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Non-profit
The Maine Policy Institute (formerly the Maine Heritage Policy Center) is a non-partisan free-market think tank that researches and promotes policy based on the principles of economic freedom and individual liberty. Maine Policy research and policy recommendations focus on education, government reform, healthcare, labor, regulations, and tax policy.
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Non-profit
The Institute for Justice (IJ) is a libertarian public interest law firm that pursues constitutional litigation in support of free-market ideals, school choice, free speech, and private property rights. IJ also runs advocacy programs, research initiatives, and trainings to promote free-market economic policy.
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Non-profit
The James Madison Institute (JMI) is a right-of-center think tank headquartered in Florida. JMI advocates for free markets, limited government intervention, and economic freedom. JMI publishes reports and articles that have garnered national media attention on topics including elections, labor union activity, school choice programs, and healthcare.
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Non-profit
The Cooler Heads Coalition (CHC) is a right-of-center nonprofit group financed and operated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute that largely rejects the impact of human activity on climate change. CHC operates the website globalwarming.org, which features blog posts critical of environmentalist policies and regulations.
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Non-profit
The Alaska Policy Forum (APF) is a non-partisan think tank that promotes individual freedom, limited government, and pro-liberty policies in Alaska. 1 APF’s primary concerns are state budget and taxes, health care,
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Non-profit
The Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a right-of-center organization that opposes wasteful and corrupt government spending. Since 1984, CAGW has served as a taxpayer watchdog organization and has published reports exposing politicians that aim to pass questionable financial legislation.
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Non-profit
The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded by Libertarian Party activist Ed Crane, libertarian economist Murray Rothbard, and businessman Charles Koch, the organization conducts policy research in support of libertarian policies and has been credited with bringing libertarianism into the political mainstream.
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Non-profit
The Archbridge Institute is a right-leaning public policy think tank that conducts academic research in order to propose policy solutions intended to increase opportunities for individuals. The Institute purports that “artificial barriers” created by public policy limit opportunity and thereby stand in the way of individual success, especially at is
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Non-profit
The E.L. Craig Foundation is one of two private grantmaking foundations created from the fortune of TAMKO Building Products founder and manufacturing entrepreneur E.L. Craig. It is headed by E.L. Craig’s daughter, Ethelmae C. Humphreys, and supports right-leaning public policy organizations. Background E.L. Craig created the company now known as
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Non-profit
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, formerly the Comcast Foundation, is the corporate foundation of Comcast Corporation, which owns the Comcast cable television service, the NBC television network, and Universal movie studios. The foundation gives extensive local grants in cities for which Comcast is the primary cable operator, as well as nationally
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Non-profit
StoryCorps is a non-profit group that began in 2003 for the purpose of preserving voice recordings between everyday Americans. Founded through an alliance between the Library of Congress and Sound Portraits, it began with a recording booth in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal.
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Non-profit
Black Visions Collective (Black Visions) is a radical-left activist organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that focuses on racial and transgender issues. Since the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police in mid-2020, the organization has focused efforts on defunding the city police. Founded in 2017, Black Visions
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Non-profit
The Tax Foundation (TF) is a non-partisan think tank that advocates for principled state, federal, and global tax reform. Founded in 1937, TF uses independent data analysis to recommend sound tax policies intended to improve lives by creating economic growth and opportunity.
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Person
Tom Donohue was the longtime president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the first individual to hold both titles concurrently. In 2019, he was succeeded by Suzanne Clark as president, and in 2021, Clark succeeded him as CEO. Donohue was
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For-profit
Ricchetti Incorporated is a lobbying firm owned by Jeff Ricchetti that represents major corporate clients. It was previously co-owned by Jeff’s brother Steve Ricchetti, now a senior White House advisor to President Joe Biden. Background Ricchetti Incorporated is a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. connected to the Democratic Party
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Non-profit
The Milken Institute is a center-left think tank founded and initially endowed by billionaire philanthropist and former securities trader Michael Milken. The Institute conducts policy research and organizes programs on a number of issues including public health, environmentalism, economic policy, and globalization. Outside of its research programs, the Milken Institute
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Government Agency
The Biden-Harris Transition refers to the process of transitioning the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. As part of that
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Political Party/527
Future Forward USA PAC (also known as “FF PAC”) is a Democratic Party-aligned super PAC based in Palo Alto, California. FF PAC reportedly spent $108 million in a “blitz” of spending during the last five weeks of the 2020 election to support President Joe Biden’s campaign by attacking then-President
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Non-profit
VOCAL-NY, or Voices of Community Activists and Leaders, is a New York-based membership organization that advocates for liberal policies relating to criminal justice, drug policy, housing, and homelessness, and in favor of increased state spending on social services. The group was originally known as the New York AIDS Housing Network.
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Non-profit
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an advocacy organization that supports persecuted journalists and political prisoners around the world, financially assisting those in prison or in danger. Aside from providing support for journalists in danger, CPJ has taken critical stances on freedom of the press in the United States.
