Vendor · #2640 by total payments to the State of Delaware

Matthew Bender & CO INC

Matthew Bender & CO INC has been paid $1.1 million by the State of Delaware since FY2018, primarily through Legislative Branch's Code Revisors division.

-8% vs FY25Recent payments
$1.1M
total payments · FY18–FY26
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Jul 11, 2017First payment
Jun 18, 2026Last payment
731Payments
0Documents
6Programs
5Agencies

Relationships

Programs

ProgramAgencyAmountYears
Code Revisors Legislative Branch $722,154 FY18–FY26
Law Libraries Judicial $237,272 FY18–FY26
Social Services Dept of Health & Social Services $33,308 FY18–FY26
Court of Chancery Judicial $23,161 FY18–FY26
Public Defender Legal $21,648 FY18–FY26
Jud/Supreme Court Judicial $9,404 FY18–FY26

Money

Where it goes
By category
Printing & Binding
$733K
Books and Publications
$292K
Other Professional Service
$22K
Data Storage
$16K
Legal Services
$4K
Which pot of money
General Fund
$545K
General Fund
$21K
Federal Funds
$11K
By fiscal year
FY18$139K
FY19$107K
FY20$142K
FY21$106K
FY22$120K
FY23$123K
FY24$104K
FY25$120K
FY26$110K
State credit-card purchases $133K · 8 years
Fiscal yearAmountTransactions
FY18$8,48067
FY19$13,24270
FY20$10,94360
FY21$7,53041
FY22$6,27133
FY23$7,01934
FY24$21,45931
FY26$57,81383
Who swipes, and for what
DepartmentCategoryAmountTransactions
Dept of CorrectionsDirect Marketing-Other... $62,85189
Dept of LaborDirect Marketing-Other... $31,70295
Dept of TransportationDirect Marketing-Other... $11,01033
Dept of StateDirect Marketing-Other... $6,75745
JudicialDirect Marketing-Other... $4,72917
Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContDirect Marketing-Other... $4,47049
LegalDirect Marketing-Other... $3,6345
ExecutiveDirect Marketing-Other... $2,75531
Fire Prevention CommissionDirect Marketing-Other... $2,64619
Dept of FinanceDirect Marketing-Other... $8722

Source: state employee credit-card dataset, matched by merchant name. FY2025 is missing from the state portal.

How the spending is booked 6 account lines
AccountAmountLine items
Printing & Binding$405,62349
Books and Publications$148,445126
Data Storage$16,397215
Other Professional Service$6,35026
Maintenance$9651
Freight$1063

Fund and account lines come from the expenditure-detail dataset (source ↗), which itemizes payments at a finer grain than the checkbook.

Yearly totals — full table 9 fiscal years
Fiscal yearTotalChecks
FY18$138,70899
FY19$106,75455
FY20$142,21585
FY21$105,84172
FY22$120,41566
FY23$123,08483
FY24$103,584115
FY25$120,35080
FY26$110,45476
Browse every payment 731 checks →
Recent payments latest 15 checks
DateDepartmentCategoryAmount
Jun 18, 2026 JudicialBooks and Publications $878
Jun 17, 2026 Legislative BranchPrinting & Binding $8,672
Jun 12, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesData Storage $89
Jun 12, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesData Storage $89
Jun 5, 2026 JudicialBooks and Publications $878
Jun 3, 2026 Legislative BranchPrinting & Binding $418
May 21, 2026 JudicialBooks and Publications $4,500
May 12, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesData Storage $89
May 12, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesData Storage $89
Apr 27, 2026 Legislative BranchPrinting & Binding $22,295
Apr 24, 2026 Legislative BranchPrinting & Binding $10,229
Apr 24, 2026 Legislative BranchPrinting & Binding $18,495
Apr 24, 2026 Legislative BranchPrinting & Binding $23,250
Apr 10, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesData Storage $89
Apr 10, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesData Storage $89

Source: State of Delaware checkbook · synced 2026-07-25. Open source dataset ↗

Source datasets

State checkbook (payments) · synced 2026-07-25 data.delaware.gov/d/5s6n-7hpx ↗