Pacific Legal Foundation
Pacific Legal Foundation is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Pacific Legal Foundation was paid $1.36M across 14 client committees, of which $3K 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 |
$1,353,808 | 140 rows | 99.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$2,644 | 3 rows | 0.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 24, 2000 → May 29, 2026
- spans 26.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 140
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 14
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 782560 782560 |
$200,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 782560 782560 |
$200,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 782560 782560 |
$200,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 782560 782560 |
$375,000 | 2 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 782560 782560 |
$375,000 | 2 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $1,356,452 | 100.00% |
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 · 9 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2016 | $5K | 1 | 782560 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $5K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $2K | 1 | 782560 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $7K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $100K | 1 | 782560 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $100K | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $103K | 3 | 782560 97% | Other / Unclassified 97% | $203K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $125K | 1 | 782560 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $125K | +25% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $15K | 2 | 782714 67% | Contributions & Trans… 67% | $140K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $125K | 1 | 782560 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $265K | +22% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $150 | 1 | VERBICA FOR BOARD OF EQUALI… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $150 | -99% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $150K | 1 | 782560 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $150K | +20% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $175K | 1 | 782560 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $175K | +17% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $200K | 1 | 782560 100% | — | $200K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $1,132,214 | 131 | $9K | 98.1% | 782560 98% | 15mo ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $15,000 | 2 | $8K | 1.3% | 782714 67% | 6y ago |
| Travel & Events | $4,930 | 5 | $986 | 0.4% | GARRICK FOR ASSEMBLY 2008 77% | 7y ago |
| Media | $1,664 | 1 | $2K | 0.1% | APARTMENT OWNERS ASSOCIATIO… 100% | 7y 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 782560 | 14 | $1,313,110 | 123 | 2000-01-24 | 2026-05-29 |
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 | $1,353,808 | 100.0% | 14 |
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 | 2026-05-29 | 782560 | — | — | $200,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-04-29 | 782560 | Other / Unclassified | — | $175,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-05-22 | 782560 | Other / Unclassified | — | $150,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-05-18 | 782560 | Other / Unclassified | — | $125,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2021-04-30 | 782560 | Other / Unclassified | — | $125,000 |
| Recent | 2022-09-27 | VERBICA FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION DISTRICT 2 2022; PETER COE | Other / Unclassified | — | $150 |