Coverage · No income or expenses were reported on this filing.
Client
- Name
- OPERA AMERICA
- Location
- District of Columbia · United States of America
Registrant
- Firm
- OPERA AMERICA
- Description
- Nonprofit arts service organization
- Location
- New York, New York, United States of America
Lobbying activities
8 issuesBudget/Appropriations
COVID19 relief appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities; COVID19 relief appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education and Title IV, Part A; COVID19 relief State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State; Appropriations for Corporation for Public Broadcasting. - Implementation of Fast Response Survey System for arts education - Increased access to arts education programs and expand data collection efforts to include arts education programs - Reinstatement of Employee Retention Tax Credit Program - Timely implementation of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program - Increased appropriations for Paycheck Protection Program - Timely processing for visa petitions for international artists - Extend and increase federal incentives for charitable contributions
LobbyistsTONY SHIVERS
Covered position (TONY SHIVERS): Director of Government Affairs
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Education, Dept of · State, Dept of (DOS) · Small Business Administration (SBA) · Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS) · Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS) · Natl Endowment for the Arts
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
- HR 618, HR 1704: support for a universal charitable deduction available to all taxpayers, whether they itemize or not. - H.R. 513 - Nonprofits Support Act to modify the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. - S. 1257 / H.R.3832 Legacy IRA Act: an expansion of the IRA Charitable Rollover to allow seniors starting at age 65 to make tax-free IRA rollovers to charities through life-income plans (charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust). - H.R. 1793 Artist-Museum Partnership Act: provide a deduction equal to the fair market value for charitable contributions of created by the donor. - Support for retaining federal tax code provisions (Johnson Amendment) that prohibit 501(c)(3) entities from endorsing candidates for public office and engaging in partisan electioneering activities.