Hillary for America Raised $26.4 Million in April, Began May with More than $30 Million Cash on Hand
Today, Hillary for America (HFA) filed its May monthly FEC report covering the month of April. The report shows that HFA began May with more than $30 million in the bank after raising more than $26.4 million in primary contributions in April thanks to more than 630,000 contributions from about 400,000 people during the month. The average donation during April was about $42. Clinton has raised more for the primary than any other candidate in either party - over $213 million from more than 1,200,000 contributors.
“Thanks to the support of more than 1.2 million people, we are in strong financial shape as we head into the final primary contests and prepare for the general election,” said Hillary for America Campaign Manager, Robby Mook.
"This will enable us to continue investing in people who will mobilize millions of voters and help Democrats running up and down the ballot.”
Clinton brought in $26,448,713.50 in primary donations through Hillary for America and the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF) in April of 2016.
Clinton raised more than $9 million in April 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.
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:
April HFA Raised Primary:
• Direct primary contributions to Hillary for America: $19,517,864.50
• Allocated contributions through HVF: $6,930,849.00 (allocated prior to HVF expenses)*
• Total HFA primary contributions: $26,448,713.50
April HFA Disbursements:
• Direct HFA disbursements: $23,540,781.73
• HFA’s allocated share of HVF disbursements: $2,738,263.29
• Total HFA disbursements: $26,279,045.02
Other HFA Key Stats:
• HFA cash on hand: $30,156,932.21
• April HFA Raised General:$781,400.30
• HFA Debt: $612,248.13
• April Unitemized contributions ($200 or less):$9,107,277.09 ($5,506,788.01 + $3,600,489.08 allocated from HVF)
• HFA primary raised for the cycle: $213,399,604.06
• April: Average donation: about $42
• April: 99% of donations to HFA were in increments of $250 or less
• April: 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.
