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 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GENDEBIEN, BLAKE NY · House DEM |
$90,160 | 2 |
| HERTEL, CURTIS JR. MI · House DEM |
$13,175 | 1 |
| HIMES, JIM CT · House DEM |
-$1,500 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $3,440,727 | 89.80% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $390,902 | 10.20% |
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 | MATT REEL FOR CONGRESS 91% | Media 100% | $29K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $88K | 8 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 57% | Media 97% | $117K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $392K | 29 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 28% | Media 90% | $509K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $364K | 15 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 39% | Media 61% | $873K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $194K | 5 | MCCREADY FOR CONGRESS 100% | Media 100% | $194K | +3397% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $6K | 1 | BACKROADS PAC 100% | Media 100% | $201K | -10% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $2K | 1 | WACHSPRESS FOR CONGRESS 100% | Media 100% | $203K | -85% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | LULU FOR TEXAS 100% | Media 100% | $208K | -94% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $373K | 20 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 49% | Media 87% | $581K | -5% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $236K | 13 | BACKROADS PAC 67% | Media 98% | $817K | -35% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $25K | 2 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 100% | Media 100% | $25K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $45K | 1 | SITES FOR CONGRESS 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $69K | -77% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $138K | 3 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 100% | Media 100% | $207K | -63% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $205K | 4 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 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% | — | $90K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $2,144,435 | 92 | $23K | 88.2% | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 34% | 17mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $127,315 | 11 | $12K | 5.2% | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 69% | 17mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $108,276 | 8 | $14K | 4.5% | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 51% | 5y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $22,004 | 3 | $7K | 0.9% | COMMITTEE TO ELECT MORGAN F… 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% | COMMITTEE TO ELECT MORGAN F… 100% | 7y ago |
| Print & Mail | $2,800 | 2 | $1K | 0.1% | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA | $877,941 | 35.5% | 1 | |
| MT | $613,948 | 24.8% | 2 | |
| TX | $343,267 | 13.9% | 10 | |
| MI | $314,437 | 12.7% | 7 | |
| FL | $118,931 | 4.8% | 1 | |
| DC | $90,160 | 3.6% | 1 | |
| GA | $54,399 | 2.2% | 1 | |
| AZ | $33,935 | 1.4% | 1 | |
| TN | $15,000 | 0.6% | 1 | |
| WI | $7,821 | 0.3% | 1 | |
| PA | $2,405 | 0.1% | 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 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION COSTS | $97,172 |
| Largest all-time | 2019-07-02 | MCCREADY FOR CONGRESS | Media | MEDIA PRODUCTION | $86,399 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-07 | CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS | 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 | — | 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 |