Which super PACs did Eric Schmidt fund in 2024?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.6M), Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes PAC ($100K), DSCC ($84K), DCCC ($41K), Americans for Prosperity Action ($1K).

Which candidates did Eric Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.4M, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $62K, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $6K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Eric Schmidt

Individual

Retired CEO & Chairman, Alphabet Inc. · California

60 reported gifts; 7 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Eric Schmidt gave $1.8M 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, 1% were on the winning side ($13K won, $1.4M lost). $65K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$1.4M scored (79% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.4M

Not allocated or result unknown

$381K

$316K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $65K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks from their own fortune. 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $178K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.6M	$0 / $1.4M
Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes PAC $34K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$357 / $4K
DSCC $71K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$84K	$8K / $5K
DCCC $33K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$5K / $3K
Americans for Prosperity Action $169 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$362 / $241
Ab PAC $411 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$0 / $589
NRSC $232 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250	$0 / $17

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$1.4M	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President	Supporting	$62K	Unknown
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$6K	✗ No
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$4K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$3K	✗ No
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$3K	✓ Yes
Joseph R Jr Biden	President	Supporting	$2K	Unknown
Tim Sheehy	Montana Senate	Attacking	$2K	✗ No
Kari Lake	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$2K	✓ Yes
John Duarte	California 13th District	Attacking	$564	✓ Yes
David Schweikert	Arizona 1st District	Attacking	$480	✗ No
Joe Kent	Washington 3rd District	Attacking	$444	✓ Yes

Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Eric Schmidt spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Eric Schmidt gave $1.8M 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, 1% were on the winning side ($13K won, $1.4M lost). $65K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Eric Schmidt fund in 2024?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.6M), Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes PAC ($100K), DSCC ($84K), DCCC ($41K), Americans for Prosperity Action ($1K).
Which candidates did Eric Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.4M, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $62K, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $6K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.