Kansas Policy Institute

The Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) is a "free market" think tank, one of many listed as members of the State Policy Network (SPN). Both KPI and SPN are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). KPI founded Kansas Reporter, now an affiliate of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity.

Ties to ALEC
KPI's president, Dave Trabert, is a member of ALEC's Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force. Barry Poulson and Jonathan Williams, Adjunct Fiscal Policy Fellows at KPI, are also associated with the same ALEC task force -- Poulson as an advisor and Williams on staff as the task force director.

Please see SPN Ties to ALEC for more.

Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
The Kansas Policy Institute founded the Kansas Reporter, an online state news website featuring "investigative journalists" funded by the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity.

Ties to Donors Trust
KPI received $534,500 from Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund from 2009-2011. KPI co-published the debunked Beacon Hill Institute report that ALEC has used for its clean energy standard repeal in Kansas.

History
KPI was founded in 1996 as the Kansas Public Policy Institute and was later called the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy before receiving its current name. Kansas' Flint Hills also lent their name to the Koch brothers' Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Koch Industries.

Board of Trustees

 * George Pearson, Board Chair
 * David Gibson, Vice Chairperson
 * Martin K. Eby Jr.
 * Kent Garlinghouse
 * Phyllis Nolan
 * Robert L. Smith, Jr.
 * Nestor Weigand

Officers

 * Dave Trabert, President
 * Robert Young, Secretary & Treasurer

Contact
250 N. Water, Suite 216 Wichita KS, 67202 Phone: (316) 634-0218 Email: information@kansaspolicy.org Website: http://www.kansaspolicy.org

Related SourceWatch Articles

 * Kansas Reporter
 * State Policy Network
 * Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
 * American Legislative Exchange Council
 * ALEC Non-Profits