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AARP

DC · US

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$16,120,000

Connections

8

Dark Money Spending

Election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors. Dark money flows through 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar entities that are not required to reveal their funders. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

IRS 990 Schedule I Grant Chain

Grants between nonprofits reported on IRS Form 990 Schedule I. These inter-organizational transfers are a key pathway in dark money flows — a nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$209,413

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
AARP FOUNDATION$209,4132024GRANTS TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS

Source: IRS Form 990 Schedule I (Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations) via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS 990 XML e-files. Grant amounts represent the most recent filing year available.

IRS 990 data lags a year or more behind filing. Grants shown are for the stated tax year and do not establish current-cycle funding.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates because QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

HCRHealth Issues
$20.0M
MMMMedicare/Medicaid
$20.0M
PHAPharmacy
$20.0M
FAMFamily/Marriage Issues
$20.0M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$20.0M
TRATransportation
$20.0M
LBRLabor/Employment
$20.0M
FINFinancial Institutions/Investments
$20.0M
RETRetirement
$20.0M
CIVCivil Rights
$20.0M

Lobbying Firms Retained

AARP$20.0M
H&M STRATEGIES LLP$0

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

PBM

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Employed byH&M STRATEGIES LLPHired H&M STRATEGIES LLP to lobby on Tech / AISource
Lobbied forInsulin Price Caps - State-Level LegislationLDA filing: lobbied on Insulin Price Caps, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $3,850,000Source
Lobbied forPharmacy Benefit Manager Reform ActLDA filing: lobbied on PBM Reform Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $4,370,000Source
Lobbied forPrior Authorization Reform (Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act)LDA filing: lobbied on Prior Authorization Reform, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $3,850,000Source
Lobbied forPrior Authorization Reform (Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act)LDA filing: lobbied on Prior Authorization Reform, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $3,850,000Source
Lobbied forSugar Reform Act (S.832, 118th Congress)LDA filing: lobbied on Sugar Reform Act, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $5,120,000Source
Lobbied forAction to Delay Effective Date Consistent With Congressionally Enacted MoratoriumLobbied on pbm — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.Source
Received money fromAARP FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $209,413 (tax year 2024). Purpose: GRANTS TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMSSource