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America First Policy Institute
| America First Policy Institute | |
| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Arlington, Virginia |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Affiliation: | Conservative |
| Top official: | Brooke Rollins, President |
| Founder(s): | Brooke Rollins and Larry Kudlow |
| Year founded: | 2021 |
| Employees: | 150[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
The America First Policy Institute is a conservative 501(c)(3) nonprofit think tank founded in 2021.
Mission
As of September 2024, the website for the America First Policy Institute listed the following mission statement for the organization:[2]
| “ | [America First Policy Institute] exists to advance policies that put the American people first. Our guiding principles are liberty, free enterprise, national greatness, American military superiority, foreign-policy engagement in the American interest, and the primacy of American workers, families, and communities in all we do.[3] | ” |
Agenda
The agenda of the America First Policy Institute includes ten pillars. The pillars are:
- Make the greatest economy in the world work for all Americans
- Put patients and doctors back in charge of healthcare
- Restore America's historic commitment to freedom, equality, and self-governance
- Give parents more control over the education of their children
- Secure the border, end human trafficking, and defeat the drug cartels
- Deliver peace through strength and American leadership
- Make America energy independent
- Make it easy to vote and hard to cheat
- Provide safe and secure communities so all Americans can live their lives in peace
- Fight government corruption by draining the swamp
For more information on each pillar, please click here.
Background
In 2021, Brooke Rollins and Larry Kudlow founded America First Policy Institute. Previously, Rollins was the head of former President Donald Trump's Domestic Policy Council and an assistant to the president in the Office of American Innovation.[4] Kudlow was the director of the National Economic Council during a portion of Trump's presidency.
Work
As a 501(c)(3) research organization, the America First Policy Institute seeks to develop and advance policy. In addition to research, the America First Policy Institute also files lawsuits and fundraises to promote policy.[1][5]
Centers
As of September 2024, the America First Policy Institute has twenty policy centers each focused on a specific area. The following is an abbreviated list of the centers:
- Center for American Security
- Center for American Trade
- Center for Law and Justice
For a full list of the centers and information on each one, please click here.
Initiatives
As of September 2024, the organization was involved with twelve initiatives covering a variety of policy areas including:
- Election integrity
- Higher education reform
- Border security
For a full list of the initiatives and information on each one, please click here.
Policy scope
America First Policy Institute lists their main issues on their website. The following is a list of those issues:
- Economy
- Education
- Energy and environment
- Foreign policy
- Government accountability
- Healthcare
- Law and order
- Security
- Societal issues and values
For more information on the America First Policy Institute's position on these issues, please click here.
Leadership
Brooke Rollins is the current president. As of September 2024, the official website of the America First Policy Institute listed the following individuals as members of the organization's leadership:[6]
- Larry Kudlow
- Linda McMahon
- Chad Wolf
- Michael Berry
- Catharine Cypher
For more information on the America First Policy Institute's full leadership and staff, please click here.
Tax status
The America First Policy Institute is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Its 501(c) designation refers to a section of the U.S. federal income tax code concerning charitable, religious, and educational organizations.[7] Section 501(c) of the U.S. tax code has 29 sections that list specific conditions particular organizations must meet in order to be considered tax-exempt under the section. Organizations that have been granted 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service are exempt from federal income tax.[8] This exemption requires that any political activity by the charitable organization be nonpartisan in nature.[9]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Politico, "Trump returns to D.C. this week. These former advisers are plotting the comeback," July 25, 2022
- ↑ America First Policy Institute, "Our Mission," accessed September 9, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ White House, "Presidential Memorandum on The White House Office of American Innovation," March 27, 2017
- ↑ America First Policy Institute, "Center for Litigation," September 9, 2024
- ↑ The Heritage Foundation, "Board of Trustees," accessed December 14, 2021
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, "Exempt Purposes - Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, "Life Cycle of a Public Charity/Private Foundation," accessed July 10, 2015
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, "Exemption Requirements - 501(c)(3) Organizations," accessed January 13, 2014
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