President Obama’s new advocacy organization collected roughly $4.8 million during the first three months of the year, the group announced Friday.
“In just the first few months of this brand-new organization, 109,582 supporters stepped up and invested in what we’re building together – from the grass roots up,” Organizing for Action’s executive director Jon Carson wrote in an e-mail to supporters. He said the average donation was $44.
The fundraising total is far less than the president’s re-election campaign typically raised during a three-month period. It underscores the early challenge in transforming Obama’s fundraising operation — which raised more than $1 billion for his re-election — into a post-election force to advance his second-term agenda on immigration, gun control and other issues.