SPECIAL PROJECTS

$778K 2025-2026 cycle

SPECIAL PROJECTS is a legal & compliance vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle SPECIAL PROJECTS was paid $778K across 21 client committees.

Legal & Compliance ○ Dormant (10mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 10 months ago (Aug 7, 2025). 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.

Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 21, 2017 → Aug 7, 2025
spans 8.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
383
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
21
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Sep 2024 Aug 2025
$2K across 12 months
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Top buyers

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

DAINES, STEVE $54 Print & Mail · 1 txn SP SPECIAL PROJECTS
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
DAINES, STEVE
MT · Senate REP
 $54 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

DAINES, STEVE $672 Print & Mail · 3 txns SP SPECIAL PROJECTS
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
DAINES, STEVE
MT · Senate REP
 $672 3
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 4

C00840355 $2K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn C00868471 $2K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn DAINES, STEVE $2K Legal & Compliance · 4 txns ZINKE, RYAN K $35 Legal & Compliance · 1 txn SP SPECIAL PROJECTS
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
C00840355
C00840355
 $2,004 1
C00868471
C00868471
 $1,832 1
DAINES, STEVE
MT · Senate REP
 $1,550 4
ZINKE, RYAN K
MT · House REP
 $35 1
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $487,248 62.62%
Non-partisan $290,829 37.38%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201720182019202020212022202320242025 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $38KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $33KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $24KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $26KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $36KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $38KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $28KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $27KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $28KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $25KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $16KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $23KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $20KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $15KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $22KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $41KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $19KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $19KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $27KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $25KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $27KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $34KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $96KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $53KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $9KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $2KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $2KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $4KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $11KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $9KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $913Q1 2025 (2026 cycle): $618Q3 2025 (2026 cycle): $54 Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q3 $96K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 9 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2018 $38K 21 C00631945 33% Legal & Compliance 100% $38K —
2017 Q2 2018 $33K 18 C00631945 46% Legal & Compliance 100% $70K —
2017 Q3 2018 $24K 21 DAINES, STEVE 27% Legal & Compliance 100% $94K —
2017 Q4 2018 $26K 23 DAINES, STEVE 26% Legal & Compliance 100% $121K —
2018 Q1 2018 $36K 23 C00631945 27% Legal & Compliance 100% $157K —
2018 Q2 2018 $38K 24 C00631945 26% Legal & Compliance 100% $195K —
2018 Q3 2018 $28K 20 C00631945 50% Legal & Compliance 100% $223K —
2018 Q4 2018 $27K 16 C00631945 51% Legal & Compliance 100% $250K —
2019 Q1 2020 $28K 15 C00631945 36% Legal & Compliance 100% $28K -25%
2019 Q2 2020 $25K 15 DAINES, STEVE 41% Legal & Compliance 100% $53K -24%
2019 Q3 2020 $16K 11 DAINES, STEVE 77% Legal & Compliance 100% $70K -31%
2019 Q4 2020 $23K 19 DAINES, STEVE 56% Legal & Compliance 100% $93K -12%
2020 Q1 2020 $20K 12 DAINES, STEVE 77% Legal & Compliance 100% $113K -46%
2020 Q2 2020 $15K 11 DAINES, STEVE 71% Legal & Compliance 100% $127K -61%
2020 Q3 2020 $22K 9 DAINES, STEVE 92% Legal & Compliance 100% $149K -24%
2020 Q4 2020 $41K 11 DAINES, STEVE 86% Legal & Compliance 100% $189K +50%
2021 Q1 2022 $19K 4 DAINES, STEVE 95% Legal & Compliance 100% $19K -32%
2021 Q2 2022 $19K 8 DAINES, STEVE 89% Legal & Compliance 100% $38K -25%
2021 Q3 2022 $27K 17 DAINES, STEVE 45% Legal & Compliance 100% $65K +63%
2021 Q4 2022 $25K 12 DAINES, STEVE 50% Legal & Compliance 100% $90K +8%
2022 Q1 2022 $27K 10 DAINES, STEVE 48% Legal & Compliance 100% $116K +36%
2022 Q2 2022 $34K 12 DAINES, STEVE 42% Legal & Compliance 100% $151K +137%
2022 Q3 2022 $96K 10 ZINKE, RYAN K 85% Legal & Compliance 100% $247K +349%
2022 Q4 2022 $53K 8 ZINKE, RYAN K 73% Legal & Compliance 100% $300K +29%
2023 Q1 2024 $9K 6 DAINES, STEVE 82% Legal & Compliance 100% $9K -52%
2023 Q2 2024 $2K 4 C00840355 73% Legal & Compliance 100% $11K -89%
2023 Q3 2024 $2K 5 C00840355 83% Legal & Compliance 100% $13K -93%
2023 Q4 2024 $4K 4 C00840355 77% Legal & Compliance 100% $17K -83%
2024 Q1 2024 $11K 5 C00840355 42% Legal & Compliance 100% $28K -59%
2024 Q2 2024 $9K 4 C00868471 77% Legal & Compliance 100% $37K -75%
2024 Q3 2024 $913 2 DAINES, STEVE 96% Legal & Compliance 100% $38K -99%
2025 Q1 2026 $618 2 DAINES, STEVE 100% Print & Mail 100% $618 -93%
2025 Q3 2026 $54 1 DAINES, STEVE 100% Print & Mail 100% $672 -97%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $672 across 3 disbursements (avg $224/check) Top buyer: DAINES, STEVE (100% of category) Last paid: 10mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $54

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $672 across 3 disbursements (avg $224/check) Top buyer: DAINES, STEVE (100% of category) Last paid: 10mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $672

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Legal & Compliance — cycle-to-date Total: $777K across 380 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: DAINES, STEVE (39% of category) Last paid: 20mo ago · +1950% vs prior cycle Legal & Compliance $5K Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $672 across 3 disbursements (avg $224/check) Top buyer: DAINES, STEVE (100% of category) Last paid: 10mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $672
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Legal & Compliance $777,405 380 $2K 99.9% DAINES, STEVE 39% 20mo ago
Print & Mail $672 3 $224 0.1% DAINES, STEVE 100% 10mo ago
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Client retention

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

3
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$457,224 · 59% of revenue
5
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$240,534 · 31% of revenue
13
One-time clients 1 cycle
$80,320 · 10% of revenue
Top 3 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
DAINES, STEVE 5 $306,160 87 2017-01-21 2025-08-07
C00631945 3 $116,459 57 2017-03-02 2021-09-30
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC 3 $34,605 38 2017-01-21 2021-09-15
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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
MT
$487,248 62.6% 4
Unknown
$240,179 30.9% 15
VA
$50,650 6.5% 2
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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 2022-08-09 ZINKE, RYAN K Legal & Compliance SEE BELOW $24,106
Largest all-time 2022-09-07 ZINKE, RYAN K Legal & Compliance SEE BELOW $22,147
Largest all-time 2022-09-26 ZINKE, RYAN K Legal & Compliance SEE BELOW $21,329
Largest all-time 2020-11-23 DAINES, STEVE Legal & Compliance BOOKKEEPING AND COMPLIANCE REPORTING $19,377
Largest all-time 2021-02-13 DAINES, STEVE Legal & Compliance BOOKKEEPING AND COMPLIANCE REPORTING $14,372
Largest this cycle 2025-02-11 DAINES, STEVE Print & Mail POSTAGE/SHIPPING $418
Largest this cycle 2025-03-23 DAINES, STEVE Print & Mail POSTAGE/SHIPPING $201
Largest this cycle 2025-08-07 DAINES, STEVE Print & Mail SHIPPING $54
Recent 2024-09-30 DAINES, STEVE Legal & Compliance POSTAGE/SHIPPING $878
Recent 2024-07-12 ZINKE, RYAN K Legal & Compliance SHIPPING COSTS $35
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