TIDES ADVOCACY
$4.52M
2025-2026 cycle
TIDES ADVOCACY is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle TIDES ADVOCACY was paid $4.52M across 23 client committees, of which $1.15M 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
$4.52M
=
$3.37M
(Schedule B)
+
$1.15M
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$3,372,016 | 50 rows | 74.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$1,146,142 | 34 rows | 25.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jun 30, 2018 → Feb 3, 2026
- spans 7.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 50
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 23
- 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.
Mar 2025
Feb 2026
$90K
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 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC C00513176 |
$7,000 | 1 |
| EVERYDAY PEOPLE VOTE YES ON PROP 50 SPONSORED BY CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS 1483630 |
$2,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC C00513176 |
$7,000 | 1 |
| EVERYDAY PEOPLE VOTE YES ON PROP 50 SPONSORED BY CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS 1483630 |
$2,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| VOTAR ES PODER PAC C00758011 |
$81,249 | 1 |
| CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC C00513176 |
$7,000 | 1 |
| EVERYDAY PEOPLE VOTE YES ON PROP 50 SPONSORED BY CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS 1483630 |
$2,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| FOR THE MANY ACTION C00740415 |
$250,000 | 2 |
| VOTAR ES PODER PAC C00758011 |
$122,900 | 2 |
| CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC C00513176 |
$7,000 | 1 |
| PIVOT VICTORY FUND C00880682 |
$5,134 | 2 |
| EVERYDAY PEOPLE VOTE YES ON PROP 50 SPONSORED BY CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS 1483630 |
$2,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $647,832 | 14.34% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $3,870,327 | 85.66% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
TIDES ADVOCACY is also a registered federal committee
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | NPH ACTION FUND POLITICAL I… 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $3K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | C00700716 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $5K | +68% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $2.29M | 7 | STRATEGIC VICTORY FUND IE P… 99% | Strategy & Research 100% | $2.3M | — |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $15K | 3 | FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL 53% | Strategy & Research 100% | $15K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $250 | 1 | 741666 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $2.3M | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $64K | 4 | JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC 63% | Strategy & Research 100% | $79K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $20K | 3 | MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION 56% | Strategy & Research 100% | $99K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $56K | 4 | JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC 48% | Strategy & Research 100% | $155K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $37K | 3 | JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC 57% | Strategy & Research 100% | $192K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $119K | 4 | BEYOND IMPACT (NONPROFIT 50… 71% | Strategy & Research 100% | $311K | +2188% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $88K | 2 | BEYOND IMPACT (NONPROFIT 50… 93% | Strategy & Research 100% | $398K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $229K | 5 | BETO FOR TEXAS DISSOLVED 65% | Strategy & Research 100% | $627K | -90% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $39K | 2 | C00826024 62% | Strategy & Research 100% | $39K | +157% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $790 | 1 | VOTAR ES PODER PAC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $39K | -99% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $17K | 1 | PROGRESSIVE ERA PAC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $56K | -54% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $292K | 3 | FOR THE MANY ACTION 86% | Strategy & Research 100% | $348K | +233% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $5K | 2 | PIVOT VICTORY FUND 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $353K | -98% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $81K | 1 | VOTAR ES PODER PAC 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $81K | +10188% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $9K | 2 | CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE C… 78% | Strategy & Research 100% | $90K | -47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $3,290,767 | 49 | $67K | 97.6% | STRATEGIC VICTORY FUND IE P… 69% | 4mo ago |
| Software & Tech | $81,249 | 1 | $81K | 2.4% | VOTAR ES PODER PAC 100% | 12mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$168,065 · 5% of revenue
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$56,294 · 2% of revenue
20
One-time clients 1 cycle
$3,147,657 · 93% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOTAR ES PODER PAC | 3 | $168,065 | 4 | 2022-11-09 | 2025-05-15 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | $2,260,000 | 67.0% | 1 | |
| NY | $250,000 | 7.4% | 1 | |
| CA | $208,323 | 6.2% | 7 | |
| PA | $181,500 | 5.4% | 2 | |
| FL | $168,065 | 5.0% | 1 | |
| TX | $157,000 | 4.7% | 2 | |
| DC | $61,500 | 1.8% | 3 | |
| Unknown | $44,745 | 1.3% | 3 | |
| WI | $27,749 | 0.8% | 1 | |
| MA | $8,000 | 0.2% | 1 | |
| AZ | $5,134 | 0.2% | 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 | 2020-10-22 | STRATEGIC VICTORY FUND IE PAC | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH AND STRATEGY CONSULTING | $2,150,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-19 | FOR THE MANY ACTION | Strategy & Research | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | $200,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-14 | BETO FOR TEXAS DISSOLVED | Strategy & Research | Media | $150,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-05-15 | VOTAR ES PODER PAC | Software & Tech | STAFF TIME AND DATABASE SOFTWARE | $81,249 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-09-19 | BEYOND IMPACT (NONPROFIT 501 (C) (4) ) | Strategy & Research | — | $81,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-03 | CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH SERVICES | $7,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-31 | EVERYDAY PEOPLE VOTE YES ON PROP 50 SPONSORED BY CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS | Strategy & Research | Social media ad production | $2,000 |
| Recent | 2024-11-22 | PIVOT VICTORY FUND | Strategy & Research | PAC CONSULTING & ADMINISTRATIVE FEE | $3,063 |
| Recent | 2024-11-22 | PIVOT VICTORY FUND | Strategy & Research | PAC CONSULTING & ADMINISTRATIVE FEE | $2,071 |