How much did ZIP 49506 show in FEC itemized totals?

Receipts listing 49506 total $13,493,728 across 34,458 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of East Grand Rapids and not the Michigan Bureau of Elections campaign totals.

Does 34,458 contributions mean 34,458 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 49506 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.

Does ZIP 49506 include Michigan state races?

No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Michigan Bureau of Elections filings sit outside $13,493,728. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 49506 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $13,493,728 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 49506 FEC page, not in this summary.

Where can I see 49506 itemizations?

On the ZIP 49506 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: $13,493,728, 34,458 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

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ZIP Code 49506

GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Total Donations

$13,493,728

Contributions

34,458

Unique Donors

Itemized federal contributions that list ZIP 49506 add up to $13.5M across 34,458 contributions. The five-digit code is the contributor ZIP on FEC.gov receipts, not a Michigan Bureau of Elections local file. Thirty-four 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 49506 FEC itemizations total $13,493,728 ($13.5M).
34,458 contributions list 49506 as the contributor ZIP.
East Grand Rapids’ 49506 tag is a filing key, not a Kent County headcount.
This packet has no unique-donor count.

East Grand Rapids’ $13,493,728

$13,493,728 is a sum of disclosed federal contribution lines that carried 49506 in the ZIP field. Federal committees anywhere in the country can receive that money. The Michigan Bureau of Elections filings and local municipal races generally sit outside this extract. Unitemized gifts never enter the total. Quote $13.5M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure, not as a census of what every household in East Grand Rapids spent.

Thirty-four thousand four hundred fifty-eight 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 49506. Kent County geography on the form is not a party split.

No party share, cycle series, or unique-person census is attached to $13,493,728. LobbyVault does not recode the ZIP field into a Kent 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. Nothing in the packet assigns $13.5M to a party, a cycle, or a unique-person roster.

34,458 contributions without a donor roster

The extract lists 34,458 contributions for 49506. 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 Grand Rapids filings. A mid-length file at $13.5M can still mix large committee transfers with small itemized gifts. Repeat gifts and memo entries still add rows.

A list of 34,458 rows is practical to scan by amount. If a few committee lines account for a visible share of $13,493,728, 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 49506 as a geographic key on the contributor record, not as a East Grand Rapids political score.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 49506 →

Questions

How much did ZIP 49506 show in FEC itemized totals?: Receipts listing 49506 total $13,493,728 across 34,458 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of East Grand Rapids and not the Michigan Bureau of Elections campaign totals.
Does 34,458 contributions mean 34,458 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 49506 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.
Does ZIP 49506 include Michigan state races?: No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Michigan Bureau of Elections filings sit outside $13,493,728. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 49506 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $13,493,728 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 49506 FEC page, not in this summary.
Where can I see 49506 itemizations?: On the ZIP 49506 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: $13,493,728, 34,458 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

$433K

1982

$508K

1984

$563K

1986

$356K

1988

$665K

1990

$674K

1992

$1.0M

1994

$1.2M

1996

$1.5M

1998

$1.6M

2000

$2.9M

2002

$964K

2004

$6.9M

2006

$1.9M

2008

$2.8M

2010

$2.4M

2012

$4.0M

2014

$4.6M

2016

$7.2M

2018

$4.4M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 49506 (GRAND RAPIDS, MI), ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Occupation	Cycles
1	DEVOS, RICHARD	$2,520,207	269	AMWAY CORP	—	1980–2014
2	ANDEL, JAY VAN	$2,068,500	17	AMWAY CORP	—	1980–2004
3	DE VOS, RICHARD M	$952,063	54	AMWAY CORP	—	1980–2004
4	HUNTING, JOHN	$900,260	396	INVESTOR	—	1980–2014
5	HIBMA, DANIEL	$763,319	37	HOUSEWIFE	—	1990–2014
6	GABY, RICHARD D	$752,772	53	A K RIKKS	—	1990–2014
7	HUNTING, JOHN R	$708,898	335	DYER-IBES FOUNDATION	—	1980–2014
8	DEVOS, RICHARD M MR	$615,100	43	AMWAY CORP	—	1986–2014
9	JANDERNOA, MICHAEL	$352,027	182	PERRIGO	—	1990–2014
10	VAN ANDEL, JAY	$333,762	95	AMWAY CORP	—	1980–2004
11	JANDERNOA, MICHAEL J	$331,192	59	L PERRIGO CO	—	1988–2014
12	JANDERNOA, MICHAEL J MR	$330,950	36	L PERRIGO CO	—	1990–2014
13	DEVOS, RICHARD M. MR. JR.	$328,400	20	—	RETIRED	2004–2014
14	STUART, ALEXANDER	$311,750	90	RETIRED	—	1980–2014
15	COOK, PETER C	$290,750	186	IMPORT MOTORS INC	—	1980–2010
16	DE VOS, HELEN J	$288,000	13	HOUSE WIFE	—	1980–2000
17	DEVOS, DANIEL G. MR.	$287,300	40	—	—	2002–2014
18	CLARK, ROBERT G	$275,478	71	CLARK FOOD BROKERS	—	1980–2014
19	DEVOS, DOUGLAS L MR.	$273,100	42	AMWAY CORPORATION	EXECUTIVE	2004–2014
20	DEVOS, HELEN	$271,295	113	HOUSE WIFE	—	1980–2014
21	CAMPBELL, WILLIAM	$252,055	297	SELF-EMPLOYED	—	1984–2014
22	DEVOS, DOUG	$242,600	30	AMWAY	—	1990–2014
23	DEVOS, HELEN J MRS	$238,550	32	—	—	1988–2014
24	ELLIS, ROBERT	$237,801	387	—	—	1984–2014
25	DEVOS, RICHARD M MR. SR.	$205,400	27	RETIRED	RETIRED	2004–2014