PRISM COMMUNICATIONS
PRISM COMMUNICATIONS is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle PRISM COMMUNICATIONS was paid $3.83M across 28 client committees, of which $1.36M 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 |
$2,472,245 | 120 rows | 64.5% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$1,359,384 | 42 rows | 35.5% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 11, 2013 → Apr 4, 2025
- spans 11.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 120
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 28
- 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 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GENDEBIEN, BLAKE NY · House DEM |
$90,160 | 2 |
| HIMES, JIM CT · House DEM |
-$1,500 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GENDEBIEN, BLAKE NY · House DEM |
$90,160 | 2 |
| HERTEL, CURTIS JR. MI · House DEM |
$88,911 | 2 |
| EPPLER, SAM TX · House DEM |
$10,000 | 1 |
| HIMES, JIM CT · House DEM |
-$1,500 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $373,701 | 9.75% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $3,457,929 | 90.25% |
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 | Q3 | 2018 | $6K | 1 | HEINZ, MATTHEW GERALD 100% | Media 100% | $6K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2018 | $7K | 1 | HEINZ, MATTHEW GERALD 100% | Media 100% | $13K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $16K | 2 | C00662866 91% | Media 100% | $29K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $88K | 8 | C00646844 57% | Media 97% | $117K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $392K | 29 | C00646844 28% | Media 90% | $509K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $364K | 15 | C00646844 39% | Media 61% | $873K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $194K | 5 | C00641381 100% | Media 100% | $194K | +3397% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $6K | 1 | C00649061 100% | Media 100% | $201K | -10% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $2K | 1 | C00711184 100% | Media 100% | $203K | -85% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | C00721670 100% | Media 100% | $208K | -94% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $373K | 20 | C00646844 49% | Media 87% | $581K | -5% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $236K | 13 | C00649061 67% | Media 98% | $817K | -35% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $25K | 2 | C00646844 100% | Media 100% | $25K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $45K | 1 | C00766691 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $69K | -77% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $138K | 3 | C00646844 100% | Media 100% | $207K | -63% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $205K | 4 | C00646844 100% | Media 100% | $412K | -13% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $18K | 2 | BUSCH, EMILY 68% | Other / Unclassified 68% | $18K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $86K | 2 | HERTEL, CURTIS JR. 88% | Media 100% | $104K | -38% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $13K | 1 | HERTEL, CURTIS JR. 100% | Media 100% | $117K | -94% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $62K | 1 | GENDEBIEN, BLAKE 100% | Media 100% | $62K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $28K | 1 | GENDEBIEN, BLAKE 100% | Media 100% | $90K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $2,172,685 | 93 | $23K | 88.3% | C00646844 34% | 14mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $127,315 | 11 | $12K | 5.2% | C00646844 69% | 15mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $108,276 | 8 | $14K | 4.4% | C00646844 51% | 4y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $22,004 | 3 | $7K | 0.9% | C00636324 100% | 7y ago |
| Digital | $20,100 | 2 | $10K | 0.8% | CHAMBERS BRANDY K MRS 100% | 5y ago |
| Software & Tech | $7,614 | 1 | $8K | 0.3% | C00636324 100% | 7y ago |
| Print & Mail | $2,800 | 2 | $1K | 0.1% | C00646844 100% | 5y 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C00646844 | 3 | $877,941 | 33 | 2018-05-01 | 2022-11-07 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | $1,979,692 | 80.1% | 15 | |
| TX | $261,050 | 10.6% | 8 | |
| MI | $107,408 | 4.3% | 2 | |
| DC | $90,160 | 3.6% | 1 | |
| AZ | $33,935 | 1.4% | 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 | 2013-10-11 | DAVIS WENDY R MS | Media | Media production | $104,776 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-08-06 | C00646844 | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION COSTS | $97,172 |
| Largest all-time | 2019-07-02 | C00641381 | Media | MEDIA PRODUCTION | $86,399 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-07 | C00646844 | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION | $76,044 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-07-23 | HERTEL, CURTIS JR. | Media | MEDIA PRODUCTION | $75,736 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-03-03 | GENDEBIEN, BLAKE | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION | $61,910 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-04-04 | GENDEBIEN, BLAKE | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION | $28,250 |
| Recent | 2024-10-21 | HERTEL, CURTIS JR. | Media | MEDIA PRODUCTION | $13,175 |
| Recent | 2024-08-02 | EPPLER, SAM | Media | MEDIA PRODUCTION | $10,000 |