ZIP Code 60045
LAKE FOREST, IL
Total Donations
$208,331,607
Contributions
64,274
Unique Donors
0
Contributor ZIP 60045 accounts for $208,331,607 in FEC.gov itemized receipts across 64,274 contributions. The ZIP is a Lake Forest, Illinois, mail code on the North Shore. The five-digit field is taken from the itemization. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.
Key figures
- ZIP 60045 FEC itemizations total $208,331,607 across 64,274 contributions.
- The mean line is about $3,240; no median is in this packet.
- Joint fundraising and PAC addresses can sit in the ZIP total.
- Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.
North Shore dollars on 64,274 lines
$208,331,607 divided by 64,274 is about $3,240 per itemized line. That mean sits between high-volume city ZIPs with sub-$1,000 averages and concentration ZIPs with $20,000-plus means. The packet still has no median. Arithmetic is a scale check, not a portrait of a typical Lake Forest gift.
Sixty-four thousand two hundred seventy-four itemizations is a substantial list. Repeat givers, household pairs, and any committee that files a 60045 address all add rows. This packet has no unique-donor count. Cite 64,274 as a contribution-line total, not a census of the town.
LobbyVault does not attach a party share to $208,331,607. North Shore geography is orientation. It is not an FEC finding about suburban ideology. The Commission’s file stores a ZIP string.
Town ZIPs still mix PAC and household rows
A joint fundraising committee or PAC that uses a Lake Forest street or P.O. box will add to $208,331,607 when 60045 is the ZIP on Schedule A. Individuals who list the ZIP add the same way. The accurate sentence is: itemized federal receipts tagged 60045 sum to $208,331,607. “Lake Forest donated” is sloppy shorthand.
The 64,274-line count does not tell you the mix. Open the ZIP 60045 FEC page for named receipts and committees. This guide will not infer who lives where from a five-digit code.
Full analysis: ZIP 60045: $208.3 million in FEC itemized receipts →
Questions
- How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 60045?
- FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 60045 total $208,331,607 across 64,274 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Lake Forest, Illinois. Joint fundraising committees and PAC addresses can appear in $208,331,607 when that five-digit code was filed. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
- How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 60045?
- LobbyVault counts 64,274 itemized contributions for ZIP 60045. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 64,274 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $208,331,607.
- Does ZIP 60045 include only residents of Lake Forest, Illinois?
- No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses in Lake Forest, Illinois can be part of $208,331,607 when 60045 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 64,274-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.
- Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 60045 totals?
- The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $208,331,607 and 64,274 lines for ZIP 60045. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from Lake Forest, Illinois are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $3,240 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.
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 | DITTMER, THOMAS H | $20,250 | 10 | REFCO | — | 1980 |
| 2 | MEYER, CHARLES A | $16,700 | 20 | SEARS ROEBUCK & CO | — | 1980 |
| 3 | MCGAW, FOSTER G | $15,250 | 14 | AMER HOSPITAL SUPPLY | — | 1980 |
| 4 | BEIDLER, FRANCIS II | $11,300 | 8 | — | — | 1980 |
| 5 | BENT, JOHN P | $9,300 | 12 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 6 | CATHCART, SILAS S | $7,450 | 10 | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS | — | 1980 |
| 7 | ARMOUR, LAURANCE H JR | $7,250 | 11 | INVESTMENTS | — | 1980 |
| 8 | DICK, ALBERT B III | $6,350 | 11 | A B DICK CO | — | 1980 |
| 9 | MEYER, C LOUIS MRS | $5,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 10 | CUDAHY, MICHAEL | $4,750 | 8 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 11 | DOUGLAS, JAMES H | $4,250 | 9 | GARDNER CARTON & DOUGLAS | — | 1980 |
| 12 | BROOKE, JOHN A | $4,161 | 5 | BROOKE INNS INC | — | 1980 |
| 13 | ARMOUR, SARAH W | $4,000 | 4 | — | — | 1980 |
| 14 | BUCHANAN, D W JR | $3,700 | 4 | REQUESTED | — | 1980 |
| 15 | MEYER, CHARLES A MR | $3,250 | 5 | BANKER | — | 1980 |
| 16 | MCCORMACK, ROBERT C MR | $3,250 | 3 | DALTON READ AND CO | — | 1980 |
| 17 | CROSS, MICHAEL F MR | $3,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 18 | CASTONGUAY, WILLARD P | $3,000 | 2 | RAY E FRIEDMAN & CO | — | 1980 |
| 19 | HART, A S MRS | $2,800 | 3 | QUAKER OATS | — | 1980 |
| 20 | ARMOUR, SARAH W MRS | $2,500 | 3 | HOUSEWIFE | — | 1980 |
| 21 | BENT, JOHN P MRS | $2,500 | 4 | HOUSE WIFE | — | 1980 |
| 22 | CROSS, MICHEAL F | $2,500 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 23 | LOVE, H NORRIS | $2,500 | 3 | REQUESTED | — | 1980 |
| 24 | BEIDLER, FRANCIS II MR | $2,500 | 3 | — | — | 1980 |
| 25 | BROWN, GARDNER | $2,450 | 3 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |