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,

The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) (formerly known as the American Alliance for Equality) is a legal membership organization that claims to advocate against “distinctions and preferences made on the basis of race and ethnicity.”

Paragon Health Institute is a health-policy research institute that claims to advocate for, “evaluating government programs, developing policies, and working within government to implement reforms.” 47 Paragon’s initiatives include public health, private health

The American Ideas Institute is the publisher of The American Conservative (TAC). The American Conservative is a right-of-center print magazine and online publication that states that it committed to traditional conservative principles, including fiscal responsibility, prudent foreign policy, and civil liberties.

The Hope Policy Institute is a project of the Hope Credit Union and the Hope Enterprise Corporation that advocates for policies and public funding that address socioeconomic issues for Black Americans, LGBT people, and rural Southerners.

The Jewish Institute for Liberal Values (JILV) is a free-speech advocacy group that advances classical liberal principles such as free expression and opposes “critical social justice” in Jewish communities. 89

The Initiative and Referendum Institute (IRI) is a project of the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law that studies the history and impact of the initiative and referendum process in the United States. IRI produces research, data, papers, and state-by-state guides for students, activists, academics, and governments

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) is an arts-funding nonprofit based in New York City with 16 funds that provide grants to filmmakers. 110 TFI is best known for creating the Tribeca Film Festival, which

Post Growth Institute (PGI) is an environmentalist advocacy organization that trains, consults, and advocates for what it describes as a sustainable, local, non-hierarchical, nonprofit economy that limits growth to the ability of the world to absorb the waste produced. It advocates for a no-growth and de-growth economy that distributes existing

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.” 150 CIRS was widely

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

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

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.

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.

American Securities Association (ASA) is a trade association representing small and regional financial services companies. 244 Advocacy American Securities Association advocates for business, market, regulatory, and legislative policies that support the interest of its members.

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.

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.

The American Commitment Foundation is a right-leaning advocacy group that educates the public on issues related to economic freedom and limited government. 289  It is the charitable sister organization of

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

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.