Fundraising for the 2024 U.S. election

Dark money groups are also working to elect Trump. The largest appears to be Building America’s Future, which has reportedly raised $100 million over four years, including donations from Musk.

The largest individual donor pro-Harris groups have reported is Dustin Moskovitz, also from the tech industry, who gave $38 million.

The pro-Harris super PACs’ largest donor overall, however, is Future Forward USA Action, a nonprofit that doesn’t disclose its donors and has given its affiliated super PAC $136 million to date; reportedly, $50 million of Future Forward’s money has come from Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

banking heir Timothy Mellon ($150 million), tech mogul Elon Musk ($119 million), and casino owner Miriam Adelson ($100 million)

the biggest super PACs supporting the major party nominees for president have together taken in $865 million from donors who each gave $5 million or more

Both parties have increased their reliance on $5 million-plus donors, but not to the same degree.

reportedly, $50 million of Future Forward’s money has come from Microsoft founder Bill Gates

Elon Musk spent a total of more than $290 million on the 2024 election, new federal filings show

Both Republicans and Democrats benefited from significant dark money support in 2024, but the majority of traceable dark money backed Democrats.

United States House and Senate candidates running in the 2024 election cycle reported raising $3.8 billion and spending $3.7 billion between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024.

Presidential candidates raised $2 billion and spent approximately $1.8 billion in the 24 months of the 2023-2024 election cycle

Democratic and Republican party committees reported receiving $672.9 million and $514 million, respectively, from individuals.

ActBlue has raised more than $1.1 billion, almost 80% more than its closest competitor, WinRed, with $623.1 million.