PEN AMERICA

Lobbying for PEN AMERICA · nonprofit

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$10,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

New York

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

IAN SCHWAB New on this filing

Previously held: N/A

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
State, Dept of (DOS)
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 2

HR 2516
Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025
SRES 152
A resolution designating April 2025 as "Preserving and Protecting Local News Month" and recognizing the importance and …

Lobbying activity 3

Foreign Relations

Issues related to US Agency for Global Media Cuts Issues related to Jailed writers, Defending Freedoms Project of the Lantos Human Rights Commission Issues related to the National Defense Authorization Act of FY26

Education

H.R.2516, Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025 Issues related to the dismantling of Department of Education Issues related to the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

S.Res.152, A resolution designating April 2025 as "Preserving and Protecting Local News Month" and recognizing the importance and significance of local news Issues related to censorship at Department of Defense run schools Issues related to US Agency for Global Media Deportation risks Issues related to World Press Freedom Day Resolution

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.