Today is the last day for campaigns and committees to reveal donors, offering a glimpse into who is donating huge sums in the 2024 election, which could ultimately be the most expensive ever.
According to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission, Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-chair of Joe Biden’s campaign, has contributed $1 million to FF PAC, short for Future Forward, the main independent entity supporting the president’s reelection. tender. Future Forreck made news this week when it announced plans to spend $250 million on an advertising edge in the Battleground states.
Also contributing to the FF PAC was Sheryl Sandberg, the former Meta Executive who recently announced she was leaving the tech giant’s board of directors. According to FEC Records, she contributed $500,059 in December to going forward through a regular stock donation. Other Future Forward donors include Harry Sloan of Golden Eagle Acquisition, who gave $100,000, and Los Angeles developer Jeff Worth, who gave $1 million.
Weeks before Biden makes his first trip to Los Angeles to raise money, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw gave the maximum $929,600 to the Biden Victory Fund, the joint committee that raises money for Biden’s campaign, Democratic national committees and state parties. . Also making recent contributions: JJ Abrams and Katie McGrath, who each gave $500,000; Greg Berlanti, who gave $250,000; Chris Melandri, who gave $250,000; Skip Ball, who gave $250,000; and developer Rick Caruso, Jim Gianopulos, Shonda Rhimes, attorney Ted Buttus and Brian Lord, who each gave $100,000. Haim Saban and Casey Wasserman each made the maximum contributions of $929,600 last fall.
MAGA, one of the main super PACs supporting former President Donald Trump, received $5.25 million in contributions from Linda McMahon, a former Small Business Administration administrator and former president and CEO of WWE, and $1 million from Los Angeles developer Jeff Palmer.
High-dollar donors have also set their sights on the Senate race. In October, Rupert Murdoch contributed $2 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC led by Mitch McConnell, in an attempt to regain control of the Senate. (Hat tip: Facebook News.) The Democratic counterpart, the Senate majority, received contributions from Abrams and McGrath, who each gave $125,000. Spielberg and Capshaw each made separate contributions of $125,000 to a super PAC in August, according to FEC records.
The super PAC supporting Nikki Haley’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination, the SFA Fund, received contributions of $105,000 from Sloan and $100,000 from Judith Sheindlin. The latest donor, known as Judge Judy, appeared with Haley at a New Hampshire campaign event two nights before the primary.
Meanwhile, the super PAC supporting Chris Christie’s now-defunct presidential run received a $200,000 contribution from Tyler Perry, a $46,700 contribution from Barry Diller, and a $100,000 contribution from attorney Dan Webb, who represented Fox In the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit. Christie dropped out of the race earlier this month.
More is coming.