Institute for Policy Studies

The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) "strengthens social movements with independent research, visionary thinking, and links to the grassroots, scholars and elected officials. Since 1963, we have empowered people to build healthy and democratic societies in communities, the U.S., and the world...

"The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards recognizes champions of human rights in the name of two IPS staffers who were killed in 1976 by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet."

Its website states, "In October 1963 - a month before the assassination of President Kennedy - Marcus G. Raskin (28) and Richard J. Barnet (33), former officials in the Kennedy administration, establish the Institute for Policy Studies." "Reeling from the shock of the Cuban Missile crisis and wary of the looming disaster in Vietnam, they saw their country losing its way, increasingly unable to give human needs priority over an insatiable and permanent national security state. The nation’s capital needed an independent source of policy alternatives.

"As Washington’s first progressive multi-issue "think tank," IPS has served as a policy and research resource for visionary social justice movements for four decades: from the anti-war and civil rights movements in the 1960’s to the peace and global justice movements of the last decade."

Their "sister" organization is the Transnational Institute.

Income (2004)

 * Foundations - $1,237,844.88
 * Major Donors and Family Foundations - $488,977.01
 * Membership Donations $28,631.09
 * Special Events/Publications - $132,950.11
 * Payment for Services - $122,987.88
 * Foundation Grants Received in 2004, awarded in 2003 - $561,999.97
 * TOTAL INCOME $2,573,390.94


 * Institute for Policy Studies: Funders

Staff
Accessed August 2007:


 * Diana Alonzo
 * Robert Alvarez
 * Sarah Anderson
 * Phyllis Bennis
 * John Cavanagh
 * Steve Cobble
 * Chuck Collins
 * Karen Dolan
 * Netfa Freeman
 * Nathaniel Kerksick
 * Saul Landau
 * Erik Leaver
 * Nadia Martinez
 * Dedrick Muhammad
 * Qimmah Najeeullah
 * Melanie Orhant
 * Joia Jefferson Nuri
 * Miriam Pemberton
 * Saif Rahman
 * Marcus Raskin
 * Janet Redman
 * Elizabeth Schulman
 * Emily Schwartz Greco
 * Sanho Tree
 * Sena Tsikata
 * Robin Weiss-Castro
 * Emira Woods
 * Daphne Wysham
 * Joy Zarembka

Trustees (2009)
Accessed September 2009:


 * Harriet Barlow, Harry Belafonte, Robert Borosage, Elsbeth Bothe, John Cavanagh, James Early, Barbara Ehrenreich, Ralph Estes, Jodie Evans, Frances Farenthold, Lisa Fuentes, Larry Janss, Saul Landau, Nancy Lewis, Clarence Lusane, E. Ethelbert Miller, Marcus Raskin, Andy Shallal, Rita L. Sperry, Lewis Steel, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Daphne Wysham

Directors (2007)
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 * Harry Belafonte
 * Elsbeth Bothe
 * Robert Borosage is the founder and Co-director of the Campaign for America's Future
 * John Cavanagh (ex-officio) IPS Director
 * Chuck Collins is the co-founder and Associate Director of United for a Fair Economy (UFE). In 1997, he co-founded Responsible Wealth.
 * James Early
 * Barbara Ehrenreich
 * Ralph Estes is the Executive Director of Stakeholder's Alliance
 * Frances Farenthold
 * Lisa Fuentes is an activist on Latin American and Israeli-Palestinian issues. She is a professor of Latin American Studies at American University. She serves on boards of the D.C. Jewish Community Center, the Washington Office on Latin America, and Global Exchange. She is currently on sabbatical with her husband and two children in Italy.
 * Nancy Lewis
 * Clarence Lusane
 * E. Ethelbert Miller
 * Andy Shallal
 * Rita L. Sperry
 * Lewis Steel (General Counsel) is a civil rights attorney at Steel, Bellman, Ritz & Clark, P.C. in New York City.
 * Katrina vanden Heuvel
 * Daphne Wysham (Secretary) IPS Fellow and co-director Sustainable Energy and Economy Network

IPS Senior Scholars 2002
Accessed August 2007:


 * Bob Alvarez
 * Maude Barlow
 * Norman Birnbaum
 * Noam Chomsky
 * Barbara Ehrenreich
 * Richard Falk
 * Xabier Gorostiaga
 * Andrew Levine
 * Gay McDougall
 * Jack O'Dell
 * Vandana Shiva
 * Gore Vidal

Funding
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 * Ploughshares Fund

Contact details
1112 16th Street NW Suite 600 Washington DC 20036 Phone: 202-234-9382 Email: info AT ips-dc.org Web: http://www.ips-dc.org

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 * Michael Shuman - fellow