--- description: Bernie Sanders has hauled in more than $20 million in donations over the last month in his bid to win the Democratic nomination. title: Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Says It Raised Over $20 Million In January image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bernie Sanders Reports Raising Over $20 Million in January  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 31, 2016 7:37 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 31, 2016 7:37 PM CUT [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4201067/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa-rallies/ "undefined") has hauled in [more than $20 million in donations](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/31/bernie-sanderss-campaign-says-it-raised-20-million-in-last-month/?%5Fr=0 "undefined") over the last month in his bid to win the Democratic nomination, his campaign said Sunday ahead of the Iowa caucuses. The Vermont senator’s campaign team said it raised almost all of the funds in January from small online contributions — an average of $27 a donation. Sanders received more than 770,000 donations in the month, which helped push the total amount of individual contributions for his entire campaign past the 3.25 million mark, according to his campaign. “The numbers we’ve seen since Jan. 1 put our campaign on pace to beat Secretary Clinton’s goal of $50 million in the first quarter of 2016,” Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, said in a statement. “Working Americans chipping in a few dollars each month are not only challenging but beating the greatest fundraising machine ever assembled.” Hillary Clinton’s campaign [said earlier this month](http://time.com/4165523/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-33-million/ "undefined") that it raised $37 million since the beginning of October. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4201575/bernie-sanders-campaign-raised/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4201575/bernie-sanders-campaign-raised/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Reports Raising Over $20 Million in January","datePublished":"2016-01-31T19:37:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:09:55.823Z","description":"Most were from \"small-dollar\" donations","url":"https://time.com/4201575/bernie-sanders-campaign-raised/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4201575/bernie-sanders-campaign-raised/","name":"Bernie Sanders Reports Raising Over $20 Million in January"}}]}] ```