Which super PACs did Majority Forward fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($72M), 53 Peaks ($3.0M).

Which candidates did Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $11M, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $6.7M, won); against Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $6.5M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Majority Forward

Dark money

12 gifts to 2 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Majority Forward gave $75M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). 78% of the money with a result ended up on the winning side ($36M won, $10M lost).

Nonprofit arm of Senate Majority PAC. It does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$75M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

78%

$36M

Spent on the losing side

$10M

Not spent yet

$29M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

Majority Forward is a 501(c)(4) social welfare group based in Washington, DC. It files a Form 990 with the IRS every year that shows how much money it moves, but never who gave it. That is the whole point of routing money this way.

IRS filings on ProPublica →

Revenue, 2018

$28M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2018

$9.7M

Assets at year end, 2018

$20M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2018	$28M	$9.7M	$20M	990 PDF
2019	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $75M it gave to super PACs in 2022 is 273% of what it took in during 2018, its latest year on file. The 990 lists what it spent on politics in a single line and leaves every donor blank.

Majority Forward also bought $1.1M of Google and YouTube ads under its own name this cycle. All ad buyers →

Where the cheques went

A nonprofit that does not have to say where its own money came from. The trail ends here. 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 Majority PAC No outside spending reported yet	$72M		$33M / $10M
53 Peaks No outside spending reported yet	$3.0M		$2.9M / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$11M	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$6.7M	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$6.5M	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$6.4M	✓ Yes
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$3.0M	✗ No
Joe O'Dea	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$2.9M	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$2.8M	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$2.3M	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$998K	✓ Yes
Chuck Morse	New Hampshire Senate (primary)	Attacking	$838K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$626K	✗ No

Dark money as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Majority Forward spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Majority Forward gave $75M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). 78% of the money with a result ended up on the winning side ($36M won, $10M lost).
Which super PACs did Majority Forward fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($72M), 53 Peaks ($3.0M).
Which candidates did Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $11M, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $6.7M, won); against Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $6.5M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.