CHARTER FIRST
$580K
2025-2026 cycle
CHARTER FIRST is a travel & events vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle CHARTER FIRST was paid $580K across 8 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
- Feb 16, 2017 → Mar 31, 2026
- spans 9.1 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 54
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Apr 2025
Mar 2026
$120K
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 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HEARTLAND VALUES PAC C00409003 |
$10,533 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HEARTLAND VALUES PAC C00409003 |
$51,025 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HEARTLAND VALUES PAC C00409003 |
$87,168 | 6 |
| SLF PAC C00571703 |
$25,190 | 1 |
| DAKOTA PAC C00493072 |
$2,553 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HEARTLAND VALUES PAC C00409003 |
$111,966 | 7 |
| SLF PAC C00571703 |
$25,190 | 1 |
| THUNE, JOHN R. SD · Senate REP |
$7,469 | 2 |
| THE PETER NORBECK LEADERSHIP PAC C00571976 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| DAKOTA PAC C00493072 |
$2,553 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HEARTLAND VALUES PAC C00409003 |
$256,464 | 18 |
| SLF PAC C00571703 |
$25,190 | 1 |
| THUNE, JOHN R. SD · Senate REP |
$7,469 | 2 |
| NRSC C00027466 |
$6,866 | 1 |
| THE PETER NORBECK LEADERSHIP PAC C00571976 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| ROUNDS, MIKE SD · Senate REP |
$4,592 | 1 |
| DAKOTA PAC C00493072 |
$2,553 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 0%
R · 100%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $127,256 | 21.93% |
| Non-partisan | $452,976 | 78.07% |
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 · 9 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2018 | $5K | 1 | THUNE, JOHN R. 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $5K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $8K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2018 | $22K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 78% | Travel & Events 100% | $29K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $23K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 83% | Travel & Events 100% | $52K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $24K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 80% | Travel & Events 100% | $76K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $32K | 1 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $109K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $3K | 1 | THUNE, JOHN R. 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $3K | -9% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $8K | 1 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $11K | -62% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $27K | 1 | THUNE, JOHN R. 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $38K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $36K | 3 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 87% | Travel & Events 100% | $74K | +48% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $5K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 76% | Travel & Events 100% | $79K | -84% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $26K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $26K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $16K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 54% | Travel & Events 100% | $42K | -56% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $10K | 2 | THUNE, JOHN R. 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $52K | +101% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $3K | 1 | THUNE, JOHN R. 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $3K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $5K | 2 | THUNE, JOHN R. 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $8K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $17K | 1 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $25K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $48K | 3 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 90% | Travel & Events 100% | $73K | +86% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $52K | 5 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 87% | Travel & Events 100% | $125K | +228% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $64K | 7 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 93% | Travel & Events 100% | $189K | +533% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $33K | 3 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 76% | Travel & Events 100% | $33K | +1163% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $30K | 2 | SLF PAC 84% | Travel & Events 100% | $62K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $16K | 3 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 84% | Travel & Events 100% | $78K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $50K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $128K | +894% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $24K | 2 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $152K | +41% |
Revenue by service category
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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel & Events | $580,232 | 54 | $11K | 100.0% | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC 77% | 2mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$532,215 · 92% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
6
One-time clients 1 cycle
$48,017 · 8% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | 5 | $445,424 | 32 | 2017-08-24 | 2026-03-31 |
| THUNE, JOHN R. | 5 | $86,791 | 16 | 2017-02-16 | 2025-04-01 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | $541,807 | 93.4% | 4 | |
| DC | $32,056 | 5.5% | 2 | |
| NE | $3,816 | 0.7% | 1 | |
| ND | $2,553 | 0.4% | 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 | 2024-06-12 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | Travel & Events | PAC AIRLINE TRAVEL | $39,542 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-10-16 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | Travel & Events | PAC AIRLINE TRAVEL | $32,286 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-12-11 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | Travel & Events | TRAVEL | $27,080 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-03-31 | THUNE, JOHN R. | Travel & Events | AIRLINE TRAVEL | $26,623 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-06-18 | SLF PAC | Travel & Events | AIRFARE | $25,190 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-02-11 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | Travel & Events | TRAVEL | $24,798 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-10-17 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | Travel & Events | TRAVEL | $23,092 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-24 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | Travel & Events | TRAVEL | $13,412 |
| Recent | 2026-03-31 | HEARTLAND VALUES PAC | Travel & Events | TRAVEL | $10,533 |
| Recent | 2025-09-03 | DAKOTA PAC | Travel & Events | TRAVEL | $2,553 |