UPWAVE
UPWAVE is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle UPWAVE was paid $495K across 6 client committees, of which $20K 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 |
$474,842 | 70 rows | 96.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$20,000 | 2 rows | 4.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 11, 2023 → Jun 8, 2026
- spans 3.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 70
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 6
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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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 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCHWARTZ, DANIEL MD · House DEM |
$16,057 | 1 |
| DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC C00657452 |
$14,581 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCHWARTZ, DANIEL MD · House DEM |
$80,641 | 3 |
| DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC C00657452 |
$41,170 | 4 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCHWARTZ, DANIEL MD · House DEM |
$92,418 | 8 |
| DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC C00657452 |
$73,646 | 10 |
| ACTIVATE AMERICA C00640300 |
$17,327 | 4 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC C00657452 |
$100,646 | 16 |
| SCHWARTZ, DANIEL MD · House DEM |
$92,418 | 8 |
| ACTIVATE AMERICA C00640300 |
$21,327 | 5 |
| UPSET THE SETUP C00772244 |
$4,129 | 2 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC C00657452 |
$132,717 | 23 |
| SCHWARTZ, DANIEL MD · House DEM |
$92,418 | 8 |
| UPSET THE SETUP C00772244 |
$79,636 IE $20,000 · SB $59,636 |
9 |
| ACTIVATE AMERICA C00640300 |
$21,327 | 5 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $240,519 | 48.61% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $254,323 | 51.39% |
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 · 4 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $30K | 4 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 100% | Digital 100% | $30K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $20K | 3 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 100% | Digital 100% | $50K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $12K | 4 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 76% | Digital 100% | $61K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $28K | 7 | UPSET THE SETUP 49% | Digital 100% | $89K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $33K | 6 | UPSET THE SETUP 60% | Digital 100% | $123K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $69K | 6 | UPSET THE SETUP 80% | Digital 100% | $192K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $54K | 6 | UPSET THE SETUP 74% | Digital 100% | $246K | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $19K | 6 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 70% | Digital 70% | $19K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $14K | 3 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 100% | Digital 100% | $33K | -55% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $22K | 5 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 63% | Digital 100% | $54K | +10% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $32K | 9 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 42% | Digital 58% | $86K | +173% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $25K | 5 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 75% | Digital 75% | $112K | -9% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $117K | 6 | SCHWARTZ, DANIEL 69% | — | $229K | +251% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $332,043 | 54 | $6K | 94.5% | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALL… 56% | 5mo ago |
| Fundraising | $19,164 | 8 | $2K | 5.5% | ACTIVATE AMERICA 42% | 8mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | $357,642 | 75.3% | 2 | |
| MD | $92,418 | 19.5% | 1 | |
| CA | $21,960 | 4.6% | 2 | |
| NY | $2,822 | 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 | 2026-04-02 | SCHWARTZ, DANIEL | — | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $50,845 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-08-02 | UPSET THE SETUP | Digital | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $30,046 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-11-01 | UPSET THE SETUP | Digital | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | $23,434 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-03 | SCHWARTZ, DANIEL | — | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | $16,057 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-07 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC | — | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $15,655 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-06-08 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC | — | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $14,581 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | SCHWARTZ, DANIEL | — | FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING | $13,739 |
| Recent | 2026-05-19 | DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC | — | DIGITAL CONSULTING | $6,434 |