U.S. Senator · NC
Thom Tillis
RepublicanSenate Class 2Term through January 2027
Funding profile · 2015–2020 term
20% of the money Tillis raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 54% of the Senate.
Tillis raised $26.7M across the full six-year Senate term (2015–2020), and ended the period with $835K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 20%$5.4M
- Large donors
- 50%$13.5M
- Bundled
- 0%$0.0M
- PACs
- 19%$5.1M
- Other
- 10%$2.7M
Against the senate
How Tillis compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 20%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 19%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Tillis
The organizations behind the money.
Tillis's largest organized backing comes from Susan B. Anthony List. Inc. Candidate Fund. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
› $5.1M in PAC money not itemized by group
Tillis collected $5.1M 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 Tillis
Susan B. Anthony List. Inc. Candidate Fund›
$13K
Susan B. Anthony List. Inc. Candidate Fund›
$13K
Who it funds, across Congress
0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $401K to 60 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $47K to elect Republicans.
Aristotle International Inc. PAC›$7K
Who it funds, across Congress
69% Democrats · 31% Republicans · $25K to 7 members
Republican Jewish Coalition PAC›$5K
Who it funds, across Congress
0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $935K to 72 members
Pro-Israel America PAC›$4K
Who it funds, across Congress
26% Democrats · 74% Republicans · $693K 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. Tillisreceived 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 Tillis's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $19K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Tillis
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Tillis, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Tillis.
Senate Majority PAC›$34.3M
To help Tillis—To hurt Tillis$34.3MThe super PAC aligned with Senate Democratic leadership.
DSCC›$24.2M
To help Tillis—To hurt Tillis$24.2MThe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the party committee for electing Senate Democrats.
Americans For Prosperity Action›$9.7M
To help Tillis$9.6MTo hurt Tillis$182KAmericans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC of the Koch network, spending independently for mostly conservative candidates.
Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund$3.9M
To help Tillis—To hurt Tillis$3.9MPatients For Affordable Drugs Action$3.7M
To help Tillis—To hurt Tillis$3.7M
Senate Majority PAC›—$34.3M$34.3M
Senate Majority PAC
The super PAC aligned with Senate Democratic leadership.
DSCC›—$24.2M$24.2M
DSCC
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the party committee for electing Senate Democrats.
Americans For Prosperity Action›$9.6M$182K$9.7M
Americans For Prosperity Action
Americans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC of the Koch network, spending independently for mostly conservative candidates.
Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund›—$3.9M$3.9M
Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund
Patients For Affordable Drugs Action›—$3.7M$3.7M
Patients For Affordable Drugs Action
FEC filings, 2015–2020 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 4 funders of 62 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 Tillis stands