• Funding for community priorities

Duration: October 16, 2012 to July 1, 2017

General Issues: Urban Development/Municipalities, Transportation, Economics/Economic Development, Environmental/Superfund, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Housing, Energy/Nuclear, Health Issues, Arts/Entertainment

Spending: about $420,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2012: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Economic Development Administration, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Energy - Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Endowment for the Arts, Natl Park Service (NPS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),, Natl Endowment for the Humanities