The American Psychological Association (abbreviated APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States. It is the world's largest association of psychologists with around 150,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. The APA has an annual budget of around $115m. The American Psychological Association is occasionally confused with the American Psychiatric Association, which also uses the acronym APA.
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Campaign Finance
$3,750 GivenFigures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
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$443,200 SpentFigures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.
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Lobbying On Behalf of American Psychological Assn
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Firm Hired Amount Prime Policy Group $120,000 Potomac Group $98,000 Cavarocchi Ruscio Dennis Assoc $90,000 Forsyth, Sheila Lane $60,000 Hill, David $30,000 Madison Assoc $30,000 -
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
- Health Issues,
- Fed Budget & Appropriations,
- Medicare & Medicaid,
- Civil Rights & Civil Liberties,
- Defense,
- Education,
- Indian/Native American Affairs,
- Media Information & Publishing,
- Science & Technology,
- Veterans Affairs
