THE ACTION FACTORY
$831K
2025-2026 cycle
THE ACTION FACTORY is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle THE ACTION FACTORY was paid $831K across 4 client committees, of which $57K 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
$831K
=
$774K
(Schedule B)
+
$57K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$774,129 | 132 rows | 93.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$57,287 | 9 rows | 6.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Feb 14, 2020 → Jul 13, 2026
- spans 6.4 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 132
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 4
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Aug 2025
Jul 2026
$43K
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.
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE C00031054 |
$12,143 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE C00031054 |
$33,861 | 5 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE C00031054 |
$35,239 | 6 |
| COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE PAC C00736637 |
$1,825 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE C00031054 |
$35,239 | 8 |
| COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE PAC C00736637 |
$7,001 | 5 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND C00743427 |
$84,072 | 1 |
| COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE PAC C00736637 |
$73,515 IE $57,287 · SB $16,228 |
21 |
| MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE C00031054 |
$35,239 | 10 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $831,417 | 100.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $0 | 0.00% |
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.
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 7 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $17K | 3 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 57% | Digital 100% | $17K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $27K | 8 | BRYAN BERGHOEF FOR CONGRESS 55% | Digital 100% | $44K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $85K | 9 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 91% | Digital 100% | $129K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $113K | 15 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 82% | Digital 100% | $241K | — |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $30K | 7 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 67% | Digital 100% | $30K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $30K | 6 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 50% | Digital 100% | $60K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $25K | 5 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 60% | Digital 100% | $85K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $16K | 4 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 69% | Digital 100% | $101K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $10K | 2 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 100% | Digital 100% | $111K | -40% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $20K | 6 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 75% | Digital 100% | $131K | -26% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $13K | 5 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 45% | Digital 100% | $144K | -85% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $81K | 9 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 80% | Digital 100% | $225K | -28% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $12K | 4 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 52% | Digital 100% | $12K | -62% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $11K | 4 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 64% | Digital 100% | $23K | -63% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $32K | 4 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 57% | Digital 100% | $55K | +30% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $11K | 4 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 100% | Digital 100% | $66K | -31% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $37K | 3 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 94% | Digital 100% | $103K | +264% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $14K | 4 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 85% | Digital 100% | $117K | -29% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $49K | 10 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 69% | Digital 100% | $166K | +287% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $87K | 4 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND 96% | Digital 100% | $253K | +8% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $8K | 3 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 74% | Digital 74% | $8K | -30% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $4K | 3 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $12K | -62% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $6K | 1 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 100% | Digital 100% | $18K | -82% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $2K | 1 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $20K | -84% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $1K | 1 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 100% | Media 100% | $21K | -96% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $28K | 4 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 100% | — | $49K | +97% |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $6K | 1 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 100% | — | $55K | -88% |
Revenue by service category
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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $724,846 | 119 | $6K | 99.5% | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 39% | 12mo ago |
| Fundraising | $8,045 | 6 | $1K | 1.1% | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH… 100% | 8mo ago |
| Media | $1,378 | 1 | $1K | 0.2% | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 100% | 6mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | -$6,000 | 1 | $-6K | -0.8% | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE C… 0% | 17mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$462,218 · 60% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$261,755 · 34% of revenue
1
One-time clients 1 cycle
$50,157 · 6% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE PAC | 4 | $290,556 | 64 | 2020-03-02 | 2025-12-11 |
| MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | 3 | $171,662 | 24 | 2022-06-17 | 2026-07-13 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | $552,310 | 71.3% | 2 | |
| MI | $221,819 | 28.7% | 2 |
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 | 2024-10-22 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND | Digital | MANAGEMENT, STRATEGY AND FUNDRAISING SERVICES | $84,072 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-01-08 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | Digital | DIGITAL FUNDRAISING - NOT CANDIDATED RELATED | $34,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-25 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND | Digital | MANAGEMENT, STRATEGY AND FUNDRAISING SERVICES | $22,753 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-02 | VOTERS FIRST VICTORY FUND | Digital | MANAGEMENT, STRATEGY AND FUNDRAISING SERVICES | $19,990 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-12-29 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE PAC | Digital | MANAGEMENT AND FUNDRAISING SERVICES | $18,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-01 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | — | DIGITAL/STRATEGIC CONSULTING | $9,823 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-06-11 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | — | DIGITAL/STRATEGIC CONSULTING | $6,143 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-07-13 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | — | DIGITAL/STRATEGIC CONSULTING | $6,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-07 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | — | DIGITAL/STRATEGIC CONSULTING | $6,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-01-07 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | Digital | DIGITAL FUNDRAISING/STRATEGIC CONSULTING - NOT CANDIDATE RELATED | $6,000 |
| Recent | 2026-04-06 | MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE | — | DIGITAL ADS - GENERIC PARTY BUILDING | $5,895 |