Focus: Hope

Non-profit serving low-income families in the Detroit area.

Based in MI

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AI Overview

With $0 in lobbying spend across 1 quarterly filings, Focus: Hope is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 5 issue areas.

$0
Total Spend
1
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
2
Lobbyists Deployed
5
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$0

Issues Lobbied

EducationDefenseAgricultureEconomicsBudget/Appropriations

Lobbying Firms

The Estell Group LLC

Lobbyists

Susan McavoyAnita Estell

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Focus: Hope disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)Defense, Dept of (DOD)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATE
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What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Education, Defense, Agriculture, Economics, Budget/Appropriations

Head Start, Early Head Start funding, Promise Neighborhood funding

Funding through DoD

Food Commodity programs

Funding through the Economic Development Administration

FY18 Appropriations

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Last updated: February 2026

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