Which candidates did Colorofchange.Org's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $188K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $9K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $9K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Colorofchange.Org

Company / nonprofit

California

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

Backed winners

Colorofchange.Org gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 99% were on the winning side ($209K won, $2K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

99%

$210K scored (15% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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
Colorofchange PAC $1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.4M		$209K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$188K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$9K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$9K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$2K	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$830	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$800	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Colorofchange.Org spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Colorofchange.Org gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 99% were on the winning side ($209K won, $2K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Colorofchange.Org fund in 2020?: Colorofchange PAC ($1.4M).
Which candidates did Colorofchange.Org's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $188K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $9K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $9K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.