INDEPENDENTS MOVING THE NEEDLE

Federal · FEC · C00858381

$408K
Total disbursements
16
Distinct vendors
75
Disbursement rows
$1.90M
Independent expenditures
Dec 2023 – May 2025
Activity window
$2Kacross 12 months

Top vendors paid last 12 months · top 2

CFS COMPLIANCE $350 Fundraising · 1 txn CAPLIN & DRYSDALE $153 Legal & Compliance · 1 txn IM INDEPENDENTS MOVING THE NEEDLE

Staff & officers 1 officer on file (FEC Form 1)

Treasurer Bush, Jonathan
Single treasurer on file — no other committees served by this officer in our records.

No cross-committee operative network for INDEPENDENTS MOVING THE NEEDLE — this committee's officers don't serve at other committees in our records. Common for institutional committees (national party committees, large PAC infrastructure) where a single staff treasurer manages only this filer.

People paid by INDEPENDENTS MOVING THE NEEDLE top 2 · $7,002 · 0 of 2 linked to person profile

Individuals who received disbursements from this committee — salaried staff, consultants on personal-name contracts, and reimbursements for travel / mileage / per diem.

Name Most-common purpose Payments Total paid Activity window
Frank Laukien IN 2 $6,126 Dec 2023 → Jan 2024
Tamra Laukien IN 1 $876 Mar 2024

Spend by category

all-cycle
Strategy & Research $293K Fundraising $36K Media $32K Print & Mail $25K Legal & Compliance $8K Digital $5K Field & Voter Contact $4K Travel & Events $2K

Spend by service category

Category Total spend Disbursements
Strategy & Research $293,090 12
Fundraising $36,285 38
Media $32,370 1
Print & Mail $24,538 8
Legal & Compliance $7,644 7
Digital $5,000 1
Field & Voter Contact $3,940 1
Other / Unclassified $3,135 6
Travel & Events $2,186 1

Recent activity last 20 disbursements

Date Vendor Purpose Amount
May 23, 2025 CFS COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE CONSULTING $350
May 23, 2025 CAPLIN & DRYSDALE LEGAL CONSULTING $153
Apr 18, 2025 CAPLIN & DRYSDALE LEGAL CONSULTING $198
Mar 18, 2025 CAPLIN & DRYSDALE LEGAL CONSULTING $485
Dec 6, 2024 CYR CYBERSEC LLC TECHNICAL SUPPORT $155
Nov 1, 2024 CFS COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE CONSULTING $350
Oct 7, 2024 CYR CYBERSEC LLC TECHNICAL SUPPORT $72
Sep 3, 2024 CYR CYBERSEC LLC PAC TECHNICAL SUPPORT $72
Aug 5, 2024 CYR CYBERSEC LLC PAC TECHNICAL SUPPORT $198
Jul 31, 2024 CFS COMPLIANCE PAC POSTAGE $77
Jun 3, 2024 CYR CYBERSEC LLC PAC GRAPHIC DESIGN $238
May 23, 2024 CFS COMPLIANCE PAC COMPLIANCE CONSULTING $3,400
May 16, 2024 CAPLIN & DRYSDALE PAC LEGAL CONSULTING $630
May 1, 2024 CYR CYBERSEC LLC PAC TECHNICAL SUPPORT $238
Mar 25, 2024 CYR CYBERSEC LLC PAC GRAPHIC DESIGN $4,361
Mar 22, 2024 PRIMARY BANK PAC BANK FEES $25
Mar 22, 2024 OPINION DIAGNOSTICS LLC PAC STRATEGY CONSULTING $5,000
Mar 22, 2024 CAPLIN & DRYSDALE PAC LEGAL CONSULTING $1,029
Mar 6, 2024 LAUKIEN, TAMRA IN-KIND - DELIVERY SERVICES $876
Mar 5, 2024 ANEDOT PAC E-MERCHANT FEE $20