STARBOARD COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY
STARBOARD COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle STARBOARD COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY was paid $4.01M across 5 client committees, of which $2.98M 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 |
$1,032,399 | 27 rows | 25.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$2,980,586 | 46 rows | 74.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Sep 12, 2019 → Jul 15, 2026
- spans 6.8 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 27
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC C00573733 |
$10,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC C00573733 |
$1,051,527 IE $996,327 · SB $55,200 |
14 |
| PROJECT 2026 C00944397 |
$424,514 IE $424,514 |
4 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC C00573733 |
$1,399,961 IE $1,320,361 · SB $79,600 |
28 |
| PROJECT 2026 C00944397 |
$424,514 IE $424,514 |
4 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC C00573733 |
$1,449,287 IE $1,346,387 · SB $102,900 |
30 |
| PROJECT 2026 C00944397 |
$424,514 IE $424,514 |
4 |
| CLIMER, WES SC · House REP |
$3,960 | 2 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC C00573733 |
$1,508,087 IE $1,405,187 · SB $102,900 |
33 |
| PROJECT 2026 C00944397 |
$424,514 IE $424,514 |
4 |
| SAFETY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PAC C00888289 |
$9,800 | 1 |
| CLIMER, WES SC · House REP |
$3,960 | 2 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $3,955,154 | 98.56% |
| Non-partisan | $57,830 | 1.44% |
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 · 5 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $352K | 1 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $352K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $476K | 2 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $829K | — |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $5K | 1 | HALEY, NIKKI 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $5K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $15K | 3 | HALEY, NIKKI 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $20K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $15K | 3 | HALEY, NIKKI 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $35K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $15K | 3 | HALEY, NIKKI 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $50K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $15K | 3 | HALEY, NIKKI 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $65K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $22K | 1 | WILSON, JOE THE HON. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $87K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | SAFETY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL … 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $97K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $27K | 3 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 85% | Strategy & Research 85% | $27K | +82% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $24K | 2 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 100% | Media 50% | $52K | +63% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $45K | 2 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 100% | — | $97K | — |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $10K | 1 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 100% | — | $107K | -55% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $608,684 | 21 | $29K | 97.4% | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 84% | 6mo ago |
| Media | $12,200 | 1 | $12K | 2.0% | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC 100% | 7mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $3,678 | 1 | $4K | 0.6% | CLIMER, WES 100% | 12mo ago |
| Admin & Office | $282 | 1 | $282 | 0.0% | CLIMER, WES 100% | 12mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | $1,022,599 | 99.1% | 4 | |
| AL | $9,800 | 0.9% | 1 |
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 | 2020-10-01 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | Strategy & Research | PRE-PAYMENT FOR DIRECT MAIL (PRINTING & POSTAGE) | $458,293 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-09-30 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | Strategy & Research | PRE-PAYMENT FOR DIRECT MAIL | $352,355 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-01 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | — | POLLING SURVEY | $33,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-09-22 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | Strategy & Research | SURVEY & RESEARCH | $23,300 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-07-10 | WILSON, JOE THE HON. | Strategy & Research | PRINTING/ADVERTISING | $22,091 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-01 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | — | SURVEY & RESEARCH | $12,200 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-18 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | Strategy & Research | POLLING & RESEARCH | $12,200 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-10 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | Media | ADVERTISING CONTENT CONSULTING | $12,200 |
| Recent | 2026-07-15 | SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC | — | SURVEY & RESEARCH | $10,000 |