Rising Tide Direct

$2.56M 2025-2026 cycle

Rising Tide Direct is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Rising Tide Direct was paid $2.56M across 1 client committees, of which $2.55M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ Slowing (~5mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 5 months ago (Mar 3, 2026). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$2.56M = $5K (Schedule B) + $2.55M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$5,000 1 rows 0.2%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$2,551,206 27 rows 99.8%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jul 7, 2023 → Mar 3, 2026
spans 2.7 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
1
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
1
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$5K across 12 months
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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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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

WALTER, JEFFREY D $5K — · 1 txn RT Rising Tide Direct
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WALTER, JEFFREY D
IL · House REP
$5,000 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

WALTER, JEFFREY D $5K — · 1 txn RT Rising Tide Direct
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WALTER, JEFFREY D
IL · House REP
$5,000 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

WALTER, JEFFREY D $5K — · 1 txn RT Rising Tide Direct
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WALTER, JEFFREY D
IL · House REP
$5,000 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 1

WALTER, JEFFREY D $5K — · 1 txn RT Rising Tide Direct
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WALTER, JEFFREY D
IL · House REP
$5,000 1

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $2,556,206 100.00%
Non-partisan $0 0.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2026 Q1 2026 (2026 cycle): $5K Q1 $5K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 1 year

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2026 Q1 2026 $5K 1 WALTER, JEFFREY D 100% $5K
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Revenue by service category

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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
1
One-time clients 1 cycle
$5,000 · 100% of revenue
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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
IL
$5,000 100.0% 1
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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 2026-03-03 WALTER, JEFFREY D COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING $5,000
See full disbursement table →