Eleni Kounalakis
$529K
2025-2026 cycle
Eleni Kounalakis is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Eleni Kounalakis was paid $529K across 22 client committees, of which $63K 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
$529K
=
$467K
(Schedule B)
+
$63K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$466,656 | 61 rows | 88.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$62,800 | 11 rows | 11.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 2, 2017 → May 7, 2026
- spans 8.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 61
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 22
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$85K
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 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES 1490343 |
$75,000 | 1 |
| 741857 741857 |
$320 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES 1490343 |
$75,000 | 1 |
| 882070 882070 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| 741857 741857 |
$320 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES 1490343 |
$75,000 | 1 |
| 882070 882070 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| 741857 741857 |
$320 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES 1490343 |
$75,000 | 1 |
| 882070 882070 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| 741857 741857 |
$320 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES 1490343 |
$75,000 | 1 |
| 882070 882070 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI 1460033 |
$7,500 | 1 |
| 741857 741857 |
$320 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $529,456 | 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 · 9 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $10K | 1 | KOUNALAKIS FOR LIEUTENANT G… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $10K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $11K | 1 | KOUNALAKIS FOR LIEUTENANT G… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $11K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $200K | 3 | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $211K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $23K | 6 | KOUNALAKIS FOR LIEUTENANT G… 68% | Other / Unclassified 68% | $235K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $5K | 7 | BORGEAS FOR SENATE 2018 94% | Contributions & Trans… 94% | $239K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $2K | 2 | 910688 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $241K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | 822501 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $5K | -55% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $7K | 2 | 822501 71% | Other / Unclassified 71% | $12K | +250% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $3K | 1 | KOUNALAKIS FOR LIEUTENANT G… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $15K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $26K | 4 | AMERICAN WORKERS & EMPLOYER… 32% | Other / Unclassified 61% | $40K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $16K | 4 | 771276 31% | Other / Unclassified 69% | $16K | +218% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $6K | 9 | 822501 84% | Other / Unclassified 84% | $22K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $7K | 3 | 822501 38% | Contributions & Trans… 62% | $28K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $34K | 11 | 822501 51% | Other / Unclassified 52% | $62K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $10K | 1 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $72K | +300% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | 822501 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $10K | +67% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $8K | 1 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $18K | +15% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $10K | 1 | 882070 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $10K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $75K | 2 | ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSOR… 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $85K | +653% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $340,366 | 31 | $11K | 72.9% | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND… 59% | 4mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $77,385 | 20 | $4K | 16.6% | ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSOR… 97% | 5w ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $48,900 | 9 | $5K | 10.5% | 860894 43% | 3y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $6 | 1 | $6 | 0.0% | AMERICAN SIKH PAC 100% | 7y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$53,728 · 12% of revenue
6
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$92,666 · 20% of revenue
14
One-time clients 1 cycle
$320,263 · 69% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
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 | $466,656 | 100.0% | 22 |
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 | 2018-05-25 | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH PAC | Other / Unclassified | — | $200,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-07 | ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES | Print & Mail | Voter Guide | $75,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-17 | 860894 | Contributions & Transfers | to support Eleni Kounalakis | $16,200 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-02-20 | KOUNALAKIS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2018; ELENI | Other / Unclassified | — | $11,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-03 | 822501 | Other / Unclassified | Check was returned. See Sched I. | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-02 | 882070 | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-24 | 741857 | Print & Mail | Voter Guide | $320 |
| Recent | 2024-04-17 | 822501 | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Recent | 2024-09-19 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Other / Unclassified | — | $7,500 |