U.S. Representative · NY · District 4
Laura Gillen
DemocratTerm through January 2027
Funding profile · 2025–2026 cycle
6% of the money Gillen raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 56% of the House.
Gillen raised $5.1M across the two-year election cycle (2025–2026), and ended the period with $3.8M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 6%$0.3M
- Large donors
- 48%$2.4M
- Bundled
- 5%$0.3M
- PACs
- 20%$1.0M
- Other
- 21%$1.1M
Against the house
How Gillen compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 6%vs 5% house median
- PAC share
- 20%vs 36% house median
Who has a stake in Gillen
The organizations behind the money.
Gillen's largest organized backing comes from Emily'S List. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
› $527K in PAC money not itemized by group
Gillen collected $527K 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 Gillen
Emily'S List›
$131K
Emily'S List›
$131K
EMILY's List's PAC, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $2.5M to 48 members
Swing Left›$40K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $899K to 34 members
Ameripac: The Fund For A Greater America›$33K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.0M to 79 members
Windem›$23K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $320K to 30 members
Zinc Collective PAC›$19K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $712K to 26 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.
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 Gillen's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $407K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Gillen
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Gillen, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Gillen.
Congressional Leadership Fund›$5.6M
To help Gillen—To hurt Gillen$5.6MThe super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership.
NRCC›$2.0M
To help Gillen—To hurt Gillen$2.0MThe National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.
Battleground New York$712K
To help Gillen$712KTo hurt Gillen—LCV Victory Fund›$623K
To help Gillen$623KTo hurt Gillen—The League of Conservation Voters' super PAC, spending on environmental-minded candidates.
Common Sense New York$365K
To help Gillen$365KTo hurt Gillen—
Congressional Leadership Fund›—$5.6M$5.6M
Congressional Leadership Fund
The super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership.
NRCC›—$2.0M$2.0M
NRCC
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.
Battleground New York$712K—$712K
LCV Victory Fund›$623K—$623K
LCV Victory Fund
The League of Conservation Voters' super PAC, spending on environmental-minded candidates.
Common Sense New York$365K—$365K
FEC filings, 2025–2026 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 147 organizations with a stake
$210K of Gillen’s direct PAC money, 42%, came from the leadership PACs of 62 other members of Congress, the personal PACs colleagues use to build support.
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2025–2026 cycle. 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.
PAC figures are contributions to Gillen's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Gillen stands