Kids in Need of Defense

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $3.3M in lobbying spend across 35 quarterly filings, Kids in Need of Defense is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 3 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$3.3M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$399K
2019	$230K
2020	$300K
2021	$530K
2022	$390K
2023	$460K
2024	$500K
2025	$540K

Issues Lobbied

Immigration Budget/Appropriations Taxation

Lobbying Firms

Kids in Need of Defense

Lobbyists

Cory Smith Cory Shindel Jennifer Podkul Jason Boyd Emma Israel Catherine Mongeon Jennifer Hojaiban

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: Immigration, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation

•KIND advocated on the following legislation: H.R. 3548 Border Security of America Act (McCaul), H.R. 3697 Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act (Comstock), S. 1757 Building Americas Trust Act of 2017

•KIND advocated on the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bills to secure federal funding for legal representation of unaccompanied alien children. KIND advocated on the FY 2019 S

•KIND advocated on the FY2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriation bills, report language, and amendments in the House full committee mark up (House and Senate) to secure feder