ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUM DIRECTORS

Lobbying for ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUM DIRECTORS

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Nov 3, 2026

Expenses

$20,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 162(e) definitions (method C): 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

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 4

Arts/Entertainment

FY27 appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts

Government Issues

OMB proposed rule on grantmaking/Uniform Guidance issued May 29. Oppose provisions on grant review and termination, favor simplification and plain language provisions. Support inclusion of pause in continuing resolution and/or any appropriations bill, applying to OMB and "any similar measures"

Education

FY27 appropriations for the Institute of Museum and Library Services FY27 appropriations for the National Endowment for the Humanities CREATIVE Act Capital, Repairs, and Employment for Art Talent to Improve Visibility Everywhere HR 6165

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

HR801/S317 The Charitable Act protecting 501(c)(3) organizations from tax on mission-related income protecting charitable deduction for gifts of art issues around Johnson Amendment application to 501(c)(3) organizations Safeguarding Charity Act HR2896 and S1248 Charity Parity Act (HR8783 S 4511)

Bills named in this filing 4

H.R. 6165
CREATIVE Act of 2025
H.R. 801
Charitable Act
H.R. 2896
Safeguarding Charity Act
H.R. 8783
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income charitable distributions from certain employer-…

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