How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 60615?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 60615 total $14,334,452 across 71,413 contributions. The compact headline is $14.3M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Hyde Park. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 60615?

LobbyVault counts 71,413 itemized contributions for ZIP 60615. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts can add rows. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $14,334,452. The mean of about $201 is dollars divided by lines.

Does ZIP 60615 cover all of Chicago’s South Side?

No. 60615 is the Hyde Park mail key. Other South Side ZIPs are separate roll-ups. Committees that file 60615 can be part of $14,334,452. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a citywide book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear. This packet still does not publish a unique-donor count.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 60615 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $14,334,452 and 71,413 lines for ZIP 60615. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and Illinois state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.

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ZIP Code 60615

CHICAGO, IL

Total Donations

$14,334,452

Contributions

71,413

Unique Donors

$14.3M in FEC.gov itemized receipts list contributor ZIP 60615. The exact sum is $14,334,452 across 71,413 contributions — a high line count for this dollar total. 60615 is the Hyde Park mail key on Chicago’s South Side, used as the five-digit field on the itemization. A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that files 60615 can sit in the same total as an apartment address.

Key figures

ZIP 60615 FEC itemizations total $14,334,452 ($14.3M) across 71,413 contributions.
The mean line is about $201; high line count on one South Side ZIP.
This packet does not publish a unique-donor count.
Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Seventy-one thousand Hyde Park lines

$14,334,452 divided by 71,413 is about $201 per itemized line. That modest mean next to 71,413 rows is the shape of this code. The packet has a dollar total and a contribution count. It does not have a unique-donor count. Do not treat 71,413 as a census of Hyde Park.

60637, 60653, and 60649 are different South Side roll-ups. Campus-adjacent offices and household streets both add rows when they type 60615. LobbyVault does not interpret $14,334,452 as a ranking of South Side civic intensity. The source is FEC.gov receipts tagged 60615.

Hyde Park is not all of the South Side

A university-area suite and a residential street can share 60615. $14,334,452 follows the form. Open the ZIP 60615 FEC page for named receipts. This guide will not guess which of the 71,413 rows are households. Illinois state-office filings are a different dataset.

Adding 60615 to other South Side ZIPs and calling the sum a South Side FEC total is a recode you must document. This page reports $14,334,452 for 60615 only. Compare line volume on the all-ZIP directory.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 60615: $14.3M →

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 60615?: FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 60615 total $14,334,452 across 71,413 contributions. The compact headline is $14.3M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Hyde Park. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 60615?: LobbyVault counts 71,413 itemized contributions for ZIP 60615. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts can add rows. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $14,334,452. The mean of about $201 is dollars divided by lines.
Does ZIP 60615 cover all of Chicago’s South Side?: No. 60615 is the Hyde Park mail key. Other South Side ZIPs are separate roll-ups. Committees that file 60615 can be part of $14,334,452. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a citywide book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear. This packet still does not publish a unique-donor count.
Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 60615 totals?: The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $14,334,452 and 71,413 lines for ZIP 60615. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and Illinois 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

$2.6M

1982

$2.1M

1984

$3.6M

1986

$3.8M

1988

$6.4M

1990

$5.1M

1992

$8.8M

1994

$7.6M

1996

$14.4M

1998

$13.5M

2000

$21.9M

2002

$15.3M

2004

$28.7M

2006

$19.0M

2008

$43.0M

2010

$26.6M

2012

$58.7M

2014

$42.5M

2016

$93.8M

2018

$55.9M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 60615 (CHICAGO, IL), ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Occupation	Cycles
1	EYCHANER, FRED	$25,089,396	492	WPWR-TV	—	1984–2014
2	ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, NATIONAL	$24,576,662	47	CORPORATION	N/A	2010–2016
3	EYCHANER, FRED MR	$5,688,700	27	NEWSWEB COMPANY	—	1988–2012
4	GRIFFIN, KENNETH C	$4,054,962	80	WELLINGTON ASSOC	—	1996–2014
5	EYCHANER, FRED HORWICH	$3,000,000	2	NEWSWEB CORPORATION	DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS	2012
6	UNITED AIRLINES	$1,436,644	130	—	—	1992–2012
7	ZELL, SAMUEL	$1,104,100	273	REAL ESTATE	—	1980–2014
8	AT & T	$1,089,001	40	—	—	1992–2002
9	HERRO, DAVID	$1,065,950	135	HARRIS ASSOCIATES LP	—	1994–2014
10	RICKETTS, LAURA	$1,028,800	119	ECOTRAVEL LLC	WEB SITE MANAGER	2004–2014
11	HERRO, DAVID G	$1,021,300	79	HARRIS ASSOC LP	—	1996–2014
12	SACKS, MICHAEL J	$772,331	116	—	—	1990–2014
13	AMOCO CORPORATION	$763,056	43	—	—	1992–2000
14	CROWN, LESTER	$719,130	454	MATERIAL SERVICE CORP	—	1980–2014
15	MEYER, NANCY	$703,117	361	STUDENT	—	1982–2014
16	KEISER, MICHAEL	$702,600	358	RECYDED PAPER PRODUT	—	1984–2014
17	GOTTLIEB, HOWARD L	$685,000	118	SELF-EMPLOYED	—	1984–2014
18	HULL, M BLAIR	$632,412	145	CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS EXCHANGE	—	1988–2014
19	WILSON, WILLIAM	$614,700	506	—	—	1980–2014
20	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC	$613,237	93	—	—	1992–2014
21	ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IMPAC)	$599,810	76	—	—	1988–1996
22	SILVERMAN, JEFFREY	$591,783	134	PACIFIC COMMODITIES	—	1980–2014
23	HARRIS, IRVING B	$590,250	179	STANDARD SHARES INC	—	1980–2004
24	KEISER, MICHAEL L	$580,750	333	RECYCLED PAPER PRODUCTS	—	1982–2014
25	MANILOW, LEWIS	$579,506	273	DEVOE SHADUR & KRUPP	—	1980–2014