ZIP Code 98112
SEATTLE, WA
Total Donations
$50,777,779
Contributions
101,324
Unique Donors
0
ZIP 98112 carries $50,777,779 in FEC.gov itemized receipts across 101,324 contributions. Six-figure line counts with a $50 million total describe a volume-and-mid-mean pattern, not a handful of outsized transfers. The ZIP is the filed address field. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.
Key figures
- ZIP 98112 FEC itemizations total $50,777,779 across 101,324 contributions.
- The mean line is about $501; that ratio is not a typical household gift.
- The ZIP field can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.
- Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.
One hundred thousand receipts, a $501 mean
Divide $50,777,779 by 101,324 and the mean line is about $501. That average is a ratio. It is not a typical gift and it is not a median. A six-figure itemization list can mix ordinary individual rows with committee rows on the same five digits. FEC Schedule A stores whatever ZIP the filer put on the receipt. LobbyVault sums those rows.
One hundred one thousand three hundred twenty-four itemized lines is enough volume that no single restatement is guaranteed to dominate the mean, and still small enough that large committee receipts can pull $50,777,779. The table can support that scale check. It cannot support a story about who lives in 98112 or why they gave.
A mean near $501 on 101,324 lines is a mid-band ratio. It does not prove a typical gift. It does not prove a typical household. FEC.gov did not publish a median for 98112. Keep $50,777,779 and 101,324 together so a reader can redo the division.
How FEC addressing works on 98112
Individual contribution files include a ZIP field taken from the contributor record. Committees and joint fundraising committees often use a business ZIP. When those entities appear as contributors or as the address on a transferred receipt, their ZIP is 98112 if that is what was filed. Treating $50,777,779 as what residents donated overstates a neighborhood and understates how FEC addressing works.
Unitemized gifts below the federal itemization threshold never enter this total. State and local filings never enter it. Independent expenditures paid by a committee with a different ZIP never enter it. The $50,777,779 figure is a ZIP roll-up of itemized federal receipts, sourced from FEC.gov.
Full analysis: Federal itemized receipts tagged to ZIP 98112 →
Questions
- How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 98112?
- FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 98112 total $50,777,779 across 101,324 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $501 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.
- How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 98112?
- LobbyVault counts 101,324 itemized contributions for ZIP 98112. 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. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $50,777,779.
- Does $50.8 million mean people who live in 98112 gave that much?
- The ZIP is the five-digit code on the FEC itemization. Joint fundraising and PAC addresses can appear in the same $50,777,779 total. 101,324 is a contribution-line count, not a unique-person count. Treating $50,777,779 as resident-only giving overstates a neighborhood and understates how FEC addressing works. Open the ZIP 98112 hub for named receipts.
- Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 98112 totals?
- Figures come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $50,777,779 and 101,324 contributions for ZIP 98112. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are outside both numbers. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, 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 | BOEING, WILLIAM E JR | $9,000 | 8 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 2 | CLARKE, RICHARD S MRS | $7,625 | 6 | HOMEMAKER | — | 1980 |
| 3 | GOLUB, STANLEY | $7,000 | 2 | — | — | 1980 |
| 4 | BUMPUS, HELEN M | $5,870 | 2 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 5 | CARLSON, EDWARD E | $5,500 | 7 | UAL INC & WESTERN INT'L HOTELS | — | 1980 |
| 6 | BULLITT, STIMSON | $4,500 | 7 | ATTORNEY | — | 1980 |
| 7 | HAUBERG, JOHN H | $4,500 | 5 | PACIFIC DENKMANN | — | 1980 |
| 8 | HAGLUND, IVAR | $4,000 | 4 | IVARS REST | — | 1980 |
| 9 | GLUCK, JOSEPH (ESTATE OF) | $3,954 | 2 | — | — | 1980 |
| 10 | CLARKE, RICHARD S | $3,000 | 2 | RETIRED/WRITER | — | 1980 |
| 11 | CLARKE, AMY P | $3,000 | 2 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |
| 12 | GRAHAM, JOHN | $2,900 | 6 | JOHN GRAHAM CO | — | 1980 |
| 13 | HODGE, JAMES R | $2,750 | 4 | NORTHERN TIER PIPELINE CO | — | 1980 |
| 14 | BOULLION, E H MR | $2,200 | 3 | BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRLINE | — | 1980 |
| 15 | JOHNSON, RICHARD A | $2,125 | 7 | — | — | 1980 |
| 16 | MULLIKIN, HARRY | $2,000 | 2 | WESTERN INTERNATIONAL HOTELS | — | 1980 |
| 17 | ALLISON, JAMES | $2,000 | 3 | — | — | 1980 |
| 18 | BELL, WILLIAM L JR | $2,000 | 3 | — | — | 1980 |
| 19 | MILLER, PENDLETON | $2,000 | 2 | LANE, POWELL, MOSS & MILLER | — | 1980 |
| 20 | JOHNSON, PHILIP GUSTAV | $2,000 | 2 | CALT ENTERPRISES | — | 1980 |
| 21 | FRIEDLANDER, PAUL S | $2,000 | 5 | JEWELER | — | 1980 |
| 22 | MURPHY, JOHN A | $2,000 | 5 | — | — | 1980 |
| 23 | MASSART, JAMES E | $2,000 | 5 | MECH CONTRACTOR | — | 1980 |
| 24 | MCDONALD, ALLEN R | $2,000 | 2 | ARCHITECT | — | 1980 |
| 25 | MIDGETT, ROBERT | $2,000 | 1 | RETIRED | — | 1980 |