What Cornerstone Solutions does

Cornerstone Solutions is a privately held, full-service political consulting and strategic communications firm headquartered at 9200 Belvedere Road, Suite 202, West Palm Beach, Florida. Founded in 2004 by Rick Asnani, the firm provides campaign management, ballot initiative consulting, public relations, corporate crisis communications, government relations, and PAC/finance/compliance services. Its client base spans Fortune 100 corporations, local and state government agencies, trade associations, nonprofits, and political candidates, with stated operating reach across 37 states and two foreign countries. Leadership is a seven-person senior team with 75+ years of combined experience.

The firm's delivery rests on a set of proprietary tools and partner networks. COMMNet is a global communications network spanning designers, producers, printers, and call centers across multiple time zones, offering direct mail, phone banks, texting/P2P, data targeting, email, web/digital, TV/video, and radio. The Community Engagement Network is a three-firm partnership with Ziffer Stansberry and Central Florida Public Affairs providing community relations and grassroots mobilization with regional hubs across Florida. Counter Advocacy Network and Field Force extend the offering into opposition campaigns and rapid on-the-ground deployment. The firm also manages millions of dollars annually in PACs and campaign accounts and reports a 95% win rate across 70+ ballot initiatives with over $30 billion in client funding secured.

Cornerstone's business model is project-based professional services with senior partner oversight on every engagement and no disclosed institutional capital or outside ownership. Revenue is generated through fees for campaign strategy, ballot initiative work, crisis and corporate communications, public affairs, and managed PAC services. Go-to-market is relationship-led and direct, anchored by thought leadership through Leadership Florida, the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, Florida Atlantic University guest lectures, and industry recognition via Reed, Pollie, MarCom, and Goldie's awards spanning 2007–2019. Pricing is custom per engagement and not publicly disclosed.

Name

Cornerstone Solutions

Legal name

Cornerstone Solutions

Website

https://csteam360.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cornerstone Solutions is a privately held, full-service political consulting and strategic communications firm serving Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, trade associations, and political candidates across 37 states through campaign management, ballot initiatives, crisis communications, and government relations services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Political Consulting Services: Fees for campaign strategy development, data and targeting, fundraising support, media training, messaging, direct mail, digital/social media, polling and research, field and grassroots mobilization for political candidates and campaigns.
2. Ballot Initiative Consulting: Strategic consulting for ballot measures including tax, energy, gaming, education, development, zoning, transportation and children's issues. The firm has a 95% win record with ballot initiatives and has been involved in over 70 local and state initiatives.
3. Corporate and Crisis Management: Crisis communications, reputation management, community support building, and issue navigation for Fortune 100 companies and corporate clients.
4. Public Relations Services: Strategic communications, media relations, community relations, and digital/social media communications for trade organizations, nonprofits, and government agencies.
5. Government Relations: Representing private companies and organizations with issues relating to local and state governments. Oversees research, communications strategy, messaging, grassroots, grasstops, earned and paid media and issue mobilization.
6. PAC and Finance Management: Managing political committees, 527s, 501c4s, 501c3s and other nonprofit vehicles. Manages millions of dollars in PACs and candidate campaign accounts annually.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cornerstone Solutions is a full-service political consulting and strategic communications firm providing campaign strategy, ballot initiative management, public relations, corporate crisis management, government relations, and PAC/finance/compliance services. It supports political candidates, Fortune 100 corporates, trade associations, nonprofits, and government agencies with strategy, data and targeting, field mobilization, paid and earned media, and year-round crisis support through a proprietary global communications network.

Product overview

Cornerstone Solutions is a full-service political consulting and strategic communications firm offering a portfolio of integrated services. The core offerings include Political Consulting, Ballot Initiatives, Public Relations, Corporate & Crisis Solutions, Government Relations, and PACs, Finance and Compliance. These are supported by proprietary tools including the Community Engagement Network (a partnership for community relations), COMMNet (communications network with global reach), Counter Advocacy Network, and Field Force. The company employs a 360-degree approach methodology that provides comprehensive campaign services from planning through execution, distinguishing it from traditional 9-5 firms by working year-round.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Political Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% win rate with ballot initiatives
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ziffer StansberrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of three Florida premier public affairs, government relations, strategic communications and political consulting firms in the Community Engagement Network partnership. Provides corporate and public agency clients with community relations, grassroots advocacy and mobilization programs.
• Central Florida Public AffairscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of three Florida premier public affairs, government relations, strategic communications and political consulting firms in the Community Engagement Network partnership. Provides corporate and public agency clients with community relations, grassroots advocacy and mobilization programs.
• Lobbying Firms (Strategic Alliances)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCornerstone oversees the lobbying component of overall government relations efforts through strategic alliances with lobbying firms. Cornerstone handles research, communications strategy, messaging, grassroots, grasstops, earned and paid media and issue mobilization while partners handle actual lobbying.
• Florida Institute for Political LeadershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRick Asnani serves as Executive Director of this non-partisan initiative to recruit and train leaders across Florida who want to be appointed or run for elected office.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Subject Matter: Public affairs and strategic communications firm focused on advocacy campaigns, ballot initiatives, and corporate reputation. Comparable to Cornerstone's advocacy, ballot, and crisis communications capabilities.
• Hilltop Public Solutions: Full-service political consulting, public affairs, and crisis communications firm with strong ballot initiative experience. Closely comparable service mix to Cornerstone including campaigns, ballot work, and corporate crisis.
• Bully Pulpit Interactive: Digital-first political and public affairs agency serving candidates, causes, and corporations. Comparable to Cornerstone's digital advertising, direct mail, and data-targeting capabilities within political consulting, with stronger digital emphasis.
• DDC Public Affairs: Public affairs, advocacy, and political consulting firm with strong ballot initiative, lobbying, and corporate campaign practices. Directly comparable to Cornerstone's ballot initiative and government relations work.
• SKDKnickerbocker: National political consulting and strategic communications firm serving campaigns, corporate clients, and advocacy causes. Highly comparable to Cornerstone's integrated campaign + corporate crisis + public affairs offering, but at significantly larger scale.
• BerlinRosen: Public relations and strategic communications firm with strong political, public affairs, and corporate practices. Comparable to Cornerstone's public relations, government relations, and corporate crisis offerings.
• FP1 Strategies: Republican political consulting and public affairs firm offering direct mail, digital, media, and campaign management. Closely comparable to Cornerstone's integrated campaign and ballot services across conservative-leaning clients.
• The Herald Group: Strategic communications and public affairs firm specializing in advocacy, ballot initiatives, and corporate reputation work. Directly comparable to Cornerstone's ballot initiative and public affairs practice.

Broad incumbents

• GMMB: One of the largest U.S. political consulting and advertising firms, serving Democratic campaigns, nonprofits, and corporate clients. Overlaps with Cornerstone's campaign, ballot initiative, and public affairs work but at meaningfully greater scale and breadth.
• Mercury Public Affairs: Global public affairs, strategic communications, and crisis management firm serving corporate, government, and political clients. Comparable to Cornerstone's government relations and corporate crisis offerings, but at substantially larger scale and global reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cornerstone-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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