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NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION

DC · US

Trade association representing independent community grocers

Tracked direct giving

$7,479

LDA reported lobbying spend

$2,248,870

Connections

6

PAC Chain Attribution

Where NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$1K
modeled estimate
5 paths across 5 counterparties
$369modeled estimateattributed to PEOPLE FOR BEN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$369modeled estimateattributed to Ben Ray Luján
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$226modeled estimateattributed to KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$161modeled estimateattributed to GREG STEUBE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$134modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSON
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1K attributed (modeled estimate) across 5 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

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

LBRLabor/Employment
$4.1M
AGRAgriculture
$4.0M
PHAPharmacy
$3.1M
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$3.1M
BANBAN
$3.1M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$3.1M
SMBSmall Business
$3.1M
HCRHealth Issues
$2.6M
FOOFood Industry
$2.4M
IMMImmigration
$470K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$3.1M
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP$640K
PATEL PARTNERS$250K
CENTER MARKET STRATEGIES, LLC$35K
VENABLE LLP$30K
PATEL PARTNERS LLC$30K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

Farm Bill

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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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,479Dec 22, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
RetainedPATEL PARTNERS LLCHired PATEL PARTNERS LLC to lobby on Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024Source
Lobbied onFarm Bill Reauthorization 2024LDA filing: lobbied on Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $30,000Source
RetainedWILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLPHired WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedVENABLE LLPHired VENABLE LLP to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026)Source
RetainedPATEL PARTNERSHired PATEL PARTNERS to lobby (3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2023)Source
RetainedCENTER MARKET STRATEGIES, LLCHired CENTER MARKET STRATEGIES, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026)Source