Which super PACs did Future Forward USA Action fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($61M).

Which candidates did Future Forward USA Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $25M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $17M, won); for Mary Hegar (Texas Senate, about $2.3M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Future Forward USA Action

Dark money

28 gifts to 1 group, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Future Forward USA Action gave $61M 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, 89% ended up on the winning side ($42M won, $5.1M lost).

Nonprofit arm of Future Forward, the main pro-Harris super PAC. It does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$61M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

89%

$42M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$5.1M

Not spent yet

$14M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

Future Forward Usa Action is a 501(c)(4) social welfare group based in Washington, DC. It files a Form 990 with the IRS every year that shows how much money it moves, but never who gave it. That is the whole point of routing money this way.

IRS filings on ProPublica →

Revenue, 2022

$66M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2022

$62M

Assets at year end, 2022

$7.5M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2022	$66M	$62M	$7.5M	990 PDF
2021	$13M	$17M	$3.3M	990 PDF
2020	$151M	$149M	$6.9M	990 PDF
2018	$6.9M	$2.9M	$4.0M	990 PDF
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF
2023	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $61M it gave to super PACs in 2020 is 93% of what it took in during 2022, its latest year on file. The 990 lists what it spent on politics in a single line and leaves every donor blank.

Future Forward USA Action also bought $2K of Google and YouTube ads under its own name this cycle. All ad buyers →

Where the cheques 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 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Future Forward (FF PAC) $14M not spent yet	$61M		$42M / $5.1M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$25M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$17M	✓ Yes
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$2.3M	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$2.3M	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$293K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$228K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Future Forward USA Action spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Future Forward USA Action gave $61M 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, 89% ended up on the winning side ($42M won, $5.1M lost).
Which super PACs did Future Forward USA Action fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($61M).
Which candidates did Future Forward USA Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $25M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $17M, won); for Mary Hegar (Texas Senate, about $2.3M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.