small donors
Grassroots funding sources
Small donors are individuals who contribute relatively modest amounts of money to political campaigns, charities, or other causes—typically under a few hundred dollars per donation.
The term gained prominence in political discourse as campaigns began emphasizing grassroots fundraising: She built her campaign on small donors giving twenty dollars at a time.
Small donors are often contrasted with wealthy individual contributors or corporate interests, carrying connotations of authentic popular support.
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- contributionsThings given to help
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- money bombCoordinated mass donation event
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- campaign financecontributions, contribution, fundraising, fundraiser, fundraisers
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- campaign costscampaign spending, ad buys, direct mail, staff salaries, travel expenses
small donorsbundlers
Those who package together
power brokers · kingmakers · donor class · corporate donors · plutocrats
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