TASTE
TASTE is a travel & events vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle TASTE was paid $115K across 24 client committees, of which $4K 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 |
$110,525 | 44 rows | 96.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$4,480 | 1 rows | 3.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Nov 20, 2010 → Jul 25, 2025
- spans 14.7 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 44
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 24
- 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 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MILLER, CAROL DEVINE WV · House REP |
$1,246 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MILLER, CAROL DEVINE WV · House REP |
$1,246 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MILLER, CAROL DEVINE WV · House REP |
$1,246 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $11,629 | 10.11% |
| Republican | $18,782 | 16.33% |
| Non-partisan | $84,594 | 73.56% |
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 · 8 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2018 | $3K | 3 | CHC BOLD PAC 54% | Travel & Events 100% | $3K | — |
| 2017 | Q2 | 2018 | $2K | 2 | MENG, GRACE 73% | Travel & Events 100% | $5K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $4K | 1 | MORFIT, GARRISON MASON 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $4K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | LUCAS, FRANK D. 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $9K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $437 | 1 | GALLEGO, RUBEN 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $9K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $950 | 1 | FOXX, VIRGINIA ANN 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $10K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $660 | 1 | CICILLINE, DAVID 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $660 | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $2K | 2 | RIPPLE OF HOPE PAC 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $2K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $6K | 1 | CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $7K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $4K | 6 | HUIZENGA, WILLIAM P 50% | Travel & Events 100% | $11K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $17K | 10 | VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POL… 87% | Travel & Events 100% | $28K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $4K | 1 | CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $32K | +506% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $5K | 3 | BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMM… 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $5K | +225% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $9K | 2 | BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMM… 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $15K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $33K | 3 | VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POL… 51% | Travel & Events 100% | $48K | +489% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $3K | 1 | BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMM… 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $51K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $1K | 1 | MILLER, CAROL DEVINE 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $1K | -86% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel & Events | $110,525 | 44 | $3K | 100.0% | BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMM… 29% | 10mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | $66,936 | 61.1% | 4 | |
| CA | $15,836 | 14.5% | 4 | |
| AL | $9,677 | 8.8% | 1 | |
| OK | $3,821 | 3.5% | 1 | |
| WA | $2,817 | 2.6% | 1 | |
| RI | $2,330 | 2.1% | 2 | |
| TX | $2,103 | 1.9% | 3 | |
| MI | $1,841 | 1.7% | 1 | |
| NJ | $1,297 | 1.2% | 1 | |
| NY | $1,253 | 1.1% | 1 | |
| NC | $950 | 0.9% | 1 | |
| VT | $683 | 0.6% | 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 | 2023-12-06 | VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Travel & Events | EVENT CATERING | $16,884 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-09-29 | VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Travel & Events | EVENT CATERING | $14,927 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-12-29 | BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Travel & Events | EVENT CATERING | $14,655 |
| Largest all-time | 2010-11-29 | 741666 | Travel & Events | — | $10,833 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-08-22 | BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Travel & Events | EVENT CATERING | $5,942 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-07-25 | MILLER, CAROL DEVINE | Travel & Events | EVENT CATERING | $1,246 |
| Recent | 2024-03-04 | BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Travel & Events | EVENT CATERING | $2,778 |
| Recent | 2023-11-14 | SMITH, D. ADAM | Travel & Events | EVENT CATERING | $1,889 |