Which super PACs did Indian American Impact Fund fund in 2020?

House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($425K), Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC ($100K).

Which candidates did Indian American Impact Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Michelle Steel (California 48th District, about $46K, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $39K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $39K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Indian American Impact Fund

Another PAC

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

Backed losers

Indian American Impact Fund gave $1.5M 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, 27% were on the winning side ($312K won, $855K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

27%

$1.2M scored (77% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$855K

Not allocated or result unknown

$358K

$355K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

Another political committee passing money along. The original donor is one step upstream. 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
House Majority PAC $137K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$159K / $702K
Senate Majority PAC $163K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$425K	$109K / $153K
Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC $56K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$44K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Indian American Impact Fund's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Indian American Impact Fund's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$39K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$39K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
Jeff Van Drew	New Jersey 2nd District	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Michelle Fischbach	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 25th District	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$28K	✗ No
Nicole Malliotakis	New York 11th District	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Troy Nehls	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Burgess Owens	Utah 4th District	Attacking	$26K	✗ No

Another PAC as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Indian American Impact Fund spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Indian American Impact Fund gave $1.5M 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, 27% were on the winning side ($312K won, $855K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Indian American Impact Fund fund in 2020?: House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($425K), Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC ($100K).
Which candidates did Indian American Impact Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Michelle Steel (California 48th District, about $46K, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $39K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $39K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.