Which super PACs did Sam Bankman-Fried fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($5.0M).

Which candidates did Sam Bankman-Fried's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $2.0M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $1.4M, won); for Mary Hegar (Texas Senate, about $186K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Sam Bankman-Fried

Individual

CEO, FTX (collapsed 2022) · Nevada

1 reported gift; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Sam Bankman-Fried gave $5.0M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($3.4M won, $413K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

89%

$3.8M scored (77% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$413K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M		$3.4M / $413K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$2.0M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$1.4M	✓ Yes
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$186K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$186K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$24K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$18K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Sam Bankman-Fried spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Sam Bankman-Fried gave $5.0M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($3.4M won, $413K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Sam Bankman-Fried fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($5.0M).
Which candidates did Sam Bankman-Fried's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $2.0M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $1.4M, won); for Mary Hegar (Texas Senate, about $186K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.