South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee on Political Education (COPE)
$3.47M
2025-2026 cycle
South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee on Political Education (COPE) is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee on Political Education (COPE) was paid $3.47M across 8 client committees, of which $299K 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
$3.52M
=
$3.22M
(Schedule B)
+
$299K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$3,217,917 | 107 rows | 91.5% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$298,900 | 29 rows | 8.5% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 30, 2014 → May 8, 2026
- spans 12.0 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 107
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$800K
across 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.
No buyer activity in this window.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$209,750 | 4 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$200,000 | 1 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$9,500 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$284,750 | 5 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$275,000 | 2 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$9,500 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$400,250 | 10 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$385,000 | 4 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$20,000 | 4 |
| 851452 851452 |
-$5,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$410,250 | 11 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$395,000 | 5 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$20,000 | 4 |
| 851452 851452 |
-$5,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$710,550 | 17 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$700,000 | 7 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$20,300 | 5 |
| 851452 851452 |
-$15,000 | 3 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $3,465,217 | 100.00% |
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 · 10 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $25K | 1 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $25K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $200 | 1 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $200 | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $25K | 1 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $25K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $25K | 1 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $50K | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $210 | 1 | 744711 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $50K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $61K | 4 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $61K | +30240% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $25K | 1 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $86K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $45K | 3 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $131K | +80% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $53K | 3 | 744711 52% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $183K | +24900% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $55K | 4 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $238K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $61K | 4 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $299K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $72K | 8 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $72K | +18% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $346K | 8 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $418K | +1284% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $400K | 4 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $818K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $60K | 2 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $878K | +33% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2022 | $50K | 2 | 851452 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $928K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $2K | 2 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $930K | -96% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $800 | 2 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $930K | -99% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $280K | 4 | 744711 95% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.21M | +362% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $35K | 5 | 744711 72% | Other / Unclassified 86% | $35K | -51% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $250 | 1 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $35K | -100% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $511K | 6 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $546K | +28% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $115K | 3 | 744711 52% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $661K | +92% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $20K | 2 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $681K | -60% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $241K | 8 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $922K | +30025% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $150K | 2 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.07M | -46% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $250 | 1 | 744711 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $250 | -99% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $420K | 4 | 744711 50% | — | $420K | +167900% |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $2,791,750 | 86 | $32K | 103.5% | 744711 61% | 5mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $5,957 | 6 | $993 | 0.2% | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 84% | 2mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $210 | 1 | $210 | 0.0% | 744711 100% | 7y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$101,600 | 10 | $-10K | -3.8% | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATI… 0% | 2mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
4
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$3,066,917 · 95% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
4
One-time clients 1 cycle
$151,000 · 5% of revenue
Top 4 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744711 | 7 | $1,919,091 | 61 | 2014-08-28 | 2026-05-08 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS | 4 | $985,026 | 15 | 2021-08-05 | 2026-05-08 |
| 851452 | 3 | $130,000 | 6 | 2021-06-08 | 2024-08-01 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC | 4 | $32,800 | 11 | 2021-08-05 | 2026-04-28 |
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 | $3,217,917 | 100.0% | 8 |
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 | 2023-12-19 | 744711 | Other / Unclassified | — | $250,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-16 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS | Other / Unclassified | — | $250,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-16 | 744711 | Other / Unclassified | — | $250,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-08 | 744711 | — | — | $200,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-08 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS | — | — | $200,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-28 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC | — | — | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-28 | 744711 | — | — | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-17 | 744711 | Travel & Events | 03/21/26: Ticket for brunch event. Candidate not in attendance. | $250 |