Which super PACs did Wendy Schmidt fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($250K), Colorofchange PAC ($227K).

Which candidates did Wendy Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $439K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $274K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $43K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Wendy Schmidt

Individual

President, The Schmidt Family Foundation · California

3 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Wendy Schmidt gave $1.5M 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, 82% were on the winning side ($783K won, $173K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

82%

$956K scored (65% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$173K

Not allocated or result unknown

$521K

$521K 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	Won / lost
Future Forward (FF PAC) $233K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$685K / $83K
Senate Majority PAC $96K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$64K / $90K
Colorofchange PAC $192K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$227K	$35K / $270

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$439K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$274K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$38K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$21K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$11K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$10K	✓ Yes
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$5K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Wendy Schmidt spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Wendy Schmidt gave $1.5M 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, 82% were on the winning side ($783K won, $173K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Wendy Schmidt fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($250K), Colorofchange PAC ($227K).
Which candidates did Wendy Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $439K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $274K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $43K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.