U.S. Senator · OR
Jeff Merkley
DemocratSenate Class 2Term through January 2027
Funding profile · 2015–2020 term
45% of the money Merkley raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 95% of the Senate.
Merkley raised $11.5M across the full six-year Senate term (2015–2020), and ended the period with $3.8M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 45%$5.2M
- Large donors
- 43%$4.9M
- Bundled
- 1%$0.1M
- PACs
- 7%$0.8M
- Other
- 4%$0.5M
Against the senate
How Merkley compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 45%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 7%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Merkley
The organizations behind the money.
Merkley's largest organized backing comes from League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
› $733K in PAC money not itemized by group
Merkley collected $733K 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 Merkley
League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund›
$49K
League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund›
$49K
Who it funds, across Congress
99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $939K to 148 members
Jstreetpac›$26K
J Street's PAC, a liberal pro-Israel group that backs candidates supporting a two-state solution, often a counterweight to AIPAC.
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $4.0M to 144 members
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans Employee PAC›$5K
Who it funds, across Congress
50% Democrats · 50% Republicans · $514K to 105 members
American Veterinary Medical Association PAC›$4K
Who it funds, across Congress
48% Democrats · 52% Republicans · $543K to 159 members
National Association Of Broadcasters PAC›$4K
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
› 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 Merkley's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $56K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
FEC filings, 2015–2020 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 18 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 Merkley stands