3rd Quarter - Report

SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC. for SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC.

Period 3rd Quarter 2025 Filed Oct 17, 2025 Signed by Meredith Ciaccia Pierce

Official filing
Firm
SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC.
Client
SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC.
Income
—
Expenses
$160,000
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R.3420 - Words Matter Act of 2025 - The Words Matter Act replaces more than two dozen instances of the term mentally retarded in U.S. Code with contemporary, respectful language.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEREDITH CIACCIA PIERCE —
CHRISTIAN CLESI Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Disability Policy Aide, Senate Special Committee on Aging
SHAWN M FERGUSON Senior Advisor to the Senator, Senator Kent Conrad Legislative Director, Representative Brian Baird Office Manager & Director of Scheduling, Representative Marcy Kaptur

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3420 (119th)

Education EDU

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools (programming aimed at promoting social inclusion through intentionally planned and implemented activities affecting systems-wide change. With sports as the foundation, the three component model offers a unique combination of effective activities that equip young people with tools and training to create sports, classroom and school climates of acceptance.)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEREDITH CIACCIA PIERCE —
CHRISTIAN CLESI Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Disability Policy Aide, Senate Special Committee on Aging
SHAWN M FERGUSON Senior Advisor to the Senator, Senator Kent Conrad Legislative Director, Representative Brian Baird Office Manager & Director of Scheduling, Representative Marcy Kaptur

Contacted: SENATE; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Special Olympics Healthy Athletes and Healthy Communities programming (Healthy Athletes provides free health screenings and education for Special Olympics athletes and Healthy Communities is a recognition program within Special Olympics, working to increase access to quality health care and effective prevention programming to improve the health of people with intellectual disabilities), H.R.3409 - HEADs UP Act of 2025: The HEADs UP Act would designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) as a Medically Underserved Population, opening up many government programs aimed at improving access to care and reducing health disparities.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEREDITH CIACCIA PIERCE —
CHRISTIAN CLESI Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Disability Policy Aide, Senate Special Committee on Aging
SHAWN M FERGUSON Senior Advisor to the Senator, Senator Kent Conrad Legislative Director, Representative Brian Baird Office Manager & Director of Scheduling, Representative Marcy Kaptur

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of the Vice President of the United States

Bills named: H.R. 3409 (119th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools (programming aimed at promoting social inclusion through intentionally planned and implemented activities affecting systems-wide change. With sports as the foundation, this three component model offers a unique combination of effective activities that equip young people with tools and training to create sports, classroom and school climates of acceptance.), Special Olympics Healthy Athletes and Healthy Communities programming (Healthy Athletes provides free health screenings and education for Special Olympics athletes and Healthy Communities is a recognition program within Special Olympics, working to increase access to quality health care and effective prevention programming to improve the health of people with intellectual disabilities)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEREDITH CIACCIA PIERCE —
CHRISTIAN CLESI Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Disability Policy Aide, Senate Special Committee on Aging
SHAWN M FERGUSON Senior Advisor to the Senator, Senator Kent Conrad Legislative Director, Representative Brian Baird Office Manager & Director of Scheduling, Representative Marcy Kaptur

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of the Vice President of the United States

Sports/Athletics SPO

Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup (San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be the host site for the very first Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup, marking the first time in the 57-year history of the global sporting movement that a Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup will take place. Modeled after the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup, this historic event will bring together 20 mens teams and 18 womens teams comprised of Special Olympics basketball players and Unified partners (teammates without intellectual disabilities) representing each Special Olympics region around the world.)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEREDITH CIACCIA PIERCE —
CHRISTIAN CLESI Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Disability Policy Aide, Senate Special Committee on Aging
SHAWN M FERGUSON Senior Advisor to the Senator, Senator Kent Conrad Legislative Director, Representative Brian Baird Office Manager & Director of Scheduling, Representative Marcy Kaptur

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.