GCW Media Services, Inc.

$36.25M 2025-2026 cycle

GCW Media Services, Inc. is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle GCW Media Services, Inc. was paid $36.25M across 5 client committees.

○ Dormant (88mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 7+ years ago (Mar 19, 2019). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Activity span ALL TIME
Sep 23, 2004 → Mar 19, 2019
spans 14.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
78
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
5
distinct payers

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Apr 2018 Mar 2019
$397K across 12 months
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Top buyers

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By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $36,251,454 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2019 Q1 2019 (2018 cycle): $397K Q1 $397K

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Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2019 Q1 2018 $397K 6 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 100% Other / Unclassified 57% $397K
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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 $36,079,637 53 $681K 101.4% NO ON 56 - STOP THE SPECIAL… 71% 7y ago
Digital $130,521 3 $44K 0.4% COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 100% 7y ago
Print & Mail $41 1 $41 0.0% COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 100% 7y ago
Media -$59,658 4 $-15K -0.2% COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 0% 7y ago
Contributions & Transfers -$557,885 17 $-33K -1.6% CALIFORNIANS TO STOP SHAKED… 0% 9y ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$36,251,454 · 100% of revenue
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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
$36,251,454 100.0% 5
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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 2016-10-18 NO ON 56 - STOP THE SPECIAL INTEREST TAX GRAB. MAJOR FUNDING BY PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. AND R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WITH A COALITION OF TAXPAYERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, LAW ... Other / Unclassified SEE SCHEDULE G $3,878,185
Largest all-time 2016-10-03 NO ON 56 - STOP THE SPECIAL INTEREST TAX GRAB. MAJOR FUNDING BY PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. AND R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WITH A COALITION OF TAXPAYERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, LAW ... Other / Unclassified SEE SCHEDULE G $3,874,652
Largest all-time 2016-10-07 NO ON 56 - STOP THE SPECIAL INTEREST TAX GRAB. MAJOR FUNDING BY PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. AND R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WITH A COALITION OF TAXPAYERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, LAW ... Other / Unclassified SEE SCHEDULE G $3,764,507
Largest all-time 2016-10-11 NO ON 56 - STOP THE SPECIAL INTEREST TAX GRAB. MAJOR FUNDING BY PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. AND R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WITH A COALITION OF TAXPAYERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, LAW ... Other / Unclassified SEE SCHEDULE G $3,317,040
Largest all-time 2016-10-28 NO ON 56 - STOP THE SPECIAL INTEREST TAX GRAB. MAJOR FUNDING BY PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. AND R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WITH A COALITION OF TAXPAYERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, LAW ... Other / Unclassified SEE SCHEDULE G $3,146,117
Largest this cycle 2019-01-30 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIAS MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY, MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES Other / Unclassified Billboards; 2/25-6/4 Supporting Lena Gonzalez SD 33; See Schedule G $224,974
Largest this cycle 2019-02-14 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIAS MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY, MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES Digital Digital Media; See Schedule G. Ads not disseminated $63,694
Largest this cycle 2019-02-14 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIAS MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY, MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES Digital Digital Media Supporting Lena Gonzalez SD 33; See Schedule G $41,366
Largest this cycle 2019-02-14 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIAS MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY, MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES Media Streaming Program Ads Supporting Lena Gonzalez SD 33; See Schedule G $41,255
Largest this cycle 2019-02-14 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIAS MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY, MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES Digital Digital media; 2/25-3/26 Supporting Lena Gonzalez SD 33; See Schedule G $25,461
Recent 2019-03-19 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIAS MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY, MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES Print & Mail Shipping Expense Supporting Lena Gonzalez SD 33 $41
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