Which super PACs did Majority Forward fund in 2020?

Senate Majority PAC ($51M), North Star ($7.1M), The Lincoln Project ($1.4M), Our Future United ($653K), Piedmont Rising ($140K).

Which candidates did Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Dan Sullivan (Alaska Senate, about $6.9M, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $4.8M, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $4.7M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Majority Forward

Dark money

22 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Majority Forward gave $61M 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, 35% were on the winning side ($14M won, $26M lost). $37K had no matched result and is excluded.

Nonprofit arm of Senate Majority PAC. It does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$61M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

35%

$40M scored (66% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$26M

Not allocated or result unknown

$21M

$21M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $37K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

Majority Forward has given $283M to outside spenders across the cycles on this site. No matching Form 990 record was located in this lookup. That does not establish that the organization failed to file or that no return is publicly available.

Where the checks went

A nonprofit that does not have to say where its own money came from. The trail ends here. 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 $20M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$51M	$13M / $18M
North Star $153K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$7.1M	$0 / $6.9M
The Lincoln Project $594K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.4M	$555K / $201K
Our Future United $156K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$653K	$109K / $352K
Piedmont Rising $108K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$140K	$0 / $32K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Dan Sullivan	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$6.9M	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$4.8M	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$4.7M	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$4.3M	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$4.0M	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$3.4M	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$2.2M	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$2.0M	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$1.2M	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$984K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate (primary)	Supporting	$963K	✓ Yes
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$719K	✗ No

Dark money as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Majority Forward spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Majority Forward gave $61M 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, 35% were on the winning side ($14M won, $26M lost). $37K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Majority Forward fund in 2020?: Senate Majority PAC ($51M), North Star ($7.1M), The Lincoln Project ($1.4M), Our Future United ($653K), Piedmont Rising ($140K).
Which candidates did Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Dan Sullivan (Alaska Senate, about $6.9M, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $4.8M, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $4.7M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.