COUNCIL FOR ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION

Lobbying for COUNCIL FOR ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 27, 2026

Expenses

$40,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using 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

Government bodies contacted 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

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

Bills named in this filing 7

S 317
Charitable Act
HR 801
Charitable Act
HR 446
Endowment Tax Fairness Act
HR 1006
Higher Education Accountability Tax Act
HR 1128
Endowment Accountability Act
HR 1048
DETERRENT Act
S 1296
DETERRENT Act

Lobbying activity 2

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

S. 317/H.R. 801 - Charitable Act - lobbying in support of legislation that would restore and expand a charitable deduction for non-itemizing taxpayers for 2026/2027, capped at roughly $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for couples. Lobbying against legislation that would impose and/or expand a net investment income or endowment tax on colleges and universities, such as H.R. 446, H.R. 1006, and H.R. 1128.

Education

Lobbying in opposition to H.R. 1048/S. 1296, the DETERRANT Act, which would lower the foreign gift reporting threshold for colleges and universities to $50,000 from the current $250,000 level.

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