Hillary for America Raised $15 Million in January, Began February with $33 Million Cash on Hand
Today, Hillary for America (HFA) filed its February monthly FEC report covering the month of January. The report shows that HFA began February with about $33 million in the bank after raising more than $15 million in primary contributions in January, thanks to 70,000 new contributors for the month. Part way through February, Clinton now has more than 750,000 contributors.
“We’ve seen a surge of grassroots donations that are powering this campaign and ensuring that we have the resources we need to win a competitive primary and be prepared to take on the Republicans in November,” said Hillary for America Campaign Manager Robby Mook. “We’re grateful to the thousands of new grassroots donors flooding into this campaign every day who are standing up to help elect a president who can make a real difference for families and build on the progress we’ve made under President Obama.”
Clinton brought in $15,131,497.06 in primary donations through Hillary for America and the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF) in January of 2016. Additionally, she raised about $5 million for the DNC and state parties across the country through the HVF.
Clinton raised roughly $4.2 million in January in contributions of $200 or less (unitemized directly raised to HFA and unitemized allocations from HVF), and more than 60 percent of the campaign’s contributions for the month were from women. The average donation in January was about $62 and 98 percent of donations were for $250 or less.
Hillary for America is also continuing the tradition of transparency she started in 2008 and is voluntarily publishing a list of her top volunteer fundraisers, found here on her website.
The breakdown of the numbers is as follows:
January HFA Raised Primary:
• Direct primary contributions to Hillary for America: $12,699,135.58
• Allocated contributions through HVF: $2,432,361.48 (allocated prior to HVF expenses)*
• Total HFA primary contributions: $15,131,497.06
January HFA Disbursements:
• Direct HFA disbursements: $19,918,792.07
• HFA’s allocated share of HVF disbursements: $1,232,361.48
• Total HFA disbursements: $21,151,153.55
Other HFA Key Stats:
• HFA cash on hand: $32,938,563.75
• January HFA Raised General: $520,601.16
• HFA Debt: $1,056,361.42
• January Unitemized contributions ($200 or less):$4,207,223.28 ($2,740,152.34 + $1,467,070.94 allocated from HVF)
• HFA primary raised for the cycle: $127,726,766.83
• January: Average donation: $62
• January: 98% of donations to HFA were in increments of $250 or less
• January: More than 60% of HFA contributions were from women
*To pull allocated contributions, convert text file of the HFA report to excel using FEC software “fs2comma”, found at: http://www.fec.gov/support/DataConversionTools.shtml
Filter column A, which indicates the type of contribution, disbursement, or debt on the report, to “SA18” to show the transfers and allocations from HVF reported on line 18.
Filter column E, which indicates if the item on the report is a transfer or allocation from HVF to HFA, to “SA18” to show only the itemized and unitemized allocations. Those steps will remove transfers and partnerships while leaving the amounts allocated from individuals and other political committees.
Sum column U, which shows the contributions amounts, to see total allocation from HVF to HFA.
