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AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS

Lobbying for AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS

 Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report
Reporting period
2nd Quarter 2026
Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 20, 2026
Expenses
$22,599
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 6033(b)(8) definitions (method B): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.
Client based in
District of Columbia

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 2
  • TOOSHAR SWAIN New on this filing
    Previously held: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senator Rick Santorum
  • JAY DICK New on this filing
    Previously held: Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Frank Lautenberg

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 3

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

 Lobbying activity 5
Arts/Entertainment

- HBCU Arts Act - Creative Workforce Investment Act (CWIA Act) - Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy Act (CREATE Act) - Well-rounded funding for Title I-A, Title II-A and Title IV-A of ESEA in the Labor, HHS, ED bill - NEA-NEH Funding in the Interior Subcommittee Appropriations Bill - The CHARITBLE ACT, S. 317 & HR 801 - Arts Education for All Act, H.R.2485

Economics/Economic Development

- Promoting Local Artists in the Creative Economy Workforce Act (PLACE Act) - HR 6569 / S.3560 - Last year's bill but lobbied for re-introduction. - Creative Workforce Investment Act (CWIA Act) - HR 5019 / S. 2858 - Last year's bill, but lobbied for the re-introduction. - Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy Act (CREATE Act) HR 6381 / S.3521 - Performing Artists Tax Parity Act (PATPA) - HR 721 / S.1121 introduced in this Congress.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

- The CHARITBLE ACT, S. 317 & HR 801 - Performing Artists Tax Parity Act (PATPA) - HR 721 / S. 1121

Education

- Well-rounded funding for Title I-A, Title II-A and Title IV-A of ESEA in the Labor, HHS, ED bill - HBCU Arts Funding Act - Arts Education for All Act - H.R. 2485

Transportation

- STAR ACT - HR 2380 and S. 3275 in last Congress. Lobbied for reintroduction in this Congress.

 Bills named in this filing 13

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

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