Which super PACs did Tom Steyer fund in 2020?

Nextgen Climate Action Committee ($49M), For Our Future ($2.5M), DSCC ($36K).

Which candidates did Tom Steyer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $9.5M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $655K, won); for Theresa Greenfield (Iowa Senate, about $353K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Tom Steyer

Individual

Founder, Investor · California

23 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Tom Steyer gave $52M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($11M won, $1.2M lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$52M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

89%

$12M scored (23% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.2M

Not allocated or result unknown

$40M

$40M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K 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

Group	Gave	Won / lost
Nextgen Climate Action Committee $39M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$49M	$9.5M / $1.2M
For Our Future $1.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.5M	$1.0M / $5K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$9.5M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$655K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$353K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$342K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$338K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$173K	✓ Yes
Al Gross	Alaska Senate	Supporting	$171K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$99K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$51K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$32K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$32K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$29K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Tom Steyer spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Tom Steyer gave $52M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($11M won, $1.2M lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Tom Steyer fund in 2020?: Nextgen Climate Action Committee ($49M), For Our Future ($2.5M), DSCC ($36K).
Which candidates did Tom Steyer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $9.5M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $655K, won); for Theresa Greenfield (Iowa Senate, about $353K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.