Which super PACs did Bright Future Fund fund in 2024?

Forward Majority Action ($7.8M), Pivotpac ($4.3M), People's Action Power ($3.5M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.7M).

Which candidates did Bright Future Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $7.3M, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $185K, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $13K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Bright Future Fund

Company / nonprofit

10 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Bright Future Fund gave $18M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 0% were on the winning side ($0 won, $7.5M lost). $4K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$18M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$7.5M scored (41% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$7.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$11M

$11M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $4K 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	Won / lost
Forward Majority Action $7.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$7.8M	$0 / $346K
Pivotpac $750K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.3M	$0 / $3.6M
People's Action Power $2.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.5M	$0 / $1.2M
Future Forward (FF PAC) $305K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.7M	$0 / $2.4M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$7.3M	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$185K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$13K	✗ No
Joseph R Jr Biden	President	Supporting	$4K	Unknown
Joseph R Jr Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$21	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Bright Future Fund spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Bright Future Fund gave $18M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 0% were on the winning side ($0 won, $7.5M lost). $4K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Bright Future Fund fund in 2024?: Forward Majority Action ($7.8M), Pivotpac ($4.3M), People's Action Power ($3.5M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.7M).
Which candidates did Bright Future Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $7.3M, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $185K, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $13K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.