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Managed Funds Association

Membership group PAC FEC C00306894

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$398K
Membership group lobbying, all issues $8.9M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the membership group’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Managed Funds Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 8 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Retirement7 of 87/8
  • Budget/Appropriations1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 35 bills, this period

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From the filings

“H.R. 1091/ S. 445, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2025 Carried interest. Taxation of investments.”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Advocate for issues related to financial services.”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCFTC
  • Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFDIC
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC
  • Treasury
  • LaborDOL
  • Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Managed Funds Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 85 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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