ZIP Code 78701
AUSTIN, TX
Total Donations
$66,909,425
Contributions
51,722
Unique Donors
0
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 78701 total $66,909,425 across 51,722 contributions. Downtown Austin’s mail code appears on Schedule A as a five-digit contributor ZIP, not as a roster of people who live in the urban core. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.
Key figures
- ZIP 78701 FEC itemizations total $66,909,425 across 51,722 contributions.
- The mean line is about $1,294; the packet has no median or unique-donor count.
- 78701 is a five-digit FEC contributor ZIP, not a resident roster.
- Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.
Downtown dollars and 51,722 lines
$66,909,425 divided by 51,722 is about $1,294 per itemized line. That mean is higher than several high-volume Texas ZIPs with similar dollars and more rows. It is still a ratio, not a median, and not a typical downtown Austin household gift. The packet has no unique-donor count.
Fifty-one thousand seven hundred twenty-two itemizations is a mid-volume stream for a ZIP near $67 million. Large transfers can still sit inside $66,909,425. Line volume does not prove the money is small-dollar, and a $1,294 mean does not prove a single committee dominates.
LobbyVault does not treat 78701 as a Capitol-complex political score. Employer and recipient-committee fields sit elsewhere. This page stays on the two packet facts.
Downtown Austin’s five-digit key is 78701 on every row inside $66,909,425. Cite 51,722 contributions with that total whenever the ZIP is quoted.
Core ZIP as a filing address
78701 covers downtown Austin mail. A contributor who lists a Congress Avenue office, a residential tower in the same grid, or a committee that files 78701 adds to $66,909,425 when that ZIP is on the itemization. The accurate label is tagged federal receipts, not “what downtown residents gave.”
The 51,722-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 78701 →
Questions
- How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 78701?
- FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 78701 total $66,909,425 across 51,722 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 Austin residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $1,294 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.
- How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 78701?
- LobbyVault counts 51,722 itemized contributions for ZIP 78701. 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 $66,909,425.
- Does ZIP 78701 include only downtown Austin residents?
- No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office and committee addresses in the 78701 grid can be part of $66,909,425 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 51,722-line count follows the same rule.
- Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 78701 totals?
- The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $66,909,425 and 51,722 lines for ZIP 78701. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Texas 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
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Employer | Occupation | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GARWOOD, ST JOHN MRS | $35,335 | 28 | HOUSE WIFE | — | 1980 |
| 2 | COFFMAN, THOMAS D | $21,000 | 9 | THOMAS D COFFMAN INC | — | 1980 |
| 3 | HILL, JOHN L | $13,750 | 11 | ATTORNEY | — | 1980 |
| 4 | HOBBY, W P | $11,500 | 5 | LT GOVERNOR | — | 1980 |
| 5 | MOORE, J HIRAM MR | $8,000 | 2 | — | — | 1980 |
| 6 | MILBURN, BILL | $7,250 | 6 | REQUESTED | — | 1980 |
| 7 | MOORE, J HIRAM | $6,750 | 4 | GEOLOGIST | — | 1980 |
| 8 | COFFMAN, ELAINE | $6,500 | 3 | — | — | 1980 |
| 9 | JOHNSON, R H MR | $6,500 | 3 | UNIVERSITY BANK | — | 1980 |
| 10 | GARWOOD, W ST JOHN MR | $5,000 | 3 | — | — | 1980 |
| 11 | CROSBY, JACK MR | $5,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 12 | LEBERMAN, LOWELL | $5,000 | 1 | LINCOLN MERCURY DEALERSHIP | — | 1980 |
| 13 | CROSBY, JACK MRS | $5,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 14 | MOORE, J HIRAM MRS | $5,000 | 1 | — | — | 1980 |
| 15 | GARWOOD, W ST JOHN | $4,750 | 4 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 16 | GARWOOD, ST JOHN | $4,000 | 1 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 17 | JOHNSON, THOMAS L | $3,500 | 4 | ASSOCIATED GEN CONTRACTORS | — | 1980 |
| 18 | BRISTOL, GEORGE LAMBERT | $3,500 | 4 | GEO BRISTOL & ASSOCIATES | — | 1980 |
| 19 | BRISTOL, GEORGE L | $3,000 | 2 | BRISTOL AND ASSOCIATION | — | 1980 |
| 20 | HILL, JOHN L MR | $3,000 | 2 | HUGHES & HILL | — | 1980 |
| 21 | CROSBY, JACK | $2,750 | 3 | EXECUTIVE | — | 1980 |
| 22 | CRAIN, W H MR | $2,750 | 4 | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS | — | 1980 |
| 23 | BALES, LARRY | $2,500 | 3 | ATTORNEY | — | 1980 |
| 24 | MILLER, BOB MR | $2,500 | 3 | BOB MILLER VOLKSWAGON | — | 1980 |
| 25 | DAVIS, C DEAN | $2,250 | 4 | DAVIS, SHARP, DALRYUMPLE.... | — | 1980 |