Opera America

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $60K in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, Opera America is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 14 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$60K

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$0
2019	$0
2020	$0
2021	$0
2022	$0
2023	$0
2024	$10K
2025	$50K

Issues Lobbied

Economics Education Communications Taxation Budget/Appropriations Immigration Natural Resources Unemployment Arts/Entertainment Small Business Trade Disaster Planning Defense Copyright/Patent

Lobbying Firms

Opera America

Lobbyists

Brandon Gryde Tony Shivers Megan Carpenter

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Opera America disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Education, Dept ofFederal Communications Commission (FCC)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEAgriculture, Dept of (USDA)Treasury, Dept ofU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)Internal Revenue Service (IRS)State, Dept of (DOS)Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)Natl Endowment for the ArtsFederal Election Commission (FEC)Small Business Administration (SBA)Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)Natl Endowment for the HumanitiesFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

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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: Economics, Education, Communications, Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and 9 more

- S. 661/H.R. 1649: The CREATE Act (Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy), which would support the development of arts businesses, jobs and the growth of the

- Implementation of Every Student Succeeds Act: Support for Arts Education in the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

- Implementation of Fast Response Statistical Survey in

- Spectrum protection, licensing, and database eligibility for wireless microphone users in the nonprofit performing arts.

- H.R. 3988/S.2123 Universal Charitable Giving Act: a universal charitable deduction available to all taxpayers, whether they itemize or not

- Tax provisions affecting charitable contributions and tax

- HR 1625 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018: appropriations for National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities; for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education;