Which candidates did One Nation's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $4.7M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $2.6M, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $1.3M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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One Nation

Dark money

Virginia

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

Mixed

One Nation gave $22M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 56% ended up on the winning side ($9.0M won, $7.1M lost).

Nonprofit tied to the Senate Leadership Fund. It does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$22M

97% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

56%

$9.0M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$7.1M

Not spent yet

$6.4M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

One Nation is a 501(c)(4) social welfare group based in Haymarket, VA. 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, 2023

$67M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2023

$14M

Assets at year end, 2023

$61M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2023	$67M	$14M	$61M	990 PDF
2022	$125M	$156M	$8.2M	990 PDF
2021	$65M	$37M	$39M	990 PDF
2020	$172M	$196M	$12M	990 PDF
2019	$49M	$21M	$36M	e-file
2018	$58M	$64M	$6.9M	990 PDF
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $22M it gave to super PACs in 2020 is 34% of what it took in during 2023, its latest year on file. The 990 lists what it spent on politics in a single line and leaves every donor blank.

One Nation also bought $2.6M 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
Senate Leadership Fund $6.4M not spent yet	$22M		$9.0M / $7.1M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$4.7M	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$2.6M	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$1.3M	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$960K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$893K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$855K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$815K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$686K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate (primary)	Supporting	$681K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$442K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$398K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did One Nation spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: One Nation gave $22M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 56% ended up on the winning side ($9.0M won, $7.1M lost).
Which super PACs did One Nation fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($22M).
Which candidates did One Nation's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $4.7M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $2.6M, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $1.3M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.