Capital Research Center
Capital Research Center (CRC) Background The Capital Research Center (CRC) was founded in 1984 by Willa Johnson to โstudy non-profit organizations, with a special focus on reviving the American traditions of charity, philanthropy, and voluntarism.โย Prior to founding CRC, […]
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy Background The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy is a Virginia-based non profit foundation dealing with โthe issues of improving education, government reform, economic development and environmental stewardship.โ The Thomas Jefferson Institute’s mission is โto provide Virginia’s political, business, academic, community and media leadership with thoughtful, realistic, useful and […]
Washington Legal Foundation
Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) Background The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) was founded in 1977 to fight โactivist lawyers, regulators, and intrusive government agencies at the federal and state levels, in the courts and regulatory agencies across the country.โ WLF is a national non-profit foundation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.1 โWLF at-a-glance,โ wlf.org. […]
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Background The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS. Originally named the Michigan Research Institute, the organization was founded in 1987 as […]
Foundation for Economic Education
Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Background The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) is a non-profit free market organization based in Irvington, New York, and Atlanta,ย Georgia. Founded in 1946 by Leonard E. Read, FEEย describes itself as โone of the oldest free-market organizations in the United States,โ and was one of the first think tanks designed specifically […]
Adam Smith Institute
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) Background The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) is a UK-based nonprofit think tank founded in 1977 by Madsen Pirie, Eamonn Butler and Stuart Butler, with the help of Antony Fisher of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). 2โOur People,โ […]
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) Background The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is a conservative think tank based in Austin, Texas, founded by James R. Leininger in 1989. […]
National Center for Public Policy Research
National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) Background The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) was founded in 1982 as a free market think tank and โcommunications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems.โ1โAbout Us,โ The National Center for Public […]
State Policy Network
State Policy Network (SPN) Background The State Policy Network (SPN) is aย group of free market think tanks in the U.S. According to its website, there is at least one member in every state โfighting to limit government and advance market-friendly public policy at the state and local levels.โ1โAboutย SPN,โ State Policy Network. Archived September 16, 2015.ย Archive […]
Reason Foundation
Reason Foundation Background The Reason Foundation is a libertarian 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1978. It describes itself as advancing โfree society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law.โ The Reason Foundation runs the […]