BASSWOOD RESEARCH
BASSWOOD RESEARCH is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle BASSWOOD RESEARCH was paid $4.09M across 16 client committees, of which $435K 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
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$3,655,725 | 87 rows | 89.4% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$434,900 | 26 rows | 10.6% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 15, 2009 → Feb 17, 2026
- spans 16.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 87
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 16
- 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.
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.
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RJC VICTORY FUND C00528554 |
$33,590 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RJC VICTORY FUND C00528554 |
$33,590 | 1 |
| NORMAN, RALPH W. JR. SC · House REP |
$22,145 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RJC VICTORY FUND C00528554 |
$33,590 | 1 |
| NORMAN, RALPH W. JR. SC · House REP |
$22,145 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RJC VICTORY FUND C00528554 |
$135,885 | 3 |
| NORMAN, RALPH W. JR. SC · House REP |
$22,145 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $3,794,894 | 92.77% |
| Non-partisan | $295,730 | 7.23% |
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
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2018 | $42K | 2 | MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN PA… 62% | Strategy & Research 100% | $42K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2020 | $32K | 1 | GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $32K | -25% |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2020 | $49K | 1 | C00461046 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $81K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $23K | 1 | GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $104K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $268K | 6 | NRSC 31% | Strategy & Research 100% | $372K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $303K | 8 | AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. 54% | Strategy & Research 100% | $675K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $583K | 15 | NRSC 39% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1.26M | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $944K | 22 | CLF 40% | Strategy & Research 100% | $2.2M | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $173K | 5 | OZ, MEHMET DR 91% | Strategy & Research 100% | $173K | -36% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $322K | 5 | OZ, MEHMET DR 79% | Strategy & Research 100% | $494K | +6% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $238K | 7 | C00734491 39% | Strategy & Research 100% | $732K | -59% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $473K | 7 | NRSC 47% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1.21M | -50% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $48K | 2 | RJC VICTORY FUND 81% | Strategy & Research 100% | $48K | -85% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $102K | 2 | RJC VICTORY FUND 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $151K | -57% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $22K | 1 | NORMAN, RALPH W. JR. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $22K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $34K | 1 | RJC VICTORY FUND 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $56K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $3,621,625 | 87 | $42K | 100.0% | NRSC 24% | 3mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | $1,478,812 | 40.5% | 5 | |
| FL | $679,489 | 18.6% | 1 | |
| SC | $597,195 | 16.3% | 3 | |
| MA | $444,286 | 12.2% | 2 | |
| Unknown | $280,976 | 7.7% | 4 | |
| VA | $174,968 | 4.8% | 1 |
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 | 2020-10-19 | GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. | Strategy & Research | SURVEY RESEARCH | $159,593 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-06-30 | OZ, MEHMET DR | Strategy & Research | SURVEY RESEARCH | $143,145 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-31 | OZ, MEHMET DR | Strategy & Research | SURVEY RESEARCH | $116,925 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-10-02 | CLF | Strategy & Research | POLLING | $115,480 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-08-05 | NRSC | Strategy & Research | POLLING | $98,320 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-17 | RJC VICTORY FUND | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH | $33,590 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-07-23 | NORMAN, RALPH W. JR. | Strategy & Research | POLLING EXPENSE | $22,145 |
| Recent | 2024-09-03 | RJC VICTORY FUND | Strategy & Research | SURVEY | $51,515 |
| Recent | 2024-08-27 | RJC VICTORY FUND | Strategy & Research | SURVEY | $50,780 |
| Recent | 2024-04-30 | RJC VICTORY FUND | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH | $39,083 |