Almost immediately, small donors, local governments and corporate partners offer financial support.

Democrats, too, get a majority of their money from small donors.

On the plus side, the recent fundraising drive produced $1m, mostly from small donors.

Are they the small donors he speaks of or rather wealthy corporate interests?

"We're an organization that generally relies on smaller donors," she said.

"I also believe that my strongest support has come from small donors."

Then it was time to build a base of smaller donors and members.

He has said his goal will be to develop a better network of small donors.

A campaign under her direction reached out to small donors.

The big surprise was that it came from small donors.