$4.3M

2014

$2.4M

2016

$4.0M

2018

$3.8M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 38117 (MEMPHIS, TN), ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Occupation	Cycles
1	BARKSDALE, JAMES L	$620,889	127	FEDERAL EXP CORP	—	1984–2014
2	HARRAH'S OPERATING COMPANY INC	$582,500	26	—	—	1996–2010
3	LIPMAN, IRA	$527,950	82	GUARDSMARK INC	—	1988–2014
4	LIGHTMAN, RICHARD L	$363,252	299	SHELBY AMUSEMENT CO	—	1980–2012
5	SMITH, FREDERICK W MR	$289,450	28	FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION	—	1988–2014
6	LIPMAN, IRA A	$285,725	141	GUARDSMARK INC	—	1980–2012
7	JONES, KENNETH	$259,126	210	MALONE & HYDE INC	—	1980–2014
8	LIGHTMAN, RICHARD	$253,082	267	—	—	1990–2012
9	HALL, RICHARD	$249,776	236	—	—	1980–2014
10	FEDERAL EXPRESS PAC	$230,452	69	—	—	1992–2012
11	SMITH, FREDERICK W	$225,093	168	FEDERAL EXPRESS	—	1984–2014
12	HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT INC	$219,985	12	—	—	1996–2002
13	CONWOOD COMPANY LP	$216,127	27	—	—	1992–2002
14	ESKIND, RICHARD J	$213,400	114	BUSINESSMAN	—	1986–2014
15	HYDE, J. R MR. III	$213,300	16	PITTCO MANAGEMENT L. L. C.	EXECUTIVE	2004–2014
16	HARRAH'S OPERATING COMPANY	$196,545	10	—	—	1996–2010
17	AMONETTE, REX	$185,400	92	MEMPHIS DERMATOLOGY CLINIC	—	1994–2016
18	TILLMAN, FRED MR	$175,300	36	CENTURY MANAGEMENT INC	—	1992–2014
19	HARRAH'S OPERATION COMPANY	$170,000	10	—	—	1996–2002
20	MONAGHAN, THOMAS	$158,495	106	ANESTHESIOLOGIST	—	1994–2014
21	LIPMAN, BARBARA	$151,525	61	HOUSE WIFE	—	1980–2014
22	CONWOOD COMPANY L P	$145,610	27	—	—	1992–2002
23	ROBERTS, ELIZABETH B	$144,380	41	—	—	1980–2014
24	ROBINSON, JAMES D	$136,555	47	AUTO CHLOA SYSTEMS	—	1980–2014
25	AUTO ZONE	$136,065	13	—	—	1996–2002