ALEC Non-Profits

The alphabetical list below contains the names of special interest groups -- "think tanks" and other non-profit organizations -- that are known to be, or to have been, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) members or supporters.


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''' The corporations known to be currently involved with ALEC, as of September 2013, appear in BOLD. ''' This is a partial list. You can add to it, if you cite your source.

A

 * AARP, Inc., terminated ALEC membership on April 16, 2013
 * Alabama Policy Institute
 * ALCOA Foundation (Aluminum Co. of America)
 * Allegheny Foundation (part Scaife Foundations)
 * Alliance Defense Fund, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Alliance for School Choice, member of ALEC Education Task Force
 * American Civil Rights Institute and Coalition, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * American Council of Trustees and Alumni, member of ALEC's Education Task Force, terminated membership on January 14, 2013
 * American Enterprise Institute President Arthur C. Brooks spoke at a "Leadership Dinner" during ALEC's 2011 Annual Meeting
 * American Federation for Children, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000 in 2010)
 * American Principles Project, ALEC Education Task Force member
 * American Stewards of Liberty (a private property rights organization)
 * Americans for Tax Reform, Member and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference - Government Affairs Manager Kelly William Cob spoke on the "Exploring ALEC positions on E-commerce and E-taxes" panel at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
 * Americans United for Life (pro-life advocacy group), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Anheuser-Busch Foundation
 * Atlantic Bridge

B

 * Better Education for Kids (B4K) (a 501(c)4 advocacy group whose tax exempt status was revoked by the IRS June 9, 2011 ) - Derrell Bradford, Executive Director, spoke on "Enacting a Comprehensive K-12 Education Reform Agenda" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting on August 3, 2011
 * Bill of Rights Institute, member of ALEC's Education Task Force, terminated membership on April 16, 2013

C

 * Capitol Commission (a non-profit that "exists... to be a vehicle of God in transforming the hearts and lives of elected officials with the gospel of Jesus Christ"), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Cato Institute, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference; Cato Institute fellow Tucker Carlson also spoke at a Plenary Session of the conference sponsored by Takeda, along with Takeda Head of Government and External Affairs David L. Dieter
 * Center of the American Experiment, ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member
 * Center for Competitive Politics (an SPN associate member, Public Safety and Elections Task Force Executive Committee member and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference, terminated membership on March 19, 2013 because, according to ALEC documents, "JPP [ALEC's new "Justice Policy Project," which was formed after its Public Safety and Elections Task Force was shut down in the wake of the death of Trayvon Martin and subsequent controversy over the "Stand Your Ground" law initially used by George Zimmerman to avoid arrest] no longer works on issue"
 * Center for Education Reform
 * Center for Energy and the Environment
 * Center for Energy Studies (at big oil-funded Louisiana State University) - Director of Policy Analysis Dr. David Dismukes spoke on "A Smarter Approach to Improving our Environment: Addressing the Costs of Proposed EPA Regulations on Energy Affordability," sponsored by the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
 * Center for Security Policy, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Center for Tenth Amendment Studies
 * Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member
 * Citizens Against Government Waste (an SPN associate member), member of ALEC's Communications and Technology Task Force and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force, terminated membership on April 12, 2013
 * Citizens in Charge
 * Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, hosted director of the ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force, Christie Herrera
 * Commonwealth Foundation (an SPN member), member of ALEC's Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, terminated membership on March 9, 2013 because, according to ALEC documents, "former SPN members - would like to join again if can fit in budget"
 * Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Council for Affordable Health Insurance

D

 * Doctor Patient Medical Association (DPMA), Member, ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force, terminated membership on April 22, 2013 because, according to ALEC documents, "unable to reach contact; history of being late on payments"

E

 * E&M Charities (dissolved in 2010)
 * Electricity Consumers Research Council
 * European Conservatives and Reformists ("multinational grouping of 56 Members of the European Parliament"), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference

F

 * Family Research Council, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Families Against Mandatory Minimums,
 * Florida Justice Reform Association, ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member
 * Foundation for Excellence in Education (a Florida 501(c)3 focusing on education reform ) - Senior Advisor for Policy and Research, Matthew Ladner, spoke on "Enacting a Comprehensive K-12 Education Reform Agenda" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting on August 3, 2011
 * Foundation for Fair Civil Justice
 * Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000 in 2010)
 * Fraser Institute Global Resource Center', ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member
 * Freedom Foundation, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and Public Safety and Elections Task Force member and recipient of ALEC's 2011 Private Sector Member of the Year Award
 * Free State Foundation - Research Fellow Seth Cooper is former director of the ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force and currently serves as Amicus Counsel for ALEC. Senior Fellows and Staff, organizational website, accessed September 2012 spoke on the "Exploring ALEC positions on E-commerce and E-taxes" panel at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
 * Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference

G

 * Goldwater Institute, ALEC Education Task Force, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and International Relations Task Force member

H

 * Heartland Institute, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference, Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member, Education Task Force member, Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Financial Services Subcommittee member and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member
 * Heritage Foundation, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Institute for Humane Studies

I

 * Idaho Freedom Foundation
 * Illinois Policy Institute ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member
 * Independence Institute, ALEC International Relations Task Force member, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member
 * Innosight Institute (in its own words, "a not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank whose mission is to apply Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen’s theories of disruptive innovation to develop and promote solutions to the most vexing problems in the social sector" ), ALEC Education Task Force member
 * Institute for Energy Research, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member
 * Institute for Justice, ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member
 * Institute for Policy Innovation
 * Intermountain Healthcare (a non-profit hospital and clinic system based in Salt Lake City, UT), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting
 * Iowans for Tax Relief (lobbying group, PAC and foundation ), State corporate co-chair of Iowa

J

 * James Madison Institute (an SPN member), member of ALEC's Education Task Force and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force, terminated membership on February 13, 2013 because, according to ALEC documents, "former SPN members - would like to join again if can fit in budget"
 * Jaquelin Hume Foundation, ALEC funder
 * John Locke Foundation (SPN member), member of ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force, and Education Task Force; terminated membership on May 11, 2013 because, according to ALEC documents, "former SPN members - would like to join again if can fit in budget"
 * John William Pope Civitas Institute (an SPN member), member of ALEC's Public Safety and Elections Task Force, terminated membership on January 14, 2013, but said "want to change membership to Education" Task Force

K

 * Kansas Policy Institute (KPI), member of ALEC's Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force (represented by KPI president Dave Trabert). KPI is also a member of the State Policy Network (SPN), which also has [[#S|ALEC ties].
 * Kraft Foundation
 * Krieble Institute (an educational project of Paul Weyrich's Free Congress Foundation )

L

 * Lumina Foundation for Education ("private, independent foundation... committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college" ), "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000 in 2010) and sponsor of the August 4th, 2011, Plenary Session speech of former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise of the Alliance for Excellent Education - A Lumina spokesperson told CMD in May 2012 that it is no longer a member. See Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
 * Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

M

 * Mackinac Center for Public Policy, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member; Private Sector Chair, Labor and Business Regulation Subcommittee, Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
 * Maine Heritage Policy Center, hosted director of ALEC's Health and Human Services Task Force, Christie Herrera, at an event in Portland: “ObamaCare: How Maine Can Fight Back.”
 * Manhattan Institute
 * Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference

N

 * National Association of Charter School Authorizers, ALEC Education Task Force member and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference and Education Task Force member
 * National Center for Policy Analysis (an SPN associate member), member of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and Health and Human Services Task Force, terminated ALEC membership on April 16, 2013 due to "budget cutbacks"
 * National Organization for Marriage, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * National Popular Vote (a non-partisan 501(c)(4) devoted to guaranteeing the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states while retaining the Electoral College; ALEC has published model legislation specifically opposed to the national popular vote, but in August 2011 hosted a debate on "Electoral College v. National Popular Vote"), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * National Rifle Association, former co-chair of ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force in 2011, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000 in 2010)
 * National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (the lobbying arm of the NRA), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (the largest anti-abortion (framed as pro-life) organization in the U.S.), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * National Right to Work Committee, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * National Taxpayers Union
 * New Hope Foundation ("dedicated to the treatment of adults and adolescents affected with alcohol, drug and gambling addiction" )

O

 * Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, ALEC Education Task Force member

P

 * Pacific Research Institute (PRI) - PRI's Director of Health Care Studies, John R. Graham, spoke at a workshop entitled "Rationing By Any Other Name: Medicare's Independent Payment Advisory Board" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
 * Pelican Institute for Public Policy - ALEC is a sponsor of the institute's Policy Orientation for the Louisiana Legislature and sits on panels
 * Pioneer Institute (an SPN member), member of ALEC's Education Task Force and Health and Human Services Task Force, terminated membership on March 18, 2013 because, according to ALEC, "kicked out of ALEC (?) because of education issue" (Common Core?)
 * Prison Fellowship Ministries
 * ProFamily Legislative Network (a subdivision of David Barton's WallBuilders), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference

R

 * Reason Foundation, ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member
 * The Republican Legislative Campaign Committee (dedicated exclusively to electing more Republicans to state legislatures), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * RestoringFreedom.org, Inc. (Texas nonprofit corporation proposing a Constitutional amendment "which imposes economic discipline to stop our decline into economic failure, and makes our government more accountable, open, and transparent" ), "Trustee" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000 in 2010)
 * Roe Foundation (private foundation started by Thomas A. Roe that funds SPN think tanks and other conservative groups), granted $28,500 to ALEC from 2000-2011
 * Romill Foundation (foundation associated with Roger Milliken of Milliken & Co. in Spartan, SC)

S

 * Science and Public Policy Institute, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member
 * The Seniors Coalition
 * The Solar Alliance ("works with state administrators, legislators and utilities to establish cost effective solar policies"), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * State Budget Solutions, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * State Policy Network (SPN), "Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000 in 2010), sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC.
 * Stop Child Predators ), Corporate Co-chair
 * Sunmark Foundation (foundation funded by Menlo Smith's Sunmark Capital Corp.-- Menlo Smith is also on the Board of Directors of the Mercatus Center)
 * Sutherland Institute (Utah think tank, member of ALEC-member State Policy Network), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting

T

 * Tax Foundation, ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Texas Public Policy Foundation
 * Thomas B. Fordham Institute (the connected Thomas B. Fordham Foundation is a State Policy Network "Associate Member"), joined ALEC's Education Task Force on July 12, 2013

U

 * United Services Automobile Association (USAA) ("a diversified financial services group of companies [providing] financial planning, insurance, investments and banking products to members of the U.S. military and their families" ), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000 in 2010)
 * UPS Foundation
 * U.S. English Foundation ("a nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based 501 (c)(3) educational foundation that disseminates information on English teaching methods, sponsors educational programs, develops English instructional materials, represents the interests of Official English advocates before state and federal courts and promotes opportunities for people living in the United States to learn English" )

V

 * Van Der Aa Foundation
 * Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, ALEC funder

W

 * Walton Family Foundation, "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000 in 2010); program consultant Lori Drummer (former Director of ALEC's Education Task Force) spoke on "Enacting a Comprehensive K-12 Education Reform Agenda" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting on August 3, 2011
 * WallBuilders (founded by "Christian historical revisionist" David Barton), Exhibitor and advertiser at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference
 * Washington Policy Center , State corporate co-chair of Washington and Public Safety and Elections Task Force member
 * Where's the Line America? Foundation, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference
 * Windway Foundation (Windway Capital Corp., a Kohler family corporation headquartered in Sheboygan, WI, is the parent company of Vollrath, which manufactures commercial-grade pots and pans; and North Sails, which makes high-tech racing sails, including those used by America’s Cup winners )
 * Workers Compensation Fund (WCF; non-profit mutual insurance company based in Salt Lake City, UT), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting

Y

 * Youth Villages, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference