How have Ilhan Omar's fundraising totals and donor composition changed since the allegations surfaced?

1. Fundraising totals: record quarters and repeated six‑figure disclosures

Reporting and campaign releases indicate Omar posted outsized quarters during the 2023–2024 cycle — notably a record final quarter of 2023 of more than $1.6 million and a $1.6M second quarter in 2024 — and continued to disclose sizable fundraising in 2025 with multiple quarterly filings showing hundreds of thousands of dollars raised ($764.0K in Q1 2025; $505.8K in Q2 2025; $621.2K in Q3 2025, per the disclosures reported) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [6]}.

2. Donor composition: small-dollar base emphasized by campaign materials

Omar’s campaign has publicly emphasized a large volume of small-dollar donations: the campaign reported roughly 45,000–47,000 individual contributions in strong quarters and high percentages of donations under modest thresholds (e.g., 98% under $200 for Q4 2023; 94% under $100 in Q2 2024), framing her funding as grassroots-driven ^{[1] [2] [7]}. These campaign claims are repeated in local and national outlets quoting the campaign’s contribution counts ^{[1] [7]}.

3. Allegations and scrutiny: what reporters documented about consultant payments

Independent reporting and aggregation of campaign‑finance scrutiny raised questions about payments to consulting firms linked to her husband and other consulting relationships; that scrutiny prompted AP-style reporting and renewed attention around disclosure practices, and opponents raised allegations about enrichment and conflicts of interest ^{[5] [8] [9]}. A prior FEC matter was dismissed but required reporting revisions, which the Independent and other outlets have noted in past coverage ^[10].

4. Did the allegations change fundraising totals or donor mix? What the sources say (and don’t)

Available reporting documents continued fundraising activity and large small‑donor shares across the periods cited, and also documents opponents’ claims and press scrutiny, but the sources do not present a clear causal time series tying the emergence of specific allegations to immediate shifts in total dollars, donor counts, or a change in the proportion of small vs. large donors. In short: the sources show ongoing large quarters and emphasize a small‑donor base ^{[1] [2] [3]}, while also documenting scrutiny of consultant payouts ^{[5] [8]}, but they do not quantify a before‑and‑after donor‑composition change directly attributable to those allegations (not found in current reporting).

5. Alternative explanations and political context to consider

Campaigns naturally fluctuate quarter‑to‑quarter because of scheduled fundraising pushes, national profile and primary timing; Omar’s 2023–2024 spikes correlate with national attention and the campaign’s own fundraising drives rather than necessarily with any single allegation ^{[1] [2]}. Meanwhile, opponents and some outlets have amplified allegations as a political strategy during primaries ^{[9] [5]}. Both dynamics—organic fundraising momentum and adversary messaging—can operate simultaneously and complicate causal attribution ^{[1] [5]}.

6. Data sources you can consult next for a rigorous comparison

To measure a change in donor composition tied to allegations you would need the underlying FEC itemized contribution data over time and third‑party aggregation (OpenSecrets, FEC raw filings, FollowTheMoney) to compare donor size, geography, and PAC vs. individual splits before and after specific allegation dates; the provided OpenSecrets and FEC pages are the right starting points but the current snippets do not include a full time series or itemized before/after breakdown in this set ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}.

Limitations and transparency: all factual statements above cite the provided sources; available sources document quarterly totals and small‑donor claims and also document scrutiny over consultant payments, but they do not provide a definitive, cited analysis demonstrating a change in donor composition that is directly attributable to the allegations ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}.