PATRONAGE
PATRONAGE is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle PATRONAGE was paid $1.41M across 9 client committees, of which $124K 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 |
$1,283,743 | 24 rows | 91.2% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$124,270 | 5 rows | 8.8% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- May 17, 2017 → Jul 31, 2026
- spans 9.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 24
- 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.
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$34,500 | 2 |
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$34,500 | 2 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$195,750 | 7 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$195,750 | 7 |
| STEYER, THOMAS F. 1252916 |
$99,770 | 2 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$195,750 | 7 |
| STEYER, THOMAS F. 1252916 |
$99,770 | 2 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$195,750 | 7 |
| STEYER, THOMAS F. 1252916 |
$99,770 | 2 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $851,735 | 60.49% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $556,278 | 39.51% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
No activity in the last 3 months.
No activity in the last 6 months.
Outflow is on record for the last 12 months, but no itemized payers are.
Outflow is on record for the last 18 months, but no itemized payers are.
Outflow is on record for the last 24 months, but no itemized payers are.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q2 | 2018 | $7K | 1 | ED MEIER FOR CONGRESS 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $7K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $718 | 1 | ED MEIER FOR CONGRESS 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $8K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $168K | 1 | NEED TO IMPEACH 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $176K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $106K | 1 | TOM STEYER 2020 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $106K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $212K | 2 | TOM STEYER 2020 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $318K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $162K | 2 | TOM STEYER 2020 100% | Digital 100% | $480K | +22443% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $212K | 2 | TOM STEYER 2020 100% | Digital 100% | $692K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $88K | 2 | TOM STEYER 2020 88% | Digital 88% | $780K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $11K | 1 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $11K | -88% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $4K | 1 | 991800 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $15K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $18K | 1 | RIVAS FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; RO… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $33K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $100K | 2 | STEYER, THOMAS F. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $100K | +448% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $161K | 5 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Digital 100% | $161K | — |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $35K | 2 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Digital 100% | $196K | — |
Revenue by service category
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $646,610 | 12 | $54K | 50.4% | TOM STEYER 2020 70% | 1w ago |
| Software & Tech | $493,637 | 6 | $82K | 38.5% | TOM STEYER 2020 64% | 6y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $99,770 | 2 | $50K | 7.8% | STEYER, THOMAS F. 100% | 10mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $43,726 | 4 | $11K | 3.4% | RIVAS FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; RO… 42% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $1,276,041 | 99.4% | 8 | |
| TX | $7,702 | 0.6% | 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 | 2018-11-29 | NEED TO IMPEACH | Software & Tech | WEBSITE | $167,935 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-04-03 | TOM STEYER 2020 | Digital | WEB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES | $106,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2019-11-22 | TOM STEYER 2020 | Software & Tech | WEB DEVELOPMENT | $106,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2019-10-17 | TOM STEYER 2020 | Software & Tech | WEB DEVELOPMENT | $106,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-04-16 | TOM STEYER 2020 | Digital | WEB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES | $106,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Digital | Digital Consulting & Web Hosting | $44,750 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Digital | Digital Consulting & Web Hosting | $38,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Digital | Digital Consulting & Web Hosting | $34,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Digital | Digital Consulting & Web Hosting | $25,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Digital | Digital Consulting & Web Hosting | $18,500 |
| Recent | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Digital | Digital Consulting & Web Hosting | $16,000 |