Makers Strategies LLC
$188K
2025-2026 cycle
Makers Strategies LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Makers Strategies LLC was paid $188K 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 → May 11, 2026
- spans 5.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 60
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$63K
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.
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$10,320 | 4 |
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$9,500 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$13,000 | 3 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$10,320 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$45,500 | 9 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$17,513 | 6 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$45,500 | 9 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$17,513 | 6 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 1456738 |
$45,500 | 9 |
| CARRILLO FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; FRANKY 1463543 |
$30,019 | 6 |
| WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY 1456658 |
$17,513 | 6 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $52,574 | 28.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $135,213 | 72.00% |
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
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 | Q3 | 2024 | $20K | 4 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 99% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $90K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $20K | 4 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 64% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $109K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $11K | 3 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STAT… 67% | Other / Unclassified 67% | $11K | -18% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $13K | 3 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 74% | — | $23K | +156% |
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 | $65,739 | 16 | $4K | 38.4% | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 49% | 3mo ago |
| Legal & Compliance | $53,000 | 24 | $2K | 30.9% | CHEN, JAY 99% | 3y ago |
| Fundraising | $52,602 | 9 | $6K | 30.7% | JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC 62% | 20mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $110 | 1 | $110 | 0.1% | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STAT… 100% | 9mo 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% | 2mo 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
$115,666 · 62% of revenue
5
One-time clients 1 cycle
$72,122 · 38% 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 | $154,685 | 82.4% | 6 | |
| DC | $32,602 | 17.4% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $500 | 0.3% | 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 | 2025-09-09 | 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 | 2024-02-16 | JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC | Fundraising | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | $6,500 |
| 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 | Other / Unclassified | — | $4,787 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-28 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | — | — | $3,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-04 | MENJIVAR FOR SENATE 2026 | — | — | $3,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-21 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY | — | — | $3,293 |
| Recent | 2026-03-19 | WEBER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 2026; SHIRLEY | Other / Unclassified | — | $2,351 |