U.S. Senator · MN
Tina Smith
DemocratSenate Class 2Term through January 2027
Funding profile · 2015–2020 term
32% of the money Smith raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 78% of the Senate.
Smith raised $16.5M across the full six-year Senate term (2015–2020), and ended the period with $802K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 32%$5.2M
- Large donors
- 47%$7.8M
- Bundled
- 2%$0.4M
- PACs
- 15%$2.4M
- Other
- 4%$0.7M
Against the senate
How Smith compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 32%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 15%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Smith
The organizations behind the money.
Smith's largest organized backing comes from Emilys List. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
› $2.0M in PAC money not itemized by group
Smith collected $2.0M 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 Smith
Emilys List›
$296K
Emilys List›
$296K
EMILY's List's PAC, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $2.4M to 47 members
NORPAC›$20K
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
Council For A Livable World Candidate Fund›$17K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $160K to 26 members
Jstreetpac›$17K
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
League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund›$13K
Who it funds, across Congress
99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $939K to 148 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. Smithreceived 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 Smith's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $253K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Smith
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Smith, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Smith.
Planned Parenthood Of Minnesota Political Action Fund$314K
To help Smith$314KTo hurt Smith—Planned Parenthood Action Fund$242K
To help Smith$242KTo hurt Smith—Right Now Usa$160K
To help Smith—To hurt Smith$160KAmericas PAC$142K
To help Smith—To hurt Smith$142KAlliance For A Better Minnesota Federal PAC$136K
To help Smith$136KTo hurt Smith—
Planned Parenthood Of Minnesota Political Action Fund›$314K—$314K
Planned Parenthood Of Minnesota Political Action Fund
Planned Parenthood Action Fund›$242K—$242K
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Right Now Usa—$160K$160K
Americas PAC—$142K$142K
Alliance For A Better Minnesota Federal PAC›$136K—$136K
Alliance For A Better Minnesota Federal PAC
FEC filings, 2015–2020 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 181 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 Smith stands