PDG STRATEGIES
PDG STRATEGIES is a fundraising vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle PDG STRATEGIES was paid $3.95M across 7 client committees, of which $711K 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 |
$3,243,200 | 37 rows | 82.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$710,622 | 3 rows | 18.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Aug 23, 2018 → Oct 19, 2022
- spans 4.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 37
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 7
- 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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By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $3,092,255 | 78.21% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $861,567 | 21.79% |
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 · 4 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $329K | 3 | ESPY, MICHAEL 100% | Fundraising 100% | $329K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $1.01M | 8 | ESPY, MICHAEL 100% | Fundraising 100% | $1.34M | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $2K | 1 | C00512970 100% | Fundraising 100% | $2K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $38K | 4 | C00711614 87% | Fundraising 100% | $40K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $15K | 1 | HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE 100% | Fundraising 100% | $56K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $431K | 6 | HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE 100% | Fundraising 100% | $487K | +31% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $752K | 12 | HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE 84% | Fundraising 100% | $1.24M | -26% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $466K | 1 | BETO FOR TEXAS DISSOLVED 100% | Fundraising 100% | $466K | +8% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $200K | 1 | BETO FOR TEXAS DISSOLVED 100% | Fundraising 100% | $666K | -73% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising | $3,243,200 | 37 | $88K | 100.0% | ESPY, MICHAEL 41% | 3y 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | $1,338,232 | 41.3% | 1 | |
| SC | $1,076,001 | 33.2% | 1 | |
| TX | $666,286 | 20.5% | 1 | |
| DC | $122,250 | 3.8% | 2 | |
| Unknown | $40,431 | 1.2% | 2 |
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 | 2022-09-15 | BETO FOR TEXAS DISSOLVED | Fundraising | GOTV Canvassing | $466,286 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-11-06 | HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE | Fundraising | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | $338,088 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-11-09 | ESPY, MICHAEL | Fundraising | FIELD CONSULTING | $308,666 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-11-23 | ESPY, MICHAEL | Fundraising | FIELD CONSULTING | $202,733 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-19 | BETO FOR TEXAS DISSOLVED | Fundraising | GOTV Canvassing | $200,000 |
| Recent | 2020-12-24 | HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE | Fundraising | POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING | $23,943 |
| Recent | 2020-11-24 | HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE | Fundraising | FUNDRAISING | $6,000 |
| Recent | 2020-12-24 | HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE | Fundraising | LEGAL SERVICES | $5,714 |