Which super PACs did Martha Karsh fund in 2024?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), Dmfi PAC ($250K), DCCC ($51K), DSCC ($41K), House Majority PAC ($10K).

Which candidates did Martha Karsh's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $2.7M, lost); for George S. Latimer (New York 16th District, about $32K, won); for Wesley Bell (Missouri 1st District, about $17K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Martha Karsh

Individual

Philanthropist, Self-Employed · California

7 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Martha Karsh gave $3.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 4% were on the winning side ($111K won, $2.7M lost). $29K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.4M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$2.8M scored (84% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.7M

Not allocated or result unknown

$543K

$514K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $29K 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	Won / lost
Future Forward (FF PAC) $334K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$0 / $2.7M
Dmfi PAC $102K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$97K / $26K
DCCC $41K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$51K	$6K / $4K
DSCC $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$4K / $2K
House Majority PAC $2K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$10K	$4K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$2.7M	✗ No
George S. Latimer	New York 16th District (primary)	Supporting	$32K	✓ Yes
Wesley Bell	Missouri 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes
Yaasamin Ansari	Arizona 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$9K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$9K	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$8K	Unknown
Kevin Coughlin	Ohio 13th District	Attacking	$6K	✓ Yes
Raquel Teran	Arizona 3rd District (primary)	Attacking	$6K	Unknown
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$6K	✓ Yes
Eileen Filler-Corn	Virginia 10th District (primary)	Supporting	$5K	Unknown
Joseph R Jr Biden	President	Supporting	$4K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Martha Karsh spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Martha Karsh gave $3.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 4% were on the winning side ($111K won, $2.7M lost). $29K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Martha Karsh fund in 2024?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), Dmfi PAC ($250K), DCCC ($51K), DSCC ($41K), House Majority PAC ($10K).
Which candidates did Martha Karsh's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $2.7M, lost); for George S. Latimer (New York 16th District, about $32K, won); for Wesley Bell (Missouri 1st District, about $17K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.