Which candidates did Fund for a Better Future's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $732K, won); for John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $629K, won); for Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $347K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Fund for a Better Future

Company / nonprofit

California

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

Backed winners

Fund for a Better Future gave $5.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 88% were on the winning side ($2.9M won, $391K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

$5.9M

Gave to outside spenders

100% of it helped Democrats

88%

Winning share of scored dollars

$3.3M scored (56% of gifts)

$391K

Spent on the losing side

$2.6M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks 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 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
Climate Power Action $2.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.9M		$2.9M / $391K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Fund for a Better Future's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Fund for a Better Future's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$732K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$629K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$347K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$240K	✗ No
Michael Bennet	Colorado Senate	Supporting	$150K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$129K	✓ Yes
Abigail A. Spanberger	Virginia 7th District	Supporting	$74K	✓ Yes
Marcy Kaptur	Ohio 9th District	Supporting	$67K	✓ Yes
Andy Kim	New Jersey 3rd District	Supporting	$66K	✓ Yes
Lauren Underwood	Illinois 14th District	Supporting	$63K	✓ Yes
Elaine G. Luria	Virginia 2nd District	Supporting	$63K	✗ No
Mike Levin	California 49th District	Supporting	$50K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Fund for a Better Future spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Fund for a Better Future gave $5.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 88% were on the winning side ($2.9M won, $391K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Fund for a Better Future fund in 2022?: Climate Power Action ($5.9M).
Which candidates did Fund for a Better Future's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $732K, won); for John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $629K, won); for Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $347K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.