Budget Signs & Specialties
Budget Signs & Specialties is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Budget Signs & Specialties was paid $136K across 3 client committees, of which $114K 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 |
$22,740 | 4 rows | 16.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$113,599 | 23 rows | 83.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 6, 2012 → Jun 26, 2026
- spans 13.7 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 4
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 3
- 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 6 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| POCAN, MARK WI · House DEM |
$12,934 | 2 |
| BERGE, EMILY WI · House DEM |
$6,379 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| POCAN, MARK WI · House DEM |
$12,934 | 2 |
| BERGE, EMILY WI · House DEM |
$6,379 | 1 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$3,428 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| POCAN, MARK WI · House DEM |
$12,934 | 2 |
| BERGE, EMILY WI · House DEM |
$6,379 | 1 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$3,428 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| THE WISCO PROJECT PAC C00873901 |
$27,536 IE $27,536 |
8 |
| POCAN, MARK WI · House DEM |
$12,934 | 2 |
| POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUND C00869073 |
$10,745 IE $10,745 |
6 |
| BERGE, EMILY WI · House DEM |
$6,379 | 1 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$3,428 | 1 |
| IBEW PAC EDUCATIONAL FUND C90022351 |
$2,918 IE $2,918 |
2 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $115,787 | 84.93% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $20,553 | 15.07% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
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| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $3K | 1 | BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENER… 100% | — | $3K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $19K | 3 | POCAN, MARK 67% | — | $23K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ||||||
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WI | $19,312 | 84.9% | 2 | |
| CA | $3,428 | 15.1% | 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 | 2026-06-26 | POCAN, MARK | — | YARD SIGNS | $12,154 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-09 | BERGE, EMILY | — | PRINTING | $6,379 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-20 | BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB | — | — | $3,428 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-11 | POCAN, MARK | — | YARD SIGNS | $780 |