# FTP

> FTP, formerly Forbes Tate Partners, is a Washington, D.C. government-relations and public-affairs consultancy that combines federal and state advocacy with strategic communications, grassroots organizing, digital media, research, and AI-assisted monitoring. Founded in 2012 by Jeffrey Forbes and Dan Tate Jr., it serves corporations, associations, coalitions, and nonprofits facing policy, regulatory, or reputational problems.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Jeffrey Forbes (Co-founder and Founding Partner and Chairman), Dan Tate Jr. (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Federal Government Relations, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications, Digital Advocacy, FTP Field Network, Signals
- **Notable:** Named among Bloomberg Government's top-performing lobbying firms., Named a PRNEWS Top Elite 120 agency., Reported $26.3 million in federal lobbying revenue for 2024 in Bloomberg Government's industry analysis, up from $8.6 million in 2014.

## Products & services

- **Federal Government Relations** — Legislative advocacy, appropriations, executive-branch and regulatory affairs, political-risk monitoring, bipartisan relationship development, and policy analysis.
- **Public Affairs and Strategic Communications** — Message and campaign strategy, crisis and reputation management, media relations, executive positioning, coalition management, rapid response, and grassroots mobilization.
- **Digital Advocacy** — Audience research, creative testing, social content, influencer engagement, search strategy, media buying, web experience, monitoring, and video production.
- **FTP Field Network** — A national network for identifying, organizing, and activating employees, customers, community advocates, local leaders, experts, and other credible third-party voices.
- **Signals** — Research products that use proprietary listening tools and expert analysis, including Beltway Social, which follows more than 20,000 Washington-linked X accounts.
- **FTP Advocacy Intelligence** — AI-assisted tools including a 2026 election dashboard, custom AIDE policy dashboards, and SCORE synthetic-audience testing for messages and campaign scenarios.
- **Governor Engagement** — Executive-branch advocacy and engagement across U.S. states, informed by the firm's policy, public-affairs, and field capabilities.

## Achievements

- Named among Bloomberg Government's top-performing lobbying firms.
- Named a PRNEWS Top Elite 120 agency.
- Reported $26.3 million in federal lobbying revenue for 2024 in Bloomberg Government's industry analysis, up from $8.6 million in 2014.
- Grew from a small 2012 government-relations shop to nearly 80 professionals by its tenth-anniversary period.
- Built Beltway Social, a listening index tracking more than 20,000 Washington-related X accounts.
- Launched FTP Advocacy Intelligence products for elections, policy monitoring, and synthetic-audience testing.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — FTP continued expanding its 2026 research and advocacy-intelligence products, including Signals and AI-assisted monitoring tools.
- **2026-07** — The firm publicly rolled out its shortened FTP brand and presented Robert Mathias as Managing Partner, with Jeffrey Forbes serving as Founding Partner and Chairman.
- **2026-05** — FTP announced six staff promotions across government relations, public affairs, policy, and operations.
- **2024-02** — Ed Hill joined as a partner to strengthen the firm's financial-services policy and issue-advocacy practice.

## Links

- Website: https://ftpadvocacy.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ftp-advocacy
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/forbestate

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