Which super PACs did Center Forward fund in 2022?

Center Forward Committee ($2.0M).

Which candidates did Center Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Jamie McLeod-Skinner (Oregon 5th District, about $239K, lost); against Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin 3rd District, about $221K, lost); against Matt Larkin (Washington 8th District, about $149K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Center Forward

Dark money

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

Mixed

Center Forward gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 88% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 64% ended up on the winning side ($1.2M won, $676K lost).

Nonprofit that does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

88% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

64%

$1.2M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$676K

No result matched

$142K

Mostly primaries where the backed candidate's fate is not tracked

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

Center Forward is a 501(c)(4) social welfare group based in Mclean, 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

$13M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2023

$12M

Assets at year end, 2023

$5.5M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2023	$13M	$12M	$5.5M	990 PDF
2022	$14M	$13M	$4.6M	990 PDF
2021	$19M	$17M	$3.7M	990 PDF
2020	$11M	$9.9M	$1.5M	990 PDF
2019	$5.0M	$4.6M	$724K	e-file
2018	$6.4M	$6.3M	$303K	990 PDF
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $2.0M it gave to super PACs in 2022 is 15% 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.

Center Forward also bought $278K 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
Center Forward Committee	$2.0M		$1.2M / $676K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jamie McLeod-Skinner	Oregon 5th District (primary)	Attacking	$239K	✗ No
Derrick Van Orden	Wisconsin 3rd District	Attacking	$221K	✗ No
Matt Larkin	Washington 8th District	Attacking	$149K	✓ Yes
Tyler Kistner	Minnesota 2nd District	Attacking	$142K	✓ Yes
Kurt Schrader	Oregon 5th District (primary)	Supporting	$142K	Unknown
Amanda L. Adkins	Kansas 3rd District	Attacking	$110K	✓ Yes
Jen A. Kiggans	Virginia 2nd District	Attacking	$110K	✗ No
Abigail A. Spanberger	Virginia 7th District	Supporting	$110K	✓ Yes
Frank T. Pallota	New Jersey 5th District	Attacking	$108K	✓ Yes
Bruce Poliquin	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$101K	✓ Yes
Paul Junge	Michigan 8th District	Attacking	$97K	✓ Yes
Eli Crane	Arizona 2nd District	Attacking	$88K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Center Forward spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Center Forward gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 88% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 64% ended up on the winning side ($1.2M won, $676K lost).
Which super PACs did Center Forward fund in 2022?: Center Forward Committee ($2.0M).
Which candidates did Center Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Jamie McLeod-Skinner (Oregon 5th District, about $239K, lost); against Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin 3rd District, about $221K, lost); against Matt Larkin (Washington 8th District, about $149K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.