Which super PACs did Marcia Grand fund in 2020?

Americans for Decency and Democracy ($788K), Senate Majority PAC ($350K), Really American PAC ($150K), Unite the Country ($100K), DSCC ($36K).

Which candidates did Marcia Grand's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $390K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $333K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $81K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Marcia Grand

Individual

Retired · California

10 reported gifts; 6 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Marcia Grand 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, 84% were on the winning side ($988K won, $190K lost). $5 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

84%

$1.2M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$190K

Not allocated or result unknown

$250K

$250K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $5 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
Americans for Decency and Democracy	$788K	$736K / $51K
Senate Majority PAC $134K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350K	$90K / $126K
Really American PAC $64K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$85K / $1K
Unite the Country $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$75K / $2K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K
Moveon.Org Political Action $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$699 / $285

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$390K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$333K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$81K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$65K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$50K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$26K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$17K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Marcia Grand spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Marcia Grand 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, 84% were on the winning side ($988K won, $190K lost). $5 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Marcia Grand fund in 2020?: Americans for Decency and Democracy ($788K), Senate Majority PAC ($350K), Really American PAC ($150K), Unite the Country ($100K), DSCC ($36K).
Which candidates did Marcia Grand's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $390K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $333K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $81K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.