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Americans for Tax Reform

American for Tax Reform (ATR) is a national grassroots organization focused on increasing public awareness about the size and regulations of government and rallying support for lower taxes, smaller government and congressional accountability.

$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$1.8MHealth$45kSocial Science$15k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $43k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Independent Women's Voice$100,000
State Government Leadership Foundation$25,000
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance$18,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The Goldwater Institute: $15k → 11%American Vaping Association: $20k → 16%Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association: $25k → 14%Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs: $15k → 16%Advanced Arkansas Institute: $10k → 17%Tholos Foundation: $900k → 14%John K MacIver Institute for Public Policy Inc: $15k → 10%Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity: $5k → 14%Utah Taxpayers Association: $15k → 8%Independence Institute: $10k → 12%The Monday Meeting: $45k → 14%Senate Leadership Fund: $185k → 6%GoPAC Education Fund: $13k → 7%Independent Women's Voice: $190k → 16%Pelican Institute for Public Policy: $5k → 23%Pegasus Institute: $15k → 15%Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance: $18k → 16%State Government Leadership Foundation: $25k → 14%The Monday Meeting: $23k → 14%Independent Women's Voice: $100k → 16%Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance: $15k → 16%Republican State Leadership Committee: $25k → 14%The Monday Meeting: $23k → 14%Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance: $12k → 16%State Government Leadership Foundation: $25k → 14%The Monday Meeting: $23k → 14%Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance: $11k → 16%State Government Leadership Foundation: $25k → 14%Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance: $11k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
MA
NJ
RI
UT
CO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
AR
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$545k · 4 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
18

Total granted

$545k
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+20%

Still filing today

75%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitCivil RightsPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IW
    Independent Women's Voice
    2× · 2023–2024 · $290k · revenue +24%
  • TM
    The Monday Meeting
    4× · 2017–2023 · $113k
  • SG
    STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue -31%

Funded once

  • TF
    Tholos Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $900k · revenue -32% · 26% of their budget
  • SL
    SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $185k
  • CA
    CONSUMER AVOCATES FOR SMOKE FREE ALTERNATIVES ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -44%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
2
Institute for Policy Innovation

It is the mission of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) to provide education, research, analysis and recommendations to policy makers, opinion leaders and the American people designed to help solve public policy problems through…

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3
The Libertarian Institute

Disseminate information and education about pertinent economic, social and governmental topics, via print, web and other media to educate the public about the principles of LIbertarianism.

Education
4
Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies Inc

To provide thoughtful, conservative solutions to the challenges presented by education, workforce, labor and employment issues.

Education
5
American Policy Coalition

With a commitment to free market principles, APC focuses on educating the public about conservative fiscal policies that foster job growth, a stronger economy, and increased opportunity for all Americans.

Public Benefit
6
Technology Policy Institute
International
7
Rocky Mountain Policy Group

Promoting a strong state economy with limited government taxes and regulation.

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8
Frontiers of Freedom Institute

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…

Public Benefit
9
State Policy Institute

To promote pro-growth, progressive policy at the state level.

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10
Individual Liberties Alliance

The organization engages in activities and promote public policies that increase individual freedom and accountable government.

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11
Competition & Innovation Institute
Public Benefit
12
Institute of Politics Policy and History
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is State Government Leadership Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Advance Arkansas Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Tholos Foundation: $900,000 · OtherTholos FoundationSENATE LEADERSHIP FUND: $185,000 · OtherSENATE LEADERSHIP FUNDThe Monday Meeting: $112,500 · OtherThe Monday Meeting+4 more: $62,500 · OtherIndependent Women's Voice: $290,000 · Civil RightsIndependent Women's Vo…MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE INC: $67,000 · Civil RightsMASSACHUSETTS FISCAL A…Utah Taxpayers Association: $15,000 · Civil RightsSTATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Public BenefitTHE JOHN K MACIVER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $15,000 · Public BenefitADVANCE ARKANSAS INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Public BenefitINDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Public BenefitPELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $5,000 · Public BenefitRhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity: $5,000 · Public BenefitRio Grande Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Public BenefitCONSUMER AVOCATES FOR SMOKE FREE ALTERNATIVES ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 · HealthAmerican Vaping Association Inc: $20,000 · Community ImprovementOKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $15,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTexas Conservative Coalition Research Institute: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,260,000Civil Rights$372,000Public Benefit$140,000Health$25,000Community Improvement$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$15,000Arts & Culture$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTholos Foundation: $900,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetIndependent Women's Voice: $290,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetSTATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE INC: $67,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetCONSUMER AVOCATES FOR SMOKE FREE ALTERNATIVES ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAmerican Vaping Association Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE JOHN K MACIVER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetUtah Taxpayers Association: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetOKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGOPAC EDUCATION FUND INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTexas Conservative Coalition Research Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRio Grande Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

State Policy NetworkDonors Trust IncThe Roe FoundationAdolph Coors Foundati…The Lynde and Harry B…Charles Koch Foundati…Justice Action NetworkNetChoiceCoalition for Public …Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
State Policy NetworkVA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: State Policy Network · Donors Trust Inc · The Roe Foundation · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · Justice Action Network · NetChoice · Coalition for Public Safety · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Americans for Tax Reform funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Americans for Tax Reform. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Americans for Tax Reform?

    Find your warmest path to Americans for Tax Reform through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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