According to the group’s 2021 tax statement, obtained by The Daily Beast, AFPI collected about $14.9 million in contributions in its first nine months.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect that AFPI’s announced budget was for April 2021 through April 2022. An earlier version of this story stated that AFPI was underperforming because it used the FY2021 budget. The Daily Beast regrets the error.
As former President Donald Trump struggles to convert donors and consolidate his base, a nonprofit think tank chock full of political allies is reporting stronger than expected support, anchored by a handful of anonymous megadonors. The America First Policy Institute, a 501 organization formed last year by a cadre of Trump administration officials and known informally as a “White House in waiting,” says it exceeded its“Thanks to the generosity of our many supporters and in recognition of the importance of our mission to return the country to the America First policies that work, AFPI continues to meet and exceed its financial goals,” AFPI spokesperson Marc Lotter told The Daily Beast in a statement, pointing to “tremendous...
The donor pool, however, is dominated by a wealthy few. More than $10 million of that $14.9 million came from 10 anonymous donors, with the largest single source giving $3 million. Trump accounted for $1 million, in the form of alast June of donor money from his Save America leadership PAC. Weeks after the transfer, AFPI officials joined Trump at a Mar-a-Lago press conference to announce his ultimately failed class-action lawsuit against social media companies.
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