EMILYs List
Pro-choice Democratic women candidates
Explore cycle funding, spending and cashFEC financial summaries
Follow the money.
FEC committee: EMILYS LIST. Figures cover this registered committee, not its parent organization or wider network.
Reported activity: Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026. Captured Oct 14, 2026.
Money raised
$42,576,765.44
Total receipts this cycle
Money spent
$44,733,745.08
Total disbursements this cycle
Cash on hand
$2,332,511.72
At the latest reporting cutoff
Debt owed
$0.00
At the latest reporting cutoff
Where it comes from
- Individual contributions
- $24,026,383.05
- Itemized
- $13,619,717.32
- Unitemized
- $10,406,665.73
- Other committee contributions
- $133,000.00
- Party committee contributions
- $20,000.00
- Transfers from affiliated committees
- $5,743.51
- Transfers from nonfederal accounts
- $16,672,355.47
- Loans received
- $0.00
- Loan repayments received
- $0.00
- Operating offsets
- $1,657,505.70
- Other federal receipts
- $59,277.71
Where it goes
- Contributions to candidates and committees
- $958,426.95
- Independent expenditures
- $0.00
- Transfers to affiliated committees
- $366,874.81
- Operating expenditures
- $42,175,656.37
- Contribution refunds
- $166,378.11
- Loan repayments
- $0.00
- Loans made
- $0.00
- Other disbursements
- $1,066,408.84
Selected FEC reporting categories, not additional totals. Indented rows are included in their parent category. Independent expenditures are spending for or against candidates, not money handed to them. Transfers can appear on both committees’ books, so committee totals are not summed into a network total here.
Compare reporting cycles
Compare the reported amounts and cutoff dates side by side. An unfinished cycle is not a like-for-like growth comparison with a completed cycle.
| Reported metric | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting cutoff | Dec 31, 2024 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Money raised | $62,496,510.39 | $42,576,765.44 |
| Money spent | $61,626,814.40 | $44,733,745.08 |
| Cash on hand | $4,489,491.36 | $2,332,511.72 |
| Debt owed | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Source details and reporting method
- Committee name in the FEC response
- EMILYS LIST
- Debts owed to the committee
- $0.00
- Captured response SHA-256
- 9d1e3e964ef8262a2f458a56d0be37a3215051b0b3bbfe4c9d338535379933a0
These are FEC summary figures, not a sum of itemized transactions. Cash and debt are balances at the reporting cutoff, not today’s balances. Missing fields remain unreported. Figures may change when amended filings are processed.
Inspect preserved FEC response ↗The operation.
EMILYs List is a federal PAC founded in 1985 by Ellen Malcolm to recruit, train, and fund pro-choice Democratic women candidates for federal, state, and local office. The acronym stands for "Early Money Is Like Yeast" — a reference to the fundraising principle that early seed money helps a campaign rise. EMILYs List has helped elect more than 200 Democratic women to Congress and is one of the largest non-corporate PACs.
Major donors.
Notable races.
Sources.
Questions about EMILYs List.
What is EMILYs List?
EMILYs List is a federal political action committee founded in 1985 by Ellen Malcolm to recruit, train, and fund pro-choice Democratic women candidates for federal, state, and local office. The name is an acronym for "Early Money Is Like Yeast" — a fundraising principle about the importance of early seed money.
How many women has EMILYs List helped elect?
EMILYs List reports having helped elect more than 200 Democratic women to the US House and Senate, more than a dozen governors, and thousands of women to state and local office. Notable EMILYs List-backed senators include Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Tammy Baldwin, and Mazie Hirono.
How much does EMILYs List raise?
EMILYs List's federal PAC raises and spends roughly $40–60 million per cycle, with an additional affiliated super PAC, Women Vote!, handling larger independent-expenditure operations. Its donor base is primarily individual contributors — it is one of the largest non-corporate PACs by member count.