Which super PACs did Wendy Schmidt fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($250K), Colorofchange PAC ($227K).

Which candidates did Wendy Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $447K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $279K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $46K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Wendy Schmidt

Individual

President, The Schmidt Family Foundation · California

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

Winner

Wendy Schmidt gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 79% ended up on the winning side ($822K won, $212K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

79%

$822K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$212K

Not spent yet

$443K

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $229K not spent yet	$1.0M	$688K / $83K
Senate Majority PAC $29K not spent yet	$250K	$92K / $129K
Colorofchange PAC $185K not spent yet	$227K	$42K / $326

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$447K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$279K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$38K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate (primary)	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$16K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$8K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Wendy Schmidt spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Wendy Schmidt gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 79% ended up on the winning side ($822K won, $212K lost).
Which super PACs did Wendy Schmidt fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($250K), Colorofchange PAC ($227K).
Which candidates did Wendy Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $447K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $279K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $46K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.