Religion

Issue Code: REL

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AI Overview

Religion is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $5.2M in total lobbying spend across 549 filings, it ranks among the actively lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.

$5.2M
Total Lobbying Spend
549
Filings
29
Top Clients

Spending by Year

YearSpendingFilings
2018$216K66
2019$216K78
2020$172K76
2021$689K75
2022$835K64
2023$930K71
2024$845K52
2025$1.3M67

Biggest Spenders

#ClientSpending
1Protect the 1st, INC.$910K
2The Jewish Federations of North America$810K
3Freedom From Religion Foundation$780K
4Dirshu International$505K
5Guidestone Financial Resources$360K
6American Friends of Notre Dame University$200K
7Liberty Healthshare$180K
8Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land$170K
9Sikhs for Justice$160K
10Conference of Provincials of North America$130K
11Amsterdam & Partners LLP on Behalf of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church$130K
12Christian Coalition of America$108K
13Human Rights Campaign$90K
14Freedom for All Americans$80K
15Church Communities INC.$60K
16American Dawoodi Bohras, a 501(c)(4) Corporation$60K
17Christian Camp and Conference Association$53K
18Global Generosity, INC.$50K
19Nmar, INC.$45K
20International Christian Chamber of Commerce$45K
21One Free World International$40K
22Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints$40K
23Ararat Conservation INC.$40K
24Hindu American Foundation$40K
25Combat Hate Foundation$25K

Top Firms

Goodlatte Group, LLC F.K.A. Robert Goodlatte$900K
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$810K
Freedom From Religion Foundation$780K
Merkava Strategies Corporation$550K
Lobbyit.com$360K
Rtk Consulting Group LLC$200K
Off Hill Strategies L.L.C.$180K
Blank Rome Government Relations$170K
The Livingston Group, LLC$160K
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd$130K
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough$130K
James Backlin$108K
Forbes-tate$90K
Bolton-st. Johns, LLC$80K
Onmessage Public Strategies$60K

What They Lobby For

  • Opposed weakening the Johnson Amendment because our houses of worship could be torn apart by partisan campaign politics.
  • Do No Harm Act HR5272. Supported making religious freedom of 1993 inapplicable to federal laws.
  • Conscience Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 644, S. 301) - Supported the permanent codification protections for individual and institutional health care providers' conscience rights and provide remedies f
  • S.2453 - Ensuring the Value of the 340B Program Act of 2018
  • CFI opposes school voucher programs, which divert money from public schools to private religious schools that are permitted to discriminate in admissions and employment. In the 1st Quarter of 2018, CF
  • H.R. 3354 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act 2018: Conscience protections and abortion funding restrictions. H.R. 2405 Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2018:
  • International and domestic religious freedom; First Amendment Defense Act (S.2525) to prevent federal discriminatory action based on religious belief or moral conviction about marriage.
  • Lobbying in favor of H. Res. 349, which seeks to end blasphemy laws around the world. Currently lobbying to introduce a companion resolution in the Senate, and asking Representatives to co-sponsor the
  • Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act (S 994 / HR 1730)
  • Oppose the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which would create protections for health care workers who refuse to administer services that violate thei

Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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