Which super PACs did Action Now Initiative fund in 2020?

Patients for Affordable Drugs Action ($5.0M).

Which candidates did Action Now Initiative's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $3.5M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Action Now Initiative

Company / nonprofit

Texas

1 reported gift; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Action Now Initiative gave $5.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 0% were on the winning side ($0 won, $3.5M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$3.5M scored (70% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.5M

$1.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M check to a group that spent 80% on losers counts as $8M on the losing side.

✓ Backed the winner or attacked the loser ✗ Backed the loser or attacked the winner Result not matched

Group	Gave	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Patients for Affordable Drugs Action $1.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M		$0 / $3.5M

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Action Now Initiative's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Action Now Initiative's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$3.5M	✗ No

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Action Now Initiative spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Action Now Initiative gave $5.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 0% were on the winning side ($0 won, $3.5M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Action Now Initiative fund in 2020?: Patients for Affordable Drugs Action ($5.0M).
Which candidates did Action Now Initiative's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $3.5M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.