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CRC Advisors
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16 (9 findings, 7 relationships)
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Creative Response Concepts Advisors

CRC Advisors

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Network map of this entityCRC Advisors mentions SourceWatch · ○ reported only · CRC Advisors is mentioned in SourceWatchmentionsLeonard Leo associated with CRC Advisors · ● primary record · Founderassociated withThe 85 Fund associated with CRC Advisors · ● primary record · The 85 Fund paid CRC Advisors $105,968,352 for consulting/public affairs/advertising/management support across tax years 2020-2024.CRC Advisors · Organization · 9 findingsCRC AdvisorsLeonard Leo · Person · 3 findingsLeonard LeoSourceWatch · Organization · 0 findingsSourceWatchThe 85 Fund · Organization · 8 findingsThe 85 Fund
4 entities, 3 recorded relationships. 75 more named entities have no recorded link and are not drawn.
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CRC AdvisorsmentionsSourceWatch
Leonard Leoassociated withCRC Advisors finding 58, finding 63, finding 71
The 85 Fundassociated withCRC Advisors finding 38, finding 58, finding 59

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Findings

  • Ten Republican-aligned ad, mail, and media-buy vendors (Targeted Victory, Flexpoint Media, Mentzer Media, The Lukens Company, HSP Direct, Jamestown Associates, The Prosper Group, Creative Direct, Conrad Direct, CRC Advisors) form a wholesale conversion layer at the bottom of the conservative network: they collected ~$847M from 828 distinct FEC committees (2019-Mar 2026) plus ~$447M from the largest 501(c)(4)/(c)(3) conservative shops on disclosed IRS 990 contractor schedules (tax years 2013-2024), yet only one of the ten (CRC Advisors) is currently profiled in key_findings_registry.
  • Between January 1, 2019 and September 30, 2026, 368 federal committees reported $31,286,471.76 in 3,744 itemized Schedule B disbursements to Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak (all 61 filed spellings; 90 memo entries of $1,221,957.46 excluded), led by NRSC ($6,260,985.09), NRCC ($5,431,731.88) and SLF PAC ($1,939,633.52); FEC processed data retrieved October 14, 2026.
    fec.gov
  • Bradley Impact Fund disbursed $244.5M across 1,835 cash grants (2013-2024), concentrating 51.9% in its top 10 recipients and escalating Turning Point USA funding ~59x from $251K (2019) to $14.8M (2021).
    exposedbycmd.org
  • Neil Corkery operates BELOW the 990 reporting threshold across the Leo network, bookkeeper at Marble Freedom Trust, CFO at CRC Advisors, former president of Catholic Association Foundation, former leader of The 85 Fund, and yet NEVER appears in our ein_990_officers table
    propublica.org
  • CRC Advisors is the #1 centrality hub ($100M financial in-degree) in the 990 graph BUT only $45K in direct FEC Schedule B reporting, confirming it is paid via c4 grants, not committee disbursements
    bloomberg.com
  • The 85 Fund's own Schedule O explicitly admits operational dependence on CRC Advisors, Leo's c4 grant-maker writes that Leo's for-profit firm IS its staff
    campaignforaccountability.org
  • Marble Freedom Trust amended its trust agreement to eliminate donor Barre Seid's power to remove the trustee, Leonard Leo is now self-perpetuating with $1.6B and no donor oversight
    propublica.org
  • Brad Parscale (Trump 2020 campaign manager) operated a documented web of at least 13 shell companies, all subpoenaed by Smith, that the Trump campaign paid through American Made Media Consultants (AMMC) to obscure spending
    grassley.senate.gov
  • Ten-firm Republican ad/mail/media-buy vendor oligopoly absorbs the conservative dark-money pipeline at the wholesale layer
    opensecrets.org

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