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Funding profile

Nancy Pelosi

Democrat · Representative for California’s 11th district

Career totals · 20 elections · 19882026

$94.8 million

raised by Pelosi’s campaigns, everything from 1988 to 2026 added together.

16%

of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $15.4 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.

$2.3 million

was spent about Pelosi by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.

Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Pelosi on FEC.gov

Where the money came from

Everything Pelosi’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.

$94.8 millionraised
  • Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.77%$73.4 million
  • Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.16%$15.4 million
  • Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.6%$6 million
Federal Election Commission filings across 20 elections. Percentages may not total 100 because each is rounded.

Money bundled through organizations

Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Pelosi, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.

$3,323

reached Pelosi this way, <1% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.

  • AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee's political arm. It backs candidates of both parties it considers strong supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship.$3,323

We can only count the organizations we have measured, so the real figure could be higher than this, never lower. Bundling is legal and widely used, and appearing here is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Who gave the most

Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.

  • Corporation12%$39,000
  • Trade association14%$44,000
  • Labor union38%$121,000
  • Membership organization17%$55,000
  • Co-operative9%$28,000
  • Unclassified11%$35,000

Which industries

  • Health & pharmaceuticals50% · $10,000
  • Insurance50% · $10,000

The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.

Largest committee givers

  1. 1American Crystal Sugar CompayAgriculture & food · Co-operative$20,000
  2. 2International Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersOther · Labor union$20,000
  3. 3American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Afl-CioLabor · Labor union$15,000
  4. 4American Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio Committee on Political EducationLabor · Labor union$13,000
  5. 5Let America Vote PACOther · Unclassified$10,000
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  1. 6Branch 193 National Association of Letter Carriers Political Action CommitteeOther · Labor union$10,000
  2. 7American Hospital AssociationHealth & pharmaceuticals · Trade association$10,000
  3. 8AflacInsurance · Corporation$10,000
  4. 9American Dental Association Political Action CommitteeHealth & pharmaceuticals · Membership organization$10,000
  5. 10International Union of Operating Engineers Local 965 PefOther · Labor union$10,000

“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.

Their money and their votes, side by side

For each industry that gave to Pelosi: the money, then the bills they voted on in that industry’s area of law. The Library of Congress assigns each bill’s subject, not us, so nothing here is picked to make a point.

This is not evidence that money bought a vote. People often donate to politicians who already agree with them. We show what was given and how Pelosi voted; the judgment is yours.

Health & pharmaceuticals$10,000 given

Pelosi voted on 5 bills in this area. The 3 most substantive are listed first.

  • H R 2493On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassThis bill reauthorizes through FY2030 grant programs administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that provide funding to health care service providers and related entities in rural areas.Yes
  • H R 2483On PassageSUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 This act reauthorizes and revises programs and activities relating to addressing substance use disorders, overdoses, and mental health.No
  • H R 4541On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill reauthorizes and revises programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that support services and education addressing breast and cervical cancer.Yes
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  • H R 6703On PassageLower Health Care Premiums for All Americans ActNo
  • H R 498On PassageThis bill prohibits federal Medicaid payment for specified gender transition procedures for individuals under the age of 18. The bill defines these procedures to mean those that are intended to change the body of an individual to no longer correspond to the individual's biological sex (male or female), including specified surgeries, implants, and medications (e.g., hormones).No

Insurance$10,000 given

Pelosi voted on 19 bills in this area. The 3 most substantive are listed first.

  • H R 736On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassProtect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 This bill extends the deadline for certain companies that are required to file beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).Yes
  • S J RES 28On PassageThis joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) titled Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications and published on December 10, 2024.No
  • S J RES 18On PassageThis joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau titled Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions and published on December 30, 2024.No
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  • S J RES 13On PassageThis joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency titled Business Combinations Under the Bank Merger Act and published on September 25, 2024.No
  • H R 3394On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedFair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act This bill expands the eligibility criteria for an accredited investor for purposes of participating in private offerings of securities to include an individual determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to have qualifying professional knowledge through educational or professional experience. (Certain unregistered securities may only be offered to accredited investors.) The bill also provides statutory authority for certain existing criteria for an accredited investor, including licensure or registration in good standing as a broker or investment adviser, specified annual salary, and specified net worth.Yes
  • H R 3234On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill increases the amount insured depository institutions may accept as reciprocal deposits. (Reciprocal deposits are used by institutions to increase the availability of deposit insurance by splitting large deposits using a reciprocal network of institutions.) The bill creates a tiered system so that the allowable amount is based on the institution's total liabilities.Yes
  • H R 4544On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill requires federal financial regulators to review and streamline the application process for the formation of de novo, or new, depository institutions or credit unions.Yes
  • H R 5317On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill changes the treatment of certain types of deposits so they are no longer classified as brokered deposits.Yes

We do not score these or say which way a vote favored an industry, because that would be our opinion dressed up as a finding. Each bill links to the chamber’s own roll-call record. Industries where fewer than three bills came to a vote are left out, because a handful of votes cannot show a pattern.

Money spent about this member

Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Pelosi has no legal control over any of it.

This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Pelosi. It was spent on advertising about Pelosi, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.

$2.3 million

has been spent for or against Pelosi by outside groups. $26,000 supported Pelosi; $2.3 million opposed Pelosi.

Largest outside spenders

Summed across 8 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.

Spent supporting

$9,513

Ads urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.

  • SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE$9,513

Spent opposing

$2.3 million

Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.

  • FUTURE45$1.9 million
  • VIGOP (VIRGIN ISLANDS REPUBLICAN PARTY)$157,000
  • CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND$75,000
  • POLICE OFFICERS DEFENSE ALLIANCE LLC$50,000
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  • DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC$37,000
  • SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC$13,000
  • VALOR AMERICA$8,491

Election by election

The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.

ElectionRaisedFrom PACsOutside spending
2026in progress$2.5 million$33,000 1%none
2024$10.2 million$252,000 2%$9,060
2022$25.6 million$1.5 million 6%$63,000
2020$28 million$1.9 million 7%$143,000
2018$4.6 million$1.2 million 26%$2.1 million
2016$4.4 million$1.2 million 27%$1,983
2014$2.9 million$1.1 million 38%$10
2012$2.3 million$1 million 45%$7,620
2010$2.6 million$1.5 million 60%$3,196
2008$2.9 million$1.5 million 53%none
2006$1.7 million$1.1 million 67%none
2004$1.6 million$759,000 49%none
2002$978,000$546,000 56%none
2000$410,000$281,000 68%none
1998$676,000$157,000 23%none
1996$458,000$153,000 33%none
1994$375,000$160,000 43%none
1992$417,000$205,000 49%none
1990$466,000$263,000 56%none
1988$1.9 million$549,000 29%none

Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.

We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.