FACTSHEET: Americans for Prosperity, AfP
DETAILS
2111 Wilson Blvd, Ste. 350
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: (703)-224-3200
Toll Free: (866)-730-0150
info@AFPhq.org
Read more: http://www.americansforprosperity.org/contact-us#ixzz1sWbGoYqB
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is an astroturf front group started by oil billionaire David Koch and Richard Fink (a member of the board of directors of Koch Industries) in 2003. AFP works together with the Koch family’s other conservative foundations promoting right wing and libertarian causes.
A section 501(c)(4) organization, AFP and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation), a section 501(c)(3) organization, are "committed to educating citizens about economic policy and a return of the federal government to its Constitutional limits."
FUNDING
Americans for Prosperity has received $1,366,725 from ExxonMobil since 1998.
2005
$1,000,000 Claude R Lambe Foundation
Source: Greenpeace Koch Report
2009
$366,725 Claude R Lambe Foundation
Source: Greenpeace Koch Report
KEY PEOPLE
Tim Phillips
President
Source: Americans for Prosperity website - Tim Phillips
David H. Koch
Chairman and founder
Source: Polluterwatch - Americans for Prosperity
Michael Horn
Koch associate
Source: Philanthropy Roundtable - Michael Horn
Charles Koch
funder
Source: sourcewatch - Americans for Prosperity
SOURCES
Americans for Prosperity website - Tim Phillips
http://www.americansforprosperity.org/about/staff/tim-phillips
Greenpeace Koch Report
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/americans-for-prosperity-found/
Polluterwatch - Americans for Prosperity
http://www.polluterwatch.com/americans-prosperity
Philanthropy Roundtable - Michael Horn
http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/who_we_are/staff/michael_horn
sourcewatch - Americans for Prosperity
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity#cite_note-12