Hillary Clinton's campaign ended July with $58.5 million on hand, up from $44.4 million on June 30. | Getty Clinton campaign makes inroads with small donors For the first time in July, more than half of her fundraising haul came in checks under $200.

Hillary Clinton's campaign grew its war chest in July thanks to its best-yet fundraising month, even after continuing to accelerate its spending.

The campaign ended July with $58.5 million on hand, up from $44.4 million on June 30, according to its report released by the Federal Election Commission on Saturday. Its $52.3 million raised and $38.2 million spent were both the highest of any month this cycle.


Much of the fundraising strength was, for the first time, on the backs of small donors, with whom Clinton fared much better as she clinched the Democratic nomination. Fully 58 percent of the July haul came in checks of less than $200, compared with just 31 percent across the cycle.

About $12.8 million of the small-dollar contributions came through the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee and state parties.

Most of the spending went to media, with vendor GMMB earning $25.8 million. The payroll grew to 703 people, costing $2.9 million. The campaign spent $2 million on travel, about three-quarters of which went to private jet company Executive Fliteways.