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William Ackman

Individual

Investment Manager, Pershing Square Capital Management, L. · New York

6 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Attribution unavailable

William Ackman gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.

Historical gift amounts are retained from the earlier snapshot. Outcome and party estimates are unavailable until the underlying donor records are rebuilt and checked.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

Winning share of scored dollars

–

$0 scored (0% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$0

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.6M

$0 not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.6M has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
We Deserve Better, Inc.$1.0M
$0 / $0
SFA Fund$250K
$0 / $0
Tell It Like It Is PAC$250K
$0 / $0
Win It Back PAC$100K
$0 / $0

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

Questions people ask

How much did William Ackman spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?
William Ackman gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.
Which super PACs did William Ackman fund in 2024?
We Deserve Better, Inc. ($1.0M), SFA Fund ($250K), Tell It Like It Is PAC ($250K), Win It Back PAC ($100K).