http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/us/politics/13donate.htmlLast month, about two dozen current and potential Perry supporters met in Austin, the Texas capital, with members of the governor’s fund-raising team to discuss a potential run. Many of them had supported the presidential bids of Mr. Bush and of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York in 2008. Mr. Perry’s aides did not ask for specific dollar commitments at the meeting, participants said, but several volunteered anyway.
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Free Republic calls him the $100M Man. You can check that out on your own.
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http://www.wfaa.com/news/politics/Almost-half-of-Perrys-campaign-cash-is-from-big-donors-126497503.htmlPerry's biggest contributors include Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, who bankrolled the negative "Swift Boat" campaign against 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported...
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Texans for Public Justice has some info for his gubernatorial fund raising. www.tpj.org/2011/07/rick-perry-primer.html
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Rick Perry is always described as having very deep pockets with funding coming from all over the country. His machine handily put down the Rove/Bush machine in the last Texas election.
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Rick Perry Super PACS Raise Issue of Coordination, Collusion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/13/rick-perry-super-pacs-rai_n_925943.htmlThere are currently 7 super pacs supporting Perry.