U.S. Senator · ME
Susan M. Collins
RepublicanSenate Class 2Term through January 2027
Funding profile · 2015–2020 term
19% of the money Collins raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 51% of the Senate.
Collins raised $30.8M across the full six-year Senate term (2015–2020), and ended the period with $1.3M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 19%$5.9M
- Large donors
- 62%$19.1M
- Bundled
- 1%$0.2M
- PACs
- 11%$3.4M
- Other
- 7%$2.3M
Against the senate
How Collins compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 19%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 11%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Collins
The organizations behind the money.
Collins's largest organized backing comes from Votesane PAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
› $3.2M in PAC money not itemized by group
Collins collected $3.2M of PAC money through a joint fundraising committee, which pools contributions and transfers them as a lump sum. It is counted in the organized total above, but FEC filings do not itemize which PACs it came from at the campaign level, so it is not attributed to a named organization here.
Money organized for Collins
Votesane PAC›
$109K
Votesane PAC›
$109K
Who it funds, across Congress
40% Democrats · 60% Republicans · $2.6M to 42 members
NORPAC›$28K
A pro-Israel political action committee that bundles individual donations to candidates it judges supportive of the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Who it funds, across Congress
40% Democrats · 59% Republicans · $2.2M to 82 members
Republican Jewish Coalition PAC›$27K
Who it funds, across Congress
0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $935K to 72 members
National Assoc Of Broadcasters PAC›$22K
The National Association of Broadcasters' PAC, representing TV and radio station owners.
Who it funds, across Congress
47% Democrats · 53% Republicans · $1.5M to 255 members
Airports Cuncil International PAC›$9K
Who it funds, across Congress
52% Democrats · 48% Republicans · $64K to 19 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing. Collinsreceived so many small earmarked donations that these figures count only the largest ones. Read every total as “at least.”
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Collins's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $202K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Collins
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Collins, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Collins.
Senate Majority PAC›$27.4M
To help Collins—To hurt Collins$27.4MThe super PAC aligned with Senate Democratic leadership.
DSCC›$4.6M
To help Collins—To hurt Collins$4.6MThe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the party committee for electing Senate Democrats.
Women Vote!$4.3M
To help Collins—To hurt Collins$4.3M1820 PAC$2.7M
To help Collins$2.7MTo hurt Collins—Priorities Usa Action$2.4M
To help Collins—To hurt Collins$2.4M
Senate Majority PAC›—$27.4M$27.4M
Senate Majority PAC
The super PAC aligned with Senate Democratic leadership.
DSCC›—$4.6M$4.6M
DSCC
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the party committee for electing Senate Democrats.
Women Vote!—$4.3M$4.3M
1820 PAC$2.7M—$2.7M
Priorities Usa Action—$2.4M$2.4M
FEC filings, 2015–2020 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 158 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2015–2020 term. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Collins stands