MEDIA AD VENTURES
MEDIA AD VENTURES is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MEDIA AD VENTURES was paid $36.87M across 9 client committees, of which $26.50M 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 |
$10,367,047 | 87 rows | 28.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$26,502,784 | 109 rows | 71.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 15, 2012 → Mar 25, 2026
- spans 14.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 87
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 9
- 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.
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Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES LA · House REP |
$100,640 | 2 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES LA · House REP |
$146,750 | 3 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES LA · House REP |
$146,750 | 3 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES LA · House REP |
$146,750 | 3 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ONDER JR, ROBERT FRANK MO · House REP |
$803,690 | 9 |
| DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2024 SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS; COMMITTEE FOR A SAFER SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO OPPOSE CARL 1466592 |
$272,000 | 6 |
| ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES LA · House REP |
$146,750 | 3 |
| COLE, TOM OK · House REP |
$133,000 | 1 |
| RULLI, MICHAEL OH · House REP |
$37,719 | 1 |
| MCGUIRE, JOHN VA · House REP |
$36,369 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $35,055,668 | 95.08% |
| Non-partisan | $1,814,162 | 4.92% |
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 · 5 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $213K | 1 | COLE, TOM 100% | Media 100% | $213K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $306K | 3 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. 100% | Media 100% | $519K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $744K | 5 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. 71% | Media 100% | $1.26M | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $236K | 1 | C00659011 100% | Media 100% | $236K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $193K | 1 | COLE, TOM 100% | Media 100% | $429K | -9% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $732K | 5 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. 100% | Media 100% | $1.16M | +139% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $2.03M | 5 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. 87% | Media 100% | $3.19M | +173% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $331K | 5 | COLE, TOM 72% | Media 100% | $331K | +71% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $25K | 1 | COLE, TOM 100% | Media 100% | $356K | -97% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $1.3M | 7 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. 87% | Media 100% | $1.66M | -36% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $371K | 12 | RULLI, MICHAEL 65% | Media 100% | $371K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $2.67M | 23 | COLE, TOM 70% | Media 100% | $3.04M | +706% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $859K | 7 | ONDER JR, ROBERT FRANK 83% | Media 100% | $3.9M | +3336% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $210K | 5 | DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY … 82% | Media 100% | $4.11M | -84% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $147K | 3 | ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES 100% | Media 100% | $147K | -60% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $10,080,783 | 87 | $116K | 100.0% | STEFANIK, ELISE M. 44% | 2mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEFANIK, ELISE M. | 3 | $4,474,389 | 21 | 2018-08-03 | 2022-10-31 |
| COLE, TOM | 4 | $3,166,344 | 16 | 2018-06-04 | 2024-06-13 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | $4,474,389 | 43.2% | 1 | |
| OK | $3,166,344 | 30.5% | 1 | |
| MO | $865,750 | 8.4% | 1 | |
| VA | $652,585 | 6.3% | 1 | |
| CA | $452,000 | 4.4% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $330,284 | 3.2% | 2 | |
| OH | $278,945 | 2.7% | 1 | |
| LA | $146,750 | 1.4% | 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 | 2020-10-15 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. | Media | MEDIA | $715,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-10-01 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. | Media | MEDIA | $570,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-20 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. | Media | MEDIA | $469,895 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-05-08 | COLE, TOM | Media | MEDIA BUY | $400,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-10-07 | STEFANIK, ELISE M. | Media | MEDIA | $400,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-18 | ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES | Media | MEDIA | $50,590 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-25 | ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES | Media | MEDIA | $50,050 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-06 | ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES | Media | MEDIA | $46,110 |
| Recent | 2024-10-25 | DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2024 SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS; COMMITTEE FOR A SAFER SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO OPPOSE CARL | Media | Video Ads/Oppose Carl DeMaio and Support Andrew Hayes | $50,000 |
| Recent | 2024-10-18 | DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2024 SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS; COMMITTEE FOR A SAFER SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO OPPOSE CARL | Media | Video Ad/Oppose/Carl DeMaio | $50,000 |