Donor
Shirley Ryan
IndividualChairman, Pathways.Org · Illinois
4 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.
Shirley Ryan gave $7.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.
Historical gift amounts are retained from the earlier snapshot. Outcome and party estimates are unavailable until the underlying donor records are rebuilt and checked.
Gave to outside spenders
$7.8M
Winning share of scored dollars
–
$0 scored (0% of gifts)
Spent on the losing side
$0
Not allocated or result unknown
$7.8M
$0 not allocated to tracked outside spending; $7.8M has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.
Where the cheques went
A person writing cheques 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 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 | How the group spent it | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Leadership Fund | $7.0M | $0 / $0 | |
| Americans for Prosperity Action | $750K | $0 / $0 | |
| NRSC | $73K | $0 / $0 |
Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.
Questions people ask
- How much did Shirley Ryan spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?
- Shirley Ryan gave $7.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.
- Which super PACs did Shirley Ryan fund in 2022?
- Senate Leadership Fund ($7.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), NRSC ($73K).