Lobbying

Kids in Need of Defense's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $150K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $480K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Budget/Appropriations and Immigration.

Kids in Need of Defense

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$480K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Kids in Need of Defense lobbying by quarter
Kids in Need of Defense lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$130K2
Q1 2023$150K2
Q2 2023$160K2
Q3 2023$140K2
Q4 2023$170K2
Q1 2024$160K2
Q2 2024$180K2
Q3 2024$160K2
Q4 2024$160K2
Q1 2025$190K2
Q2 2025$170K2
Q3 2025$180K2
Q4 2025$160K2
Q1 2026$170K2
Q2 2026$150K2
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Budget and appropriations$1.5M · 30 reports
  • Immigration$903.3K · 15 reports
  • Taxation$33.3K · 1 reports

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

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES30 reports
  • SENATE30 reports
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)15 reports
  • Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)15 reports
  • State, Dept of (DOS)15 reports
  • Justice, Dept of (DOJ)13 reports
  • Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)12 reports
  • Labor, Dept of (DOL)11 reports
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)8 reports
  • U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)8 reports
  • White House Office7 reports
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)3 reports
  • Education, Dept of2 reports
  • Administration for Children & Families (ACF)1 reports
  • Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)1 reports
  • Social Security Administration (SSA)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseKids in Need of Defense$1.8M15 quarters
Cornerstone Government Affairs$590K15 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
CHRISTIAN LEEPSM-Detailee, Senate Appropriations Committee; House Liaison Assistant, Coast Guard House Liaison Office; Coast Guard Fellow, Select Committee on Homeland SecurityQ2 2026
ERIK FATEMIProf Staff Senate Approps Cmte (Byrd, Inouye, Mikulski)Q2 2026
STEVE MARCHESESenior Policy Advisory (State); Senior Staff, House Approps CmteQ2 2026
LOUIE PERRY iiiLA House Member Office (Huckaby)Q1 2025
NIAL PATELExecutive Assistant House Member Office (Jindal)Q1 2025
ROBIN JULIANOStaff Dir House Approps Cmte; Clerk House Labor-HHS Subcmte; Prof Staff House Labor-HHS Subcmte; Sr Policy Advr, Natl Economic Council, Exec Office of Pres; Prof Staff Senate Labor-HHS Subcmte; Educ Policy Advr HELP Cmte; Sr.LA(Sanders);LA (Mikulski)Q2 2024
JENNIFER HOJAIBANPolicy Advisor - Corporation for National and Community Service (May 2012 - January 2017)Q1 2024
MATTHEW HINCHLegislative Assistant, Correspondent, Director in House Member Office (Latham)Q3 2023

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2In-house$110K
07/08for Q2Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
04/20for Q1In-house$130K
04/08for Q1Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$120K
01/08for Q4 2025Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
25/12/02for Q2 2025Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
25/10/20for Q3 2025In-house$140K
25/10/08for Q3 2025Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
25/07/21for Q2 2025In-house$130K
25/07/09for Q2 2025Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
25/04/21for Q1 2025In-house$150K
25/04/07for Q1 2025Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
25/01/21for Q4 2024In-house$120K
25/01/07for Q4 2024Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
24/10/21for Q3 2024In-house$120K
24/10/14for Q3 2024Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
24/07/22for Q2 2024In-house$140K
24/07/19for Q2 2024Cornerstone Government Affairs$40K
24/04/22for Q1 2024In-house$120K