Which super PACs did Ian Schaad fund in 2024?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), SFA Fund ($1.0M).

Which candidates did Ian Schaad's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Nikki Haley (President, about $590K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $275K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $210K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Ian Schaad

Individual

Managing Director, Jane Street · New York

2 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Limited result coverage

Ian Schaad gave $2.0M 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, 66% were on the winning side ($497K won, $253K lost). $869K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

66%

$750K scored (37% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$253K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$382K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $869K 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
Senate Leadership Fund $303K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$497K / $201K
SFA Fund $79K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$0 / $52K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$590K	Unknown
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$275K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$210K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$174K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$107K	✗ No
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$76K	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$74K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$52K	✗ No
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$23K	✓ Yes
Dan Osborn	Nebraska Senate	Attacking	$11K	✓ Yes
Jacky S. Rosen	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$10K	✗ No
Sam Brown	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$10K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Ian Schaad spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Ian Schaad gave $2.0M 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, 66% were on the winning side ($497K won, $253K lost). $869K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Ian Schaad fund in 2024?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), SFA Fund ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Ian Schaad's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $590K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $275K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $210K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.