{"id":1055161,"date":"2025-07-21T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055161"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:37:12","slug":"democrats-are-harnessing-grassroots-energy-with-record-breaking-june-fundraising-and-volunteer-engagement-throughorganizing-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-are-harnessing-grassroots-energy-with-record-breaking-june-fundraising-and-volunteer-engagement-throughorganizing-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats are Harnessing Grassroots Energy with Record-Breaking June Fundraising and Volunteer Engagement through\u201cOrganizing Summer\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>DNC\u2019s 2025 fundraising surpasses $50 million with best-ever June for grassroots donations in an off-year, as grassroots volunteers exceed 30,000 this year alone<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the DNC announced that powerful Democratic grassroots energy continues with record-setting June fundraising numbers, including the best-ever June for grassroots donations in an off-year in the committee\u2019s history, with the month of June alone totaling nearly $8.6 million raised. The grassroots energy is also powering a growing volunteer base exceeding 30,000 sign-ups and engagements in the past six months \u2014<strong> <\/strong>the largest volunteer base the DNC has ever had at this point in the cycle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, the DNC has raised more than $50 million since the start of the year, largely thanks to Chair Ken Martin raising more than any other new DNC chair in committee history in their first months on the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 30,000 volunteers engaging in Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/06\/30\/democrats-organizing-elections\/\">\u201cOrganizing Summer\u201d<\/a> campaign represent every state and congressional district. We are organizing at functions across the country, both online and offline, to bolster Democratic outreach and rally against the budget bill, such as at summer concerts, sporting events, and state and county fairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAround the country, people are energized, ready to fight back, and empowering Democrats to win elections. The DNC is breaking grassroots fundraising records, bringing on more volunteers than ever, and raising record-setting funds to beat Republicans. Democrats are back in the ring thanks to grassroots energy across all 50 states, and together, we\u2019re going to defeat the toxic Republican agenda and put this country back on track for hard-working families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, in the first five months under Chair Martin, the DNC has:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hosted 138 town halls in all 50 states to meet with Americans across the country, where Republicans refused.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Had record fundraising powered by grassroots donors who are chipping in to defeat Trump\u2019s reckless agenda and power Democratic victories up and down the ballot. Already, Democrats have won or overperformed in 34 key elections in 2025.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributions during the first five months of Chair Martin\u2019s leadership are nearly 2:1 dollars raised in the months after the 2016 cycle.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our volunteers are stepping up as community connectors \u2014 organizing neighbors to expose the harms of the Republican budget bill, hosting events, showing up at local gatherings, and sparking conversations online in group chats, Reddit threads, and sports and gaming forums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC\u2019s 2025 fundraising surpasses $50 million with best-ever June for grassroots donations in an off-year, as grassroots volunteers exceed 30,000 this year alone. Today, the DNC announced that powerful Democratic grassroots energy continues with record-setting June fundraising numbers, including the best-ever June for grassroots donations in an off-year in the committee\u2019s history, with the month [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrats are Harnessing Grassroots Energy with Record-Breaking June Fundraising and Volunteer Engagement through\u201cOrganizing Summer\u201d - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-are-harnessing-grassroots-energy-with-record-breaking-june-fundraising-and-volunteer-engagement-throughorganizing-summer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T14:26:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T17:37:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-are-harnessing-grassroots-energy-with-record-breaking-june-fundraising-and-volunteer-engagement-throughorganizing-summer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-are-harnessing-grassroots-energy-with-record-breaking-june-fundraising-and-volunteer-engagement-throughorganizing-summer\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats are Harnessing Grassroots Energy with Record-Breaking June Fundraising and Volunteer Engagement through\u201cOrganizing Summer\u201d - 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