MEDIA FORTITUDE
MEDIA FORTITUDE is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MEDIA FORTITUDE was paid $1.16M across 2 client committees, of which $674K 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 |
$488,562 | 8 rows | 42.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$674,200 | 5 rows | 58.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jul 29, 2020 → May 13, 2026
- spans 5.8 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 8
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$215,333 | 3 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$215,333 | 3 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$215,333 | 3 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$215,333 | 3 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$215,333 | 3 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $1,162,762 | 100.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $0 | 0.00% |
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 · 3 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $500 | 1 | HIGHER HEIGHTS POLITICAL FU… 100% | Digital 100% | $500 | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $27K | 1 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 100% | Digital 100% | $27K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $246K | 3 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 100% | Digital 100% | $273K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $215K | 3 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 100% | — | $215K | -12% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $273,229 | 5 | $55K | 100.0% | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 100% | 2y 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | $488,062 | 99.9% | 1 | |
| DC | $500 | 0.1% | 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 | 2026-05-01 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $195,538 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-05-02 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | Digital | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $185,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-05-22 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | Digital | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $60,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-03-13 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | Digital | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $27,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-22 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $18,795 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-13 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $1,000 |