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Americans for Public Trust (APT)

Watchdog group that has investigated foreign money in US politics
Tracked because Watchdog group that has investigated foreign money in US politics · 7 documented connections
Facts on record1
Connections mapped7
Sources cited9
✦ Thin coverage gap +16 connected to 7 entities · only 1 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 1S
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Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) institution
oversight
Search for IRS Form 990 filings for 'Americans for Public Trust (APT)' yielded no results as of 2026-04-13, indicating the IRS as a relevant regulatory body for tax-exempt status documentation.
Facts (1)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 161d ago · Avg age: 263d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
Raw Filing Records (1) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Search scope note: No irs form 990 filings found for "Americans for Public Trust (APT)" in automated database search as of 2026-04-13. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.
Added: 13 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — IRS Form 990 filings (no results)
All Connections (7)
→ Madeleine Dean person
Ethics complaint filer likely
APT filed a complaint alleging Dean improperly used state-race donations for her congressional race, in violation of FEC contribution rules.
→ Caitlin Sutherland person
employment inferential since 2026
Caitlin Sutherland is listed immediately after Americans for Public Trust (APT) in the known entities list, likely indicating her role as a leader or executive director of the organization.
→ Scott Walter person
associated_individual inferential since 2026
Scott Walter is listed in close proximity (one entry above) to Americans for Public Trust (APT) in the known entities list, likely indicating an association through the Capital Research Center network.
oversight primary since 2026
Search for IRS Form 990 filings for 'Americans for Public Trust (APT)' yielded no results as of 2026-04-13, indicating the IRS as a relevant regulatory body for tax-exempt status documentation.
← Capital Research Center organization
affiliation inferential since Unknown
Capital Research Center is listed in the same database context as Americans for Public Trust, suggesting both are conservative-leaning watchdog or investigative entities.
← New Venture Fund institution
watchdog_scrutinizing secondary since 2021
Americans for Public Trust has filed complaints and investigations regarding New Venture Fund's political activities and tax-exempt status.
← Donors Capital Fund company
donor inferential since 2020
Connected via the network of conservative dark money groups; Caitlin Sutherland, head of APT, works within the ecosystem DCF funds.
Sources (9)
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Americans for Public Trust (APT) not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
— UNVERIFIED FOAC-PAC news item (https://foac-pac.org/Congressional-Corruption:-Pa-Democrat-M… web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — Corporate registrations (no results… government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Americans for Public Trust (APT) — IRS Form 990 filings (no results) form_990 Processed 📜 Receipt