CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS
$27.26M
2025-2026 cycle
CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS was paid $27.26M across 14 client committees, of which $17.99M 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
$27.26M
=
$9.27M
(Schedule B)
+
$17.99M
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$9,273,582 | 85 rows | 34.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$17,988,745 | 156 rows | 66.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 21, 2022 → May 28, 2026
- spans 4.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 85
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 14
- 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.
Apr 2025
Mar 2026
$34K
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MISSION IOWA C00874370 |
$252 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MISSION IOWA C00874370 |
$903 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MISSION IOWA C00874370 |
$33,640 | 10 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BLACK BEAR PAC, INC. C00708644 |
$64,871 | 5 |
| MISSION IOWA C00874370 |
$34,972 | 16 |
| JOHN BOLTON PAC C00542431 |
$25,776 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND C00811166 |
$949,023 | 2 |
| BLACK BEAR PAC, INC. C00708644 |
$165,458 | 8 |
| NRCC C00075820 |
$100,000 | 2 |
| KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC C00849489 |
$91,164 | 4 |
| JOHN BOLTON PAC C00542431 |
$91,108 | 9 |
| MISSION IOWA C00874370 |
$64,975 | 20 |
| NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND C00053553 |
$0 | 2 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 1%
R · 99%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $249,056 | 0.91% |
| Republican | $22,903,637 | 84.01% |
| Non-partisan | $4,109,634 | 15.07% |
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 · 5 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $11K | 2 | FLORIDA FIRST PROJECT 71% | Digital 100% | $11K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $5.13M | 2 | NRA VICTORY FUND, INC. 100% | Digital 100% | $5.14M | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $1.15M | 7 | C00825158 82% | Digital 100% | $6.29M | — |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $695K | 2 | C00825158 100% | Digital 100% | $695K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $194K | 4 | BLACK BEAR PAC, INC. 93% | Digital 100% | $889K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $38K | 1 | C00825158 100% | Digital 100% | $927K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $16K | 2 | KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $943K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $21K | 6 | KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC 90% | Digital 100% | $964K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $138K | 10 | JOHN BOLTON PAC 40% | Digital 100% | $1.1M | +1121% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $555K | 7 | NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION … 90% | Digital 100% | $1.66M | -89% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $1.26M | 14 | THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND 75% | Digital 100% | $2.91M | +9% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $33K | 10 | JOHN BOLTON PAC 53% | Digital 53% | $33K | -95% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $4K | 3 | MISSION IOWA 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $37K | -98% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $8K | 3 | MISSION IOWA 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $46K | -78% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $21K | 3 | MISSION IOWA 100% | Digital 75% | $67K | +33% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $686 | 3 | MISSION IOWA 100% | Digital 100% | $67K | -97% |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $3,610,878 | 69 | $52K | 99.1% | C00825158 47% | 2mo ago |
| Software & Tech | $18,388 | 12 | $2K | 0.5% | MISSION IOWA 100% | 5mo ago |
| Fundraising | $14,871 | 4 | $4K | 0.4% | BLACK BEAR PAC, INC. 100% | 14mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
4
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$2,240,178 · 24% of revenue
10
One-time clients 1 cycle
$7,033,404 · 76% of revenue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | $5,626,842 | 60.7% | 2 | |
| Unknown | $1,830,409 | 19.7% | 4 | |
| DC | $1,174,219 | 12.7% | 3 | |
| MA | $350,264 | 3.8% | 1 | |
| PA | $142,374 | 1.5% | 1 | |
| TX | $73,873 | 0.8% | 1 | |
| IA | $67,601 | 0.7% | 1 | |
| FL | $8,000 | 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 | 2022-07-11 | NRA VICTORY FUND, INC. | Digital | PREPAID MEDIA | $5,026,565 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-10 | THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND | Digital | DIGITAL ADS - GOTV NON-IE | $650,605 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-01-11 | C00825158 | Digital | POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING / MARKETING CONSULTING / DIGITAL CONSULTING | $550,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-27 | NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND | Digital | PREPAYMENT: MEDIA PRODUCTION / MEDIA PLACEMENT | $500,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-12-22 | C00825158 | Digital | DIGITAL CONSULTING / MARKETING CONSULTING | $450,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-11-20 | MISSION IOWA | Digital | GRAPHIC DESIGN / TEXT MESSAGES / ADVERTISING / WEBSITE SERVICES | $15,898 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-01-31 | JOHN BOLTON PAC | Digital | DIGITAL FUNDRAISING | $14,243 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-01-28 | BLACK BEAR PAC, INC. | Fundraising | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-10-14 | MISSION IOWA | Software & Tech | GRAPHIC DESIGN / P2P MESSAGING / EMAIL SERVICES / WEBSITE SERVICES | $5,097 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-02-24 | BLACK BEAR PAC, INC. | Fundraising | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, PRODUCTION COSTS | $4,050 |
| Recent | 2026-03-18 | MISSION IOWA | Digital | WEBSITE SERVICES | $252 |
| Recent | 2025-12-15 | MISSION IOWA | Software & Tech | WEBSITE SERVICES | $217 |
| Recent | 2026-02-16 | MISSION IOWA | Digital | WEBSITE SERVICES | $217 |
| Recent | 2026-01-13 | MISSION IOWA | Digital | WEBSITE SERVICES | $217 |