Advocacy Resource Center

ACG’s Advocacy Center is a continually updated, comprehensive resource for ACG members to have access to relevant tools, data, and policy activity that impacts the middle market. Through the Advocacy Center, ACG members have access to timely information that is critical to better understand ACG’s advocacy efforts, keep track of policymaking in Washington, D.C., and engage directly in policy efforts. 

ACG Public Policy Resources

• 2019 Public Policy Agenda
• 2019 Public Policy Snapshot

Advocacy One-Pagers and Talking Points

• Middle-Market and Private Capital

• Lifecycle of Capital

• Congressional Caucus for Middle-Market Growth

Regulatory Advocacy

• ACG Comment Letters

Public Policy News and Updates

• ACG Advocacy Alert: "Stop Wall Street Looting Act of 2019" (July 18, 2019) (login required)

• Middle Market Growth Weekly: Policy Roundups & Updates

• ACG's D.C. Download - Monthly Policy Newsletter Exclusive to ACG Members (login required)

Grassroots Resources

• Middle Market Fly-In (June 19, 2019)
• Find Your Representative

Middle-Market Research and Data

• ACG Policy Points: Private Equity Creates Jobs in Districts of Key Legislators (July 2019)
• GrowthEconomy.org
• 2018 PitchBook Annual US PE Middle Market Report
• 2019 1Q PitchBook Annual US PE Middle Market Report
• National Center for the Middle Market 1Q 2019 Middle Market Indication

Opportunity Zones Resources

In 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created the Opportunity Zone Program as a way to incentivize private-sector investment in distressed urban and rural areas. This is an innovative program that has the potential to offer significant benefits to ACG members.  

ACG will continue to update the resources below so our middle-market members can stay up to date on guidance and other activity to help better understand this new program and the tax incentives it offers. 

OpportunityZones.gov Launches

Launched to serve as an information resource for those engaged with the Opportunity Zones initiative, OpportunityZones.gov is intended to serve as a hub for the various stakeholders in the Opportunity Zones Program. Of particular note is the "Investors" portion of the website, which provides a variety of resources for investors, including how to establish an Opportunity Zone Fund, taxpayer incentives, relevant tax forms, and more.

Additional Opportunity Zones Resources:

• White House Opportunity Zones Fact Sheet

• White House Geographic Inequality Fact Sheet

• ACG Note on OZ Guidance Round Two