How Much Does AIPAC Spend on Lobbying?

Bill Allison for Foreign Policy:

The advocacy organization’s annual budget averaged about $66 million between 2009 and 2013, according to federal tax records, but it told Congress it never spent more than $3 million per year lobbying the federal government (the group’s 2014 numbers have not yet been reported to the Internal Revenue Service). In part, the disparity comes from the fact that federal law gives organizations different options for calculating the amount they spend on lobbying; AIPAC has chosen the most narrow. The tax returns it files with the IRS, which are public documents due to the group’s nonprofit status, show even less. Although the forms require filers to disclose the amount they spend on lobbying, AIPAC has entered zero or left the line blank every year since 2009.

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