Americans for Prosperity Foundation

Leadership & Staff

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Tracy Henke

• Executive V.P. & COO

John-Paul De Gance Founder and President at Communio

• Vice President of External Affairs

Alan Cobb Koch/AFP lobbyist, Bob Dole campaign; Trump nominee to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

• Vice President, State Operations

Teresa Crossland-Oelke State Director of Americans for Prosperity

• State Director, Arkansas

Peggy Venable Political operative for Koch brothers

• State Director ('03→?)

Tim Phillips Koch-funded astroturf leader; Former President of Americans for Prosperity

• President ('06→?)

David Koch Billionaire industrialist; helped fund vast conservative, libertarian political operation

• Founder ('84→?)

Mike Demkovich Director of Marketing Strategy at Iron Light

• communications associate (Aug '08→Jul '09)

Sarah Elliott Chairman of Republicans Overseas UK

• Major Gifts Officer (past)

Phil Kerpen Koch operative; president, American Commitment

• Vice President, Policy (Dec '06→Apr '12)

Board Members

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David Koch Billionaire industrialist; helped fund vast conservative, libertarian political operation

• Chairman [+1]

• Director

James Clifford Miller III Economist - Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (1981-1985)

• Director

Frayda Levin Conservative political advocate; Club for Growth

• Director

Paul Beckner Principal, Freedom Managment Group

• President ('91→?)

Walter E Williams Koch economist

• Director (past) [+1]

• Director

Rich Fink Koch think tank mastermind.

• Emeritus Board Member (past)

Charles Koch Libertarian billionaire scion of the Koch empire.

• Emeritus Board Member (past)

C Boyden Gray Heir to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco fortune. Conservative activist, lobbyist; George Mason University law professor, and founder of Committee of Justice

• Co-chairman

Wayne Gable Koch's man in Washington

• Director

Nancy Pfotenhauer Koch empire and McCain spokeswoman.

• President (Oct '03→'06)

Donors

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Koch Industries, Inc. Second-largest private company in the US, involved in manufacturing, trading and investments

• Donation · 5,000,000 USD [+1]

• Donation · 626,500 USD ('98)

Dick And Betsy Devos Foundation

• Grant · 3,000,000 USD ('11)

Claude R. Lambe Foundation Koch family controlled funding mechanism

• Grant · 1,151,500 USD ('06) [+7]

• Grant · 1,025,000 USD ('07)

• Grant · 1,000,000 USD ('05)

• Grant · 700,000 USD ('02)

• Grant · 600,000 USD ('99)

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('00)

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('01)

• Grant · 200,000 USD ('00)

Donors Capital Fund DonorsTrust affiliate for $1 million+ anonymous donors

• Grant · 1,088,000 USD ('09)

Altria Group, Inc. formerly Philip Morris; the largest U.S. tobacco company

• Donation · 1,070,550 USD ('98) [+1]

• Donation/Grant

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a conservative foundation with about half a billion US dollars in assets. According to the Bradley Foundation 1998 Annual Report

• Donation/Grant · 520,000 USD

Rauner Family Foundation

• Donation · 150,000 USD ('12)

Charles Koch Foundation Grantmaking foundation controlled by Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch

• Grant · 123,984 USD ('14)*

Walton Family Foundation Inc Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD ('15→'16)

American Petroleum Institute Oil and natural gas industry association

• Grant · 25,500 USD ('10)

Child Organizations

Americans for Prosperity Foundation Indiana c(3) arm of Americans for Prosperity in Indiana

• the Indiana branch

Americans for Prosperity David and Charles Koch political advocacy group

• Child Org*

Right Online Offshoot of Americans For Prosperity

• Child Org

Parents

Americans for Prosperity - Colorado Colorado wing of Koch funded AfP

• Parent Org

Memberships

State Policy Network right-wing think tank network

• associate member

Services & Transactions

Greg Gianforte Governor of Montana; Former U.S. Representative for Montana-at-large congresionnal district.

• Keynote Speaker (Sep 19 '17)

Starboard Group PR firm in Colorado

• Service/Transaction*

Common Sense Policy Roundtable Right-wing Colorado think tank

• Service/Transaction ('14→?)*

Miscellaneous Relationships

Thomas More Law Center Christian, conservative, nonprofit, public interest law firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan

• co-litigant

Bryan Hughes TX Republican Senator D1

• named Defender Of The American Dream*