The PAC-management industry's scorecard. Providers are detected from each committee's own e-filings (the .fec header names the software that produced it) and from Schedule B payments to known management firms. A committee served by both a software shop and a paid vendor counts as a client of each. Cycle columns sum the clients' reported disbursements from their F3X summaries. Committee-branded in-house systems are grouped, and providers with fewer than three visible clients are omitted.
Findings and penalties belong to the client committees, not the provider — a big client book accumulates more history. Read the columns per client for a fair comparison.
Fees are the Schedule B payments each committee itemized to the provider since the 2022 cycle (average and median per client). Corporate SSFs often have their connected organization pay administration costs directly — those engagements show no visible fee, so fee stats cover only clients who pay from PAC funds.
| Provider | Clients | Avg fee | Median fee | Findings | FEC records | Penalties | Contributions | Disb. (ranked) | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristotle | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| SparkInfluence | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Nossaman LLP (counsel) | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Quorum | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| PASS | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| NetFile | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| NGP VAN | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| PASOFT | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| ISPolitical | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| BIPAC | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Trail Blazer | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| DDC | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Huckaby Davis Lisker | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Skadden (counsel) | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Election Compliance Services | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Katz Compliance | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| NETFILE | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| REAGAN-BUSH '███ GENERAL ELECTION COMPLIANCE FUND | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Filpac | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| MicroPAC | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Spoke Partners LLC | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Venable (counsel) | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| In-house | ███ | — | — | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
The average individual donation per year at each provider's client committees. Based on itemized receipts (donations over $200/yr). Receipts are ingested for 1385 of 1473 visible client committees so far — these figures will keep moving until the crawl completes.
| Provider | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristotle | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| SparkInfluence | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Nossaman LLP (counsel) | — | ███ | ███ | — |
| Quorum | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| PASS | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| NetFile | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| NGP VAN | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| PASOFT | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| ISPolitical | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| BIPAC | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Trail Blazer | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| DDC | ███ | ███ | ███ | ███ |
| Huckaby Davis Lisker | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Skadden (counsel) | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Election Compliance Services | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Katz Compliance | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| NETFILE | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| REAGAN-BUSH '███ GENERAL ELECTION COMPLIANCE FUND | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Filpac | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| MicroPAC | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Spoke Partners LLC | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| Venable (counsel) | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
| In-house | ███ | ███ | ███ | — |
Line-item purposes exactly as the client committees stated them on Schedule B, 2022 forward, grouped per provider. These are PAC-paid fees only: most corporate and association PACs have provider invoices billed to the sponsoring organization directly under the SSF administrative exemption (52 U.S.C. §30118(b)(2)(C)), and those payments never appear in the committee's own filings. When a sponsor is reimbursed instead, the disbursement names the sponsor — not the provider — so it won't show here either.
| Stated purpose | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| PAC COMPLIANCE SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| COMPLIANCE/SOFTWARE | ███ | ███ |
| CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES | ███ | ███ |
| COMPLIANCE CONSULTING AND SOFTWARE | ███ | ███ |
| CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR FEC FILING SOFTWARE AND GRASSROOTS DATABASE SERVICE | ███ | ███ |
| POLITICAL COMPLIANCE CONSULTING | ███ | ███ |
| POLITICAL COMPLIANCE | ███ | ███ |
| DATABASE COMPLIANCE SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| PAC OUTSOURCING MANAGED SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| COMPLIANCE/SOFTWARE/CC PROCESSING | ███ | ███ |
| ACCT. MANAGEMENT QTRLY FEE #███ | ███ | ███ |
| ANNUAL SOFTWARE AND COMPLIANCE CONSULTING | ███ | ███ |
| PAYMENT TO ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL INC. FOR PAC COMPLIANCE SERVICES THROUGH ███ PLATFORM | ███ | ███ |
| CREDIT CARD FEES | ███ | ███ |
| FEC REPORTING SOFTWARE | ███ | ███ |
| FEBRUARY CREDIT CARD FEES | ███ | ███ |
| 2025 CC FEES | ███ | ███ |
| COMPALIANCE/SOFTWARE/CC PROCESSING | ███ | ███ |
| JANUARY 2025 CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES | ███ | ███ |
| APRIL CREDIT CARD FEES | ███ | ███ |
Top 20 of 69 distinct purposes shown.
| Stated purpose | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION | ███ | ███ |
| PAC SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION | ███ | ███ |
| ANNUAL FILING SOFTWARE FEES | ███ | ███ |
| SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS/LICENSE | ███ | ███ |
| FUNDRAISING FOR PAC - SOFTWARE | ███ | ███ |
| PAC SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS/LICENSE | ███ | ███ |
| PAC SOFTWARE FEE | ███ | ███ |
| SOFTWARE FOR RECORDING OSPAC TRANSACTIONS | ███ | ███ |
| (no purpose stated) | ███ | ███ |
| INVOICE P2020-███ ███ | ███ | ███ |
| SOFTWARE | ███ | ███ |
| PAC SOFTWARE TAX | ███ | ███ |
| VOID - QUORUM ANALYTICS INC. WRONG AMOUNT | ███ | $-███ |
| VOID - QUORUM ANALYTICS INC ███ CONTRIBUTION REPORTED FEBRUARY 2022 MONTHLY | ███ | $-███ |
| Stated purpose | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| COMPLIANCE/REPORTING/FILING | ███ | ███ |
| ADMIN-REPORT PREPARATION | ███ | ███ |
| COMPLIANCE REPORTING/FILING | ███ | ███ |
| FEC REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| COMPUTER (EQUIPMENT/PROGRAMMING/SUPPORT) | ███ | ███ |
| FEC REPORTING SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| FEC COMPLIANCE SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| Stated purpose | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| MEMBERSHIP DUES | ███ | ███ |
| INTERNET SERVICE | ███ | ███ |
| (no purpose stated) | ███ | ███ |
| CONTRIBUTION TO STATE COMMITTEE | ███ | ███ |
| 2024 PAC TO PAC | ███ | ███ |
| BIPAC ACTION FUND - CONTRIBUTION ███ | ███ | ███ |
| POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION | ███ | ███ |
| CONTRIBIUTION | ███ | ███ |
| 2025 PAC CONTRIBUTION | ███ | ███ |
| 2023 CONTRIBUTION | ███ | ███ |
| 2022 DONATION | ███ | ███ |
| 2022 CONTRIBUTION | ███ | ███ |
| CONTRIBUTION | ███ | ███ |
| Stated purpose | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| MONTHLY DATABASE MAINTENANCE & FEES | ███ | ███ |
| VENDOR PAYMENT | ███ | ███ |
| 2024 FEES | ███ | ███ |
| ADMIN EXPENSE-WEBSITE SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| QUARTERLY DATABASE MAINTENANCE & FEES | ███ | ███ |
| (no purpose stated) | ███ | ███ |
| DATABASE FEE | ███ | ███ |
| RETAINER FOR LEGISLATIVE SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| PAC SOFTWARE RENEWAL | ███ | ███ |
| REISSUED CHECK FOR PAC SOFTWARE ANNUAL SERVICE FEE | ███ | ███ |
| PAC SOFTWARE FEE | ███ | ███ |
| PAC SOFTWARE ANNUAL SERVICE FEE | ███ | ███ |
| DDC ANNUAL LICENSE FEE | ███ | ███ |
| DATABASE MAINTENANCE & FEES | ███ | ███ |
| ANNUAL SOFTWARE FEES | ███ | ███ |
| SOFTWARE LICENSING | ███ | ███ |
| DATABASE FEES | ███ | ███ |
| PAC COMPLIANCE SERVICES | ███ | ███ |
| VENDOR FEES | ███ | ███ |
| PAC COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT | ███ | ███ |
Top 20 of 33 distinct purposes shown.
| Stated purpose | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| FEC COMPLIANCE/ACCOUNTING | ███ | ███ |
| COMPLIANCE CONSULTING | ███ | ███ |
Every visible client committee per provider, with what the committee paid the provider (Schedule B, since 2022), its findings, and its FEC penalties. Detection method and caveats are described at the top of this page.