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ZIP Code 53217

WHITEFISH BAY, WI

Total Donations

$24,355,198

Contributions

58,839

Unique Donors

0

ZIP 53217 accounts for $24,355,198 in federal contributions across 58,839 FEC itemized receipts. LobbyVault sums FEC.gov filings that list 53217 as the five-digit contributor ZIP. Milwaukee’s North Shore uses this code across Whitefish Bay, Fox Point, Bayside, and parts of Glendale and River Hills. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can share those five digits.

Key figures

  • ZIP 53217 FEC itemizations total $24,355,198 on 58,839 receipts.
  • Mean itemized amount is about $414.
  • The same ZIP spans several North Shore municipalities.
  • The total is federal FEC itemizations, not Wisconsin state filings.
  • Unique donor counts are not in this packet.

One ZIP, several North Shore municipalities

Fifty-eight thousand eight hundred thirty-nine itemized receipts add to $24,355,198. The mean is about $414 per line ($24,355,198 / 58,839). That is a suburban volume file: tens of thousands of lines, a mean near four hundred dollars, and an eight-figure total. The mean is a quotient, not a typical North Shore household gift.

53217 is unusual among city-named searches because the same five digits cover more than one incorporated place. The FEC field does not split Whitefish Bay from Fox Point. $24,355,198 is the combined tag, not a village-by-village ledger. This packet has no unique-donor count. Cite 58,839 as receipts.

Milwaukee’s east side and downtown use other codes. Rank them on the all-ZIP index. Do not add those hubs to $24,355,198; FEC.gov did not publish that sum here. Multi-municipality ZIPs punish careless headlines. $24,355,198 is not Whitefish Bay’s total and not Fox Point’s total. It is 53217’s tagged sum across 58,839 receipts. Village clerks and state filings sit in other databases. Keep the federal ZIP total as a federal ZIP total. The live hub is the table to recheck after large filings.

Federal schedules, not Wisconsin state filings

Wisconsin Ethics Commission / Campaign Finance Information System filings for state office sit outside $24,355,198. Keep the federal ZIP total as a federal ZIP total. Mixing the two invents a North Shore figure this packet does not contain.

Employer strings live on individual receipts. This rollup does not tally law firms, manufacturers, or medical groups. Quoting $24,355,198 as an industry total is using a mailing code as a substitute for an employer table. Because 53217 crosses village lines, a Whitefish Bay story and a Fox Point story are the same FEC tag. Fifty-eight thousand eight hundred thirty-nine receipts are not split by municipality in this packet. $24,355,198 is the combined five-digit sum. Anyone who needs a village split must open the hub table and read addresses, which this copy does not tally. Downtown Milwaukee’s 53202 hub is a different lakefront object. This page does not reprint 53202’s figures. Rank both on the all-ZIP index rather than adding them by hand.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 53217

Questions

How much did ZIP 53217 itemize in federal contributions?
LobbyVault’s ZIP aggregate shows $24,355,198 across 58,839 FEC contributions listing 53217, sourced from FEC.gov. The five-digit field is the contributor ZIP on each receipt. The mean is about $414 per line, which is not a unique-donor average.
Does 53217 include Wisconsin state campaign filings?
No. $24,355,198 is federal itemizations from FEC.gov that list contributor ZIP 53217. Wisconsin state-office filings sit outside this total. Mixing the two would invent a combined North Shore figure this packet does not contain. The 58,839-line count is federal receipts only.
Is 53217 one town?
No. The same five-digit code is used across several North Shore municipalities, including Whitefish Bay, Fox Point, and Bayside. The FEC field does not split them. $24,355,198 is the combined tag. Other Milwaukee-area ZIPs have separate hubs on the all-ZIP index.
Where can I see 53217 receipts?
On the ZIP 53217 FEC page, which lists the table behind $24,355,198 and 58,839 receipts. Rank other mailing codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory for person-level records. This packet reports the dollar total and the contribution count only.

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
$3K
1984
$3K
1986
$7K
1988
$5K
1990
$1K
1992
$4K
1994
$2K
1996
$3K
1998
$4K
2000
$6K
2002
$2K
2004
$18K
2006
$15K
2008
$23K
2010
$20K
2012
$8K
2014
$11K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 53217 (WHITEFISH BAY, WI), ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerOccupationCycles
1DRILIAS, THOMAS MR$1,00011980
2LEWIS, JOHN D MR$5002LEWIS SALES CO1980
3ABRAHAM, WILLIAM J JR$4001FOLEY & LARDNER1980
4LAFERTY, JOSEPH J$2501ALLIS CHALMERS CORP1980
5CASKEY, WAYNE$2001KRAUSE MILLING CO1980
6COVELLI, FRANK W$2001METROPOLITAN CADILLAC1980
7DUPIES, DONALD$2001CIVIL ENGINEER ASSOC1980
8HOFFER, ROBERT M$2001WISCONSIN GAS CO1980
9LUEDKE, ANITA GOLL$2001HOUSE WIFE1980
10MOSHER, GEORGE$2001NATIONAL BUSINESS FURNITURE1980