Which super PACs did Audrey Cappell fund in 2020?

Senate Majority PAC ($3.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), DSCC ($36K).

Which candidates did Audrey Cappell's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $279K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $276K, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $253K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Audrey Cappell

Individual

Founder, Foundation for a Just Society · New York

3 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Audrey Cappell gave $4.0M 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, 34% were on the winning side ($929K won, $1.8M lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

34%

$2.7M scored (67% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.8M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$1.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks from their own fortune. 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	Won / lost
Senate Majority PAC $1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$769K / $1.1M
House Majority PAC $137K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$159K / $702K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$279K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$276K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$253K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$235K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$201K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$130K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$119K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$69K	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$58K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate (primary)	Supporting	$56K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate (primary)	Attacking	$42K	✗ No

Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Audrey Cappell spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Audrey Cappell gave $4.0M 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, 34% were on the winning side ($929K won, $1.8M lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Audrey Cappell fund in 2020?: Senate Majority PAC ($3.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), DSCC ($36K).
Which candidates did Audrey Cappell's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $279K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $276K, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $253K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.