Which super PACs did Tides Advocacy fund in 2020?

Moveon.Org Political Action ($400K), Win Justice ($300K), People's Action Power ($270K), Texas Organizing Project PAC ($109K), Alliance for Youth Action ($100K).

Which candidates did Tides Advocacy's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $416K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $93K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $56K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Tides Advocacy

Company / nonprofit

California

11 gifts to 7 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Tides Advocacy gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 86% ended up on the winning side ($634K won, $104K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

86%

$634K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$104K

Not spent yet

$540K

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
Moveon.Org Political Action $98K not spent yet	$400K	$214K / $87K
Win Justice $147K not spent yet	$300K	$143K / $4K
People's Action Power $182K not spent yet	$270K	$87K / $569
Texas Organizing Project PAC $61K not spent yet	$109K	$44K / $4K
Alliance for Youth Action	$100K	$93K / $7K
Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC $33K not spent yet	$64K	$31K / $0
Mijente PAC $12K not spent yet	$34K	$22K / $5

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$416K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$93K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$56K	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$55K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$34K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$23K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$12K	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate (primary)	Attacking	$7K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$7K	✗ No
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$6K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$6K	✓ Yes
Jacky Rosen	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$5K	Unknown

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Tides Advocacy spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Tides Advocacy gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 86% ended up on the winning side ($634K won, $104K lost).
Which super PACs did Tides Advocacy fund in 2020?: Moveon.Org Political Action ($400K), Win Justice ($300K), People's Action Power ($270K), Texas Organizing Project PAC ($109K), Alliance for Youth Action ($100K).
Which candidates did Tides Advocacy's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $416K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $93K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $56K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.