Makers Strategies LLC
$203K
2025-2026 cycle
Makers Strategies LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Makers Strategies LLC was paid $203K across 8 client committees.
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
- Jan 19, 2021 → Jun 30, 2026
- spans 5.4 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 63
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- 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.
Jul 2025
Jun 2026
$68K
across 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.
No buyer activity in this window.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$9,500 | 2 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$1,655 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$16,500 | 4 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$11,975 | 5 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$44,000 | 9 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$19,168 | 7 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$59,000 | 11 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$19,168 | 7 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$59,000 | 11 |
| CARRILLO FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; FRANKY 1463543 |
$20,019 | 4 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$19,168 | 7 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $52,572 | 25.90% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $150,371 | 74.10% |
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
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $3K | 3 | KAMLAGER FOR SENATE 2021, S… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3K | — |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $4K | 2 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $4K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $6K | 3 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $10K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $4K | 2 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $14K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $2K | 1 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $16K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $6K | 4 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $22K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $6K | 6 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $28K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $13K | 7 | CHEN, JAY 88% | Legal & Compliance 92% | $42K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $11K | 4 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $52K | — |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $2K | 1 | CHEN, JAY 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $2K | -50% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $20K | 3 | JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC 100% | Fundraising 100% | $22K | +880% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $13K | 2 | JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC 100% | Fundraising 100% | $35K | +116% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $5K | 1 | CARRILLO FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $40K | -23% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $20K | 4 | CARRILLO FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 100% | Fundraising 75% | $60K | +53% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $10K | 2 | CARRILLO FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $70K | -5% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 100% | — | $80K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $20K | 4 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 99% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $100K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $20K | 4 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 64% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $119K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $11K | 3 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STAT… 67% | — | $11K | -18% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $18K | 5 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 72% | Fundraising 9% | $29K | +259% |
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 | $58,602 | 14 | $4K | 35.3% | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 55% | 8mo ago |
| Fundraising | $54,258 | 10 | $5K | 32.7% | JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC 60% | 5w ago |
| Legal & Compliance | $53,000 | 24 | $2K | 31.9% | CHEN, JAY 99% | 3y ago |
| Travel & Events | $110 | 1 | $110 | 0.1% | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STAT… 100% | 11mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $44 | 5 | $9 | 0.0% | CHEN, JAY 100% | 3y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$110 | 1 | $-110 | -0.1% | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STAT… 0% | 4mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
3
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$130,821 · 64% of revenue
5
One-time clients 1 cycle
$72,122 · 36% of revenue
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 | $170,341 | 83.9% | 7 | |
| DC | $32,602 | 16.1% | 1 |
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 | 2025-05-28 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | — | — | $10,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-09-09 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-29 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY | Other / Unclassified | — | $7,082 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-11-09 | JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC | Fundraising | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | $6,602 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-12-27 | JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC | Fundraising | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | $6,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-11 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | — | — | $6,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-19 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY | — | — | $4,787 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-28 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | — | — | $3,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-27 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | — | — | $3,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-04 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | — | — | $3,500 |
| Recent | 2026-04-21 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY | — | — | $3,293 |
| Recent | 2026-06-30 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY | Fundraising | Fundrasing | $1,655 |