TUSK STRATEGIES
$3.94M
2025-2026 cycle
TUSK STRATEGIES is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle TUSK STRATEGIES was paid $3.94M across 4 client committees, of which $2.14M 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
$3.94M
=
$1.80M
(Schedule B)
+
$2.14M
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$1,800,271 | 29 rows | 45.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$2,139,187 | 22 rows | 54.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- May 21, 2012 → Jul 16, 2026
- spans 14.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 29
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 4
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$1.68M
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.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC C00936997 |
$688,349 IE $688,349 |
2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC C00936997 |
$1,408,349 IE $688,349 · SB $720,000 |
7 |
| FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK. INC. C90023326 |
$300,000 IE $300,000 |
1 |
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC 00090730 |
$120,000 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC C00936997 |
$2,069,361 IE $688,349 · SB $1,381,013 |
16 |
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC 00090730 |
$1,093,320 IE $794,008 · SB $299,312 |
13 |
| FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK. INC. C90023326 |
$300,000 IE $300,000 |
1 |
| LONE STAR RISING PAC C00918268 |
$86,658 IE $86,658 |
2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC C00936997 |
$2,069,361 IE $688,349 · SB $1,381,013 |
16 |
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC 00090730 |
$1,093,320 IE $794,008 · SB $299,312 |
13 |
| FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK. INC. C90023326 |
$341,239 IE $341,239 |
2 |
| LONE STAR RISING PAC C00918268 |
$86,658 IE $86,658 |
2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC C00936997 |
$2,069,361 IE $688,349 · SB $1,381,013 |
16 |
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC 00090730 |
$1,093,320 IE $794,008 · SB $299,312 |
13 |
| FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK. INC. C90023326 |
$341,239 IE $341,239 |
2 |
| LONE STAR RISING PAC C00918268 |
$86,658 IE $86,658 |
2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC C00936997 |
$2,069,361 IE $688,349 · SB $1,381,013 |
16 |
| INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC 00090730 |
$1,093,320 IE $794,008 · SB $299,312 |
13 |
| FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK. INC. C90023326 |
$341,239 IE $341,239 |
2 |
| LONE STAR RISING PAC C00918268 |
$86,658 IE $86,658 |
2 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $250,165 | 6.35% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $3,689,293 | 93.65% |
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 onlyCycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 2 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $114K | 3 | C00792408 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $114K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $840K | 14 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITIO… 79% | Strategy & Research 71% | $840K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $840K | 8 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITIO… 86% | Strategy & Research 2% | $1.68M | — |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $739,450 | 15 | $49K | 97.1% | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITIO… 67% | 2mo ago |
| Legal & Compliance | $21,813 | 1 | $22K | 2.9% | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITIO… 100% | 4mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
4
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,800,271 · 100% of revenue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $1,386,638 | 77.0% | 2 | |
| TX | $299,312 | 16.6% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $114,321 | 6.4% | 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 | 2026-05-18 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | — | NON-FEDERAL ADVERTISING - TV | $350,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-23 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | Strategy & Research | NON-FEDERAL POLITICAL ADVERTISING OPPOSING TEXAS AG CANDIDATE CHIP ROY | $252,004 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-06 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | — | NON-FEDERAL ADVERTISING - TV | $250,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-12 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | Strategy & Research | NON-FEDERAL POLITICAL ADVERTISING OPPOSING TEXAS AG CANDIDATE CHIP ROY | $140,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-07-01 | C00792408 | Strategy & Research | COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING | $81,277 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-02 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | — | NON-FEDERAL POLITICAL ADVERTISING OPPOSING TEXAS AG CANDIDATE CHIP ROY | $75,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-15 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | — | CONSULTING FEES | $50,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-15 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | — | Consulting fees | $50,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-15 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | — | NON-FEDERAL POLLING | $20,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-15 | INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC | Strategy & Research | Survey of Texas AG voters | $20,000 |