Bright Light Strategies
Bright Light Strategies is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Bright Light Strategies was paid $294K across 6 client committees.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 24, 2023 → Jun 17, 2026
- spans 3.1 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 22
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 6
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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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 3 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 1460932 |
$50,000 | 2 |
| KOLASINSKI, JOSHUA OH · House DEM |
$400 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 1460932 |
$100,000 | 3 |
| BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; REBECCA 1478383 |
$20,432 | 2 |
| KOLASINSKI, JOSHUA OH · House DEM |
$400 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 1460932 |
$150,000 | 5 |
| BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; REBECCA 1478383 |
$20,432 | 2 |
| KOLASINSKI, JOSHUA OH · House DEM |
$400 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 1460932 |
$150,000 | 5 |
| BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; REBECCA 1478383 |
$20,432 | 2 |
| ASHBY FOR SENATE 2026; ANGELIQUE 1456818 |
$20,000 | 1 |
| KOLASINSKI, JOSHUA OH · House DEM |
$400 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 1460932 |
$150,000 | 5 |
| ASHBY FOR SENATE 2026; ANGELIQUE 1456818 |
$26,000 | 2 |
| BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; REBECCA 1478383 |
$20,432 | 2 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 1000 ISSUES PAC 1271482 |
$15,000 | 1 |
| BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; REBECCA 1456536 |
$669 | 1 |
| KOLASINSKI, JOSHUA OH · House DEM |
$400 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $399 | 0.14% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $293,485 | 99.86% |
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 · 4 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $31K | 4 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $31K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $23K | 3 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $54K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $28K | 3 | BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 20… 73% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $82K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $15K | 1 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $15K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $669 | 1 | BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 20… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $16K | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $6K | 1 | ASHBY FOR SENATE 2026; ANGE… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $22K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $20K | 1 | ASHBY FOR SENATE 2026; ANGE… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $42K | -36% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $25K | 1 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEA… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $67K | -10% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $95K | 4 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEA… 79% | Other / Unclassified 48% | $95K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $50K | 3 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEA… 99% | — | $146K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $193,885 | 18 | $11K | 100.0% | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 39% | 5mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $293,885 | 99.9% | 5 | |
| OH | $400 | 0.1% | 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 | 2026-03-26 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS | — | — | $50,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-12-23 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS | Other / Unclassified | — | $25,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-27 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS | — | — | $25,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-03 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS | Other / Unclassified | — | $25,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-17 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS | — | — | $25,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-16 | BAUER-KAHAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; REBECCA | Other / Unclassified | — | $20,000 |
| Recent | 2026-06-15 | KOLASINSKI, JOSHUA | — | COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTTING | $400 |