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Community Change Action

Company / nonprofit

DC

11 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Community Change Action gave $2.5M 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, 95% were on the winning side ($697K won, $38K lost). $22K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

95%

$735K scored (29% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$38K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.8M

$1.8M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $22K 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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
Win Justice

$1.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending

$2.0M
$548K / $16K
Community Change Voters

$357K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$521K
$145K / $20K
Planned Parenthood Votes

$9K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$14K
$3K / $2K
New South Super PAC

$4K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$4K
$913 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Community Change Action's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Community Change Action's share of each group's funding.
CandidateRaceSpendingTheir sharePaid off?
Joe BidenPresidentSupporting$656K✓ Yes
Jaime HarrisonSouth Carolina SenateSupporting$20K✗ No
Jacky RosenNevada SenateSupporting$19KUnknown
Raphael WarnockGeorgia Senate (special)Supporting$16K✓ Yes
Pam KeithFlorida 18th DistrictSupporting$14K✗ No
Elissa SlotkinMichigan 8th DistrictSupporting$9K✓ Yes
Jon OssoffGeorgia SenateSupporting$4K✓ Yes
Matt LongjohnMichigan 6th DistrictSupporting$4KUnknown
Haley StevensMichigan 11th DistrictSupporting$3K✓ Yes
Donald TrumpPresidentAttacking$3K✓ Yes
Steven HorsfordNevada 4th DistrictSupporting$3K✓ Yes
Susie LeeNevada 3rd DistrictSupporting$2K✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Community Change Action spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
Community Change Action gave $2.5M 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, 95% were on the winning side ($697K won, $38K lost). $22K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Community Change Action fund in 2020?
Win Justice ($2.0M), Community Change Voters ($521K), Planned Parenthood Votes ($14K), New South Super PAC ($4K).
Which candidates did Community Change Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?
for Joe Biden (President, about $656K, won); for Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $20K, lost); for Jacky Rosen (Nevada Senate, about $19K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.