“Tax Prom” is an event hosted by the Tax Foundation that seeks to bring together everyone from “Capitol Hill tax staffers to VPs of tax and government affairs departments at Fortune 1000 companies, trade associations, and law firms” to discuss tax policy.
Below are two charts, one laying out the 2024 corporate sponsors of the event, and the other laying out every recipient of the Tax Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award since 1941. This award is given at the Tax Prom every year, and seeks to honor “…public figures for their efforts to advance sound tax policy.” Figures like one of the leading proponents of economic inequality, Pat Toomey.
2024 Tax Prom Corporate Sponsors
| Sponsor | Donation Level | Amount (USD) |
| Business Roundtable | Reception | $35,000.00 |
| H&R Block | Reception | $35,000.00 |
| Altria Client Services LLC | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| Arnold Ventures | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| The Coca-Cola Company | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| CVS Health | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| FedEx Corporation | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| PepsiCo Inc. | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| PMI Global Services Inc. | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| Visa | Platinum | $30,000.00 |
| Akin | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Amazon | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| American Bankers Association | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| The American Clean Power Association | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Baker McKenzie | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Capitol Counsel LLC | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Council for Electronic Revenue Communication Advancement | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| eBay | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Intuit | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Jackson Hewitt Tax Services | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| KPMG LLP | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Miller and Chevalier Chartered | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Occidental Petroleum | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| Rock Creek Counsel | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| RTX | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| The Procter & Gamble Company | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| PwC | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| T-Mobile | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Gold | $20,000.00 |
| American Hotel and Lodging Association | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| American Petroleum Institute | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Aflac | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Capitol Tax Partners | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| The Carlyle Group | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Cisco | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Deloitte Tax LLC | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| FGS Global | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Fidelity Investments | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Information Technology Industry Council | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| K&L Gates | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Main Street Employers Coalition | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| McDermott Will & Emery | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| National Retail Federation | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| NextEra Energy | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Taxwell | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| Walmart Inc. | Silver | $15,000.00 |
| 3M Company | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| AbbVie | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| AXPC | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| AT&T | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| CTIA | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| Diageo | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| ExxonMobil Corporation | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| Google LLC | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| Linde | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| New York Life Insurance Company | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
| Qualcomm | Bronze | $10,000.00 |
Tax Foundation “Distinguished Service” Awardees, 1941 – Present
| Year | Awardee | Party |
| 2024 | Governor Kim Reynolds (R-IA) | Republican |
| 2023 | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) | Democratic |
| 2022 | U.S. Senator Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA) | Republican |
| 2021 | Mark J. Mazur, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy in the U.S. Department of Treasury | Democratic |
| 2021 | Michael J. Graetz, Columbia Alumni Professor of Tax Law | |
| 2019 | Thomas A. Barthold, Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation | |
| 2018 | Mark Weinberger, Global Chairman and CEO of EY | |
| 2018 | Barbara Angus, Chief Tax Counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means | |
| 2018 | Stephen Entin, Senior Fellow at Tax Foundation and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Department of the Treasury | Republican |
| 2017 | Vice President Mike Pence | Republican |
| 2016 | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) | Democratic |
| 2016 | U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) | Republican |
| 2016 | Janice Mays, former Democratic staff director for the House Ways and Means Committee | Democratic |
| 2015 | U.S. Senator Rob Portman | Republican |
| 2015 | Robert Stack, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs | |
| 2014 | Pat Tiberi, Representative of Ohio’s 12th District | Republican |
| 2014 | John Engler, President of Business Roundtable and former Governor of Michigan | Republican |
| 2014 | Mark Prater, Chief Tax Counsel and Deputy Staff Director to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (minority) | Republican |
| 2013 | U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch | Republican |
| 2013 | U.S Senator Max Baucus | Democrat |
| 2013 | Russell Sullivan, Staff Director for the Senate Finance Committee | Democrat |
| 2012 | U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee | Republican |
| 2012 | The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page, award accepted by Dan Henninger, Deputy Editor | |
| 2011 | U.S. Rep. John A. Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives | Republican |
| 2011 | David M. Cote, chairman and CEO of Honeywell | |
| 2010 | U.S. Rep. Paul D. Ryan | Republican |
| 2010 | U.S. Rep. John S. Tanner | Democratic |
| 2010 | James W. Owens, Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc. | |
| 2009 | Eric Solomon, Director of National Tax, Ernst & Young LLP, and Former Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy | |
| 2009 | John Samuels, Vice President and Senior Counsel for Tax Policy and Planning, GE | |
| 2008 | U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery | Republican |
| 2008 | U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal | Democrat |
| 2007 | Bernard M. (Bob) Shapiro, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers | |
| 2007 | Mark McConaghy, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers | |
| 2007 | Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate | |
| 2006 | U.S. Senator Connie Mack III | Republican |
| 2006 | U.S. Senator John Breaux | Democrat |
| 2005 | Sidney Taurel, Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly and Co. | |
| 2005 | Charles Rossotti, former IRS Commissioner | Republican |
| 2004 | Lee R. Raymond, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil | |
| 2004 | U.S. Senator Don Nickles | Republican |
| 2003 | J.T. Battenberg III, Chairman, President and CEO, Delphi Corporation | |
| 2003 | U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin | Democrat |
| 2002 | U.S. Rep. Dick Armey | Republican |
| 2002 | U.S. Rep. Bill Thomas | Republican |
| 2002 | President George W. Bush | Republican |
| 2001 | U.S. Senator Max Baucus | Democrat |
| 2001 | Robert Perlman, Vice President, Tax, Licensing and Customs, Intel Corporation | |
| 2000 | U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn | Republican |
| 2000 | Charles Koch, Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries, Inc. | |
| 1999 | U.S. Senator Robert Kerrey | Democrat |
| 1999 | Martin Feldstein, President, National Bureau of Economic Research | |
| 1998 | U.S. Rep. Bill Archer | Republican |
| 1998 | John W. Snow, Chairman and CEO, CSX | |
| 1997 | U.S. Senator John B. Breaux | Democrat |
| 1997 | Charles R. Lee, Chairman and Co-CEO, Verizon | |
| 1996 | U.S. Rep. Philip M. Crane | Republican |
| 1996 | Norman B. Ture, President, IRET | |
| 1995 | U.S. Senator Sam Nunn | Democrat |
| 1995 | Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Texaco | |
| 1994 | U.S. Senator William Roth | Republican |
| 1994 | John A. Young, President, Hewlett-Packard | |
| 1993 | U.S. Rep. Sam M. Gibbons | Democrat |
| 1993 | Charles A. Corry, Chairman, USX Corporation | |
| 1992 | Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank | Republican |
| 1992 | Allen E. Murray, CEO, Mobil Corporation | |
| 1991 | U.S. Senator Max Baucus | Democrat |
| 1991 | Paul H. O’Neill, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa | |
| 1990 | U.S. Senator Bob Packwood | Republican |
| 1990 | William S. Kanaga, Chairman, Arthur Young & Co. | |
| 1989 | U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen | Democrat |
| 1989 | David Roderick, Chairman, U.S. Steel Corporation | |
| 1988 | U.S. Rep. Bill Archer | Republican |
| 1987 | U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Democrat |
| 1986 | U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici | Republican |
| 1985 | James A. Baker III, Secretary, U.S. Treasury | Republican |
| 1984 | John F. McGillicuddy, CEO, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company | |
| 1983 | Martin Feldstein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Republican |
| 1982 | U.S. Rep. James R. Jones | Democrat |
| 1981 | Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense | Republican |
| 1980 | Paul Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank | Democrat |
| 1979 | U.S. Rep. Barber B. Conable, Jr. | Republican |
| 1978 | U.S. Rep. Al Ullman | Democrat |
| 1977 | Reginald H. Jones, Chairman and CEO, General Electric | |
| 1976 | U.S. Senator Russell B. Long | Democrat |
| 1975 | William E. Simon, Secretary, U.S. Treasury | Republican appointee |
| 1974 | George P. Schultz, Secretary, U.S. Treasury | Republican appointee |
| 1973 | U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Democrat |
| 1972 | Richard C. Gerstenberg, Chairman and CEO, General Motors | |
| 1971 | Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers | Republican |
| 1970 | U.S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett | Republican |
| 1969 | Arthur F. Burns, Chief Economic Advisor to the President | Bipartisan |
| 1968 | U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills | Democrat |
| 1967 | Frederick R. Kappel, Chairman, AT&T | |
| 1966 | Henry H. Fowler, Secretary, U.S. Treasury | Democrat |
| 1965 | U.S. Senator Everett M. Dirksen | Republican |
| 1964 | John J. McCloy, Special Advisor to President John F. Kennedy | Republican |
| 1963 | U.S. Rep. John W. Byrnes | Republican |
| 1962 | Colin F. Stam, Chief of Staff, Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation | |
| 1961 | William McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank | Democrat |
| 1960 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican |
| 1959 | Maurice H. Stans, Director, Bureau of the Budget | Republican |
| 1958 | U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills | Democrat |
| 1957 | U.S. Senator John McClellan | Democrat |
| 1956 | Sherman Adams, Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican |
| 1955 | U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd | Democrat |
| 1954 | Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary, U.S. Agriculture Department | Republican |
| 1953 | U.S. Rep. Daniel A. Reed | Republican |
| 1952 | John J. McCloy, U.S. military governor and high commissioner for Germany | |
| 1951 | Lewis W. Douglas, Director, General Motors | |
| 1950 | General Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican |
| 1949 | U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft | Republican |
| 1948 | President Herbert C. Hoover | Republican |
| 1947 | Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University | |
| 1946 | U.S. Rep. Clarence J. Brown | Republican |
| 1945 | Lewis H. Brown, President, Johns-Manville Corporation | |
| 1945 | U.S. Senator Walter F. George | Democrat |
| 1944 | Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University | |
| 1943 | John W. Hanes, Undersecretary, U.S. Treasury | |
| 1942 | Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University | |
| 1941 | George S. Benson, President, Harding College | |
| 1941 | Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University | |
| 1941 | U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd | Democrat |