BASE BUILDER
$13.08M
2025-2026 cycle
BASE BUILDER is a field & voter contact vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle BASE BUILDER was paid $13.08M across 17 client committees, of which $11.72M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
$13.08M
=
$1.36M
(Schedule B)
+
$11.72M
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$1,357,403 | 144 rows | 10.4% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$11,720,697 | 644 rows | 89.6% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 22, 2018 → May 22, 2026
- spans 7.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 144
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 17
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
May 2025
Apr 2026
$393K
across 12 months
Top buyers
Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.
No buyer activity in this window.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PALACIO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521; FIX KERN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING ANA 1489052 |
$94,000 | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY 1438874 |
$8,977 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PALACIO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521; FIX KERN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING ANA 1489052 |
$94,000 | 1 |
| API PA VOTES C00761064 |
$30,009 | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY 1438874 |
$8,977 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CASA IN ACTION PAC C00685693 |
$221,072 | 27 |
| PALACIO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521; FIX KERN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING ANA 1489052 |
$94,000 | 1 |
| API PA VOTES C00761064 |
$53,652 | 2 |
| OMAR, ILHAN MN · House DEM |
$15,000 | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY 1438874 |
$8,977 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| API PA VOTES C00761064 |
$272,774 | 14 |
| CASA IN ACTION PAC C00685693 |
$221,072 | 27 |
| PALACIO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521; FIX KERN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING ANA 1489052 |
$94,000 | 1 |
| BLOC PAC C00748301 |
$48,329 | 1 |
| OMAR, ILHAN MN · House DEM |
$15,000 | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY 1438874 |
$8,977 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| API PA VOTES C00761064 |
$289,611 | 16 |
| CASA IN ACTION PAC C00685693 |
$239,466 | 32 |
| PALACIO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521; FIX KERN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING ANA 1489052 |
$94,000 | 1 |
| BLOC PAC C00748301 |
$48,329 | 1 |
| OMAR, ILHAN MN · House DEM |
$30,000 | 2 |
| CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY 1438874 |
$8,977 | 2 |
| WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC C00606962 |
$8,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $11,000,089 | 84.11% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $2,078,011 | 15.89% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 7 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $58K | 3 | NEW YORK STATE COMMITTEE OF… 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $58K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $10K | 6 | CTC ACTION 75% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $68K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $135K | 14 | VOTAR ES PODER PAC 85% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $203K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2022 | $2K | 6 | CTC ACTION 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $2K | — |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $7K | 2 | NATIVE POWER PAC, SPONSORED… 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $209K | — |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $6K | 10 | CTC ACTION 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $9K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $67K | 8 | WFP IE COMMITTEE 75% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $75K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $2K | 5 | CTC ACTION 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $77K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $8K | 5 | CTC ACTION 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $85K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $26K | 6 | LIFT UP CONTRA COSTA ISSUES… 43% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $110K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $87K | 7 | CISNEROS, JESSICA 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $197K | +49% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $46K | 3 | CASA IN ACTION PAC 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $244K | +380% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $149K | 9 | BLOC PAC 57% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $392K | +10% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $22K | 2 | BLOC PAC 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $22K | +245% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $15K | 3 | API PA VOTES 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $37K | -82% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $33K | 6 | CASA IN ACTION PAC 55% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $71K | -28% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $25K | 3 | API PA VOTES 68% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $96K | -83% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $267K | 13 | API PA VOTES 82% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $267K | +1114% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $24K | 1 | API PA VOTES 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $291K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $33K | 4 | CASA IN ACTION PAC 55% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $324K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $203K | 24 | CASA IN ACTION PAC 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $527K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $124K | 2 | PALACIO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026, … 76% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $651K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $9K | 2 | CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES… 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $660K | -41% |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field & Voter Contact | $1,357,403 | 144 | $9K | 100.0% | API PA VOTES 22% | 7w ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
3
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$758,126 · 56% of revenue
4
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$211,682 · 16% of revenue
10
One-time clients 1 cycle
$387,595 · 29% of revenue
Top 3 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API PA VOTES | 3 | $305,118 | 20 | 2022-09-08 | 2026-03-11 |
| CASA IN ACTION PAC | 3 | $285,741 | 34 | 2022-08-24 | 2025-11-21 |
| BLOC PAC | 4 | $167,267 | 10 | 2020-11-13 | 2025-01-21 |
Geographic concentration
Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.
| State | Total spend | % of revenue | Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA | $305,118 | 22.5% | 1 | |
| MD | $285,741 | 21.1% | 1 | |
| NY | $201,009 | 14.8% | 4 | |
| WI | $167,267 | 12.3% | 1 | |
| CA | $150,740 | 11.1% | 4 | |
| FL | $114,582 | 8.4% | 1 | |
| TX | $87,033 | 6.4% | 1 | |
| DC | $30,000 | 2.2% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $15,915 | 1.2% | 3 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.
| Reason | Date | Filer | Category | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest all-time | 2026-03-25 | PALACIO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521; FIX KERN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING ANA | Field & Voter Contact | Canvassing Expenses / Support Ana Palacio | $94,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-01-26 | API PA VOTES | Field & Voter Contact | CANVASSING - NO EXPRESS ADVOCACY | $60,193 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-05-18 | NEW YORK STATE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY | Field & Voter Contact | PETITIONING SERVICES | $53,425 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-01-26 | API PA VOTES | Field & Voter Contact | STAFF TIME AND OVERHEAD | $51,226 |
| Largest all-time | 2021-05-28 | WFP IE COMMITTEE | Field & Voter Contact | PHONE CANVASS | $49,637 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-01-21 | BLOC PAC | Field & Voter Contact | SALARIES, NO EXPRESS ADVOCACY | $48,329 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-01-26 | API PA VOTES | Field & Voter Contact | PHONE BANKING - NO EXPRESS ADVOCACY | $30,238 |
| Recent | 2026-03-11 | API PA VOTES | Field & Voter Contact | PHONE BANKING AND CANVASSING | $30,009 |
| Recent | 2025-11-21 | CASA IN ACTION PAC | Field & Voter Contact | CANVASSING SERVICES (NONFEDERAL) | $12,385 |
| Recent | 2026-04-23 | CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY | Field & Voter Contact | Phone bank, Paloma Aguirre, Support | $4,873 |
| Recent | 2026-04-23 | CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY | Field & Voter Contact | Phone bank, Prop 50, Support | $4,103 |