Description: Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a conservative political advocacy organization that mobilizes grassroots activists, runs public education and advertising campaigns, and lobbies policymakers to advance free‑market, limited‑government policies at the federal and state levels. Type: Nonprofit political advocacy organization (primarily organized as a 501(c)(4) with affiliated 501(c)(3) and state chapters) Policies: Promotes lower taxes, reduced government spending and regulation, free‑market energy and economic policies, privatization and market‑based approaches to health care and education, opposition to expansive climate and environmental regulation, and limits on labor and union influence in public policy. Funding: Primarily funded by major private donors and foundations associated with the conservative Koch network and other wealthy individual donors, plus contributions to affiliated nonprofit vehicles and state‑level fundraising. Affiliates: Koch network and Koch family donors, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (educational arm), state Americans for Prosperity chapters and affiliated conservative policy and advocacy organizations.
