Which super PACs did Tides Advocacy fund in 2022?

Wfp National PAC ($3.4M), Moveon.Org Political Action ($209K), Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC ($36K).

Which candidates did Tides Advocacy's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $175K, lost); for Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $144K, won); for John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $130K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Tides Advocacy

Company / nonprofit

California

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

Backed winners

Tides Advocacy gave $3.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 93% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 69% were on the winning side ($904K won, $413K lost). $366K had no matched result and is excluded.

$3.6M

Gave to outside spenders

93% of it helped Democrats

69%

Winning share of scored dollars

$1.3M scored (36% of gifts)

$413K

Spent on the losing side

$2.3M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $366K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
Wfp National PAC $1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.4M	$887K / $406K
Moveon.Org Political Action $199K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$209K	$2K / $7K
Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC $21K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$15K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$175K	✗ No
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$144K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$130K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$119K	✓ Yes
Jamie McLeod-Skinner	Oregon 5th District	Supporting	$117K	✗ No
Jessica Cisneros	Texas 28th District	Supporting	$96K	Unknown
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$94K	✓ Yes
Summer Lee	Pennsylvania 12th District (primary)	Supporting	$77K	✓ Yes
Gilbert Villegas	Illinois 3rd District (primary)	Attacking	$69K	Unknown
Michelle Vallejo	Texas 15th District	Supporting	$62K	✗ No
Summer Lee	Pennsylvania 12th District	Supporting	$61K	✓ Yes
Nida Allam	North Carolina 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$53K	Unknown

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Tides Advocacy spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Tides Advocacy gave $3.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 93% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 69% were on the winning side ($904K won, $413K lost). $366K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Tides Advocacy fund in 2022?: Wfp National PAC ($3.4M), Moveon.Org Political Action ($209K), Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC ($36K).
Which candidates did Tides Advocacy's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $175K, lost); for Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $144K, won); for John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $130K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.