Where the money comes from
Bernard Sanders
U.S. Senator · Vermont · 2025–2026 cycle
Independent71.7% of Bernie's money came in gifts under $200.
Raised
$23.5M
Spent
$11.3M
Cash on hand
$23M
Debts
$0
Large individual gifts ($200+)
$5.8M · 24.4%
Small gifts (under $200)
$16.9M · 71.7%
PACs
$15K · 0.1%
Other
$902K · 3.8%
72%
Small gifts
of money came in gifts under $200
0%
PACs
of money came from PACs
97%
Out of state
of itemized individual money came from other states
100%
Labor
of PAC money came from this sector
Follow the PAC money
From PACs
$10K
Committees
2
Share of money
0%
vs a typical senator
−98%
- Labor100%
PAC money barely features for Bernard: 2 committees gave $10K, 0% of the total.
- 1Air Line Pilots AssnAir transport unions · Labor$5K
- 2National Education AssnTeachers unions · Labor$5K
Who gives
Biggest organisations
All 20 organisations whose employees, their families, or PAC gave. People on the left, the PAC on the right.
- Left: employees and their families
- Right: the organisation's PAC
- University of California$83K$83K—
- Amazon.com$46K$46K—
- Alphabet Inc$44K$44K—
- Kaiser Permanente$37K$37K—
- State of California$29K$29K—
- Microsoft Corp$27K$27K—
- US Dept of Defense$21K$21K—
- US Postal Service$21K$21K—
- Apple Inc$20K$20K—
- US Dept of Veterans Affairs$20K$20K—
- US Government$19K$19K—
- Meta$19K$19K—
Where the givers live
97.3% of itemized individual money came from outside Vermont.
- Vermont 2.6%
- Other states 97.3%
All 55 states and territories, ranked
Not drawn on the map: Americans abroad, Guam. Included in the list above.
Who writes the cheques
62.4% of Bernard's itemized individual money came from women.
- Women $14.3M
- Men $8.7M
By size of gift
The $200-$499 band brought in the most: 44% of itemized individual money.
- $200-$499$4.3M14,935 givers
Women $2.6M (9,089) · Men $1.7M (5,846)
- $500-$999$2.9M4,705 givers
Women $1.6M (2,673) · Men $1.3M (2,032)
- $1,000-$3,499$1.9M1,368 givers
Women $974K (692) · Men $968K (676)
- $3,500+$482K93 givers
Women $184K (36) · Men $298K (57)
- $7,000+$134K18 givers
Women $44K (6) · Men $91K (12)
Women's share over 19 cycles
Women's share moved from 36.3% in 1990 to 62.4% in 2026, lowest at 14.3% in 2008.
Track record
Bernard has won 12 of 14 races on record between 1990 and 2024.
Peak cycle 2025–2026 raised $23.5M.
- Raised
- Spent
2024 VT Senate Class I
Raised $8.1M · spent $7.1M
Top opponent Garry Malloy (R) with $633K
Won· General2020 U.S. President
Raised $39.5M · spent $39.7M
Outraised by Michael Bloomberg (D) with $1.1B
Lost· Primary2018 VT Senate Class I
Raised $10.7M · spent $5.4M
Top opponent Lawrence Zupan (R) with $168K
Won· General
Sits on
Amounts here cluster money from an organisation's employees, their families and its PAC, so they show industries and interests rather than individual names. For the named individual givers, see Bernard's top donors. Campaign committee and leadership PAC combined · summary as of August 4, 2026 · transactions through July 17, 2026.