Story highlights Clinton will headline fundraisers in Southern California on August 23, including an event at the home of Leonardo DiCaprio

Clinton will also have another arm in her fundraising bullpen in August: Tim Kaine, her vice presidential candidate

Washington (CNN) The Hillary Clinton campaign announced Tuesday it pulled in $90 million last month for her campaign and the Democratic Party -- its best fundraising month of the race.

The campaign also announced that it had $58 million cash on hand at the start of August.

The Clinton campaign also touted bringing in $8.7 million in the 24 hours after she accepted the nomination last week -- a haul that exceeded some of Bernie Sanders best efforts in the thick of the Democratic primary.

The campaign said in a statement that the average donation for the month was just $44 and about 54% of donations in the month of July came from new donors.

Donald Trump told a crowd in Columbus, Ohio, Monday that he raised $35.8 million in August from 517,000 small donors, at an average of $69 per donor. Trump also said he raised more money from top-dollar donors through his victory fund, but did not say how much.

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