Which super PACs did America Votes fund in 2020?

Family Friendly Action PAC ($15M), Black PAC ($10M), For Our Future ($8.4M), Somos PAC ($4.8M), Take Back 2020 ($4.7M).

Which candidates did America Votes's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $16M, won); for Theresa Greenfield (Iowa Senate, about $3.3M, lost); for Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $3.0M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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America Votes

Company / nonprofit

128 gifts to 15 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

America Votes gave $52M 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, 72% ended up on the winning side ($28M won, $11M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$52M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

72%

$28M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$11M

Not spent yet

$14M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques 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 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
Family Friendly Action PAC $1.8M not spent yet	$15M	$4.8M / $8.1M
Black PAC	$10M	$9.5M / $781K
For Our Future $3.9M not spent yet	$8.4M	$4.5M / $20K
Somos PAC $2.1M not spent yet	$4.8M	$2.7M / $55K
Take Back 2020 $2.3M not spent yet	$4.7M	$2.4M / $2K
Planned Parenthood Votes $1.0M not spent yet	$1.9M	$578K / $277K
Black Progressive Action Coalition	$1.7M	$1.2M / $510K
Win Justice $744K not spent yet	$1.5M	$724K / $22K
Women Vote!	$1.2M	$298K / $883K
Colorofchange PAC $806K not spent yet	$990K	$182K / $1K
Nextgen Climate Action Committee $457K not spent yet	$591K	$118K / $15K
Alliance for Youth Action	$500K	$463K / $37K
United We Can $297K not spent yet	$450K	$148K / $4K
Fair Share Action	$308K	$303K / $5K
Alliance for a Better Minnesota Federal PAC	$225K	$225K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$16M	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$3.3M	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$3.0M	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$2.9M	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$2.5M	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$2.4M	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$2.0M	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$1.7M	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$1.0M	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$803K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$397K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$295K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did America Votes spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: America Votes gave $52M 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, 72% ended up on the winning side ($28M won, $11M lost).
Which super PACs did America Votes fund in 2020?: Family Friendly Action PAC ($15M), Black PAC ($10M), For Our Future ($8.4M), Somos PAC ($4.8M), Take Back 2020 ($4.7M).
Which candidates did America Votes's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $16M, won); for Theresa Greenfield (Iowa Senate, about $3.3M, lost); for Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $3.0M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.