Which super PACs did School Freedom Fund fund in 2022?

Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), Protect Freedom Political Action Committee ($700K).

Which candidates did School Freedom Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $272K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $172K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $153K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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School Freedom Fund

Another PAC

5 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

School Freedom Fund gave $2.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 42% were on the winning side ($598K won, $834K lost). $678K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.7M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

42%

$1.4M scored (53% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$834K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$590K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $678K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

Another political committee passing money along. The original donor is one step upstream. 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
Club for Growth Action $461K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$421K / $714K
Protect Freedom Political Action Committee $129K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700K		$177K / $120K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$272K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$172K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$153K	✓ Yes
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$114K	✗ No
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Attacking	$106K	✓ Yes
Jeremy Munson	Minnesota 1st District	Supporting	$104K	Unknown
Mike Lee	Utah Senate	Supporting	$86K	✓ Yes
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$82K	Unknown
Nathan Dahm	Oklahoma Senate (primary)	Supporting	$65K	Unknown
Katie Britt	Alabama Senate (primary)	Attacking	$58K	✗ No
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$56K	✗ No
Katie Porter	California 47th District	Attacking	$50K	✗ No

Another PAC as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did School Freedom Fund spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: School Freedom Fund gave $2.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 42% were on the winning side ($598K won, $834K lost). $678K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did School Freedom Fund fund in 2022?: Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), Protect Freedom Political Action Committee ($700K).
Which candidates did School Freedom Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $272K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $172K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $153K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.