Signified Media Group

$5.46M 2025-2026 cycle

Signified Media Group is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Signified Media Group was paid $5.46M across 31 client committees, of which $552K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ Dormant (39mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 3+ years ago (May 16, 2023). 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

$5.46M = $4.91M (Schedule B) + $552K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$4,911,836 205 rows 89.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$551,567 27 rows 10.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Apr 11, 2014 → May 16, 2023
spans 9.1 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
205
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
31
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2022 May 2023
$1.24M across 12 months
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Top buyers

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By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $88,609 1.62%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $5,374,794 98.38%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201720182019202020212022 Q1 2017 (2016 cycle): $17KQ2 2017 (2016 cycle): $45KQ3 2017 (2016 cycle): $69KQ4 2017 (2016 cycle): $21KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $31KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $273KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $43KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.4MQ1 2019 (2018 cycle): $68KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $18KQ2 2019 (2018 cycle): $5KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $9KQ3 2019 (2018 cycle): $14KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $14KQ4 2019 (2018 cycle): $5KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $5KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $219KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $58KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $18KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $387KQ1 2021 (2020 cycle): $18KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $18KQ3 2021 (2020 cycle): $5KQ4 2021 (2020 cycle): $5KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $42KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.25M Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q3Q1Q3Q2Q4 $1.4M

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 %
2017 Q1 2016 $17K 5 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 55% Other / Unclassified 100% $17K
2017 Q2 2016 $45K 7 WORKERS' RIGHTS PROTECTION … 49% Other / Unclassified 100% $61K
2017 Q3 2016 $69K 6 861767 93% Other / Unclassified 100% $130K
2017 Q4 2016 $21K 6 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 64% Other / Unclassified 100% $151K
2018 Q1 2018 $31K 8 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 43% Other / Unclassified 67% $31K
2018 Q2 2018 $273K 18 RIVAS ASSEMBLY 2018, SPONSO… 43% Digital 44% $305K
2018 Q3 2018 $43K 7 861767 69% Other / Unclassified 79% $348K
2018 Q4 2018 $1.4M 21 LARA FOR INSURANCE COMMISSI… 75% Print & Mail 53% $1.74M
2019 Q1 2018 $68K 3 851055 90% Other / Unclassified 100% $1.81M +313%
2019 Q1 2020 $18K 4 MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 100% Strategy & Research 100% $18K
2019 Q2 2018 $5K 1 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $1.82M -90%
2019 Q2 2020 $9K 2 MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 100% Strategy & Research 100% $27K
2019 Q3 2018 $14K 2 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $1.83M -80%
2019 Q3 2020 $14K 2 MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 100% Strategy & Research 100% $41K
2019 Q4 2018 $5K 1 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $1.83M -79%
2019 Q4 2020 $5K 1 MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 100% Strategy & Research 100% $45K
2020 Q1 2020 $219K 9 CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL OF… 27% Digital 46% $264K +602%
2020 Q2 2020 $58K 4 MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 50% Other / Unclassified 50% $322K -79%
2020 Q3 2020 $18K 4 MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 50% Other / Unclassified 50% $340K -58%
2020 Q4 2020 $387K 12 CALIFORNIA WORKERS' JUSTICE… 60% Print & Mail 96% $726K -72%
2021 Q1 2020 $18K 3 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $744K -74%
2021 Q1 2022 $18K 3 MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 100% Strategy & Research 100% $18K +0%
2021 Q3 2020 $5K 1 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $749K -67%
2021 Q4 2020 $5K 1 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $753K +0%
2022 Q2 2022 $42K 2 SELF FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $60K -27%
2022 Q4 2022 $1.25M 10 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS FOR SENATE… 50% Print & Mail 56% $1.31M +223%
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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
Print & Mail $1,951,481 31 $63K 39.9% LARA FOR INSURANCE COMMISSI… 37% 3y ago
Digital $1,585,562 36 $44K 32.4% LARA FOR INSURANCE COMMISSI… 20% 3y ago
Other / Unclassified $987,643 106 $9K 20.2% 861767 29% 3y ago
Software & Tech $173,250 3 $58K 3.5% CHIU FOR ASSEMBLY 2014, PUB… 58% 10y ago
Strategy & Research $137,000 24 $6K 2.8% MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 100% 5y ago
Media $59,900 2 $30K 1.2% DAMON MARTINEZ FOR CONGRESS 100% 8y ago
Fundraising $4,500 1 $5K 0.1% MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 100% 10y ago
Contributions & Transfers -$9,000 2 $-4K -0.2% MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY … 0% 3y ago
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Client retention

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

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$1,059,668 · 22% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$219,694 · 4% of revenue
26
One-time clients 1 cycle
$3,632,474 · 74% of revenue
Top 3 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY COUNCIL 2021; MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO SUPPORTING DOLORES 5 $561,870 44 2015-06-17 2022-10-18
861767 3 $360,798 56 2014-07-21 2019-02-25
MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO 3 $137,000 24 2018-09-21 2021-02-23
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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
CA
$4,832,521 98.4% 30
NM
$79,315 1.6% 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 2018-10-24 LARA FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2018 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND NONPROFIT HEALTH ADVOCATE ORGANIZATIONS; PROGRESS CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING RICARDO Print & Mail Mailer Opposing Steve Poizner. See Schedule G. $316,600
Largest all-time 2022-10-14 NURSES AND EDUCATORS FOR A BRIGHTER CALIFORNIA FUTURE SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Print & Mail Mailer/Opposed/Greg Wallis $255,564
Largest all-time 2018-10-19 LARA FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2018 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND NONPROFIT HEALTH ADVOCATE ORGANIZATIONS; PROGRESS CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING RICARDO Digital Digital Ads Supporting Ricardo Lara and Opposing Steve Poizner. See Schedule G. $241,075
Largest all-time 2022-11-08 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS FOR SENATE 2022 SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATION; NURSES AND EDUCATORS SUPPORTING Print & Mail Mailer $215,000
Largest all-time 2022-10-18 MORALES FOR HOLLISTER CITY COUNCIL 2021; MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO SUPPORTING DOLORES Digital Digital Ads/Support/Liz Ortega-Toro $199,688
Largest this cycle 2022-10-21 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS FOR SENATE 2022 SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATION; NURSES AND EDUCATORS SUPPORTING Print & Mail Mailer $166,945
Largest this cycle 2022-10-04 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS FOR SENATE 2022 SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATION; NURSES AND EDUCATORS SUPPORTING Other / Unclassified Dgital Media $131,594
Recent 2022-12-23 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS FOR SENATE 2022 SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATION; NURSES AND EDUCATORS SUPPORTING Print & Mail Mailer $66,090
Recent 2022-10-21 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS FOR SENATE 2022 SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATION; NURSES AND EDUCATORS SUPPORTING Other / Unclassified Payment made in error $50
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