Fundamental Digital Strategy, LLC
Fundamental Digital Strategy, LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Fundamental Digital Strategy, LLC was paid $3.85M across 3 client committees, of which $152K 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 |
$3,702,676 | 7 rows | 96.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$152,000 | 4 rows | 3.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 16, 2025 → Mar 3, 2026
- spans 5 months
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 7
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 3
- 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.
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WHATLEY, MICHAEL NC · Senate REP |
$26,588 | 2 |
| BUCKHOUT, LAURIE NC · House REP |
$13 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 810163 810163 |
$3,650,002 | 2 |
| WHATLEY, MICHAEL NC · Senate REP |
$52,661 | 4 |
| BUCKHOUT, LAURIE NC · House REP |
$13 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 810163 810163 |
$3,650,002 | 2 |
| WHATLEY, MICHAEL NC · Senate REP |
$52,661 | 4 |
| BUCKHOUT, LAURIE NC · House REP |
$13 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 810163 810163 |
$3,650,002 | 2 |
| WHATLEY, MICHAEL NC · Senate REP |
$52,661 | 4 |
| BUCKHOUT, LAURIE NC · House REP |
$13 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $54,836 | 1.42% |
| Non-partisan | $3,799,840 | 98.58% |
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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $3.65M | 2 | 810163 100% | Digital 100% | $3.65M | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $26K | 2 | WHATLEY, MICHAEL 100% | Digital 100% | $26K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $27K | 3 | WHATLEY, MICHAEL 100% | Digital 100% | $53K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $3,702,663 | 6 | $617K | 100.0% | 810163 99% | 3mo ago |
| Fundraising | $13 | 1 | $13 | 0.0% | BUCKHOUT, LAURIE 100% | 3mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $3,650,002 | 98.6% | 1 | |
| NC | $52,674 | 1.4% | 2 |
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 | 2025-10-16 | 810163 | Digital | Digital Ads | $2,850,002 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-31 | 810163 | Digital | Digital Ads | $800,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-31 | WHATLEY, MICHAEL | Digital | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $17,475 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-11 | WHATLEY, MICHAEL | Digital | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $14,327 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-03-03 | WHATLEY, MICHAEL | Digital | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $12,261 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-11-14 | WHATLEY, MICHAEL | Digital | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $8,598 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-11 | BUCKHOUT, LAURIE | Fundraising | MERCHANT FEES | $13 |