2011: Q3 Statistics

The third quarter of this year was an odd duck, because it mixed the massive off-year fundraising of the Wisconsin Recalls with the start of federal campaign season as seen in the kickoff of the Elizabeth Warren campaign. Those two events brought a huge influx of grassroots donors to ActBlue, driving down our average contribution size to around $50. It’s shaping up to be another big cycle for grassroots fundraising.

Number of contributions	199,585
Total raised	$10,229,392.76
Average Contribution size	$51.25
Committees receiving money	1,388

 

Here’s how those numbers stack up relative to 2009, and to the same point in the last presidential election cycle (2007). Change is calculated with 2009 as the baseline.

	Q3 2007	Q3 2009	Q3 2011	Change
Contributions	36,938	105,266	199,585	47%
Volume ($)	$4,793,375.78	$9,368,191.06	$10,229,392.76	9%
Mean Donation	$129.87	$89.00	$51.25	-42%
Committees	625	1,160	1,388	19%

 

Here are the five top committees, by number of donors, for Q3 2011.

Name	Race	Donors	Dollars
PCCC	Organization	41,715	$418,964
Democracy for America (WI Recall)	Organization	38,694	$440,989
PCCC Wisconsin Recall	Organization	37,951	$356,104
Democracy for America	Organization	34,961	$385,044
Elizabeth Warren	MA-Sen	27,756	$943,366