# Creator Grid Republican-aligned social media marketing firm that connects GOP candidates with conservative influencers. One of the few political influencer agencies whose payments are partially visible in FEC records, making it a rare window into the paid-political-content ecosystem. ## Documented spending Creator Grid has received almost **$875,000** from the Republican National Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee since late 2023, including a payment of **$35,840 in February 2026**. These payments appear in FEC filings — most political influencer spending does not. Per the firm's own website: Creator Grid "connects Republican candidates with the internet's most powerful conservative influencers." ## KB significance Creator Grid represents the *visible fraction* of a much larger undisclosed ecosystem. The NYT's May 2026 investigation found that most political social media agencies "scarcely appear in F.E.C. records" because much of the money to creators originates from nonprofit advocacy organizations that are not required to report their spending. Creator Grid's partial visibility in FEC filings makes it useful as a documented lower bound — the ~$875K in traceable spending is a fraction of what both parties spend on influencer campaigns. ## See Also - [[Dark Money]] — the undisclosed funding ecosystem Creator Grid partially surfaces - [[Astroturfing]] — paid content presented as organic - [[Jessica Reed Kraus]] — influencer in the parallel undisclosed ecosystem - [[Dominick McGee]] — influencer with self-published rate card