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Acton Institute
http://www.acton.org | The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is named after the great English historian, Lord John Acton (1834-1902). He is best known for his famous remark: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Inspired by his work on the relation between liberty and morality, the Acton Institute seeks to articulate a vision of society that is both free and virtuous, the end of which is human flourishing. To clarify this relationship, the Institute holds seminars and publishes various books, monographs, periodicals, and articles. |
Allegheny Institute
http://www.alleghenyinstitute.org | A non-profit research and education organization that defends the interests of taxpayers, citizens and businesses against an increasingly burdensome and intrusive government. To that end, the Allegheny Institute formulates and advocates public policies that roll back the size and scope of local government as well as creates a more accountable government. Its work is guided by the principles of free enterprise, property rights, civil society and individual freedom that are the bedrock upon which our nation was founded. |
American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc.
http://www.americanheritage.org/ | In a few short years, AHEF has become the leading writer, producer and distributor in America (and worldwide) of FREE K-12 Social Studies/History Lesson Plans (LP's) on America's foundational principles, ideals and ideas. The LP's are based on factual, objective history and are distributed free of charge in CD form to schools, teachers, students and families in all 50 states with Texas and the Houston Independent School District (HISD) being one of its leading partners. The award-winning LP's meet major national standards and guidelines, align with advanced placement and national standard tests and improves the understanding of America's unique and proven foundational formula of Freedom, Unity, Progress and Responsibility. |
Americans For Prosperity Foundation
http://www.americansforprosperity.org | Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFPF educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. |
Americans for Tax Reform
http://www.atr.org | ATR opposes all tax increases as a matter of principle. They believe in a system in which taxes are simpler, fairer, flatter, more visible, and lower than today. The government’s power to control one’s life derives from its power to tax, and ATR believes that power should be minimized. Since 1986, ATR has sponsored the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written promise by legislators and candidates for office that commits them to oppose any effort to increase the federal income taxes on individuals and businesses. ATR also serves as a national clearinghouse for the grassroots taxpayers’ movement by working with approximately 800 state and county level groups |
Americans for Technology Leadership
http://www.techleadership.org | A broad-based coalition of technology professionals, consumers and organizations dedicated to limiting government regulation of technology and fostering competitive market solutions to public policy issues affecting the technology industry. They believe that this approach will ensure that all Americans are able to take advantage of the benefits of the technologies that are shaping the new economy. |
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
http://www.atlasusa.org | Atlas Economic Research Foundation helps create and develop independent public policy research organizations internationally by providing intellectual entrepreneurs with advice, financial support, workshops, and access to a network of leaders who share a commitment to achieving a free society. |
Austin Children's Educational Opportunity
http://www.ceoaustin.org/ | The Austin Children's Educational Opportunity (CEO) Foundation was started in 1993 by a group of business and community leaders to empower needy Austin families to choose the best school for their children. We believe all children, regardless of financial ability, should have an opportunity to get a great education. |
Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions
http://www.bipps.org | The Bluegrass Institute is dedicated to advancing freedom, defending liberty and building a more prosperous Kentucky by empowering citizens through education and research and forcing Kentucky policy makers to confront harmful policies. Our vision is that Kentuckians better understand and practice the fundamentals of civil society: the inseparability of personal and economic freedom, accountability for one's actions and respect for the lives and property of others. |
Buckeye Institute
http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/ | The Buckeye Institute is a highly effective, independent institute that analyzes state and local government programs, taxes, and regulations in Ohio and offers policy alternatives consistent with a respect for individual liberty, private property and limited government. |
Cascade Policy Institute
http://www.cascadepolicy.org | Cascade Policy Institute's mission is to explore voluntary, market-oriented answers to Oregon's public policy questions. Cascade helps frame the debate in Oregon and point the way to better public policy. |
Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org | The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of more options that are consistent with the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, and peace. |
CEO America
http://www.childrenfirstamerica.org/ | CEO America's mission statement is to coordinate the expansion and replication or privately funded voucher programs designed to provide low-income children with greater educational opportunities and promote the public policy debate on school choice through educational activities. CEO America is the national clearinghouse of information on privately funded voucher programs - providing support services ranging from administrative training to programmatic consulting, to technical support. |
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives
http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/ | The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, founded in 1988, is a conservative, independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy organization committed to promoting free market economic growth and individual freedom and opportunity. |
Competitive Enterprise Institute
http://www.cei.org | The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a pro-market, public policy group committed to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. CEI emphasizes the marketing and implementation of classical liberal ideals. CEI utilizes a five-point management approach to affecting public policy: analysis, education, coalition building, advocacy and litigation. Its purpose is to advance the free-market agenda, believing limited government and competition best serve the public interest. |
EducationNews.org
http://www.EducationNews.org | EducationNews.org provides daily links to the major education news articles throughout America. |
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
http://www.effwa.org/ | Evergreen Freedom Foundation's mission is to advance individual liberty, free enterprise, and responsible government in Washington state. They provide public policy research in the following foundational areas: state budget and tax policies; welfare, health care and education reform; and citizenship and governance issues. |
Georgia Public Policy Foundation
http://www.gppf.org/ | The Georgia Public Policy Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization dedicated to keeping all Georgians informed about their government. It provides practical, unbiased information and ideas on key public policy issues to members, citizens, elected officials and the media to help them make informed decisions that affect the future of Georgia. The foundation believes in and actively supports private enterprise, limited government, and individual responsibility and is committed to an accurate presentation of the truth in all that it does. |
Heritage Foundation
http://www.heritage.org/ | The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. |
Independence Institute
http://www.i2i.org/ | The Independence Institute is established upon the eternal truths of the Declaration of Independence. Founded in 1985, the Colorado-based institute is a non-partisan, non-profit public policy research organization dedicated to providing timely information to concerned citizens, government officials, and public opinion leaders. |
Indiana Policy Review
http://www.inpolicy.com/ | Indiana Policy Review's mission is to marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and education issues at the state and municipal levels. It seeks to accomplish this in ways that: Exalt the truths of the Declaration of Independence, especially as they apply to the interrelated freedoms of religion, enterprise and speech; emphasize the primacy of the individual in solving public concerns; and recognize that equality of opportunity is sacrifice in pursuit of equality of results. |
Institute for Justice
http://www.ij.org | Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice is what a civil liberties law firm should be. As the nation's only libertarian public interest law firm, they pursue cutting-edge litigation in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion on behalf of individuals whose most basic rights are denied by the State - rights like economic liberty, private property rights, and the right to free speech, not only on paper but also on the Internet. |
James Madison Institute
http://jamesmadison.org/ | The James Madison Institute is a public policy research organization in Florida dedicated to promoting such timeless ideals as economic freedom, limited government, federalism, traditional values, the rule of law, and individual liberty coupled with individual responsibility. |
John Locke Foundation
http://www.johnlocke.org/ | The John Locke Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy institute based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its purpose is to conduct research, disseminate information, and advance public understanding of society based on the principle of individual liberty, the voluntary exchanges of a free market economy, and limited government. |
Ludwig von Mises Institute
http://www.mises.org | The Ludwig von Mises Institute is the research and educational center of classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and the Austrian School of economics. Working in the intellectual tradition of Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995), with a vast array of publications, programs, and fellowships, the Mises Institute seeks a radical shift in the intellectual climate as the foundation for a renewal of the free and prosperous commonwealth. |
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
http://www.mackinac.org/ | The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan research and educational organization devoted to improving the quality of life for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions. The Mackinac Center assists policy makers, scholars, business people, the media and the public by providing objective analysis of Michigan issues. The goal of all Center reports, commentaries and educational programs is to equip Michigan citizens and other decision makers to better evaluate policy options. |
Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation
http://www.friedmanfoundation.org/ | The Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice was founded upon the ideals and theories of Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman and economist Rose D. Friedman. They envisioned the concept in the 1950's, far before the need was perceived by most Americans, in an incredible example of forward-thinking intellectualism that has characterized the Friedmans' work through the years. The Friedman Foundation strives to educate parents, public policy makers and organizations about the desperate need for a shift of power to the disenfranchised parents of America who have limited choices and voices in the education of their children. The Foundation serves as an indispensable resource for parents and community groups who want parental choice in education, and are ready to fight for it. |
National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/ | The National Center for Policy Analysis seeks innovative private-sector solutions to public policy problems. |
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
http://www.ocpathink.org/ | Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) is a nonpartisan research and educational institute--a think tank--formulating and promoting public policy research and analysis consistent with the principles of free enterprise, limited government and individual initiative. Through a variety of publications and forums, OCPA is helping to improve the quality of life for all Oklahomans by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions. |
Reason Foundation
http://www.reason.org/ | Founded in 1978, the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation is a national research and educational organization that explores and promotes the twin values of rationality and freedom as the basic underpinnings of a good society. In advocating public policies based upon individual liberty and responsibility and a free-market approach, the Reason Foundation turns to practical policy research and insightful commentary.
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South Carolina Policy Council
http://www.scpolicycouncil.com/ | South Carolina Policy Council was established in 1986 as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt public policy research and education foundation. Its mission is to educate members and all South Carolinians about state and local public policy based on the traditional South Carolina values of individual liberty and responsibility, free enterprise and limited government. |
State Policy Network
http://www.spn.org/ | Founded in 1992, State Policy Network is the only group in the country dedicated solely to improving the practical effectiveness of independent, non-profit, market-oriented, state-based think tanks. SPN's programs enable these organizations to better educate local citizens, policy makers, and opinion leaders about market-oriented alternatives to state and local policy challenges. |
Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute
http://www.txccri.org | The TCCRI was founded in 1996 by a group of conservative leaders with a vision to assist in the implementation of conservative public policies at all levels of government. The organization was inspired by the success of the Texas Conservative Coalition (the conservative caucus in the Texas Legislature) that has served as a resource for information and public policy strategies for Texas legislators since 1985. |
The Justice Foundation
http://www.txjf.org | The Justice Foundation (formerly the Texas Justice Foundation) was founded in 1993 to protect the fundamental freedoms and rights essential to the preservation of American society. The Foundation represents clients free of charge in cases in the areas of limited government, free markets, private property, parental school choice, parental rights in education, and enforcing laws to protect women’s health. |
Virginia Institute for Public Policy
http://www.virginiainstitute.org/ | The Virginia Institute for Public Policy is an independent, nonpartisan, education and research organization committed to the goals of individual opportunity and economic growth. Through research, policy recommendations, and symposia, the Institute works ahead of the political process to lay the intellectual foundation for a society dedicated to individual liberty, free enterprise, private property, the rule of law, and strictly limited government. |
