Which candidates did Michael Novogratz's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $160K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

Donor

Michael Novogratz

Individual

Investor, Galaxy Investment Partners · New York

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

Backed winners

Michael Novogratz gave $1.0M 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, 100% were on the winning side ($160K won, $0 lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

100%

$160K scored (16% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

Not allocated or result unknown

$858K

$858K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Defeat By Tweet $858K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$160K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$160K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Michael Novogratz spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Michael Novogratz gave $1.0M 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, 100% were on the winning side ($160K won, $0 lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Michael Novogratz fund in 2020?: Defeat By Tweet ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Michael Novogratz's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $160K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.