GCW Media Services
GCW Media Services is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle GCW Media Services was paid $157.49M across 25 client committees, of which $13.10M 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 |
$144,391,073 | 212 rows | 91.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$13,101,084 | 52 rows | 8.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Aug 5, 2004 → Oct 29, 2018
- spans 14.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 212
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 25
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
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By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $157,492,157 | 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 · 1 year
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $800K | 4 | COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 86% | Digital 68% | $800K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $93,920,786 | 116 | $810K | 65.3% | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND… 33% | 7y ago |
| Media | $48,416,299 | 86 | $563K | 33.7% | NO ON 45-CALIFORNIANS AGAIN… 50% | 7y ago |
| Admin & Office | $762,085 | 1 | $762K | 0.5% | CALIFORNIA JOBS INITIATIVE … 100% | 15y ago |
| Digital | $756,322 | 3 | $252K | 0.5% | COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 93% | 7y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $18,000 | 2 | $9K | 0.0% | CITIZENS FOR CALIFORNIA REF… 100% | 13y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$116,210 | 4 | $-29K | -0.1% | COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 0% | 8y 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 | $144,391,073 | 100.0% | 25 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.