Which super PACs did Sixteen Thirty Fund fund in 2022?

Straight Talk Politics PAC ($1.1M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K), Put Utah First PAC ($460K), Casa in Action PAC ($400K), Family Friendly Action PAC ($285K).

Which candidates did Sixteen Thirty Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Joe O'Dea (Colorado Senate, about $467K, won); against Mike Lee (Utah Senate, about $369K, lost); against JD Vance (Ohio Senate, about $318K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Sixteen Thirty Fund

Dark money

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

Mixed

Sixteen Thirty Fund gave $2.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 53% ended up on the winning side ($1.0M won, $900K lost).

Nonprofit that does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.9M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

53%

$1.0M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$900K

Not spent yet

$964K

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

Sixteen Thirty Fund 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, 2023

$181M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2023

$141M

Assets at year end, 2023

$140M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2023	$181M	$141M	$140M	990 PDF
2022	$192M	$196M	$87M	990 PDF
2021	$191M	$174M	$98M	990 PDF
2020	$390M	$410M	$86M	990 PDF
2019	$138M	$99M	$92M	e-file
2018	$144M	$141M	$45M	990 PDF
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $2.9M it gave to super PACs in 2022 is 2% of what it took in during 2023, its latest year on file. The 990 lists what it spent on politics in a single line and leaves every donor blank.

Sixteen Thirty Fund also bought $586K 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	Won / lost
Straight Talk Politics PAC $334K not spent yet	$1.1M	$467K / $305K
Senate Majority PAC $200K not spent yet	$500K	$229K / $71K
Put Utah First PAC $27K not spent yet	$460K	$0 / $433K
Casa in Action PAC $254K not spent yet	$400K	$130K / $16K
Family Friendly Action PAC $79K not spent yet	$285K	$144K / $59K
Republican Accountability PAC $66K not spent yet	$100K	$17K / $17K
Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC $618 not spent yet	$20K	$19K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe O'Dea	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$467K	✓ Yes
Mike Lee	Utah Senate	Attacking	$369K	✗ No
JD Vance	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$318K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$130K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$104K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$89K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$78K	✗ No
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Supporting	$63K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$48K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$47K	✓ Yes
Abigail A. Spanberger	Virginia 7th District	Supporting	$26K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$24K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Sixteen Thirty Fund spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Sixteen Thirty Fund gave $2.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 53% ended up on the winning side ($1.0M won, $900K lost).
Which super PACs did Sixteen Thirty Fund fund in 2022?: Straight Talk Politics PAC ($1.1M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K), Put Utah First PAC ($460K), Casa in Action PAC ($400K), Family Friendly Action PAC ($285K).
Which candidates did Sixteen Thirty Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Joe O'Dea (Colorado Senate, about $467K, won); against Mike Lee (Utah Senate, about $369K, lost); against JD Vance (Ohio Senate, about $318K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.