SPN Members

SPN Members:

This article is a breakout from the main article on the State Policy Network (SPN).

Please see State Policy Network for more.

There are 64 "Regular Members" of SPN as of November 2013. Below are lists of SPN member state think tanks, associate members, former members, and other organizations listed in its directory.

The SPN website states, "Membership in State Policy Network is voluntary and by invitation-only." There are regular members and associate members.

Regular Members: "A regular member operates as a full-service think tank, addressing a variety of relevant policy issues, not just a single-issue. They will operate independently with their state, and not as part of a state chapter, franchise, other effort of a separate organization. Their primary goal is to provide educational materials to the citizenry, public officials, and members of the media with a state-based focus. They refuse to accept or solicit government funding, and are IRS approved 501(c)(3)s."

Associate Members: "Like regular members, associate members are organizations that display a commitment to a market-oriented foundational public policy. They are also IRS approved 501(c)(3) organizations primarily focused on education and operate independently of all government funding. However, unlike regular members, SPN Associate Members can be national in scope and are not necessarily oriented towards a single state."

"Regular Members"
"Regular Members" include, as of November 2013:

Alabama Alabama Policy Institute alabamapolicy.org 205-870-9900

Alaska Alaska Policy Forum alaskapolicyforum.org 907-334-5853

Arizona Goldwater Institute goldwaterinstitute.org 602-462-5000

Arkansas Advance Arkansas Institute http://www.advancearkansas.org 501-588-4245

Arkansas Policy Foundation arkansaspolicyfoundation.org 501-537-0825

California California Public Policy Center calpolicycenter.org 916-961-6770

Pacific Research Institute pacificresearch.org 415-989-0833

Colorado Independence Institute i2i.org 303-279-6536

Connecticut Yankee Institute for Public Policy yankeeinstitute.org 860-297-4271

Delaware Caesar Rodney Institute caesarrodney.org 302-535-6523

Florida Foundation for Government Accountability floridafga.org 239-244-8808

James Madison Institute jamesmadison.org 850-386-3131

Georgia Georgia Public Policy Foundation gppf.org 404-256-4050

Georgia Center for Opportunity (formerly Georgia Family Council) GeorgiaOpportunity.org 770-242-0001

Hawaii Grassroot Institute of Hawaii grassrootinstitute.org 808-591-9193

Idaho Idaho Freedom Foundation idahofreedom.net 208-921-6749

Illinois Illinois Policy Institute illinoispolicyinstitute.org 312-346-5700

Indiana Indiana Policy Review Foundation inpolicy.org 260-417-4094

Iowa Public Interest Institute limitedgovernment.org 319-385-3462

Kansas Kansas Policy Institute (formerly the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy) kansaspolicy.org 316-634-0218

Kentucky Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions bipps.org 270-782-2140 Louisiana Pelican Institute for Public Policy pelicaninstitute.org 504-920-4727

Maine Maine Heritage Policy Center mainepolicy.org 207-321-2550

Maryland Calvert Institute for Policy Research calvertinstitute.org 410-752-5887

Maryland Public Policy Institute mdpolicy.org 240-686-3510

Massachusetts Pioneer Institute pioneerinstitute.org 617-723-2277

Michigan Mackinac Center for Public Policy mackinac.org 989-631-0900

Minnesota Center of the American Experiment americanexperiment.org 612-338-3605

Freedom Foundation of Minnesota freedomfoundationofminnesota.com 612-354-2192

Mississippi Mississippi Center for Public Policy mspolicy.org 601-969-1300

Missouri Show-Me Institute showmeinstitute.org 314-726-5655

Montana Montana Policy Institute montanapolicy.org 406-219-0508

Nebraska Platte Institute for Economic Research platteinstitute.org 402-452-3737

Nevada Nevada Policy Research Institute npri.org 702-222-0642

New Hampshire Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy jbartlett.org 603-224-4450

New Jersey Common Sense Institute csinj.org 973-927-9860

New Mexico Rio Grande Foundation riograndefoundation.org 505-264-6090

New York Empire Center for New York State Policy empirecenter.org 518-434-3100

North Carolina John Locke Foundation johnlocke.org 919-828-3876

John William Pope Civitas Institute jwpcivitasinstitute.org 919-828-1400

North Dakota North Dakota Policy Council policynd.org 701-223-8155

Ohio Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions BuckeyeInstitute.org 614-224-4422 Opportunity Ohio OpportunityOhio.org 614-636-2663

Oklahoma Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs ocpathink.org 405-602-1667

Oregon Cascade Policy Institute CascadePolicy.org 503-242-0900

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Foundation commonwealthfoundation.org 717-671-1901

Rhode Island Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity rifreedom.org 401-225-4005

South Carolina South Carolina Policy Council scpolicycouncil.com 803-779-5022

Palmetto Policy Forum PalmettoPolicy.org 803-708-0673

South Dakota Great Plains Public Policy Institute greatplainsppi.org 605-334-9400

Tennessee Beacon Center of Tennessee beacontn.org 615-383-6431

Texas Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute www.txccri.org 512-474-6042

Texas Public Policy Foundation texaspolicy.com 512-472-2700

Utah Sutherland Institute sutherlandinstitute.org 801-355-1272

Vermont Ethan Allen Institute ethanallen.org 802-695-1448

Virginia Thomas Jefferson Institute thomasjeffersoninst.org 703-440-9447

Virginia Institute for Public Policy virginiainstitute.org 703-753-5900

Washington Freedom Foundation (formerly Evergreen Freedom Foundation) effwa.org 360-956-3482

Washington Policy Center washingtonpolicy.org 206-937-9691

West Virginia Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia westvirginiapolicy.com 304-282-8249

Wisconsin MacIver Institute for Public Policy maciverinstitute.com 608-588-6477

Wisconsin Policy Research Institute wpri.org 262-367-9940

Wyoming Wyoming Liberty Group wyliberty.org 307-632-7020

Wyoming Policy Institute WyomingPolicy.org 307-637-0580

"Associate Members"
"Associate Members" include, as of September 2013:


 * 1851 Center for Constitutional Law
 * Acton Institute
 * Accuracy In Media
 * Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
 * Advocates for Self-Government
 * Alliance for School Choice
 * America's Future Foundation
 * American Council of Trustees and Alumni
 * American Enterprise Institute
 * American Legislative Exchange Council
 * American Majority
 * American Principles Project
 * American Tradition Institute
 * Americans for Prosperity Foundation
 * Americans for Tax Reform
 * Atlantic Legal Foundation
 * Atlas Economic Research Foundation
 * Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights
 * Bastiat Society
 * Bastiat Society of Charleston
 * Bastiat Society of Charlotte
 * Bastiat Society of Colorado Springs
 * Bastiat Society of Indianapolis
 * Bastiat Society of Portland
 * Bastiat Society of Sacramento
 * Bastiat Society of San Jose
 * Bastiat Society of Wichita
 * Bastiat Society of Wilmington
 * Beacon Hill Institute
 * Better Government Project
 * Capital Research Center
 * Cato Institute
 * Centennial Institute
 * Center for Competitive Politics
 * Center for Education Reform
 * Citizens Against Government Waste
 * Citizens Council for Health Freedom
 * Citizens in Charge Foundation
 * Claremont Institute
 * Competitive Enterprise Institute
 * David Horowitz Freedom Center
 * Donors Trust
 * Education Action Group Foundation
 * Foundation for Economic Education
 * Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability
 * Foundation for Excellence in Education
 * Foundation for Self-Government
 * Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
 * Fraser Institute
 * Free State Foundation
 * Free to Choose Network
 * FreedomWorks
 * Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
 * Frontier Lab
 * Fund for American Studies
 * Galen Institute
 * Headspring Group
 * Heartland Institute
 * Heritage Foundation
 * Independent Institute
 * Independent Women's Forum
 * Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University
 * Institute for Justice
 * Institute for Policy Innovation
 * Institute for Truth in Accounting
 * Intellectual Takeout
 * Intercollegiate Studies Institute
 * Jesse Helms Center
 * John William Pope Center for Higher Education
 * Judicial Watch Inc.
 * Just Facts
 * Leadership Institute
 * Leadership Program of the Rockies
 * Limited Government Forum
 * Louisiana Family Forum
 * Lucy Burns Institute
 * Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
 * Mercatus Center at George Mason University
 * Moving Picture Institute
 * Mercatus Center
 * National Center for Policy Analysis
 * National Center for Public Policy Research
 * National Institute for Labor Relations Research
 * National Legal and Policy Center
 * National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
 * National Taxpayers Union
 * National Taxpayers Union Foundation
 * New Jersey Family Policy Council
 * North Carolina Institute For Constitutional Law
 * Oregon Capital Watch Foundation
 * Pacific Legal Foundation
 * Promethius Foundation
 * R Street Institute
 * Reason Foundation
 * Regular Folks United
 * Sam Adams Alliance
 * Small Business Hawaii
 * South Carolinians for Smaller Government
 * Spark Freedom (formerly Operation Geek Farm; SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp is one of the organization's three boardmembers)
 * State Budget Solutions
 * Steamboat Institute
 * Students for Liberty
 * Tax Foundation
 * The Liberty Foundation of America
 * Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
 * Tuerck Foundation For the Study of Economics, Law, and Humanities
 * Utah Taxpayers Foundation
 * Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc.
 * Young America's Foundation
 * Youth Entrepreneurs

Former Members
Former Members include:


 * Coalition for Connecticut (CFC)
 * Maine Public Policy Institute
 * Ocean State Policy Research Institute
 * Solutions for New Jersey, Inc.
 * American Association of Small Property Owners
 * Americans for Limited Government
 * Bill of Rights Institute
 * Center for Civic Renewal
 * Center for Individual Freedom Foundation
 * Center for the Study of Popular Culture
 * Citizens' Council on Health Care
 * Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
 * Cornerstone Policy Research
 * DCI Group
 * Excellent Education for Everyone
 * Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
 * Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment (FREE)
 * Institute of the North
 * Landmark Legal Foundation
 * Leadership Institute
 * Lexington Institute
 * Liberty Institute
 * Minnesota Free Market Institute
 * National Tax Limitation Committee
 * New Jersey Family Research Council
 * Parents in Charge Foundation
 * Progress & Freedom Foundation
 * Public Policy Institute of New York
 * Southeastern Legal Foundation
 * Taxpayers Network Incorporated

Other organizations in its directory

 * American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) Center for Policy Research
 * Accuracy in Academia
 * Adams Report
 * Alliance Defense Fund
 * Alliance for Choice in Education(ACE)
 * Alliance for Maine's Future
 * America's Future
 * American Association of Small Property Owners
 * American Center for Law & Justice
 * American Conservative Union
 * American Council on Science and Health
 * American Dream Coalition
 * American Institute for Full Employment
 * American Land Rights Association
 * American Majority
 * Americans for Fair Taxation
 * Americans for Free Choice in Medicine
 * Americans for Limited Government Foundation
 * Americans for Prosperity - Arizona
 * Americans for Prosperity - Colorado
 * Americans for Prosperity - Georgia
 * Americans for Prosperity - Illinois
 * Americans for Prosperity - Michigan
 * Americans for Prosperity - Missouri
 * Americans for Prosperity - NC
 * Americans for Prosperity - NJ
 * Americans for Prosperity - North Dakota
 * Americans for Prosperity - Oklahoma
 * Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina
 * Americans for Prosperity - South Dakota
 * Americans for Prosperity - Texas
 * Americans for Prosperity - Topeka, Kansas
 * Americans for Prosperity - Virginia
 * Americans for Prosperity - Wichita, Kansas
 * Americans for Prosperity - Wisconsin
 * Americans United for Life
 * Association of American Educators
 * Bill of Rights Institute
 * Building Excellent Schools
 * California Common Sense
 * CalWatchDog
 * Center for Civic Renewal
 * Center for Individual Freedom
 * Center for Union Facts
 * Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
 * Christian Coalition of Alabama
 * Citizen Outreach Foundation
 * Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania
 * Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA)
 * Citizens for Limited Taxation
 * Civitas Institute
 * Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
 * Club for Growth
 * Concerned Women for America
 * Congressional Institute
 * Consumers for Health Care Choices
 * Cornerstone Policy Research
 * DC Progress
 * DCI Group Inc.
 * Eagle Forum
 * Educate New Mexico
 * Education Advancement Fund International
 * Education Liberty Watch
 * Ethics and Public Policy Center
 * Excellent Education for Everyone
 * Family Action Council of Tennessee
 * Family Research Council
 * Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
 * Florida TaxWatch
 * Foundation for Free Enterprise
 * Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
 * Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment
 * FreedomWorks - California
 * FreedomWorks - Colorado
 * FreedomWorks - Florida
 * FreedomWorks - Michigan
 * FreedomWorks - North Carolina
 * FreedomWorks - Oklahoma
 * FreedomWorks - Oregon
 * FreedomWorks - Texas
 * FreedomWorks - Washington State
 * FreedomWorks - Wisconsin
 * Future of Freedom Foundation
 * Houston Property Rights Association
 * Indiana Family Institute
 * Innosight Institute
 * Institute for Health Freedom
 * Institute of the North
 * Iowa Taxpayer Association
 * John Jay Institute
 * Justice Foundation
 * Kansas Taxpayers Network
 * Landmark Legal Foundation
 * Let Freedom Ring
 * Lexington Institute
 * Liberty Fund
 * Liberty Institute
 * Liberty on the Rocks
 * Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.
 * Lincoln Legal Foundation
 * MacIver Institute for Public Policy
 * Maryland Taxpayers Association Inc.
 * Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA)
 * Montana Taxpayers Association
 * Mountain States Legal Foundation
 * National Institute for Labor Relations Research
 * National Tax Limitation Committee
 * National Taxpayers United of Illinois
 * Nebraska Tax Research Council
 * Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom
 * Nevada Taxpayers Association
 * Open Government Institute of California
 * Oregonians in Action
 * Parents in Charge Foundation
 * Patrick Henry Center
 * Pennsylvania Leadership Conference
 * Performance Institute
 * Philanthropy Roundtable
 * Property & Environment Research Center
 * Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
 * Public Policy Institute of New York
 * Public Service Research Foundation
 * REACH
 * Religious Freedom Coalition
 * Research Institute for Hawaii
 * Rocky Mountain Foundation
 * Sagamore Institute for Policy Research
 * San Diego Institute for Policy Research
 * Searle Freedom Trust
 * Southeastern Legal Foundation
 * Students in Free Enterprise
 * Susan B. Anthony List
 * Tax Foundation of Hawaii
 * Taxpayer Association of Oregon
 * Taxpayers Federation of Illinois
 * Taxpayers Network Incorporated
 * Teach New York State (Teach NYS)
 * Tennessee for Tax Reform
 * Tennessee Tax Revolt
 * Tennessee Taxpayers Association
 * Texas for Fiscal Responsibility
 * The Atlas Society
 * The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College
 * The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
 * Victims of the Endangered Species Act (VESA)
 * Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
 * Wyoming Heritage Foundation
 * Young America's Foundation - California

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