Which super PACs did Timothy Mellon fund in 2024?

MAGA Inc. ($150M), American Values 2024 ($25M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($15M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($6.0M).

Which candidates did Timothy Mellon's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Kamala Harris (President, about $94M, won); for Donald Trump (President, about $22M, won); against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $13M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Timothy Mellon

Individual

Investments, Banking heir (Mellon family) · Wyoming

18 gifts to 4 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Timothy Mellon gave $196M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 95% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). 96% of the money with a result ended up on the winning side ($142M won, $5.9M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$196M

95% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

96%

$142M

Spent on the losing side

$5.9M

Not spent yet

$48M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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
MAGA Inc. No outside spending reported yet	$150M	$132M / $0
American Values 2024 No outside spending reported yet	$25M	$147K / $0
Congressional Leadership Fund No outside spending reported yet	$15M	$7.7M / $5.9M
The Sentinel Action Fund No outside spending reported yet	$6.0M	$1.8M / $46K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Attacking	$94M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$22M	✓ Yes
Joseph R Jr Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$13M	✓ Yes
Ronald Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$7.5M	✓ Yes
Robert Kennedy	President	Supporting	$5.7M	Unknown
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Attacking	$3.7M	✓ Yes
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Derek Tran	California 45th District	Attacking	$716K	✗ No
Mondaire L. Jones	New York 17th District	Attacking	$683K	✓ Yes
Curtis Hertel	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$628K	✓ Yes
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$595K	✓ Yes
George Whitesides	California 27th District	Attacking	$573K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Timothy Mellon spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Timothy Mellon gave $196M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 95% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). 96% of the money with a result ended up on the winning side ($142M won, $5.9M lost).
Which super PACs did Timothy Mellon fund in 2024?: MAGA Inc. ($150M), American Values 2024 ($25M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($15M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($6.0M).
Which candidates did Timothy Mellon's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Kamala Harris (President, about $94M, won); for Donald Trump (President, about $22M, won); against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $13M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.