RISING TIDE MEDIA GROUP, LLC

$2.39M 2025-2026 cycle

RISING TIDE MEDIA GROUP, LLC is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle RISING TIDE MEDIA GROUP, LLC was paid $2.39M across 18 client committees, of which $1.02M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media ○ Slowing (~2mo since last)

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$2.39M = $1.37M (Schedule B) + $1.02M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$1,374,606 98 rows 57.5%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$1,017,853 80 rows 42.5%
Activity span ALL TIME
Sep 17, 2010 → Apr 24, 2026
spans 15.6 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
98
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
18
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.

Dec 2023 Nov 2024
$39K 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 24 months · top 2

SIMPSON, MICHAEL $12K Media · 1 txn C00867002 $2K Media · 2 txns RT RISING TIDE MEDIA GROUP, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SIMPSON, MICHAEL
ID · House REP
$11,500 1
C00867002
C00867002
$2,125 2

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $758,040 31.68%
Non-partisan $1,634,419 68.32%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201820192020202120222024 Q1 2018 (2018 cycle): $46KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $61KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $76KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $26KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $14KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $15KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $35KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $245KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $221KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $112KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $250Q3 2021 (2020 cycle): $4KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $29KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $12KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $131KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $187KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $17KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $61KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $26KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $12KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $2K Q1Q3Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q2Q4 $245K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 6 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2018 Q1 2018 $46K 2 C00666966 100% Media 100% $46K
2018 Q2 2018 $61K 7 C00666966 49% Media 100% $107K
2018 Q3 2018 $76K 6 C00666966 76% Media 100% $183K
2018 Q4 2018 $26K 2 C00473132 100% Media 100% $209K
2019 Q3 2020 $14K 1 C00713750 100% Media 100% $14K
2019 Q4 2020 $15K 2 C00713750 100% Media 100% $28K
2020 Q1 2020 $35K 2 COLLINS, DOUGLAS ALLEN 96% Media 100% $63K -25%
2020 Q2 2020 $245K 13 C00734517 68% Media 100% $308K +303%
2020 Q3 2020 $221K 14 C00734517 46% Media 100% $529K +191%
2020 Q4 2020 $112K 7 COLLINS, DOUGLAS ALLEN 76% Media 100% $641K +325%
2021 Q1 2022 $250 1 NRCC 100% Media 100% $250
2021 Q3 2020 $4K 1 810163 100% Media 100% $645K
2021 Q3 2022 $29K 1 C00784306 100% Media 100% $29K +114%
2021 Q4 2022 $12K 1 C00784306 100% Media 100% $41K -22%
2022 Q1 2022 $131K 8 SIMPSON, MICHAEL 43% Media 100% $171K +275%
2022 Q2 2022 $187K 15 C00473132 50% Media 100% $358K -24%
2022 Q3 2022 $17K 2 COOPER, KELLY 100% Media 100% $374K -93%
2022 Q4 2022 $61K 3 COOPER, KELLY 66% Media 100% $435K -46%
2024 Q2 2024 $26K 4 C00870618 55% Media 100% $26K -86%
2024 Q3 2024 $12K 1 SIMPSON, MICHAEL 100% Media 100% $37K -30%
2024 Q4 2024 $2K 2 C00867002 100% Media 100% $39K -97%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $1.37M across 98 disbursements (avg $14K/check) Top buyer: C00734517 (20% of category) Last paid: 19mo ago · +216% vs prior cycle Media $14K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $1,374,606 98 $14K 100.0% C00734517 20% 19mo ago
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Client retention

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

1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$186,480 · 14% of revenue
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$146,137 · 11% of revenue
15
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,041,989 · 76% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
C00473132 3 $186,480 14 2018-10-23 2022-05-05
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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
Unknown
$889,633 64.7% 10
GA
$182,853 13.3% 1
ID
$106,597 7.8% 1
IN
$88,870 6.5% 2
AZ
$56,968 4.1% 1
CA
$49,435 3.6% 2
DC
$250 0.0% 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 2020-07-20 C00734517 Media MEDIA BUY $48,480
Largest all-time 2020-06-05 C00743732 Media MEDIA PRODUCTION $48,400
Largest all-time 2020-07-29 C00743732 Media MEDIA BUY $43,250
Largest all-time 2020-05-29 C00734517 Media MEDIA BUY $39,238
Largest all-time 2022-04-29 C00784306 Media ADVERTISING BUY $35,783
Largest this cycle 2024-05-13 SIMPSON, MICHAEL Media TV AD PRODUCTION $11,500
Largest this cycle 2024-08-12 SIMPSON, MICHAEL Media TV AD PRODUCTION $11,500
Largest this cycle 2024-05-06 C00870618 Media MEDIA PRODUCTION $7,022
Largest this cycle 2024-05-15 C00870618 Media MEDIA PRODUCTION $5,750
Largest this cycle 2024-06-03 C00870618 Media MEDIA PRODUCTION $1,500
Recent 2024-11-22 C00867002 Media ADVERTISING $1,125
Recent 2024-11-22 C00867002 Media ADVERTISING $1,000
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