--- title: Hillary Clinton Fundraising: $33 Million Outpaces Field description: Hillary Clinton has $33 million in her campaign's war chest, more than any other campaign, ahead of the most intense season of the primary canonical: https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-16T01:24:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:50.610Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton's $33 Million War Chest Outpaces 2016 Field og:description: But Bernie Sanders raised more from small donors. og:url: https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b74f09fe97b653/6988688c524fc07c48df50ae/hillary-clinton-fundraising.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro introduces Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a "Latinos for Hillary" grassroots event October 15, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton's $33 Million War Chest Outpaces 2016 Field twitter:description: But Bernie Sanders raised more from small donors. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b74f09fe97b653/6988688c524fc07c48df50ae/hillary-clinton-fundraising.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton's $33 Million War Chest Outpaces 2016 Field > Sponsored content. 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Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 16, 2015 1:24 AM UTC  Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro introduces Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a "Latinos for Hillary" grassroots event October 15, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro introduces Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a "Latinos for Hillary" grassroots event October 15, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas. Erich Schlegel—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 16, 2015 1:24 AM UTC Hillary Clinton has $33 million saved in her campaign’s war chest, more than any other campaign, as she heads into the most intense season of the primary this fall and early next year. The nearly $33 million that Clinton has on hand comes after two large fundraising hauls, including $28 million raised in the third quarter of this year. They are funds she will spend on organizing, advertising and outreach in the primary states, and if she wins the Democratic nomination, the general election. “Thanks to the support of all of our donors, we are on track to hit our goal of $100 million during the primary, which will set us up to reach more voters, organize them, and make Hillary Clinton the Democratic nominee in 2016.” said Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook. Despite Clinton’s sizable amount of on-hand cash, she is closely challenged by rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has raised huge amounts of grassroots dollars and has $27.1 million in the bank. Sanders’ haul is a testament to the uncomfortably close nature of the year’s primary contest for the Clinton campaign, as her challenger has had much greater success attracting small donors. Sanders in the third quarter raised $20.2 million in donations under $200, while Clinton raised just $5.2 million from donations under $200, and instead relied on bigger-dollar contributions. Clinton’s significant savings, however, will give her campaign some breathing room as it heads into tough challenges in February in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Sanders has risen quickly in polls. **Read More:** [_Jeb Bush Raises $13.4 Million in Third Quarter_](http://time.com/4075666/jeb-bush-fundraising-third-quarter/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton's $33 Million War Chest Outpaces 2016 Field","datePublished":"2015-10-16T01:24:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:41:50.610Z","description":"Hillary Clinton has $33 million in her campaign's war chest, more than any other campaign, ahead of the most intense season of the primary","url":"https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Campaign Finance","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b74f09fe97b653/6988688c524fc07c48df50ae/hillary-clinton-fundraising.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b74f09fe97b653/6988688c524fc07c48df50ae/hillary-clinton-fundraising.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro introduces Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a \"Latinos for Hillary\" grassroots event October 15, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas.","caption":"Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro introduces Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a \"Latinos for Hillary\" grassroots event October 15, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas.","creditText":"Erich Schlegel—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/","name":"Hillary Clinton's $33 Million War Chest Outpaces 2016 Field"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments","description":"Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L3I0gpwt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:18:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4075976/hillary-clinton-fundraising-33-million/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```