Private company

Purple Strategies

Logo: Purple Strategies, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia³

American communications firm

Purple Strategies is an American communications firm headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia and founded in 2008. The name Purple Strategies reflects the company's bipartisan blend of strategists from both "blue" and "red" political backgrounds.² It was founded by Alex Castellanos.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2008Founded¹

Industrypublic relations¹
HeadquartersAlexandria¹

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The story

Founded by Alex Castellanos in 2008.¹

Leadership

Who has led Purple Strategies, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderAlex Castellanos¹

Timeline

2008Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$3.3M 2020–2021

PPP loans $3.3M

Figures by year

Year	PPP loans	Total
2021	$1.6M	$1.6M
2020	$1.6M	$1.6M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA⁴. Matched to this company by name and state.

Apr 14, 2020$1.6M PPP loan (first draw) from Truist Bank⁴To PURPLE STRATEGIES LLC, Alexandria VA; $1.7M forgiven Apr 26, 2021
Apr 1, 2021$1.6M PPP loan (second draw) from Truist Bank⁴To PURPLE STRATEGIES LLC, Alexandria VA; $1.7M forgiven Jan 21, 2022

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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WikidataPurple Strategies on Wikidata
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WikipediaPurple Strategies on Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsPurple Strategies logo by Purple Strategies, Non-free logo
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SBASBA Paycheck Protection Program loan data (FOIA), loans of $150,000 and up