Halftone Shop

$345K 2025-2026 cycle

Halftone Shop is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Halftone Shop was paid $345K across 39 client committees, of which $247K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ Slowing (~3mo since last)

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$1.73M = $1.48M (Schedule B) + $247K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$1,478,231 176 rows 85.7%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$247,452 33 rows 14.3%
Activity span ALL TIME
Apr 28, 2010 → May 13, 2026
spans 16.0 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
176
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
39
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
$8K across 12 months
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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

811267 $8K Print & Mail · 1 txn HS Halftone Shop
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
811267
811267
$7,570 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

811267 $8K Print & Mail · 1 txn HS Halftone Shop
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
811267
811267
$7,570 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

811267 $8K Print & Mail · 1 txn HS Halftone Shop
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
811267
811267
$7,570 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

811267 $8K Print & Mail · 1 txn HS Halftone Shop
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
811267
811267
$7,570 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 6

741906 $50K Print & Mail · 4 txns NORTH STAR - SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY, … $37K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns CALIFORNIA LATINO LEADERSHIP PAC $30K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns 741949 $17K Other / Unclassified · 6 txns COMMUNITY EDUCATION PAC FOR A BETTER … $12K Print & Mail · 5 txns 811267 $8K Print & Mail · 1 txn HS Halftone Shop
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
741906
741906
$50,468 4
NORTH STAR - SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY & RESPONSIBILITY, SPONSORED BY THE PASKENTA BAND OF NOMALKI INDIANS
1466761
$37,361 2
CALIFORNIA LATINO LEADERSHIP PAC
1321501
$29,505 2
741949
741949
$17,141 6
COMMUNITY EDUCATION PAC FOR A BETTER IMPERIAL & COACHELLA VALLEY
1473748
$12,077 5
811267
811267
$7,570 1

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $345,414 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820202022202320242026 Q1 2017 (2016 cycle): $6KQ3 2017 (2016 cycle): $12KQ4 2017 (2016 cycle): $8KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $897Q2 2018 (2018 cycle): $71KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $19KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $21KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $32KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $12KQ4 2023 (2022 cycle): $56KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $56KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $2KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $2KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $144KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $8K Q1Q4Q2Q4Q4Q1Q3Q2 $144K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 7 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2016 $6K 2 MOLINA & ELBA GUERRERO; CIT… 83% Print & Mail 100% $6K
2017 Q3 2016 $12K 1 742008 100% Print & Mail 100% $18K
2017 Q4 2016 $8K 1 YES ON THE COLLEGE FOR ALL … 100% Print & Mail 100% $26K
2018 Q1 2018 $897 1 YES ON THE COLLEGE FOR ALL … 100% Print & Mail 100% $897
2018 Q2 2018 $71K 7 BOERNER HORVATH FOR ASSEMBL… 46% Other / Unclassified 91% $72K
2018 Q3 2018 $19K 1 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIR… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $91K
2020 Q4 2020 $21K 3 CITIZENS FOR A RETURN TO A … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $21K
2022 Q2 2022 $32K 2 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 75% Other / Unclassified 100% $32K
2022 Q4 2022 $12K 2 INLAND EMPIRE BUSINESS POLI… 61% Other / Unclassified 61% $44K -41%
2023 Q4 2022 $56K 2 TREAT CALIFORNIA 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $100K
2024 Q1 2024 $56K 7 NORTH STAR - SAFETY, ACCOUN… 66% Other / Unclassified 100% $56K
2024 Q2 2024 $2K 1 SELF FOR ASSEMBLY 2024 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $58K -94%
2024 Q3 2024 $2K 1 741949 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $60K
2024 Q4 2024 $144K 18 741906 35% Other / Unclassified 57% $205K +1082%
2026 Q2 2026 $8K 1 811267 100% Print & Mail 100% $8K +280%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $754K across 72 disbursements (avg $10K/check) Top buyer: 870138 (37% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1106% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $8K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $754K across 72 disbursements (avg $10K/check) Top buyer: 870138 (37% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1106% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $8K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $754K across 72 disbursements (avg $10K/check) Top buyer: 870138 (37% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1106% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $8K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $754K across 72 disbursements (avg $10K/check) Top buyer: 870138 (37% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1106% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $8K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $754K across 72 disbursements (avg $10K/check) Top buyer: 870138 (37% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1106% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $70K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Print & Mail $754,262 72 $10K 51.1% 870138 37% 2mo ago
Other / Unclassified $585,059 80 $7K 39.7% 870138 14% 21mo ago
Field & Voter Contact $128,375 18 $7K 8.7% 870138 77% 9y ago
Travel & Events $4,061 3 $1K 0.3% YES ON B - SOUTH BAY WOMEN'… 60% 8y ago
Wages & Payroll $3,281 3 $1K 0.2% YES ON B - SOUTH BAY WOMEN'… 59% 8y 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
$460,886 · 31% of revenue
7
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$221,840 · 15% of revenue
31
One-time clients 1 cycle
$795,505 · 54% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
870138 4 $460,886 53 2010-09-14 2016-10-20
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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
$1,478,231 100.0% 39
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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 2016-10-26 870078 Print & Mail Postcards $54,094
Largest all-time 2023-10-12 TREAT CALIFORNIA Other / Unclassified $33,026
Largest all-time 2018-04-30 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRST SPONSORED BY A COALITION OF LABOR GROUPS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS Other / Unclassified $31,991
Largest all-time 2010-09-21 870138 Print & Mail Mail Flyer $29,262
Largest all-time 2012-10-02 870138 Print & Mail Direct Mail Ads $27,818
Largest this cycle 2026-05-13 811267 Print & Mail Mailer supporting Gerardo Ramirez - See Schedules D & G $7,570
Recent 2024-11-13 741906 Print & Mail Mailer & Postage for Sean Elo-Rivera $6,813
Recent 2024-11-01 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PAC FOR A BETTER IMPERIAL & COACHELLA VALLEY Print & Mail Mailer $2,621
Recent 2024-11-01 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PAC FOR A BETTER IMPERIAL & COACHELLA VALLEY Print & Mail Mailer $2,567
Recent 2024-11-01 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PAC FOR A BETTER IMPERIAL & COACHELLA VALLEY Print & Mail Mailer $2,094
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