This number reflects what the lobbyist has personally given to candidates, parties, and political committees in Nevada — not what their clients have given. The two channels frequently overlap: a paid advocate who also writes a personal check to the legislator they're lobbying is using both kinds of access at once.
Paid Non-Profit
Jennifer McDonald
1 client represented in the 83rd Session
Each client below is a corporation, trade association, non-profit, or other organization that has registered this lobbyist as their advocate before the Nevada Legislature for the 2025 session. Click any client to see what they have spent on Nevada candidates and political committees.
NVSOS records for 1 of this lobbyist's clients
Per-client business-entity records sourced from the Nevada Secretary of State's nvsos_corporations registry, joined to this lobbyist's client roster by tokenwise-normalised name match. Includes corporation status, registered agent, formation date, and the current officer/director list as filed with the state.
Match is name-based — a client may correspond to multiple business filings (parent + subsidiary, foreign + domestic) or none at all if it is a federal entity, a political committee filed elsewhere, or a non-NV organisation. Entries with status Active are currently in good standing; Permanently Revoked, Dissolved, or Merged indicates the entity is no longer operational under that NV ID. Officer rosters are public records as of the most recent filing.
Institute for Justice
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
Registered agent: .NOT REQUIRED
Officers on file (0):
No current officers on file.
Reported $0 in legislator gifts/benefits for the 83rd Session
The Nevada Legislature's official lobbyist-expenditure report shows this lobbyist filed monthly returns for the 83rd Session and reported no benefits provided to any legislator or staff member. Source: NV Legislature 83rd Session Lobbyist Expenditures Report.
U.S. Senate LDA filings for 1 of this lobbyist's clients
Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) registrant + filing records sourced from lda.senate.gov, joined to this lobbyist's client roster by tokenwise-normalised name match. Shows the federal-side lobbying firms representing the same clients this lobbyist represents at the Nevada legislature.
Institute for Justice — 3 federal registrant(s)
| Federal registrant firm | Client name at LDA | Filings | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONUMENT ADVOCACY | INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | 1 | LDA filing |
| TREMONT STRATEGIES GROUP LLC | INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI | 1 | LDA filing |
| ENDGAME STRATEGIES, LLC | INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | 1 | LDA filing |
This lobbyist sits in a 4-member coalition cluster (1 client(s) in cluster)
Derived by Louvain community detection (Blondel et al. 2008) on the bipartite lobbyist-client representation graph — clusters are industries-as-observed, not pre-labeled. Other lobbyists in this same observed coalition · representative clients: Institute for Justice:
Jordan Banegas 7072, Rachel Gonzalez 7073, Ellen Hamlett 7069
Their own giving
Contributions made personally under this lobbyist's first and last name in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset.
Total personally given
$800
All Nevada filings, 2024–2026.
Contributions
3
After dedup of superseded reports.
Recipients
3
Distinct candidates, parties, or committees.
Who received their personal checks
Up to ten recipients of this lobbyist's personal contributions, ranked by total amount. Amounts are cumulative across all reporting years on file. Recipients can be candidates, parties, or political committees.
| # | Recipient | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NPChristopher TilmanOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | $300 | 1 |
| 2 | NPGwynneth SmithOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | $250 | 1 |
| 3 | NPNicholas PetsasOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | $250 | 1 |
Every contribution, newest first
3 individual contributions on file in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset, deduplicated.
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | NPGwynneth SmithOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | Monetary Contribution | $250 |
| 2026-02-26 | NPNicholas PetsasOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | Monetary Contribution | $250 |
| 2024-02-09 | NPChristopher TilmanOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | Monetary Contribution | $300 |
Exhibits filed at NELIS bill hearings
Records of 4 exhibits filed under this lobbyist's name in the Nevada Legislature's NELIS bill-hearing exhibits, across 2 bills. Each entry links to the original PDF document filed with the Legislature. Position labels (Support / Opposition / Neutral / Amendment / Presented) come from the exhibit naming convention used by NELIS staff.
| Position | Document & organisation | |
|---|---|---|
| AB225 · 2 exhibits on file | ||
| Support | — | |
| Submitted | — | |
| SB295 · 2 exhibits on file | ||
| Support | Testimony | |
| Support | Testimony · Institute For Justice .pdf | |
Source: NELIS — Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System. Match by tokenwise normalisation of submitter name vs lobbyist registration. Exhibits filed under a different name spelling won't appear here even if filed by this lobbyist.
Other registered lobbyists with the surname "McDonald"
Cross-firm surname match — different employers. A shared surname does not by itself imply a family relationship — common names will produce coincidental matches. We surface this as a research lead, not as a claim.
- Michael McDonald Paid
Where this profile's information comes from
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