Which super PACs did American Fund fund in 2024?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($3.0M).

Which candidates did American Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Derek Tran (California 45th District, about $140K, lost); against Mondaire L. Jones (New York 17th District, about $133K, won); against Curtis Hertel (Michigan 7th District, about $122K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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American Fund

Company / nonprofit

Massachusetts

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

Mixed results

American Fund gave $3.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 56% were on the winning side ($1.5M won, $1.1M lost). $33K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

56%

$2.6M scored (88% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.1M

Not allocated or result unknown

$369K

$337K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $33K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Congressional Leadership Fund $337K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M		$1.5M / $1.1M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Derek Tran	California 45th District	Attacking	$140K	✗ No
Mondaire L. Jones	New York 17th District	Attacking	$133K	✓ Yes
Curtis Hertel	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$122K	✓ Yes
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$116K	✓ Yes
George Whitesides	California 27th District	Attacking	$112K	✗ No
Don Davis	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$109K	✗ No
Will Rollins	California 41st District	Attacking	$101K	✓ Yes
Josh Riley	New York 19th District	Attacking	$98K	✗ No
Amish Shah	Arizona 1st District	Attacking	$94K	✓ Yes
Rudy Salas	California 22nd District	Attacking	$88K	✓ Yes
Kirsten Engel	Arizona 6th District	Attacking	$86K	✓ Yes
Matt Cartwright	Pennsylvania 8th District	Attacking	$86K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did American Fund spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: American Fund gave $3.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 56% were on the winning side ($1.5M won, $1.1M lost). $33K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did American Fund fund in 2024?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($3.0M).
Which candidates did American Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Derek Tran (California 45th District, about $140K, lost); against Mondaire L. Jones (New York 17th District, about $133K, won); against Curtis Hertel (Michigan 7th District, about $122K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.