Which candidates did Empower Parents PAC's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Ron Desantis (President, about $18M, unknown); against Nikki Haley (President, about $2.8M, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $255K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Empower Parents PAC

Another PAC

Florida

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

Limited result coverage

Empower Parents PAC gave $83M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (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, $255K lost). $21M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$83M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$255K scored (0% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$255K

Not allocated or result unknown

$82M

$61M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $21M 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
Never Back Down $61M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$83M		$0 / $255K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Supporting	$18M	Unknown
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Attacking	$2.8M	Unknown
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$255K	✗ No
Niki Haley	President (primary)	Attacking	$24K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Empower Parents PAC spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Empower Parents PAC gave $83M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (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, $255K lost). $21M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Empower Parents PAC fund in 2024?: Never Back Down ($83M).
Which candidates did Empower Parents PAC's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Ron Desantis (President, about $18M, unknown); against Nikki Haley (President, about $2.8M, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $255K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.