ON MESSAGE INC

$37.33M 2025-2026 cycle

ON MESSAGE INC is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle ON MESSAGE INC was paid $37.33M across 14 client committees, of which $18.22M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Strategy & Research ○ Dormant (19mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 2+ years ago (Nov 12, 2024). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$37.33M = $19.11M (Schedule B) + $18.22M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $19,108,140 281 rows 51.2%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $18,220,649 140 rows 48.8%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 15, 2010 → Nov 12, 2024
spans 14.8 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
281
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
14
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Dec 2023 Nov 2024
$8.20M across 12 months
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Top buyers

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 5

NRSC $8.09M Strategy & Research · 16 txns THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND $36K Strategy & Research · 2 txns VAN DUYNE, ELIZABETH ANN $30K Strategy & Research · 1 txn CAO, HUNG $9K Strategy & Research · 1 txn CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND $8K Strategy & Research · 1 txn OM ON MESSAGE INC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NRSC
C00027466
 $8,085,741 16
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
C00811166
 $35,627 2
VAN DUYNE, ELIZABETH ANN
TX · House REP
 $30,000 1
CAO, HUNG
VA · Senate REP
 $8,749 1
CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND
C00878264
 $7,500 1
View all buyers in research · last 24 mo →

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $30,540,358 81.81%
Non-partisan $6,788,431 18.19%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20172018201920202021202220232024 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $46KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $10KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $22KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $20KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $105KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $197KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $382KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $756KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $29KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $854KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $447KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $566KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.12MQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $208KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $234KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $186KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $297KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $659KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $2.79MQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $512KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.37MQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $2KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $67KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $34KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $29KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $3.59MQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $4.57M Q1Q3Q1Q3Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q2Q2Q4 $4.57M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2018 $46K 7 NRSC 78% Strategy & Research 100% $46K —
2017 Q2 2018 $10K 7 C00472878 100% Strategy & Research 100% $56K —
2017 Q3 2018 $22K 3 NRSC 68% Strategy & Research 100% $78K —
2017 Q4 2018 $20K 1 NRSC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $98K —
2018 Q1 2018 $105K 5 C00649608 100% Strategy & Research 100% $203K —
2018 Q2 2018 $197K 8 C00649608 100% Strategy & Research 100% $399K —
2018 Q3 2018 $382K 16 NRSC 92% Strategy & Research 100% $781K —
2018 Q4 2018 $756K 13 NRSC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $1.54M —
2019 Q4 2020 $29K 13 C00721092 41% Strategy & Research 100% $29K +46%
2020 Q1 2020 $854K 34 C00730168 64% Strategy & Research 100% $883K +715%
2020 Q2 2020 $447K 27 C00721092 54% Strategy & Research 100% $1.33M +128%
2020 Q3 2020 $566K 7 VAN DUYNE, ELIZABETH ANN 90% Strategy & Research 100% $1.9M +48%
2020 Q4 2020 $1.12M 9 VAN DUYNE, ELIZABETH ANN 99% Strategy & Research 100% $3.01M +48%
2021 Q1 2022 $208K 4 NRSC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $208K —
2021 Q2 2022 $234K 11 NRSC 89% Strategy & Research 100% $441K —
2021 Q3 2022 $186K 6 NRSC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $627K —
2021 Q4 2022 $297K 6 NRSC 95% Strategy & Research 100% $924K +920%
2022 Q1 2022 $659K 12 C00776757 62% Strategy & Research 100% $1.58M -23%
2022 Q2 2022 $2.79M 20 C00776757 51% Strategy & Research 100% $4.37M +524%
2022 Q3 2022 $512K 16 NRSC 83% Strategy & Research 100% $4.89M -10%
2022 Q4 2022 $1.37M 19 THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND 87% Strategy & Research 100% $6.26M +23%
2023 Q1 2024 $2K 3 THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND 100% Strategy & Research 100% $2K -99%
2023 Q2 2024 $67K 4 THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND 100% Strategy & Research 100% $68K -71%
2023 Q3 2024 $34K 4 THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND 89% Strategy & Research 100% $103K -82%
2024 Q2 2024 $29K 1 VAN DUYNE, ELIZABETH ANN 100% Strategy & Research 100% $132K -99%
2024 Q3 2024 $3.59M 12 NRSC 98% Strategy & Research 100% $3.73M +602%
2024 Q4 2024 $4.57M 9 NRSC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $8.3M +233%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $18.08M across 281 disbursements (avg $64K/check) Top buyer: NRSC (68% of category) Last paid: 19mo ago · +246% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $8.17M
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Strategy & Research $18,080,903 281 $64K 100.0% NRSC 68% 19mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$14,321,369 · 75% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,446,118 · 8% of revenue
11
One-time clients 1 cycle
$3,340,654 · 17% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
NRSC 4 $12,346,122 98 2017-02-08 2024-10-30
VAN DUYNE, ELIZABETH ANN 3 $1,975,246 40 2019-10-25 2024-09-18
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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
DC
$13,792,240 72.2% 2
Unknown
$3,261,945 17.1% 7
TX
$1,975,246 10.3% 1
VA
$71,209 0.4% 3
AL
$7,500 0.0% 1
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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 2024-10-04 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA $1,980,709
Largest all-time 2024-10-16 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA $1,980,709
Largest all-time 2024-09-16 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA $1,806,601
Largest all-time 2022-05-17 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA/POLLING/POLITICAL STRATEGY $1,090,811
Largest all-time 2024-09-05 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA $975,831
Largest this cycle 2024-10-11 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA $422,000
Recent 2024-10-21 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA $100,000
Recent 2024-10-30 NRSC Strategy & Research MEDIA $31,498
Recent 2024-11-12 CAO, HUNG Strategy & Research FUNDRAISING CONSULTING $8,749
Recent 2024-10-30 CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND Strategy & Research POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING $7,500
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