Which candidates did Democracy Matters's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Donald Trump (President, about $2.5M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

Donor

Democracy Matters

Company / nonprofit

4 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Democracy Matters gave $4.3M 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, $2.5M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$2.5M scored (59% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.7M

$1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Ab PAC $1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.3M		$0 / $2.5M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$2.5M	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Democracy Matters spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Democracy Matters gave $4.3M 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, $2.5M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Democracy Matters fund in 2024?: Ab PAC ($4.3M).
Which candidates did Democracy Matters's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Donald Trump (President, about $2.5M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.