--- title: Bernie Sanders Supporters Are Donating Too Much Money description: Donations to his campaign were a bit too generous -- even when he was on the verge of endorsing Hillary Clinton. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-07-12T16:00:05.000Z' modified: '2016-07-12T16:00:05.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Election 2016 - pubdesk word_count: 198 canonical: https://money.com/bernie-sanders-campaign-contributions/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Bernie Sanders Holds Campaign Rally In Portland, Oregon](https://img.money.com/2016/07/gettyimages-517617356.jpg) *A bird lands on Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders podium as he speaks on March 25, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. Sanders spoke to a crowd of more than eleven thousand about a wide range of issues, including getting big money out of politics, his plan to make public colleges and universities tuition-free, combating climate change and ensuring universal health care.Behring/Getty Images)* Despite gaining popularity for disparaging the 1% and vowing to get money out of politics, Bernie Sanders' campaign received on Sunday a [1,000-page list](http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/080/201607100300051080/201607100300051080.pdf) of names of donors who contributed more than the legal limit during the primary season from the Federal Elections Commission. The limit is set at $2,700 per individual per election. According to *The Atlantic*, this is the [fifth time](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/bernie-sanders-is-still-making-too-much-money/490832/) that Bernie Sanders -- who just endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday -- has received a notice about the over-the-limit contributions. As *The Atlantic* noted, this may have happened because of the intense support Sanders garnered in a relatively short period of time. His enthusiastic supporters were likely not familiar with the intricacies of campaign finance law, and didn't know there was such a cap on individual donations. The campaign has been returning funds over the $2,700 mark. ***Read More: [How Much Money Failed Presidential Candidates Have Blown Through This Election](https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/?iid=sr-link1)*** *The Atlantic* also noted that Shia LaBeouf, he of *Even Stevens*, and, later, [performance art fame](http://www.much.com/shia-labeouf-performance-art-pieces/), gave Sanders $6,015 in March. The Sanders campaign returned the excess $3,315 in May, but LaBeouf had already donated more money. 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