• Informational meetings with Congressional offices on the work of the Mansmann Foundation. Sought reporting guidance for an awarded CFP FY23 project issued by the SBA. Met with Members of the Pennsylvania Delegation seeking a CFP FY25 for improvements to the Music Hall located at the Carnegie Library of Homestead.

Duration: May 26, 2021 to present

General Issues: Small Business, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Economics/Economic Development

Spending: about $114,000 (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 2021: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Small Business Administration (SBA), Appalachian Regional Commission