Americans for Public Trust, a government-transparency advocacy group, has launched a searchable database intended to track foreign money flowing to politically active US non-profits. The group says the tool is designed to expose perceived reporting loopholes and make it easier for the public to scrutinise overseas funding that may influence domestic policy or political advocacy.

According to the organisation, the database covers more than $5 billion in foreign spending, involving 523 groups and 12,090 records of foreign contributions. The article presents the initiative as the first database of its kind, though the supplied text does not provide details on the time period covered, the countries involved or whether any particular funding was unlawful.