Americans for Tax Reform: mission, leadership and finances

What it does

Americans for Tax Reform, or ATR, is an advocacy organization that opposes tax increases. It asks officeholders and candidates to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, in which they promise to oppose net tax increases.

Americans for Tax Reform is listed here in the category "Advocacy". A listing on 4conservative.com describes an organization; it is not an endorsement of it or of its positions.

History

ATR was founded in 1985 at the request of President Ronald Reagan, and Grover Norquist has been its president since then. Its weekly Wednesday meeting in Washington is well known in conservative circles.

Americans for Tax Reform is a advocacy organization. It is headquartered in Washington, DC. Its IRS tax status is 501(c)(4). Like other organizations in this collection, it is described here from its own published material and from public records, and the facts on this page are limited to what those sources state.

Leadership and funding

ATR is a 501(c)(4); its Form 990 is shown here.

The IRS figures on this page come from the latest Form 990 filing that ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer lists for the organization, for tax year 2023: total revenue of $7.8 million, total expenses of $4.8 million and total assets of $37.6 million at year end. ProPublica lists the filer as Americans For Tax Reform. The figures describe a single tax year and can differ sharply from year to year; check the filing itself and the organization's own site for the current picture.

Where it stands

ATR supports lower taxes, smaller government and regulatory restraint.

These summaries reflect the organization's own stated mission and publicly known activities as of the date below; they are neutral descriptions, not evaluations. Related organizations on this site include Club for Growth, National Taxpayers Union, FreedomWorks.