COLD SPARK
COLD SPARK is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle COLD SPARK was paid $695K across 5 client committees, of which $421K 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 |
$273,990 | 39 rows | 39.4% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$421,408 | 21 rows | 60.6% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jun 16, 2017 → Feb 13, 2026
- spans 8.7 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 39
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 5
- 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 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| JERSEY REAL C00739565 |
$52,057 | 6 |
| KING, PAUL NY · House REP |
$5,158 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $682,596 | 98.16% |
| Non-partisan | $12,803 | 1.84% |
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 · 5 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q3 | 2018 | $5K | 1 | C00632117 100% | Digital 100% | $5K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | FISCHER, DEBRA S. 100% | Digital 100% | $8K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | FISCHER, DEBRA S. 100% | Digital 100% | $11K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $18K | 4 | WEILER, TOM 100% | Digital 100% | $18K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $34K | 6 | WEILER, TOM 100% | Digital 100% | $52K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $29K | 6 | WEILER, TOM 100% | Digital 100% | $81K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $60K | 7 | WEILER, TOM 100% | Digital 100% | $142K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $64K | 5 | WEILER, TOM 100% | Digital 100% | $206K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $27K | 4 | JERSEY REAL 81% | Digital 100% | $27K | -55% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $30K | 3 | JERSEY REAL 100% | Digital 100% | $57K | -53% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $271,586 | 39 | $7K | 100.0% | WEILER, TOM 76% | 19mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN | $206,157 | 75.2% | 1 | |
| NJ | $52,057 | 19.0% | 1 | |
| NE | $5,617 | 2.1% | 1 | |
| NY | $5,158 | 1.9% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $5,000 | 1.8% | 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 | 2022-10-28 | WEILER, TOM | Digital | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $30,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2021-12-08 | WEILER, TOM | Digital | STRATEGIC & DIGITAL CONSULTING | $15,422 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-06 | JERSEY REAL | Digital | DIGITAL ADVERTISING-NON-CANDIDATE SPECIFIC (GENERIC) | $15,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-05 | WEILER, TOM | Digital | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CONSULTING | $14,423 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-27 | JERSEY REAL | Digital | PRINTING, PRODUCTION, POSTAGE (NON-CANDIDATE SPECIFIC) | $14,412 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-10-19 | JERSEY REAL | Digital | DIGITAL ADVERTISING (NON CANDIDATE SPECIFIC) | $13,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-09-27 | JERSEY REAL | Digital | TEXTING (NON-CANDIDATE SPECIFIC) | $7,322 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-09-13 | KING, PAUL | Digital | CONSULTING | $5,158 |
| Recent | 2024-10-28 | JERSEY REAL | Digital | TEXTING-GENERIC (NON CANDIDATE SPECIFIC) | $1,666 |
| Recent | 2024-09-27 | JERSEY REAL | Digital | SUBSCRIPTION | $158 |