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ZIP Code 43215

COLUMBUS, OH

Total Donations

$54,282,483

Contributions

42,658

Unique Donors

0

Contributor ZIP 43215 accounts for $54,282,483 in FEC.gov itemized receipts across 42,658 contributions. Downtown Columbus mail shares those five digits on Schedule A. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.

Key figures

  • ZIP 43215 FEC itemizations total $54,282,483 across 42,658 contributions.
  • The mean line is about $1,273; no median or unique-donor count is in the packet.
  • 43215 is a five-digit FEC contributor ZIP, not a household survey.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Downtown dollars and 42,658 lines

$54,282,483 divided by 42,658 is about $1,273 per itemized line. That mean is higher than several high-volume Midwest ZIPs and lower than concentration files with a few thousand rows. It remains a ratio of two FEC counts. The packet publishes no median and no unique-donor figure.

Forty-two thousand six hundred fifty-eight itemizations is a mid-volume stream for a ZIP near $54 million. Large transfers can still sit inside $54,282,483. Line volume does not prove the money is small-dollar.

LobbyVault does not treat 43215 as a Capitol Square political score. Employer and recipient-committee fields sit elsewhere. This page stays on the two packet facts.

Downtown Columbus’s five-digit key is 43215 on every row inside $54,282,483. Cite 42,658 contributions with that total whenever the ZIP is quoted. This packet does not publish a unique-donor count. Neighboring Columbus codes are separate keys.

Core Columbus ZIP as a filing address

43215 covers downtown Columbus mail. A contributor who lists a High Street office, a residential address in the same grid, or a committee that files 43215 adds to $54,282,483 when that ZIP is on the itemization. The accurate label is tagged federal receipts, not “what downtown residents gave.”

The 42,658-line count includes repeat gifts and memo entries. This guide does not invent a person count the packet omitted.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 43215

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 43215?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 43215 total $54,282,483 across 42,658 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of downtown Columbus residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $1,273 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.
How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 43215?
LobbyVault counts 42,658 itemized contributions for ZIP 43215. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $54,282,483.
Does ZIP 43215 include only downtown Columbus residents?
No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office and committee addresses in the 43215 grid can be part of $54,282,483 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 42,658-line count follows the same rule.
Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 43215 totals?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $54,282,483 and 42,658 lines for ZIP 43215. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Ohio 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
$257K
1982
$89K
1984
$123K
1986
$94K
1988
$101K
1990
$86K
1992
$162K
1994
$114K
1996
$160K
1998
$173K
2000
$181K
2002
$65K
2004
$153K
2006
$145K
2008
$171K
2010
$167K
2012
$255K
2014
$65K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 43215 (COLUMBUS, OH), ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerOccupationCycles
1KLINGBEIL, JAMES D$11,0003THE KLINGBEIL CO1980
2HARDY, ROBERT M$10,0001INDEX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION1980
3JEFFERS, DEAN W$7,4308NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY1980
4GALBREATH, JOHN W$6,9007REALTOR1980
5MCCONNELL, JOHN H$5,0001WORTHINGTON IND INC1980
6ELLER, J MR$5,0001ELLER ENTERPRIS1980
7ARTHUR, WILLIAM E$5,0001ATTORNEY1980
8MCCONNELL, J H$4,50031980
9GALBREATH, DANIEL M$4,0003SELF-EMPLOYED1980
10LEUKHART, R J MR$3,86241980
11MCCOY, JOHN G.$3,00051ST TRUST CO.1980
12KOVACIK, STEPHEN$3,0003ATTORNEY1980
13CALLAWAY, CARSON J JR MR$3,0002REQUESTED1980
14KOVACIK, STEPHEN J JR$3,0005ATTORNEY1980
15KELLEY, ELSIE STOCK$3,0003RETIRED1980
16KELLOUGH, STEPHEN$3,0005BIG BEAR STORES CO1980
17KOVACIK, STEPHEN J$2,7503REQUESTED1980
18KLINKEFUS, TOM$2,5002BERWELL ENERGY INC1980
19BUNDY, RUSSELL T MR$2,5001RUSSELL ASSOCIATES1980
20KRUEGER, EVERETT H$2,2503BANK ONE OF COLUMBUS1980
21BERRY, LOREN M JR$2,00011980
22CASE, WARD C MR$2,0002INVESTOR1980
23GERLACH, JOHN B$2,0002JOHN GERLACK & CO1980
24CHEVES, CECIL$2,0002CHEVES AND CHEVES1980
25JONES, VIRGINIA K MRS$2,0004HOMEMAKER1980