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The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is a right-of-center think tank that promotes free markets and an active foreign policy role for the United States. AEI is considered one of the premier sources of neoconservative thought in the United States. AEI is the primary right-leaning rival to the Heritage Foundation,
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The California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) is a left-of-center agricultural policy research and advocacy organization that criticizes Californian agricultural systems as racist and colonialist “systems of oppression and extraction.” 1 CIRS was widely
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Institute for Liberty (IFL) is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that was founded in 2005 and initially focused on issues related to technology and national security policy. IFL has aimed to protect and support American small businesses by stopping regulatory expansion, advocating for tax initiatives, and defending the rights of
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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a foreign-affairs think tank that has played an influential role in shaping perspectives on the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, the Israel-Palestine conflict, terrorism, and related issues among American lawmakers, military leaders, and intelligence officials. Founded in 1985, the Institute has also produced
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Open Source Election Technology Institute (OSET Institute) is a left-leaning technology research and development institute that works with election officials to address what it identifies as challenges of election technology infrastructure and election technology security.
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Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) is pro-Israel think tank focused on U.S. defense and national security issues, especially as they relate to the Middle East. JINSA advocates for a strong security relationship between the United States and Israel.
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American Securities Association (ASA) is a trade association representing small and regional financial services companies. 1 Advocacy American Securities Association advocates for business, market, regulatory, and legislative policies that support the interest of its members.
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The Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) is a nonprofit Christian think tank that seeks to protect religious freedom and advance public policy that supports biblical and historical Christian teachings. IRD concerns itself with issues that include marriage, religious liberty (both domestic and abroad), sexuality, immigration, and the environment.
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American Commitment is a right-of-center advocacy organization that supports free markets, economic growth, limited government, property rights, and individual freedom. American Commitment uses direct advocacy, policy analysis, and grassroots mobilization to influence public policy that affects the size and intrusiveness of government.
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The American Commitment Foundation is a right-leaning advocacy group that educates the public on issues related to economic freedom and limited government. 1 It is the charitable sister organization of
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The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI) is a now-defunct nonprofit organization that houses research regarding campaign finance and money in politics. The organization was founded in 1999 and merged with the National Institute on Money in State Politics (NIMSP) in 2018. In 2021, the NIMSP merged with the Center
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The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) is a Texas-based association of teachers and scholars from colleges and universities, public policy institutes, and industry that promotes business and free enterprise. The organization has advocated conservative and libertarian-leaning ideas on economics and questions government bureaucracies.
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The Ethan Allen Institute (EAI) is a non-partisan, free-market think tank based in Vermont. EAI produces research and education aimed to influence public policy that supports free enterprise, limited government, and individual liberty. 1 It is
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The Pegasus Institute is a non-partisan, millennial-led public policy think tank that advocates for individual liberty and responsibility, free enterprise, and limited and accountable government. The Institute aims to improve the lives of people in Kentucky by conducting research that support data-driven public policy solutions based on free-market principles.
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The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is a non-partisan organization that promotes classical liberalism. IHS maintains a network of scholars and partners with professors to ensure that the principles of the classical liberal tradition, like individual freedom, limited government, and free markets, are taught and researched in higher education.
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The Yankee Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, public policy think tank that advocates for individual freedom, limited government, and free markets in Connecticut. 1 The Yankee Institute for Public Policy
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The Common Sense Institute (CSI) is a non-partisan, public-policy think tank that intends to protect and promote Colorado’s economy using principles that support free markets, individual freedom, and individual opportunity. 1 CSI is
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The Civitas Institute (formerly the John William Pope Civitas Institute) was a conservative public policy think tank based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Institute aimed to remove barriers to freedom, hold elected officials accountable, and increase transparency in state government and mainstream media.
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The Buckeye Institute is a non-partisan public-policy think tank that advocates for individual liberty, free enterprise, personal responsibility, and limited government in Ohio. Founded in 1989, the Institute promotes free-market policies in the state with the intention of replicating similar policies across the country.
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The American Press Institute Inc. (API) is a nonprofit educational organization affiliated with News Media Alliance, an organization that advocates on behalf of the news media. API provides research, analytics tools, and other assistance to journalists and news organizations across the country.
