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{{#badges: Koch Exposed | AEX}}Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is an anti-tax lobbying group founded in 1985 by [[Grover Norquist]], whom the ''New York Times'' has called "one of the Republican Party's most influential policy strategists."<ref name="shenon">Philip Shenon, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/politics/10abramoff.html $25,000 to Lobby Group Is Tied to Access to Bush]," ''New York Times'', March 10, 2006. Accessed July 8, 2014.</ref> ATR has close ties to the [[Republican Party]] and has frequently allied itself with the [[tobacco industry]].
{{TemplateATR is an "associate" member of the [[State Policy Network]], a web of right-wing “think tanks” in every state across the country.<ref>State Policy Network, [https:KochConnection}}//spn.org/directory/ Directory], ''State Policy Network'', 2016.</ref>
ATR is headed by [[Grover Norquist]], "one of the Republican Party's most influential policy strategists," according to the ''New York Times<big>2012</big>'''.<ref name="shenon2013 990"/> He has close ties to the Republican Party* Total Revenue: $30, large U.S. business interests975, and both the subsidized and corporate U.S. media. Norquist helped the [[Heritage Foundation]] write the Republican's 1994 [[Contract With America]].<ref> "[http://theweek.com/article/index/217015/grover-norquist-the-man-who-killed-tax-increases Grover Norquist283* Total Expenses: The man who killed tax increases]$30," ''The Week''915, July 010* Net Assets: $8, 2011. Accessed July 8110, 2014.</ref>700
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ATR describes itself as a group that "believes in a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized."<ref>Americans for Tax Reform, [http://www.atr.org/about About Americans for Tax Reform], organization website, accessed May 22, 2013.</ref>
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ATR has also received money directly from the Kochs. In 2012, Americans for Tax Reform's [[501(c)(3)]] arm, the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, accepted $50,000 from the [[Claude R. Lambe Foundation]], one of the [[Koch Family Foundations]].<ref>American Bridge, [http://conservativetransparency.org/transaction/claude-r-lambe-charitable-foundation2012-4/ Claude R. Lambe Foundation Financial Records], ConservativeTransparency.org, accessed June 24, 2014.</ref>
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==Americans for Prosperity and ATR Launch Anti-Tax Effort in Tennessee (2014)==
*[[Jack Abramoff]]'s clients, the Chiefs of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas and the Coushattas Tribe of Louisiana, both gave $25,000 in 2001<ref name="shenon"/>
Based on data collected by Media Matters' Conservative Transparency Project, the top ten overall contributors to AFT and the AFT Foundation are:<ref>Media Matters, [http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/americans-for-tax-reform/?og_tot=24&order_by=contribution+DESC Americans for Tax Reform], top contributors report, accessed July 12, 2016.</ref>
*[[Crossroads GPS]]: $30,400,000 (2010 and 2012)
*[[Randolph Foundation]]: $439,250 (1999-2012)
*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]]: $375,000 (1996-2002)
*[[Carthage Foundation]]: $325,000 (1994-2003)<ref>Media Matters, *[[httpFreedom Partners]]://conservativetransparency.org/top/adv/?yr=&yr1=&yr2=&adv=&term_id%5B%5D=4574&term_id%5B%5D=962&formtax=recipient&submit= Americans for Tax Reform and Americans for Tax Reform Foundation], top contributors report, accessed July 8$100, 000 (2014.</ref> )
===Contribution from Koch-tied Center to Protect Patients Rights===
Spokespeople from both ATR and Crossroads didn't respond to ''Pro Publica'''s request for comment on the allegation.
==Personnel=Core Financials==='''<big>2016</big>'''<ref name="2016 990">Americans for Tax Reform, [Paper copy on file with CMD, 2016 990 IRS Form] organizational tax filing, Nov 15, 2017</ref> * Total Revenue: $5,663,481* Total Expenses: $5,703,190* Net Assets: $10,580,582 '''<big>2015</big>'''<ref name="2016 990"/>* Total Revenue: $4,892,045* Total Expenses: $4,487,326* Net Assets: $9,100,535 '''<big>2013</big>'''<ref name="2013 990">Americans for Tax Reform, [http://pdfs.citizenaudit.org/2014_12_EO/52-1403587_990O_201312.pdf 2013 IRS form 990], organizational tax filing, November 17, 2014. Accessed June 23, 2014.</ref>* Total Revenue: $4,322,947* Total Expenses: $4,024,431* Net Assets: $8,409,216 '''Grants to Other Organizations'''<ref name="ab">American Bridge, [http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/americans-for-tax-reform/ Americans for Tax Reform Transactions], ''American Bridge'', 2016.</ref>*[[Independent Women's Voice]]: $260,000*Texans for Fiscal Responsibility: $25,000*Citizens for Limited Taxation: $11,400
==History==
This group works to influence legislation in opposition to the estate tax, environmental protection, licensing restrictions, federal purchase of land for national parks and wildlife areas, broadcast requirements for "multicasting," and drug importation, as well as seizure by eminent domain.<ref>Property Rights Alliance, [http://www.propertyrightsalliance.org/about About], organizational website, accessed May 22, 2013.</ref>
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===Alliance for Worker Freedom===
This now defunct project claimed its mission was providing a "voice to people...in the public policy debates that impact" savings and investments. This included opposition to the estate tax and a "fairer, simpler," e.g. less progressive tax rate. Other former endeavors included fighting net neutrality, opposing limitations on "grassroots" internet lobbying, extending lower taxes on capital gains and dividends, supporting Samuel Alito for U.S. Supreme Court, and supporting the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). In their words, "Approving CAFTA will reward the democracies in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic for rejecting the Communists, and will send the message to the region and the world that those who adopt free market policies will prosper, and those who adopt Leftist anti-American protectionist policies will fail."{{fact}}
==Personnel==
ATR is headed by [[Grover Norquist]], "one of the Republican Party's most influential policy strategists," according to the ''New York Times''.<ref name="shenon"/> He has close ties to the Republican Party, large U.S. business interests, and both the subsidized and corporate U.S. media. Norquist helped the [[Heritage Foundation]] write the Republican's 1994 [[Contract With America]].<ref> "[http://theweek.com/article/index/217015/grover-norquist-the-man-who-killed-tax-increases Grover Norquist: The man who killed tax increases]," ''The Week'', July 8, 2011. Accessed July 8, 2014.</ref>
Norquist has led a right wing charge to "de-fund" the left, declaring that "We will hunt [these liberal groups] down one by one and extinguish their funding sources."<ref> "[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-08-19/news/9508190001_1_non-profits-lobbying-defense-spending A Dangerous Curb On Free Speech]," ''Chicago Tribune'', August 19, 1995. Accessed July 8, 2014.</ref>
===Staff===
As of July 2016:<ref>Americans for Tax Reform, [http://www.atr.org/atr-staff ATR Staff]. ''Americans for Tax Refore'', July 11, 2016.</ref>
*[[Grover Norquist]], President
*Christopher Butler, Chief of Staff
*Holly Jackson, Director of Development
*John Kartch, VP of Communications
*Candice N. Boyer, Director of Scheduling and Outreach
*Alex Hendrie, Federal Affairs Manager
*Justin Sykes, Federal Affairs Manager
*Katie McAuliffe, Federal Affairs Manager
*Lorenzo Montanari, International Programs Manager
*Patrick Gleason, Director of State Affairs
*Paul Blair, State Affairs Manager
*Miriam Roff, State Affairs Coordinator
*Adam L. Radman, Grassroots Campaigns Manager
*Megan McChesney, Senior Manager of Finance and Operations
*Rayanne Matlock, Operations Manager and Internship Coordinator
*Jorge Marin, Policy Specialist
*Matthew Patterson, Executive Director of Worker Freedom
==Contact Information==
Americans for Tax Reform<br>
Phone: (202) 785-0266<br>
Fax: (202) 785-0261<br>
Email: friends AT ideas@atr.org<br>Press contactWebsite: http: John Kartch, jkartch AT //www.atr.org/<br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/taxreformer<br>WebsiteFacebook: httphttps://www.atrfacebook.orgcom/americansfortaxreform
==Articles and Resources==
* [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed ALECexposed.org]
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