Which super PACs did Robert Grantham fund in 2020?

Lcv Victory Fund ($3.0M), Republican National Committee ($1K).

Which candidates did Robert Grantham's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $477K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $351K, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $208K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Robert Grantham

Individual

Co-Founder, Director, CIO, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC · Massachusetts

4 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Robert Grantham gave $3.0M 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, 50% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $1.0M lost). $13K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

50%

$2.1M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.0M

Not allocated or result unknown

$943K

$930K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $13K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks from their own fortune. 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Lcv Victory Fund $929K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M		$1.0M / $1.0M
Republican National Committee $992 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K		$0 / $8

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$477K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$351K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$208K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$184K	✗ No
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$92K	✗ No
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$74K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$74K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$55K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
Dan Sullivan	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$39K	✗ No
Carlos Gimenez	Florida 26th District	Attacking	$37K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$36K	✓ Yes

Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Robert Grantham spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Robert Grantham gave $3.0M 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, 50% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $1.0M lost). $13K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Robert Grantham fund in 2020?: Lcv Victory Fund ($3.0M), Republican National Committee ($1K).
Which candidates did Robert Grantham's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $477K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $351K, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $208K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.