Lobbying

Fund for A Better Future's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $160K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $870K. Its first report covers Q3 2024; the issues it reports most are Natural Resources and Disaster Planning/Emergencies.

Fund for A Better Future

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$870K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q3 2024
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Fund for A Better Future lobbying by quarter
Fund for A Better Future lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q3 2024$30K1
Q4 2024$20K1
Q1 2025$60K1
Q2 2025$50K1
Q3 2025$60K1
Q4 2025$470K2
Q1 2026$240K3
Q2 2026$160K3
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Natural resources$400K · 12 reports
  • Disaster planning and emergencies$280K · 7 reports
  • Clean air and water$146.7K · 1 reports
  • Environment and Superfund$100K · 4 reports
  • Science and technology$33.3K · 3 reports
  • Agriculture$30K · 2 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$30K · 2 reports
  • Energy and nuclear$30K · 2 reports
  • Roads and highways$13.3K · 1 reports
  • Transportation$13.3K · 1 reports
  • Urban development$13.3K · 1 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • SENATE13 reports
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES11 reports
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)4 reports
  • Interior, Dept of (DOI)3 reports
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)2 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseFund for A Better Future$810K7 quarters
Cornerstone Government Affairs$150K2 quarters
Capitol Counsel$90K3 quarters
Boundary Stone Partners$40K1 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
ANDREW FLICKSpec Asst to the Pres & Sr Adv for Cong Affairs and Strategic Outreach,Office of the VP; Exec Dir, New Democrat Coalition; Chief of Staff (Trone);Dep Chief of Staff (Moulton); Leg Director (Costa); Leg Asst (Skelton)Q2 2026
ANDREW WISHNIALegislative Assistant, Rep. John Yarmuth; Congressional Affairs Liaison, Legislative Coordinator, Special Assistant for Policy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy, DOT; Senior Program Manager, White House; Senior Policy Advisor, Senate.Q2 2026
DIANNE NELLORClerk and Prof Staff Senate Approps Cmte; Prof. Staff Joint Econ. CmteQ2 2026
JIMMY PEACOCKChief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman AshleyHinson), Special Assistant (U.S. Senator Marco Rubio)Q2 2026
LOUIE PERRY iiiLA House Member Office (Huckaby)Q2 2026
PETE GOULDLegislative Assistant, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit; Associate Director for Policy, OST-Policy (USDOT); Associate Director for Governmental Affairs, OST-Gov Affairs (USDOT).Q2 2026
PRESCOTT MARTINDep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag;Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmteminority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, HouseAg Cmte [Peterson]Q2 2026
RONALD STORHAUGDep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, TaxandEconPolicy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ PolicyAdvisor,EconPolicy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate MemberOffice(Kaine);Staff Asst,SenateBudget CommitteeQ2 2026
SARAH VENUTOSenior Advisor (Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural ResourcesChief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy &Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal EnergyRegulatory CommissionQ2 2026
STACY RICHLeadership Staff Director, Senior Leadership Advisor and Floor Director, Leadership Advisor (Senate -Murray); Senate Cloakroom Asst, Dem Cloakroom (Reid, Daschle); Staff/Press Asst (Daschle)Q2 2026
SAMANTHA BARNETTSenate Environment and Public Works, subcommittee staff director; Senate Energy and Natural Resources, Senior Legislative Assistant; Senator Pete Ricketts, Legislative Assistant; Congressman Barry Moore, Legislative Assistant.Q1 2026
ANNIE SCHMIDTSocial Science Analyst - U.S. Forest Service (7/2009 - 9/2009)Q1 2025

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/21for Q2Boundary Stone Partners$40K
07/20for Q2Boundary Stone PartnersUnder $5,000
07/20for Q2Cornerstone Government Affairs$90K
07/15for Q2Capitol Counsel$30K
04/20for Q1In-house$150K
04/16for Q1Capitol Counsel$30K
04/15for Q1Cornerstone Government Affairs$60K
04/06for Q1Cornerstone Government AffairsUnder $5,000
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$440K
01/15for Q4 2025Capitol Counsel$30K
25/11/13for Q4 2025Capitol CounselUnder $5,000
25/10/20for Q3 2025In-house$60K
25/07/21for Q2 2025In-house$50K
25/04/21for Q1 2025In-house$60K
25/01/21for Q4 2024In-house$20K
24/10/22for Q3 2024In-house$30K
24/08/05for Q3 2024In-houseUnder $5,000