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 Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $89M, unknown); for Donald Trump (President, about $16M, won); against Ronald Desantis (President, about $6.5M, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Timothy Mellon

Individual

Investments, Banking heir (Mellon family) · Wyoming

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

Limited result coverage

Timothy Mellon gave $196M 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, 83% were on the winning side ($28M won, $5.8M lost). $109M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$196M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

83%

$34M scored (17% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$5.8M

Not allocated or result unknown

$162M

$53M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $109M 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
MAGA Inc. $28M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150M	$19M / $0
American Values 2024 $19M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25M	$144K / $0
Congressional Leadership Fund $1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$15M	$7.4M / $5.7M
The Sentinel Action Fund $4.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$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?
Joseph R Jr Biden	President	Attacking	$89M	Unknown
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$16M	✓ Yes
Ronald Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$6.5M	Unknown
Robert Kennedy	President (primary)	Supporting	$4.6M	Unknown
Joseph R Jr Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$3.4M	Unknown
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Attacking	$3.2M	Unknown
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Supporting	$3.1M	✓ Yes
Robert Kennedy	President	Supporting	$1.0M	Unknown
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$1000K	Unknown
Derek Tran	California 45th District	Attacking	$698K	✗ No
Mondaire L. Jones	New York 17th District	Attacking	$665K	✓ Yes
Curtis Hertel	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$612K	✓ Yes

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 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, 83% were on the winning side ($28M won, $5.8M lost). $109M had no matched result and is excluded.
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 Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $89M, unknown); for Donald Trump (President, about $16M, won); against Ronald Desantis (President, about $6.5M, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.