• Advocate for reform in US policies toward charities. Support Congressional oversight of the Department of the Treasury, the Office of Foreign Assets Control and other agencies tasked with legislative or regulatory impact on charities.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to August 31, 2010

General Issues: Banking, Foreign Relations, Economics/Economic Development, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Religion

Spending: about $270,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Treasury - Dept of