POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC.
POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC. is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC. was paid $63.31M across 23 client committees, of which $1.92M 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 |
$61,399,110 | 106 rows | 97.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$1,915,583 | 11 rows | 3.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Nov 15, 2023 → May 22, 2026
- spans 2.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 106
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 23
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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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.
No buyer activity in this window.
Top buyers last 3 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| UBER INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1439102 |
$2,000,000 | 3 |
| PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION C00949248 |
$100,000 IE $100,000 |
1 |
| COALITION TO GROW SAN FRANCISCO - GROW SF VICTORY FUND 1433436 |
$50,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| UBER INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1439102 |
$2,000,000 | 3 |
| COALITION TO GROW SAN FRANCISCO - GROW SF VICTORY FUND 1433436 |
$150,000 | 3 |
| PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION C00949248 |
$100,000 IE $100,000 |
1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| UBER INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1439102 |
$2,000,000 | 3 |
| COALITION TO GROW SAN FRANCISCO - GROW SF VICTORY FUND 1433436 |
$150,000 | 3 |
| PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION C00949248 |
$100,000 IE $100,000 |
1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| UBER INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1439102 |
$2,000,000 | 3 |
| CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 1460932 |
$1,000,000 | 1 |
| NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2022 1414018 |
$150,000 | 1 |
| COALITION TO GROW SAN FRANCISCO - GROW SF VICTORY FUND 1433436 |
$150,000 | 3 |
| PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION C00949248 |
$100,000 IE $100,000 |
1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE HOUSING, A COALITION OF VETERANS, SENIORS, HOUSING PROVIDERS, SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS, TAXPAYER ASSOCIATIONS, AND LABOR; SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION 1421884 |
$28,342,795 | 6 |
| PROTECT PATIENTS NOW, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION 1462796 |
$9,795,947 | 7 |
| YES ON 5, CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES, SPONSORED BY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES, FIREFIGHTERS, BUSINESSES AND WORKERS 1471670 |
$4,751,797 | 7 |
| UBER INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1439102 |
$2,000,000 | 3 |
| CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 1460932 |
$1,245,282 | 2 |
| MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S CT · Senate DEM |
$1,146,000 | 6 |
| LOW, EVAN CA · House DEM |
$1,003,900 | 5 |
| SANTA CLARA FORWARD, A COALITION OF HEALTH CARE AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS 1475466 |
$680,000 | 4 |
| COALITION TO GROW SAN FRANCISCO - GROW SF VICTORY FUND 1433436 |
$355,000 | 5 |
| SIMON, LATEEFAH CA · House DEM |
$305,000 | 7 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $3,350,201 | 5.29% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $59,964,491 | 94.71% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Money flow through this vendor
top payers (left) → broadcast stations clients buy from (right)No activity in the last 1 months.
Money flowed in during the last 3 months, but no itemized outflow is on the public record for this window.
Money flowed in during the last 6 months, but no itemized outflow is on the public record for this window.
Money flowed in during the last 12 months, but no itemized outflow is on the public record for this window.
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
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 · 4 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $200K | 1 | CAMPAIGN FOR DEMOCRACY PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $200K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $9.14M | 42 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 57% | Digital 100% | $9.34M | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $1.31M | 6 | CALIFORNIANS FOR CHOICE 94% | Digital 100% | $11M | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $26M | 13 | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 67% | Digital 100% | $37M | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $21M | 32 | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 53% | Digital 100% | $58M | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $1M | 1 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEA… 100% | Digital 100% | $59M | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $150K | 1 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | Digital 100% | $59M | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $2.15M | 6 | UBER INNOVATION POLITICAL A… 93% | Media 81% | $2.15M | +64% |
Stations this firm's clients buy from
Stations this firm's clients buy from top 15 + 62 additional stations · $65,832,781 · Los Angeles, CA dominant market
Broadcast stations that committees who pay POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC. also pay directly on their Schedule B filings. We can't prove POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC. routed money to these stations, but the concentration signal reveals the market network this firm's clients spend on.
| Station | Market | Network | Total client spend | Buys | Activity window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCBS-TV | Los Angeles, CA | CBS | $7,817,408 | 43 | May 2022 → Oct 2025 |
| KABC-TV | Los Angeles, CA | ABC | $7,805,822 | 42 | May 2022 → Oct 2025 |
| KNBC-TV | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | $7,058,345 | 42 | May 2022 → Oct 2025 |
| KGO-TV | San Francisco, CA | ABC | $4,041,132 | 42 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KTTV-TV | Los Angeles, CA | Fox | $3,782,435 | 33 | May 2022 → Oct 2024 |
| KTVU-TV | San Francisco, CA | Fox | $3,478,880 | 41 | Oct 2022 → May 2026 |
| KCRA-TV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $3,233,545 | 42 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KPIX-TV | San Francisco, CA | CBS | $3,040,216 | 41 | Oct 2022 → May 2026 |
| KTLA-TV | Los Angeles, CA | CW | $2,983,351 | 33 | May 2022 → Oct 2024 |
| KNTV | San Jose, CA | NBC | $2,597,783 | 38 | Oct 2022 → May 2026 |
| KOVR-TV | Sacramento, CA | CBS | $2,285,055 | 43 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KXTV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $1,601,111 | 33 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KFMB | San Diego, CA | CBS | $1,325,112 | 36 | May 2022 → Oct 2025 |
| KNSD | San Diego, CA | NBC | $1,318,295 | 35 | May 2022 → Oct 2025 |
| KTXL-TV | Sacramento, CA | Fox | $1,257,016 | 40 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $59,085,564 | 104 | $568K | 97.1% | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 48% | 2mo ago |
| Media | $1,750,000 | 2 | $875K | 2.9% | UBER INNOVATION POLITICAL A… 100% | 2mo 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 | $60,253,110 | 98.1% | 22 | |
| CT | $1,146,000 | 1.9% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.