Colsky Media, Inc.
Colsky Media, Inc. is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Colsky Media, Inc. was paid $50.77M across 38 client committees, of which $2.57M 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 |
$48,203,200 | 227 rows | 94.9% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$2,565,154 | 50 rows | 5.1% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 4, 2000 → Oct 28, 2020
- spans 20.8 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 227
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 38
- 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.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $50,768,354 | 100.00% |
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 · 2 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $15K | 1 | 902202 100% | Media 100% | $15K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $101K | 4 | 902202 100% | Media 100% | $116K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $12K | 1 | YES ON 20 - KEEP CALIFORNIA… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $12K | -17% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $126K | 5 | YES ON 20 - KEEP CALIFORNIA… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $139K | +24% |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $47,557,637 | 118 | $403K | 99.4% | CALIFORNIANS AGAINST UNFAIR… 36% | 5y ago |
| Media | $187,120 | 90 | $2K | 0.4% | 902202 76% | 7y ago |
| Fundraising | $67,737 | 8 | $8K | 0.1% | CALIFORNIANS UNITED FOR PUB… 76% | 17y ago |
| Admin & Office | $53,505 | 3 | $18K | 0.1% | PHILLIPS FOR ASSEMBLY 89% | 14y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $2,150 | 1 | $2K | 0.0% | 810163 100% | 11y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$9,948 | 7 | $-1K | -0.0% | CALIFORNIANS AGAINST HIGHER… 0% | 21y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA | 3 | $223,191 | 32 | 2012-05-14 | 2016-11-03 |
| 902202 | 4 | $146,382 | 15 | 2004-10-27 | 2018-10-21 |
| 911819 | 3 | $94,130 | 7 | 2004-02-23 | 2012-05-21 |
| 963026 | 4 | $30,472 | 6 | 2004-10-21 | 2014-05-28 |
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 | $48,203,200 | 100.0% | 38 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.