Which super PACs did Louise Gund fund in 2020?

Senate Majority PAC ($600K), Black PAC ($440K), House Majority PAC ($400K), The Lincoln Project ($300K).

Which candidates did Louise Gund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $149K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $136K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $62K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Louise Gund

Individual

Philanthropist, Self-Employed · California

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

Mixed results

Louise Gund gave $1.7M 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, 53% were on the winning side ($636K won, $566K lost). $1K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.7M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

53%

$1.2M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$566K

Not allocated or result unknown

$538K

$537K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1K 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
Senate Majority PAC $230K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$154K / $216K
Black PAC $120K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$440K	$295K / $24K
House Majority PAC $55K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K	$63K / $281K
The Lincoln Project $132K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$123K / $45K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$149K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$136K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$62K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$55K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$52K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$51K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$48K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$46K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$26K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$24K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Louise Gund spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Louise Gund gave $1.7M 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, 53% were on the winning side ($636K won, $566K lost). $1K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Louise Gund fund in 2020?: Senate Majority PAC ($600K), Black PAC ($440K), House Majority PAC ($400K), The Lincoln Project ($300K).
Which candidates did Louise Gund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $149K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $136K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $62K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.