South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee on Political Education (COPE)
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 $7.61M across 41 client committees, of which $300K 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 |
$7,310,731 | 632 rows | 96.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$299,900 | 30 rows | 3.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Feb 24, 2000 → May 26, 2026
- spans 26.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 632
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 41
- 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 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$10,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 9
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$233,698 IE $1,000 · SB $232,698 |
15 |
| 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 |
| 790318 790318 |
$3,000 | 1 |
| 871053 871053 |
$3,000 | 1 |
| 910874 910874 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| 841330 841330 |
$1,500 | 1 |
| BECKER FOR SENATE 2028; JOSH 1477807 |
$1,000 | 1 |
| AHRENS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PATRICK 1476866 |
$750 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 10
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$467,598 IE $6,000 · SB $461,598 |
29 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$375,000 | 3 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 1021 CANDIDATE PAC 1296948 |
$20,000 | 1 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$19,500 | 3 |
| 850381 850381 |
$10,000 | 3 |
| TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 350 PAC 1406838 |
$5,500 | 1 |
| 871053 871053 |
$3,000 | 1 |
| 790318 790318 |
$3,000 | 1 |
| 910874 910874 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| 841330 841330 |
$1,500 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 10
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$678,098 IE $6,000 · SB $672,098 |
54 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$395,000 | 5 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 1021 CANDIDATE PAC 1296948 |
$45,000 | 2 |
| AHRENS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PATRICK 1476866 |
$25,750 | 5 |
| 850381 850381 |
$20,000 | 4 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$20,000 | 4 |
| TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 350 PAC 1406838 |
$15,500 | 3 |
| HANEY FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; MATT 1476944 |
$15,000 | 2 |
| SEIU ULTCW LOCAL 6434 DIGNITY CA 1357256 |
$15,000 | 1 |
| SPRINKLER FITTERS & APPRENTICES LOCAL 483 LOCAL PAC 1298012 |
$10,000 | 4 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 744711 744711 |
$1,337,598 IE $31,000 · SB $1,306,598 |
75 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1297707 |
$700,000 | 7 |
| 850381 850381 |
$100,000 | 7 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 1021 CANDIDATE PAC 1296948 |
$70,000 | 3 |
| 960895 960895 |
$35,000 | 2 |
| AHRENS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PATRICK 1476866 |
$25,750 | 5 |
| TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 350 PAC 1406838 |
$20,500 | 4 |
| SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC 1297708 |
$20,000 | 4 |
| SEIU ULTCW LOCAL 6434 DIGNITY CA 1357256 |
$15,000 | 1 |
| HANEY FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; MATT 1476944 |
$15,000 | 2 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $7,610,631 | 100.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
No activity in the last 3 months.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 10 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2016 | $9K | 5 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 94% | $9K | — |
| 2017 | Q2 | 2016 | $12K | 6 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $20K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $3K | 1 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $23K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $37K | 2 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $60K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $49K | 9 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $49K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $41K | 7 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 97% | $89K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $128K | 5 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $217K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $185K | 8 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $401K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $42K | 7 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $443K | +394% |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $15K | 4 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $458K | +30% |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $3K | 2 | 744711 83% | Other / Unclassified 83% | $461K | +20% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $72K | 6 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $72K | +48% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $30K | 2 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $102K | -26% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $28K | 2 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $129K | -78% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $98K | 7 | 744711 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $227K | -47% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $63K | 5 | 744711 60% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $289K | +311% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $55K | 4 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $344K | +1733% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $136K | 7 | 744711 56% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $480K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $76K | 14 | 744711 51% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $76K | +6% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $539K | 21 | 744711 53% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $615K | +1697% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $572K | 9 | 744711 48% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.19M | +1980% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $484K | 20 | 744711 52% | Other / Unclassified 98% | $1.67M | +396% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2022 | $68K | 7 | 744711 56% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.74M | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $15K | 8 | 744711 24% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.75M | -77% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $11K | 4 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.76M | -80% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $347K | 9 | 744711 87% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.11M | +156% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $267K | 18 | 744711 61% | Other / Unclassified 95% | $267K | +251% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $124K | 16 | 744711 53% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $391K | -77% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $656K | 9 | 744711 53% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.05M | +15% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $427K | 27 | 744711 63% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $1.47M | -12% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $170K | 16 | 744711 56% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.64M | +152% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $198K | 20 | 744711 65% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.84M | +1261% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $284K | 16 | 744711 52% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.12M | +2529% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $201K | 6 | 744711 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.33M | -42% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $48K | 17 | 744711 54% | Other / Unclassified 89% | $48K | -82% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $430K | 7 | 744711 51% | Travel & Events 0% | $478K | +248% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $6,810,047 | 512 | $13K | 102.7% | 744711 70% | 5mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $17,698 | 65 | $272 | 0.3% | 744711 100% | 7y ago |
| Wages & Payroll | $12,137 | 3 | $4K | 0.2% | 744711 100% | 9y ago |
| Travel & Events | $11,812 | 12 | $984 | 0.2% | 744711 57% | 3mo ago |
| Field & Voter Contact | $10,916 | 2 | $5K | 0.2% | 744711 100% | 3y ago |
| Software & Tech | $500 | 1 | $500 | 0.0% | 744711 100% | 9y ago |
| Fundraising | $400 | 1 | $400 | 0.0% | 744711 100% | 12mo ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$231,380 | 25 | $-9K | -3.5% | 870199 0% | 4mo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744711 | 14 | $5,037,970 | 491 | 2000-02-24 | 2026-05-26 |
| 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 |
| 850381 | 4 | $267,500 | 13 | 2021-10-22 | 2026-02-13 |
| 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 | $7,310,731 | 100.0% | 41 |
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 | 2024-09-16 | 744711 | Other / Unclassified | — | $250,000 |
| 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 | 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 | 2026-02-13 | 850381 | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-28 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 CANDIDATE PAC | — | — | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-13 | 744711 | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-26 | 744711 | — | — | $10,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-16 | 744711 | Travel & Events | Food for volunteers | $127 |
| Recent | 2026-05-09 | 744711 | Travel & Events | Food for volunteers | $71 |