The top 30 ZIP codes fueling Clinton's cash machine

Beverly Hills. West Hollywood. Georgetown. The Upper East Side. Chicago’s Lakefront. Not exactly hot spots for the “everyday Americans” Hillary Clinton says she’s running to represent.

But these are the cities and exclusive neighborhoods where Hillary Clinton is raising gobs of the big-dollar donations that help make up the $45 million she raised in the second quarter.


With data analysis from the Center for Responsive Politics, here’s a guide to the former secretary of state’s money map, a listing of her top 30 ZIP codes for contributions through June 30.

New York, N.Y.

Clinton raised more than $3.6 million across 13 different ZIP codes in Manhattan alone. She’s known and cultivated many of these donors for years, dating back at least to her first Senate campaign in 2000.

She raised $1.5 million from just five ZIP codes on the old-money Upper East Side, where a number of her donors are in finance. Some of her prominent donors include Steven Rattner, who was President Barack Obama’s “Car Czar”; Robert Rubin, President Clinton’s former treasury secretary; philanthropist Lewis Cullman; supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis; Joel Klein, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s education chancellor; and Tom Glocer, former CEO of Thomson Reuters.

Two ZIP codes on the Upper West Side, home to Columbia University, gave $806,000 to Clinton. In the 10023 ZIP that stretches from West 60 th to West 76th, the donors that gave almost $415,000 included Kati Marton, widow of American diplomat Richard Holbrooke; Ruth Porat, the CFO of Google; Kathleen Begala, Paul Begala’s sister; and author Letty Pogrebin, a founder of Ms. Magazine.

In Chelsea, known for its many art galleries and tourism magnet High Line park, Clinton raised almost $343,000. She also raked in $158,000 from Greenwich Village and $179,000 from 10013, which encompasses parts of Tribeca, Little Italy and Soho.

Not included on the list? The Brooklyn Heights ZIP code of 11201, where the Clinton campaign headquarters at One Pierrepont Plaza is located.

Washington, D.C.

Clinton pulled in over $2.2 million in donations from eight ZIP codes across Washington, and in suburban Maryland and McLean, Va. In her top national zip code — leafy Upper Northwest D.C.’s 20016, home to the Palisades neighborhood, the National Cathedral, and American University — denizens chipped in $448,000, including from campaign chairman John Podesta.

In red-brick Georgetown and the Foxhall neighborhood ZIP of 20007, Washingtonians gave almost $338,000, from familiar political names like former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Obama press secretary Jay Carney, Clinton longtime aide Philippe Reines, Clinton White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes, lawyer Lanny Breuer, former Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, and communications consultant Hilary Rosen.

In the Cleveland Park and National Zoo neighborhoods covered by the 20008 ZIP — which also includes the Clintons’ Whitehaven Street mansion within its borders — delivered $334,000. Among the prominent contributors: former Obama White House adviser Zeke Emanuel and super-lobbyist Heather Podesta.

Almost $300,000 flowed in from the ZIP 20009, home to the hip D.C. neighborhoods of Adams Morgan, U Street and Columbia Heights, teeming with scores of young Democrats. Just across the D.C. line, three Maryland suburban ZIPs — Chevy Chase, Bethesda, and tony Potomac — gave more than a combined $739,000.

Los Angeles area

The Clinton campaign harvested $1.47 million in donations from seven well-heeled ZIP codes in L.A., West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Pacific Palisades, and Santa Monica.

In recent months, Clinton has been to the area several times to speak to donors at fundraisers.

Los Angeles proper has three ZIPs — 90049, 90024, and 90067 — that rank in the top 30 with $624,000 given so far to Clinton. The tony neighborhoods that make up Clinton’s money machine here include Brentwood, near Bel Air and location of The Getty art museum; Westwood, home to UCLA and the Los Angeles Country Club; and Century City.

Among the boldface names donating in these ZIPs: actors Richard Gere and Bradley Whitford, Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger, and media moguls Haim Saban and David Geffen.

The Beverly Hills ZIP of 90210, made famous by the namesake TV show of the 1990s, gave about $260,000, and the West Hollywood ZIP of 90069 gave almost $213,000. The Santa Monica ZIP of 90402 gave $172,000, while Pacific Palisades, along the Pacific Coast Highway, gave more than $202,000.

Chicago

With two ZIPs in the top 30 list, Chicago brought in over $355,000 to Clinton, with $194,000 coming from 60611, which includes Trump Tower, the Navy Pier and the retail-heavy Magnificent Mile near Lake Michigan.

The Chicago ZIP of 60614 gave almost $161,000; the area is home to DePaul University, Lincoln Park on Lake Michigan and renowned tasting-menu restaurant Alinea, where a pre-fixe meal for two people can run north of $700.

The two ZIPS, filled with so-called Lakefront Liberals, include donors ranging from former Ready for Hillary senior adviser Tracy Sefl to chairman of Dreamworks Animation Mellody Hobson, to billionaire and liberal mega-donor Fred Eychaner.

Others who contributed included entrepreneurs, a Cheesecake Factory server who gave $435, and a hair salon owner, Marianne Strokirk, who donated $2,900 and brags on her website that she’s “most notable for giving Hillary Rodham Clinton some of her latest looks.”