Which candidates did House Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $1.7M, won); against Tom Barrett (Michigan 7th District, about $1.5M, lost); against Sandy Smith (North Carolina 1st District, about $1.5M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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House Majority Forward

Dark money

21 gifts to 1 group, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

House Majority Forward gave $47M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 54% ended up on the winning side ($20M won, $17M lost).

Nonprofit arm of House Majority PAC. It does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$47M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

54%

$20M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$17M

Not spent yet

$10M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

House Majority Forward is a 501(c)(4) social welfare group based in Washington, DC. It files a Form 990 with the IRS every year that shows how much money it moves, but never who gave it. That is the whole point of routing money this way.

IRS filings on ProPublica →

Revenue, 2023

$22M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2023

$19M

Assets at year end, 2023

$8.8M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2023	$22M	$19M	$8.8M	990 PDF
2022	$25M	$24M	$5.3M	990 PDF
2021	$12M	$12M	$4.1M	990 PDF
2020	$30M	$27M	$3.8M	990 PDF
2019	$8.3M	$7.1M	$1.2M	e-file
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $47M it gave to super PACs in 2024 is 211% of what it took in during 2023, its latest year on file. The 990 lists what it spent on politics in a single line and leaves every donor blank.

House Majority Forward also bought $1.2M of Google and YouTube ads under its own name this cycle. All ad buyers →

Where the cheques went

A nonprofit that does not have to say where its own money came from. The trail ends here. 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
House Majority PAC $9.1M not spent yet	$47M		$20M / $17M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$1.7M	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$1.5M	✗ No
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$1.5M	✓ Yes
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$1.4M	✓ Yes
John Duarte	California 13th District	Attacking	$1.3M	✓ Yes
Ryan E. Mackenzie	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$1.3M	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 27th District	Attacking	$1.3M	✓ Yes
Anthony P. D'Esposito	New York 4th District	Attacking	$1.3M	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 45th District	Attacking	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Rob Bresnahan Jr.	Pennsylvania 8th District	Attacking	$1.2M	✗ No
John James	Michigan 10th District	Attacking	$1.2M	✗ No
Mazi Pilip	New York 3rd District	Attacking	$1.2M	Unknown

Dark money as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did House Majority Forward spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: House Majority Forward gave $47M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 54% ended up on the winning side ($20M won, $17M lost).
Which super PACs did House Majority Forward fund in 2024?: House Majority PAC ($47M).
Which candidates did House Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $1.7M, won); against Tom Barrett (Michigan 7th District, about $1.5M, lost); against Sandy Smith (North Carolina 1st District, about $1.5M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.