Which super PACs did Sixteen Thirty Fund fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($8.9M), Lcv Victory Fund ($6.8M), Change Now ($6.1M), Take Back 2020 ($5.2M), Priorities USA Action ($4.5M).

Which candidates did Sixteen Thirty Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $11M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $9.9M, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $1.7M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Sixteen Thirty Fund

Dark money

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

Winner

Sixteen Thirty Fund gave $47M 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, 73% ended up on the winning side ($24M won, $9.2M lost).

Nonprofit that does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$47M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

73%

$24M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$9.2M

Not spent yet

$13M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

Sixteen Thirty Fund 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, 2023

$181M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2023

$141M

Assets at year end, 2023

$140M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2023	$181M	$141M	$140M	990 PDF
2022	$192M	$196M	$87M	990 PDF
2021	$191M	$174M	$98M	990 PDF
2020	$390M	$410M	$86M	990 PDF
2019	$138M	$99M	$92M	e-file
2018	$144M	$141M	$45M	990 PDF
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $47M it gave to super PACs in 2020 is 26% 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.

Sixteen Thirty Fund also bought $871K 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	Won / lost
Future Forward (FF PAC) $2.0M not spent yet	$8.9M	$6.1M / $740K
Lcv Victory Fund $1.7M not spent yet	$6.8M	$2.5M / $2.6M
Change Now $204K not spent yet	$6.1M	$3.5M / $2.4M
Take Back 2020 $2.5M not spent yet	$5.2M	$2.6M / $3K
Priorities USA Action $5K not spent yet	$4.5M	$3.8M / $677K
Piedmont Rising $3.1M not spent yet	$4.0M	$0 / $926K
Nextgen Climate Action Committee $2.9M not spent yet	$3.7M	$739K / $95K
Pacronym $372K not spent yet	$3.0M	$2.0M / $583K
Black PAC	$2.3M	$2.1M / $171K
House Majority PAC $29K not spent yet	$500K	$87K / $383K
Senate Majority PAC $58K not spent yet	$500K	$184K / $258K
Family Friendly Action PAC $38K not spent yet	$300K	$97K / $165K
The Lincoln Project $28K not spent yet	$300K	$200K / $72K
Moveon.Org Political Action $58K not spent yet	$235K	$126K / $51K
Millions of Michiganians $30K not spent yet	$175K	$145K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$11M	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$9.9M	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$1.7M	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$1.6M	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$1.6M	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$1.2M	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$892K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$852K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$570K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$442K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$400K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$352K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Sixteen Thirty Fund spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Sixteen Thirty Fund gave $47M 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, 73% ended up on the winning side ($24M won, $9.2M lost).
Which super PACs did Sixteen Thirty Fund fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($8.9M), Lcv Victory Fund ($6.8M), Change Now ($6.1M), Take Back 2020 ($5.2M), Priorities USA Action ($4.5M).
Which candidates did Sixteen Thirty Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $11M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $9.9M, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $1.7M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.