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AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC

DC · US

Tracked direct giving

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$7,780,000

Connections

7

Outside Spending and Dark Money

Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. 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. Grants between organizations are one route for dark money. A nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$15,000

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
CEDAR SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$15,0002022GENERAL SUPPORT

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. 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

BUDBudget/Appropriations
$15.9M
HCRHealth Issues
$15.5M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$15.2M
TOBTobacco
$15.2M
MMMMedicare/Medicaid
$15.2M
MEDMedical/Disease Research
$15.2M
DEFDefense
$14.4M
INDIndian/Native American Affairs
$14.4M
FAMFamily/Marriage Issues
$60K
SCIScience
$0

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$15.2M
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.$700K
ACTUM I, LLC$360K
Clark Hill$30K
THE RABEN GROUP$10K

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
Lobbied onCLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity ActLDA filing: lobbied on CLARITY Act, period 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31), reported amount $3,030,000Source
Lobbied onMedicaid Unwinding / RedeterminationsLDA filing: lobbied on Medicaid Unwinding, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $1,250,000Source
RetainedACTUM I, LLCHired ACTUM I, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedClark HillHired CLARK HILL, PLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedCORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.Hired CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedTHE RABEN GROUPHired THE RABEN GROUP to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026)Source
Received money fromCEDAR SINAI MEDICAL CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $15,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORTSource