Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
SC_02_LOB_ACT_TOT_L1C_1I
Total lobbying expenditures
- Description
- Total Line 1c through 1i (only for section 501(c)(3))
- Table
SC-P02-T00-LOBBY(one)- Part
- Part II - Lobbying Activities (II-A electing 501(h), II-B non-electing)
- Location
SCHED-C-PART-02-B-LINE-01J-COL-B- Type
- numeric
- Scope
- PZ – 990 and 990-EZ
- Database
- F990
- Forms
- SZ
2 / 3
xpaths observed / mapped
91k
filings with a value
2009–2024
tax years observed
0
open flags
Checks
Value checks
| Result | Value check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ pass | Values parse as numbers | 100.0% of values are numeric |
| ✓ pass | No sudden change in the median between adjacent years | largest change 1.5x (IRS990ScheduleC/TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB, 990, TY2010) |
| ✓ pass | Pooled xpaths are on the same scale (same return type) | largest ratio of medians between xpaths: 1.6x |
| ⓘ info | Sign convention | 0.0% of values are negative (fine for net amounts) |
No flags.
Xpaths
| Xpath (under /Return/ReturnData or /Return/ReturnHeader) | Form | Years | Filings | % filers | Repeats in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | IRS990ScheduleC/TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB | SZ | 2009–2012 | 17,737 | 1.94% | |
| x2 | IRS990ScheduleC/TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt | SZ | 2013–2024 | 73,605 | 0.959% | |
| x3 | IRS990ScheduleC/Form990ScheduleCPartII/TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB | SZ | not observed | 0 |
% filers: percent of in-scope filers whose return has the xpath, in its latest year. Repeats in: share of filings where the element occurs more than once.
Coverage by tax year
| Filings | ’09 | ’10 | ’11 | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | 2.4k | 4.9k | 5.1k | 5.3k | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 5.5k | 5.7k | 5.9k | 5.9k | 6.3k | 6.2k | 6.3k | 6.5k | 6.7k | 7.1k | 7.2k | 4.4k | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 990-EZ | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Filings with a value, by xpath (rows, numbered as in the xpath table) and tax year. A change of row from one year to the next is usually the IRS renaming the element (most were renamed in 2013). Hover a cell for the exact count.
Values
| Return | Filings | % numeric | % zero | % negative | P25 | Median | P75 | P99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | 88,974 | 100.0% | 4.6% | 0.0% | 2,270 | 12,072 | 43,519 | 809,787 |
| 990-EZ | 2,368 | 100.0% | 26.9% | 0.0% | 288 | 1,625 | 7,458 | 34,229 |
Percentiles are the median over tax years of each year's percentile.