--- title: Clinton Raised $90 Million in July; Trump Raised $80 Million description: Donald Trump's campaign announced Wednesday that it raised $80 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee. canonical: https://time.com/4437135/campaign-finance-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-july/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-03T17:19:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:48.253Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton Raised $90 Million in July; Trump Raised $80 Million og:description: He's catching up. og:url: https://time.com/4437135/campaign-finance-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-july/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6220e68c72b6f7/6988a113524fc0746adf9097/donald-trump-august-rally-campaign-donations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: donald-trump-august-rally-campaign-donations og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton Raised $90 Million in July; Trump Raised $80 Million twitter:description: He's catching up. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6220e68c72b6f7/6988a113524fc0746adf9097/donald-trump-august-rally-campaign-donations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton Raised $90 Million in July; Trump Raised $80 Million > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign town hall at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Aug. 3, 2016. Evan Vucci—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 3, 2016 5:19 PM UTC Donald Trump’s campaign announced Wednesday that it raised $80 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee. The provisional figures mark a massive improvement since May when the Trump campaign reported having barely more than $1.3 million in cash. The Republican presidential nominee raised $64 million of the new haul through small-dollar donations solicited online and through direct mail, with another $16 million coming from 20 fundraising events hosted by Trump and the party, according to a campaign press release. Trump also gave $2 million of his own money to the campaign as part of a matching program. “Our volunteers and contributors are clearly committed to electing Donald J. Trump as President in November,” said Trump campaign finance chairman Steve Mnuchin in a statement. By contrast, the Hillary Clinton campaign announced Tuesday that it raised $90 million in July for the campaign and the Democratic Party, including $8.7 million that came in the 24 hours after she accepted the nomination. Clinton is expected to hold more fundraisers in August, including one that will [reportedly take place at the home](http://time.com/4434786/leonardo-dicaprio-clinton-fundraiser/) of actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Overall, Clinton is [ahead of Trump on fundraising](http://time.com/4376248/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-fundraising/?xid=homepage), having focused since the primaries on wooing major donors. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4437135/campaign-finance-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-july/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4437135/campaign-finance-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-july/"},"headline":"Clinton Raised $90 Million in July; Trump Raised $80 Million","datePublished":"2016-08-03T17:19:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:48.253Z","description":"Donald Trump's campaign announced Wednesday that it raised $80 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee.","url":"https://time.com/4437135/campaign-finance-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-july/","keywords":["Campaign Finance","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6220e68c72b6f7/6988a113524fc0746adf9097/donald-trump-august-rally-campaign-donations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6220e68c72b6f7/6988a113524fc0746adf9097/donald-trump-august-rally-campaign-donations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald-trump-august-rally-campaign-donations","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign town hall at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Aug. 3, 2016.","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","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":"/tag/campaign-finance/","name":"Campaign Finance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4437135/campaign-finance-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-july/","name":"Clinton Raised $90 Million in July; Trump Raised $80 Million"}}]}] ```