Waterfront Strategies, LLC

$2.61B 2025-2026 cycle

Waterfront Strategies, LLC is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Waterfront Strategies, LLC was paid $2.61B across 29 client committees, of which $2.53B flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

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Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$2.61B = $77.84M (Schedule B) + $2.53B (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $77,839,436 310 rows 3.0%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $2,527,640,055 4,830 rows 97.0%
Activity span ALL TIME
Aug 5, 2010 → Jul 30, 2026
spans 16.0 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
310
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
29
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Dec 2023 Nov 2024
$3.72M across 12 months
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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 2

A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M — · 2 txns WOMEN VOTE $63K — · 1 txn WS Waterfront Strategies, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
A STRONGER MICHIGAN
C00952259
 $2,740,905
IE $2,740,905
 2
WOMEN VOTE
C00473918
 $62,505
IE $62,505
 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 5

A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M — · 2 txns VOTEVETS $1.37M — · 2 txns PROJECT 218 $1.13M — · 8 txns WOMEN VOTE $725K — · 6 txns CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K — · 1 txn WS Waterfront Strategies, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
A STRONGER MICHIGAN
C00952259
 $2,740,905
IE $2,740,905
 2
VOTEVETS
C00418897
 $1,371,265
IE $1,371,265
 2
PROJECT 218
C00871368
 $1,125,000
IE $1,125,000
 8
WOMEN VOTE
C00473918
 $724,748
IE $724,748
 6
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
C00568444
 $393,221
IE $393,221
 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 6

VOTEVETS $6.83M — · 11 txns A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M — · 2 txns PROJECT 218 $1.13M — · 8 txns WOMEN VOTE $815K — · 7 txns CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K — · 1 txn ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $300K — · 2 txns WS Waterfront Strategies, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
VOTEVETS
C00418897
 $6,832,170
IE $6,832,170
 11
A STRONGER MICHIGAN
C00952259
 $2,740,905
IE $2,740,905
 2
PROJECT 218
C00871368
 $1,125,000
IE $1,125,000
 8
WOMEN VOTE
C00473918
 $814,748
IE $814,748
 7
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
C00568444
 $393,221
IE $393,221
 1
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
C00685297
 $300,000
IE $300,000
 2
View all buyers in research · last 6 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 7

VOTEVETS $6.83M — · 11 txns A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M — · 2 txns PROJECT 218 $1.13M — · 8 txns WOMEN VOTE $815K — · 7 txns HMP $445K — · 1 txn CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K — · 1 txn ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $300K — · 2 txns WS Waterfront Strategies, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
VOTEVETS
C00418897
 $6,832,170
IE $6,832,170
 11
A STRONGER MICHIGAN
C00952259
 $2,740,905
IE $2,740,905
 2
PROJECT 218
C00871368
 $1,125,000
IE $1,125,000
 8
WOMEN VOTE
C00473918
 $814,748
IE $814,748
 7
HMP
C00495028
 $444,960
IE $444,960
 1
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
C00568444
 $393,221
IE $393,221
 1
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
C00685297
 $300,000
IE $300,000
 2
View all buyers in research · last 12 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 8

VOTEVETS $6.83M — · 11 txns A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M — · 2 txns PROJECT 218 $1.13M — · 8 txns WOMEN VOTE $815K — · 7 txns HMP $445K — · 1 txn CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K — · 1 txn ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $300K — · 2 txns SD PAC $73K — · 1 txn WS Waterfront Strategies, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
VOTEVETS
C00418897
 $6,832,170
IE $6,832,170
 11
A STRONGER MICHIGAN
C00952259
 $2,740,905
IE $2,740,905
 2
PROJECT 218
C00871368
 $1,125,000
IE $1,125,000
 8
WOMEN VOTE
C00473918
 $814,748
IE $814,748
 7
HMP
C00495028
 $444,960
IE $444,960
 1
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
C00568444
 $393,221
IE $393,221
 1
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
C00685297
 $300,000
IE $300,000
 2
SD PAC
C00757419
 $72,500
IE $72,500
 1
View all buyers in research · last 18 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

FF PAC $369.34M — · 135 txns WINSENATE $212.04M Media · 194 txns HMP $133.02M — · 221 txns LAST BEST PLACE PAC $16.38M Media · 35 txns VOTEVETS $11.75M Media · 23 txns EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND… $9.88M Media · 19 txns WOMEN VOTE $9.38M Media · 15 txns VOTE ALASKA BEFORE PARTY $6.27M — · 10 txns SOMOS PAC $5.55M — · 4 txns LCV VICTORY FUND $4.55M Media · 12 txns WS Waterfront Strategies, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
FF PAC
C00669259
 $369,335,143
IE $369,335,143
 135
WINSENATE
C00865444
 $212,039,784
IE $211,963,732 · SB $76,052
 194
HMP
C00495028
 $133,021,092
IE $133,021,092
 221
LAST BEST PLACE PAC
C00849729
 $16,381,152
IE $16,323,277 · SB $57,874
 35
VOTEVETS
C00418897
 $11,749,450
IE $11,749,450 · SB net $0 (reversed)
 23
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
C00688655
 $9,882,293
IE $8,271,363 · SB $1,610,930
 19
WOMEN VOTE
C00473918
 $9,377,852
IE $9,287,227 · SB $90,625
 15
VOTE ALASKA BEFORE PARTY
C00825091
 $6,273,892
IE $6,273,892
 10
SOMOS PAC
C00724203
 $5,548,679
IE $5,548,679
 4
LCV VICTORY FUND
C00486845
 $4,549,175
IE $4,549,175 · SB net $0 (reversed)
 12
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By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $1,395,295,192 53.55%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $1,210,184,298 46.45%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Money flow through this vendor

Where their ad buys point

IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings only
Waterfront Strategies, LLC A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M WOMEN VOTE $63K Haley Stevens (support) $2.74M Kaela Jo Berg (support) $63K Total in: $2.8M Total out: $2.8M
Waterfront Strategies, LLC A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M VOTEVETS $1.37M PROJECT 218 $1.13M WOMEN VOTE $725K CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K Haley Stevens (support) $3.13M Joshua Turek (support) $1.37M Johnny Garcia (support) $550K Shannon Kathleen Bird (supp… $418K Melat Kiros (oppose) $400K Christian Menefee (support) $175K Marni Von Wilpert (support) $130K Manny Rutinel (oppose) $114K Kaela Jo Berg (support) $63K Total in: $6.36M Total out: $6.36M
Waterfront Strategies, LLC VOTEVETS $6.83M A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M PROJECT 218 $1.13M WOMEN VOTE $815K CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $300K Joshua Turek (support) $6.83M Haley Stevens (support) $3.13M Johnny Garcia (support) $550K Shannon Kathleen Bird (supp… $418K Melat Kiros (oppose) $400K Denise Powell (support) $300K Christian Menefee (support) $175K Marni Von Wilpert (support) $130K Manny Rutinel (oppose) $114K + other races (2 filings) $153K Total in: $12.21M Total out: $12.21M
Waterfront Strategies, LLC VOTEVETS $6.83M A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M PROJECT 218 $1.13M WOMEN VOTE $815K HMP $445K CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $300K Joshua Turek (support) $6.83M Haley Stevens (support) $3.13M Johnny Garcia (support) $550K Matthew Robert Van Epps (op… $445K Shannon Kathleen Bird (supp… $418K Melat Kiros (oppose) $400K Denise Powell (support) $300K Christian Menefee (support) $175K Marni Von Wilpert (support) $130K + other races (4 filings) $267K Total in: $12.65M Total out: $12.65M
Waterfront Strategies, LLC VOTEVETS $6.83M A STRONGER MICHIGAN $2.74M PROJECT 218 $1.13M WOMEN VOTE $815K HMP $445K CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $393K ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $300K SD PAC $73K Joshua Turek (support) $6.83M Haley Stevens (support) $3.13M Johnny Garcia (support) $550K Matthew Robert Van Epps (op… $445K Shannon Kathleen Bird (supp… $418K Melat Kiros (oppose) $400K Denise Powell (support) $300K Christian Menefee (support) $175K Marni Von Wilpert (support) $130K + other races (5 filings) $339K Total in: $12.72M Total out: $12.72M
Waterfront Strategies, LLC FF PAC $369.34M WINSENATE $211.96M HMP $133.02M LAST BEST PLACE PAC $16.32M VOTEVETS $11.75M EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VI… $8.27M WOMEN VOTE $9.29M VOTE ALASKA BEFORE PARTY $6.27M SOMOS PAC $5.55M LCV VICTORY FUND $4.55M Kamala Harris (support) $369.53M Bernie Moreno (oppose) $50.92M Tim Sheehy (oppose) $39.74M Dave Mccormick (oppose) $39.03M Sam Brown (oppose) $28.43M Eric Hovde (oppose) $20.23M Kari Lake (oppose) $19.23M Michael J Rogers (oppose) $15.1M Larry Hogan (oppose) $11.99M + other races (364 filings) $196.87M Total in: $776.32M Total out: $791.07M
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20172018201920202021202220232024 Q2 2017 (2018 cycle): $31KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $36KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $429KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $907KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $777KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $9.25MQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $6.32MQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $14KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $48KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.15MQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.24MQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $5.99MQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $13MQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $62KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $291KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $405KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.7MQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $111KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $7.86MQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $723KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $74KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $1.57MQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $1.75MQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $21MQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.6M Q2Q4Q2Q4Q4Q2Q4Q2Q2Q4Q4Q2Q4 $21M

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 %
2017 Q2 2018 $31K 1 HMP 100% Media 100% $31K —
2017 Q3 2018 $36K 1 HMP 100% Media 100% $66K —
2017 Q4 2018 $429K 6 SMP 93% Media 100% $495K —
2018 Q1 2018 $907K 10 SMP 92% Media 100% $1.4M —
2018 Q2 2018 $777K 19 SMP 69% Media 100% $2.18M —
2018 Q3 2018 $9.25M 26 NO ON PROP 10; CALIFORNIANS… 35% Media 100% $11M —
2018 Q4 2018 $6.32M 11 NO ON PROP 10; CALIFORNIANS… 87% Media 100% $18M —
2019 Q2 2020 $14K 1 SMP 100% Media 100% $14K -54%
2019 Q4 2020 $48K 1 COMMITTEE FOR STRONGER RURA… 100% Media 100% $62K -89%
2020 Q1 2020 $1.15M 5 SMP 41% Media 100% $1.22M +27%
2020 Q2 2020 $1.24M 3 SMP 72% Media 100% $2.46M +60%
2020 Q3 2020 $5.99M 9 SMP 50% Media 100% $8.45M -35%
2020 Q4 2020 $13M 15 DUTY AND COUNTRY 26% Media 100% $21M +99%
2021 Q1 2022 $62K 1 SMP 100% Media 100% $62K —
2021 Q2 2022 $291K 1 UNITE THE COUNTRY 100% Media 100% $352K +1950%
2022 Q1 2022 $405K 4 EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VI… 100% Media 100% $757K -65%
2022 Q2 2022 $1.7M 2 SMP 75% Media 100% $2.46M +37%
2022 Q3 2022 $111K 2 WITH HONOR FUND, INC. 58% Media 100% $2.57M -98%
2022 Q4 2022 $7.86M 11 GEORGIA HONOR 64% Media 100% $10M -37%
2023 Q3 2024 $723K 3 EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VI… 97% Media 100% $723K —
2023 Q4 2024 $74K 4 LAST BEST PLACE PAC 100% Media 100% $798K —
2024 Q1 2024 $1.57M 7 LAST BEST PLACE PAC 94% Media 100% $2.37M +287%
2024 Q2 2024 $1.75M 3 LCV VICTORY FUND 57% Media 100% $4.11M +3%
2024 Q3 2024 $21M 27 WINSENATE 89% Media 100% $25M +18498%
2024 Q4 2024 $2.6M 10 EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VI… 63% Media 100% $27M -67%
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Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $21M across 310 disbursements (avg $68K/check) Top buyer: NO ON PROP 10; CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE HOUSING, A COALTION OF VETERANS, SENIORS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS, TAXPAYER ASSOCIATIONS, AND LABOR; SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA (37% of category) Last paid: 21mo ago · +2929% vs prior cycle Media $1.84M
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $21,002,684 310 $68K 100.0% NO ON PROP 10; CALIFORNIANS… 37% 21mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$22,620,585 · 29% of revenue
4
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$10,812,668 · 14% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$44,406,183 · 57% of revenue
Top 4 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
SMP 4 $11,771,488 34 2017-11-17 2024-02-23
LCV VICTORY FUND 3 $7,321,375 12 2018-08-30 2024-09-27
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND) 3 $3,000,912 11 2020-10-19 2024-10-15
WOMEN VOTE 3 $526,810 6 2020-05-27 2024-10-17
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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
$57,411,961 73.8% 13
CA
$10,434,258 13.4% 3
NY
$3,796,819 4.9% 3
MT
$2,191,153 2.8% 1
VA
$1,742,863 2.2% 2
NC
$955,589 1.2% 2
SC
$750,000 1.0% 1
OR
$402,570 0.5% 1
DE
$101,723 0.1% 1
MN
$47,501 0.1% 1
KY
$5,000 0.0% 1
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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 2018-10-04 NO ON PROP 10; CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE HOUSING, A COALTION OF VETERANS, SENIORS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS, TAXPAYER ASSOCIATIONS, AND LABOR; SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA Media SEE SCHEDULE G $5,488,206
Largest all-time 2022-11-28 GEORGIA HONOR Media MEDIA BUY $5,021,363
Largest all-time 2018-09-17 NO ON PROP 10; CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE HOUSING, A COALTION OF VETERANS, SENIORS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS, TAXPAYER ASSOCIATIONS, AND LABOR; SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA Media SEE SCHEDULE G IN NEXT PERIOD $3,278,605
Largest all-time 2024-08-29 WINSENATE Media MEDIA BUY $3,218,814
Largest all-time 2020-11-23 GEORGIA HONOR Media MEDIA BUY $2,997,338
Largest this cycle 2024-08-30 WINSENATE Media MEDIA BUY $2,622,625
Largest this cycle 2024-08-30 WINSENATE Media MEDIA BUY $2,046,821
Largest this cycle 2024-09-27 WINSENATE Media MEDIA BUY $1,985,773
Largest this cycle 2024-08-29 WINSENATE Media MEDIA BUY $1,842,538
Recent 2024-10-16 YOUR COMMUNITY PAC Media MEDIA BUY - NOT YET DISSEMINATED $99,798
Recent 2024-11-08 WINSENATE Media MEDIA PRODUCTION COSTS $93,835
Recent 2024-10-17 WOMEN VOTE Media MEDIA TRACKING SERVICE $90,625
Recent 2024-10-29 LAST BEST PLACE PAC Media MEDIA PRODUCTION COSTS AND DIGITAL CONSULTING SERVCIES $75,187
Recent 2024-10-28 YOUR COMMUNITY PAC Media MEDIA PRODUCTION - NOT DISSEMINATED $1,925
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