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The whistleblower awards are typically a fixed percentage of the fines that the SEC levies (10% - 30% depending on circumstances). So if you blow the whistle on your company and the SEC fines them $100M, the SEC will get ~$80M and the whistleblower will get ~$20M.

So in that sense, no, they can never run out of funds to pay them off.

https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower

Ah yes. I remember hearing about this now. Thanks!

I imagine that the whistleblowers get paid from the proceeds of fines levied due to the whistleblowing.

If you would trouble yourself with actually reading the article, you'll find explanation right there in the text.

The linked article adds significant detail