Elizabeth Warren’s campaign made the unusual move Friday of releasing her latest fundraising total ahead of next week’s deadline — admitting to supporters she’s coming up millions of dollars short in an effort to bring in more cash.

The Massachusetts senator has raised $17 million so far this quarter — leaving the presidential hopeful more than $7 million short of her $24.6 million third-quarter haul.

With the fourth quarter of 2019 serving as the final financial test of a candidate’s strength heading into the first caucuses and primaries — and with her polling flagging nationally and in the early states, Warren’s team is trying to turn her poor performance into a fundraising opportunity.

After a string of emails saying she was missing her financial targets, Warren’s campaign owned up to her money woes Friday morning in what her team described as a “risky” email to supporters ahead of Tuesday’s Federal Election Commission deadline.

“Traditionally, campaigns wait until after the mandatory FEC reporting deadlines to announce how much they’ve raised. But this isn’t a traditional campaign,” her team said. “We’re a grassroots team, and you should know exactly where things stand right now — and exactly why it’s important that you give.”

Warren’s team has set a $20 million goal for the quarter — still short of her previous sum, which was the second-highest in the Democratic field.

“Now, we don’t have to match what we raised last quarter — and we probably won’t,” her campaign said. “But if the numbers don’t pick up, we run the risk of having to pull back plans to organize for Elizabeth Warren in all 50 states during the primary. And that plan is central to her path to victory.”

Warren isn’t the first candidate this cycle to use a fundraising shortfall to try to boost donations. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s campaign put out a plea for $1.7 million at the end of September to keep him in the race. Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro followed with an $800,000 ask of his own.

But Warren is the biggest-name candidate to open up about a low haul, as she attempts to retool a campaign battered over “Medicare for All” and under attack from moderates, primarily South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, whom her team subtly jabbed once more over his “wine cave” fundraiser in Friday’s email as well.