KNSD
KNSD is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KNSD was paid $10.84M across 61 client committees, of which $182K 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 |
$10,655,540 | 188 rows | 98.3% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$181,544 | 10 rows | 1.7% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 14, 2000 → May 21, 2026
- spans 26.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 188
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 61
- 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.
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$415,098 | 5 |
Top buyers last 3 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$1,897,753 | 27 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$554,306 | 13 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$29,538 | 2 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,254,455 | 31 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$554,306 | 13 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$255,085 | 6 |
| ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPONSORED BY CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA 1485203 |
$72,250 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,254,455 | 31 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$554,306 | 13 |
| NEWSOM BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; SAFETY FOR ALL, YES ON PROP. 63, 1380675 |
$326,188 | 8 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$255,085 | 6 |
| ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPONSORED BY CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA 1485203 |
$72,250 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,254,455 | 31 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$554,306 | 13 |
| NEWSOM BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; SAFETY FOR ALL, YES ON PROP. 63, 1380675 |
$326,188 | 8 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$255,085 | 6 |
| ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPONSORED BY CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA 1485203 |
$72,250 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 8
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,254,455 | 31 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$554,306 | 13 |
| JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1458912 |
$516,938 | 5 |
| VOTE NO ON LANDLORD GREED SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1469081 |
$393,825 | 3 |
| NEWSOM BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; SAFETY FOR ALL, YES ON PROP. 63, 1380675 |
$326,188 | 8 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$255,085 | 6 |
| ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPONSORED BY CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA 1485203 |
$72,250 | 1 |
| RANSOM FOR ASSEMBLY 2024, SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; NURSES AND EDUCATORS CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING 1454975 |
$12,750 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $10,837,084 | 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 · 6 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $279K | 10 | CHIANG FOR GOVERNOR 2018; J… 72% | Other / Unclassified 72% | $279K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $37K | 1 | PREVENT CRUELTY CALIFORNIA,… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $315K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $111K | 1 | PREVENT CRUELTY CALIFORNIA,… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $426K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $14K | 1 | PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $14K | -95% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $50K | 1 | COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $64K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $41K | 3 | COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $105K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $287K | 4 | JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSOR… 71% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $287K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $636K | 5 | JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSOR… 49% | Other / Unclassified 98% | $924K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $106K | 4 | NEWSOM BALLOT MEASURE COMMI… 100% | Media 100% | $1.03M | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $220K | 4 | NEWSOM BALLOT MEASURE COMMI… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.25M | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $857K | 14 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 42% | Media 42% | $857K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $2.28M | 37 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 83% | Media 83% | $3.14M | — |
Revenue by service category
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $7,522,433 | 129 | $58K | 70.6% | 810163 7% | 2mo ago |
| Media | $2,554,788 | 45 | $57K | 24.0% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 88% | 3w ago |
| Digital | $554,306 | 13 | $43K | 5.2% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A… 100% | 4w ago |
| Strategy & Research | $22,398 | 1 | $22K | 0.2% | CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE, A COAL… 100% | 16y 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 | $10,655,540 | 100.0% | 60 |
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 | 2005-10-14 | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE FUND | Other / Unclassified | — | $337,153 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-22 | JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | Other / Unclassified | — | $229,725 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-22 | VOTE NO ON LANDLORD GREED SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | Other / Unclassified | — | $229,725 |
| Largest all-time | 2012-10-20 | COMMITTEE TO DEFEND PROP. 38, SPONSORED BY THE ADVANCEMENT PROJECT AND EDUCATION ADVOCATES, WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM MOLLY MUNGER AND STEPHEN ENGLISH | Other / Unclassified | — | $182,104 |
| Largest all-time | 2000-07-20 | 990640 | Other / Unclassified | — | $180,965 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $174,356 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $151,916 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-04 | A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER | Other / Unclassified | — | $148,750 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-02 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $132,090 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $131,113 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $114,750 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $100,980 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $96,263 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $95,179 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $7,926 |