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{{#badges: AEX | Climate change | CoalSwarm | WaterEnergy | Tobaccowiki | Front groups }}The '''Heartland Institute''', according to the Institute's web site, is a nonprofit "[[think tank]]" that questions the reality and import of climate change, second-hand smoke health hazards, and a host of other issues that might seem to require government regulation.Heartland Institute is an "associate member" of the State Policy Network, a web of right-wing “think tanks” and tax-exempt organizations in 49 states, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., Canada, and the United Kingdom. 

:''"Mr. Joseph Bast, president and CEO of the Heartland Institute, testified for the Intervenors regarding the Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grant Programs (“TTSGP”), a school voucher bill that failed in the 82nd Legislative Session. As a threshold matter, this Court finds that Mr. Bast is not a credible witness and that he did not offer reliable opinions in this matter. While Mr. Bast described himself as an economist, he holds neither undergraduate nor graduate degrees in economics, and the highest level of education he completed was high school. Mr. Bast testified that he is 100% committed to the long-term goal of getting government out of the business of educating its own voting citizens. Further, his use of inflammatory and irresponsible language regarding global warming, and his admission that the long term goal of his advocacy of vouchers is to dismantle the “socialist” public education system further undermine his credibility with this Court."''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140915072844/http://www.co.travis.tx.us/courts/civil/district/pdfs/school-finance-findings-conclusions.pdf "The Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition et al. vs Williams et al. (pdf)]," D-1-GN-11-003130, (District Court of Travis County Texas 2014), 335 to 336.</ref>  In addition to its main website, Heartland manages the following websites:*[http://climatechangereconsidered.org/ NIPCC: Climate Change Reconsidered]*[http://freetochoosemedicine.com/ Free to Choose Medicine]*[https://stoppingsocialism.com/ Stopping Socialism]*[http://climatechangeawards.org/ Climate Change Awards]*[http://climateconferences.heartland.org/ International Conferences on Climate Change]*[http://leftexposed.org/ Left Exposed]*[http://american-exceptionalism.org/ American Exceptionalism]

==Ties to the Koch Brothers== The Heartland Institute is connected to the [[Koch brothers]] and their network of right-wing donors. In the past, the Institute has accepted $40,000 from the [[Claude R. Lambe Foundation]] and $62,578 from the [[Charles G. Koch Foundation]]. Both organizations are members July of the [[Koch Family Foundations]].<ref>American Bridge2016, [http://conservativetransparency.org/results/1/?q=Heartland%20Institute&order_t=year%20DESC&sf Heartland Institute Financial Records], ConservativeTransparency.org, accessed June 27, 2014.</ref> ==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==The Heartland Institute is a member of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) as of 2010-2011.<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/AM/PDF/InsideALEC/InsideALEC_June10_Final.pdf Inside ALEC Junnineteen U. 2010], organization newsletter, June 2010, pS. 21</ref> It is Senators delivered a member series of ALEC's [[Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force]],<ref name="TITMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file speeches denouncing climate change denial from 32 organizations with CMD</ref> [[Education Task Force]]links to fossil-fuel interests,<ref name="EdMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Education Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Financial Services Subcommittee<ref name="MeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> and [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]].<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> James Taylor, managing editor of including the Heartland publication [[Environment & Climate News]], spoke at the [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] meeting at the 2011 ALEC Annual MeetingInstitute.<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterialssw"/> Heartland was also an Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Meeting.<ref name="Corporate Chairs">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the StatesSheldon Whitehouse," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref>  The Heartland Institute has also functioned as a publisher and promoter of ALEC's model legislation.<ref>Heartland Institute, [httphttps://alecexposedwww.org/wiki/Additional_Bills_Discovered#At_the_Heartland_Institute_Website ALEC Model Legislation] published at the Heartland Institute website, accessed August 2011</ref> At the [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] meeting of ALEC's 2010 annual meeting, Alan Smith “The Hurricane Mitigation Promotion Act” and “A Resolution Concerning Tax Treatment of Affiliated Reinsurancewhitehouse.”<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force meeting agenda and materials, August 6, 2010, on file with CMD</ref> Marc Oestreich, who represents Heartland on the [[Education Task Force]], has also sponsored model legislationsenate. Oestreich sponsored the "Parent Trigger Act," which he presented at the 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit,<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, Education Task Force meeting agenda and materials, December 3, 2010, on file with CMD</ref> and the "Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Act," which he presented to the K–12 Education Reform Subcommittee during ALEC’s 38th Annual Meeting.<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, Education Task Force, K–12 Education Reform Subcommittee meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>  ===Heartland Partners With ALEC to Roll Back Renewable Energy Sources=== As a part of its 2013 agenda, ALEC partnered with the Heartland Institute to roll back the [[Renewable Portfolio Standard]] (RPS), state-level legislation that requires utility companies to produce a certain amount of their total energy from renewable sources.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [http://www.prwatch.orggov/news/2013release/08/12193/dirtysenators-handscall-77out-alecweb-billsof-2013denial-advanceblocking-bigaction-oilon-bigclimate-ag-agenda Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance A Big Oil, Big Ag Agendachange Senators Call Out Web of Denial Blocking Action On Climate Change], " ''PR WatchOffice of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse'', August 1July 15, 20132016.</ref> The Institute brought a model bill Sen. Whitehouse (RI-D), dubbed who led the Electricity Freedom Act, effort to ALEC's attention expose "the web of denial" said in May 2012. While ALEC publicly expressed its high hopes for his remarks on the legislation, floor that the bill had little success in state houses during the 2013 legislative session, failing purpose was to pass every legislature in which it was introduced.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12193/dirty-hands-77-alec-bills-2013-advance-big-oil-big-ag-agenda Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance A Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda], ''PR Watch'', August 1, 2013.</ref> {{about_ALEC}} ==About=====Self-description===On its website Heartland states that it "is shine a genuinely independent source little light on the web of research climate denial and commentary founded spotlight the bad actors in Chicagothe web, Illinois who are polluting our American discourse with phony climate denial....not affiliated with any political party This web of denial, businessformed over decades, or foundation....taxhas been built and provisioned by the deep-exempt under Section pocketed [[501(c)(3)Koch brothers]], <ref>(EIN 36-3309812 - from Heartland's 2009 990, on Guidestar)</ref>..."<ref>[https://www.heartland.org/apps/store/store.cfm?itmId=6&action=itmPubDetail "Heartland Membership"], Heartland Institute, accessed March 2008.</ref>===Founding===The institute was founded in 1984 by [[David H. PaddenExxonMobil]], now the President of by [[Padco LeasePeabody coal]] Corporation, and [[Joseph Lby other fossil fuel interests. Bast]], Heartland's President It is a grim shadow over our democracy in that it includes an electioneering effort that spends hundreds of millions of dollars in a single election cycle and CEOthreatens any Republican who steps up to address the global threat of climate change.<ref>Heartland Institute, [http://www.heartland.org/about/faqs.html#whatis "Q: What [I]t is long past time we shed some light on the perpetrators of this web of denial and expose their filthy grip on our political process. It is a disgrace, and our grandchildren will look back at this as a dirty time in America’s political history because of The Heartland Institute?"], Heartland Institute website, accessed February 2009their work.”<ref name="sw"/ref>

: "Heartland grew out of David H. Padden’s [[Loop Libertarian League]], a group that met monthly at the Union League Club in downtown Chicago to discuss politics and philosophy. The idea was to create a think tank in Chicago that would emulate larger D.C. think tanks--national organizations that produce excellent original research. Today, we ... fill a unique niche in the free-market movement as the only think tank that directly markets free-market ideas to the nation’s legislators and opinion leaders."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Heartland Institute|title=26th Anniversary Benefit Dinner|url=http://www.heartland.org/events/Benefit2010/|accessdate=2011-04-02|author=Joseph L. Bast|date=Summer 2010}}</ref>===Nonprofit status=== The Institute is a 501(c)(3), EIN #363309812, ruling date 12/1984.[http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=363309812&Cobrandid=0]==== A public charity, *barely* ====Heartland barely misses being classed more restrictively as a private foundation - according to its 2009 Form 990, "public support" made up just 33% of contributions for 2009 and 36% for 2008. (The bulk of support would have come from large donors.)(If public support falls below 33 1/3% for 2 years, it becomes a private foundation.) ====A no-show in Illinois nonprofits database====The Institute did not appear in a mid-2011 search of the [http://www.ag.state.il.us/charities/disclaimer.html Illinois Attorney General's Charitable Database], for as yet unknown reasons. ===Audience and products=======Main audience is lawmakers====The Institute sees its primary audience as "the nation’s 8,300 state and national elected officials and approximately 8,400 local government officials."<ref name="2008AR">Heartland Institute. [http://www.heartland.org/about/PDFs/HeartlandProspectus.pdf Heartland Institute 2008 Annual Report], Heartland Institute.(Pdf)</ref> ====5 publications and a documents database====For five of the Institute's priority policy areas, Heartland produces 20-page tabloid-sized monthly newspapers which are primarily distributed to elected officials, journalists and donors. (The five publications are ''Budget & Tax News'', ''[[Environment & Climate News]]'', ''Health Care News'', ''Infotech & Telecom News'' and ''School Reform News''.<ref name="2008AR"/> Heartland also hosts ''PolicyBot'', which it refers to as the "Internet's most extensive clearing-house for the work of free-market [[think tanks]]." The database contains 22,000 documents from 350 U.S. right-wing think tanks and advocacy groups.<ref>[http://www.heartland.org/policybot.cfm "Search PolicyBot"], accessed March 2008.</ref> Heartland's publications such as Health Care News publish three months after events, and rely on college students and other freelance writers to develop content and obtain data and expert quotes without oversight.{{fact}} ===Mission=== According to Heartland website, its mission is "to discover and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems".<ref>Joseph L. Bast, [http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=10582 "Welcome to The Heartland Institute!"], Heartland Institute, April 13, 2007.</ref> The Institute campaigns in support of: * "Common-sense environmentalism", such as opposition to the the [[Kyoto Protocol]] aimed at countering global warming* Genetically engineered crops and products;* The privatization of public services;* The introduction of school vouchers; * The deregulation of health care insurance; and against: * What it refers to as "[[junk science]]" (science that that could indicate a need for regulation); * Tobacco control measures such as tobacco tax increases (the Institute denies the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke);  A version of its mission stated, current until 2006, stated that Heartland was "devoted to turning ideas into social movements that empower people". Another think tank link to Heartland used a slightly different version of its mission statement: "Heartland's mission is to help build social movements in support of ideas that empower people".<ref>Institute of Public Affairs, [http://www.ipa.org.au/links/index.asp "Links"], accessed March 2008.</ref> In a statement submitted to the charity research group, Guidestar, Heartland states that "people devote time to learn about subjects only if they believe acquiring specific knowledge will benefit them personally. Often, this seems unlikely. Consequently, most people choose rationally to remain ignorant about many public policy issues. The Heartland Institute has overcome the problem of 'rational ignorance' by inventing publications busy elected officials and the public will actually read and come to trust. Our publications are highly effective and inexpensive vehicles for communicating messages on public policy." <ref>[http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=guidestar&npoIdInsider Leaked Documents=262095 "Heartland Institute"], ''Guidestar.org'', accessed March 2008.</ref> ==Leaked documents==

====Scientist Peter Gleick Admits to Leaking Climate Documents====

====Heartland Sends Threatening Emails====In the days and weeks following the release of the leaked documents, Heartland has been on an aggressive campaign to rid the information from the public domain. Heartland has targeted a number of bloggers who have reported on the matter. Under the premise that the leaked documents are a "fake memo" which were not created by anyone associated with the Heartland Institute, Heartland officials cited no laws while they "respectfully demanded" that the content be removed from [http://www.desmogblog.com DeSmogBlog.com] in an email they titled, "[http://joannenova.com.au/2012/02/heartland-sends-out-first-legal-notice-about-stolen-and-faked-documents/ Stolen and Faked Heartland Documents]." This was the first in a series of emails sent out to bloggers across the internet where legal action was threatened. <ref> Charles Johnson, [http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/39944_Climate_Change_Denial_Front_Group_Heartland_Institute_Sends_Emails_to_Bloggers_Threatening_Legal_Action/comments/ Climate Change Denial Front Group Heartland Institute Sends Emails to Bloggers Threatening Legal Action], [http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com Little Green Footballs], accessed February 21, 2012 </ref> <ref> Greg Laden, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120220073030/http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/02/i_just_got_an_email_from_the_h.php I just got an email from the Heartland Institute about the "HeartlandGate" documents], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref> <ref>Greg Laden, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302074748/http://www.scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/02/heartland-1_ncse-0.php Heartland-1 ... NCSE-0], ''Archive.org website'', February 1929, 2012 .</ref>

In an attempt to explain why Heartland is doing this, co-founder of the Heartland Institute [[Joseph Bast]] writes “We realize this will be portrayed by some as a heavy-handed threat to free speech. But the First Amendment doesn’t protect Internet fraud, and there is no right to defamatory speech." <ref> Joannenova, [http://joannenova.com.au/2012/02/heartland-sends-out-first-legal-notice-about-stolen-and-faked-documents/ Hearyland send out first legal notice about stolen and faked documents], [http://www.joannenova.com ''Joannanova.com]website'', accessed February 21, 2012 . </ref>

Bast replied asking Wamsley to apologize for the "intemperate and very offensive letter." He also writes, "since your letter is threatening, I’ve forwarded it to our legal counsel, forensics team, and the [[FBI]]. It is important that you not delete the email from your sent file, or any other emails you may have exchanged with other people while preparing it, since this could be evidence in criminal and civil cases." <ref> Gary Wamsley, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120514051407/http://www.berthoudrecorder.com/2012/02/19/heartland-institute-threatens-71-year-old-veteran/ Heartland Institute Threatens 71-Year-Old Veteran], [http://www''Archive.berthoudrecorder.com]org website'', accessed February 21Accessed August 29, 2012 2017. </ref>

The climate scientists who had their emails stolen in a similar matter known as "[[Climategate]]" have turned Heartland's nonsense threats of legal action around on them. A [http://www.peer.org/docs/doc/2_21_12_Heartland_Institute_turnabout_ltr.pdf letter] sent to the Heartland Institute by the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund uses the threatening language of the Heartland Institute. The letter says, "[We] view the malicious and fraudulent manner in which the Climatic Research Unit documents were obtained and/or thereafter disseminated, as well as the repeated blogs about them as providing the basis for civil actions against those who obtained and/or disseminated them and blogged about them. The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund fully intends to pursue all possible actionable civil remedies to the fullest extent of the law." <ref> Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120316234252/http://www.peer.org/docs/doc/2_21_12_Heartland_Institute_turnabout_ltr.pdfPEER Letter: February 21, 2012], [http://www.peer''Archive.org]website'', February 21, 2012 . </ref>

====Operation Angry Badger====

Leaked documents show that the Hearland-Institute is planning to spend $612,000 supporting Wisconsin Governor [[Scott Walker]] and four GOP Senators in their probable recall elections in a pro-Walker campaign they are calling “[httphttps://www.prwatch.org/node/11305 Operation Angry Badger].”

<ref> Brendan Fischer,[httphttps://www.prwatch.org/node/11305 “Angry Badger,” Plan Revealed: Another “Charity” Gets Involved in WI Recall], [http://www,prwartch.org PRWatch], February 20, 2012 </ref> <ref> Bill Glauber, [http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/leaked-documents-detail-operation-angry-badger-u447pp9-139483133.html Leaked Documents detail, “Operation Angry Badger”], [http://www.jsonline.com JS Online], February 16, 2012 </ref>

====Campaign Against Climate Science====

==Other Ties=Disturbing ties with Pruitt EPA===In May 2018, released emails showed Environmental Protection Agency asking Heartland, calling itself the "pre-eminent organization opposing the radical climate alarmism agenda", for suggestions of scientists and economists they might recommend "for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and promote Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency", including people associated with groups countering the scientific community's cautions regarding man-made climate change, like Plants Need CO2, The Right Climate Stuff, and Junk Science. The emails, obtained by FOIA request lawsuits by Environmental Defense Fund and the Southern Environmental Law Center, reveal how the upper echelon of the EPA actively sought out people who shared their disdain for regulations and their enforcement. Environmental groups criticized the EPA for ignoring the conclusions of EPA and other scientists regarding man-made carbon emissions and their climate-change impacts.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-cooperated-with-group-that-dismisses-climate-change-emails-show/</ref>  =Tobacco ties=Ties to the State Policy Network==The Heartland Institute is an associate member of the right-wing [[State Policy Network]] (SPN) <ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/directory/ SPN: Directory, Associates in Illinois], ''SPN website''See [[, Accessed August 29, 2017. </ref> and was featured in SPN's Associate Member Updates in July/August 2017. According to the SPN website, "The Heartland Institute has sent more than 350,000 copies of the book “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming” to every K–12 and tobacco]] for college-level science teacher in America. The 100-page book is one chapter of the latest in the Climate Change Reconsidered series. This is a much-needed critical examination of the peer-reviewed climate science literature by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). The project has been a huge success, generating extensive documentation media coverage and traffic on social media. The mailing was accompanied by a copy of the Institutea DVD, “History of Climate Change in Greenland” produced by Free to Choose Media." <ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/associate-member-updates-julyaugust-2017/ Associate Member Updates: July/August 2017], ''s tobacco ties.SPN website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref>

==Lobbying==In both 2011 and 2012, Additional information regarding the Heartland Institute reported having lobbying expenditures. It spent $415,935 's recent publications on lobbying climate change and climate science were featured in 2011SPN's Associate Member Updates, including ''Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming'' and it spent $350''Clexit,348 on lobbying in 2012For a Brighter Future.'' <ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/associate-member-updates-mayjune-2017/ Associate Member Updates: May/June 2017], ''SPN website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref> <ref name=twentytwelve >State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/associate-member-update-augustseptember-2016/ Associate Member Updates: August/September 2016], ''SPN website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref>{{About_SPN}}

==PersonnelTies to the Koch Brothers==

===Board of Directors<ref>The Heartland Institute, is connected to the [[http://heartlandKoch brothers]] and their network of right-wing donors.org/board-directors Board of Directors page]In the past, Heartland the Institute websitehas accepted $40, accessed June 30000 from the [[Claude R. Lambe Foundation]] and $62, 2014578 from the [[Charles G. Koch Foundation]]. Both organizations are members of the [[Koch Family Foundations]].</ref><ref name=twentytwelve>GuideStarAmerican Bridge, [http://www.guidestarconservativetransparency.org/FinDocumentsrecipient/2012heartland-institute/363page/3093/2012-363309812-0960cf0c-9.pdf ?order_by=year%20DESC Heartland Institute 2012 Form 990Financial Records], GuideStarConservativeTransparency.org, accessed June 30August 29, 20142017.</ref>==={{Template:KochConnection}}

*William S. Armistead==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==*The Heartland Institute is a member of the [[Joseph BastAmerican Legislative Exchange Council]] (PresidentALEC)*Robert Buford*as of 2010-2011.<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [https://web.archive.org/web/20101205035002/http://www.alec.org/AM/PDF/InsideALEC/InsideALEC_June10_Final.pdf Inside ALEC Jun. 2010], organization newsletter, June 2010, p. 21</ref> It is a member of ALEC's [[Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force]],<ref name="TITMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> [[Education Task Force]],<ref name="EdMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Education Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Financial Services Subcommittee<ref name="MeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> and [[Jere FabickEnergy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]*Dan Hales*.<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> James Johnston (First Vice PresidentTaylor, managing editor of the Heartland publication [[Environment & Climate News]], spoke at the [[Energy, Treasurer)*Jeff Judson*Chuck Lang*Jeffrey BEnvironment and Agriculture Task Force]] meeting at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting. Madden (Secretary)*Jeffrey V<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials"/> Heartland was also an Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Meeting. McKinley<ref name="Corporate Chairs">American Legislative Exchange Council, CPA*Brian D. Singer*Herbert Walberg"Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, Ph.D. (Chairman)2011</ref>

===Senior FellowsThe Heartland Institute has also functioned as a publisher and promoter of ALEC's model legislation.<ref>Hearland Heartland Institute, [httphttps://heartlandwww.alecexposed.org/about/staffwiki/4943 Senior Fellows pageAdditional_Bills_Discovered#At_the_Heartland_Institute_Website ALEC Model Legislation], published at the Heartland Institute website, accessed June 30August 2011</ref> At the [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] meeting of ALEC's 2010 annual meeting, 2014Alan Smith “The Hurricane Mitigation Promotion Act” and “A Resolution Concerning Tax Treatment of Affiliated Reinsurance.”<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force meeting agenda and materials, August 6, 2010, on file with CMD</ref> Marc Oestreich, who represents Heartland on the [[Education Task Force]], has also sponsored model legislation. Oestreich sponsored the "Parent Trigger Act," which he presented at the 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit,<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, Education Task Force meeting agenda and materials, December 3, 2010, on file with CMD</ref> and the "Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Act," which he presented to the K–12 Education Reform Subcommittee during ALEC’s 38th Annual Meeting.<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, Education Task Force, K–12 Education Reform Subcommittee meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>===

==As a part of its 2013 agenda, ALEC partnered with the Heartland Institute to roll back the [[Renewable Portfolio Standard]] (RPS), state-level legislation that requires utility companies to produce a certain amount of their total energy from renewable sources.<ref name="Global warming expertsBF2013"===''See Heartland's "global warming experts" list at >Brendan Fischer, [[Heartland Institutehttps://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12193/Global warming expertsdirty-hands-77-alec-bills-2013-advance-big-oil-big-ag-agenda Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance A Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda]]., ''PR Watch'', August 1, 2013.</ref>

(As The Institute brought a groupmodel bill, [[Heartland Institute/Global warming experts |"Global warming experts"]] who minimize dubbed the risks of climate change have less expertise than those who donElectricity Freedom Act, to ALEC'ts attention in May 2012. While ALEC publicly expressed its high hopes for the legislation, the bill had little success in state houses during the 2013 legislative session, failing to pass every legislature in which it was introduced.<refname="BF2013"/>{{cite web|publisher=Skeptical Scienceabout_ALEC}}|title=How many climate scientists are climate skeptics?|url=http://www.skepticalscience.com/How-many-climate-scientists-are-climate-skeptics.html|accessdateTies to the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation=2011-04-03|author=John Cook|date=2010-06-22}}</ref>)

The Per ''Conservative Transparency,'' the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation donated $1,215,500 to the Heartland Institute's Environmental "expertbetween 1994 and 2014. <ref>Conservative Transparency," [[James Mhttp://conservativetransparency. Taylor]org/top/?recipient=29133&yr=2009&yr1=&yr2=2014&submit= Top Supporters of Heartland Institute], is a lawyer based in Florida''Conservative Transparency website'', Accessed August 28, 2017. Despite presenting a veneer of scientific expertise in their Environmental advocacy, the Heartland lacks any</ref>{{factBradley}} scientists trained to understand climate issues==Tobacco Ties==''See [[Heartland Institute and tobacco]] for extensive documentation of the Institute's tobacco ties.''

*March 2008, [[The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change]]<ref>Heartland Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080311220835/http://www.heartland.org/NewYork08/newyork08.cfm The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change], Heartland Institute''Archive.org website'', accessed March 2008Accessed August 2017.</ref>

* March 2009, [[International Conference on Climate Change (2009)]], in New York.<ref>Heartland Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090306075158/http://www.heartland.org/events/NewYork09/newyork09.html "The 2009 International Conference on Climate Change"], Heartland Institute ''Archive.org website'', accessed January 2009.</ref><ref>Suzanne Goldenberg, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/12/climate-change-sceptic-environment "Meet the sceptics"], ''The Guardian'', 12 11 March 2009.</ref>

* June 2009, [[Third International Conference on Climate Change]] in Washington, DC on June 2, 2009 at the Washington Court Hotel, to "call attention to widespread dissent to the asserted 'consensus' on various aspects of climate change and global warming," according to Heartland's announcement of the event. "The conference's theme will be ''Climate Change: Scientific Debate and Economic Analysis''. The theme reflects the fact that the scientific debate is not over and that economic analysis is more important than ever, now that legislation is being seriously considered. The real science and economics of climate change support the view that global warming is not a crisis and that immediate action to reduce emissions is not necessary. This is, in fact, the emerging consensus view of scientists outside the IPCC and most economists outside environmental advocacy groups," Heartland's website states. <ref name="Announce">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090709144519/http://www.heartland.org/events/WashingtonDC09/index.html "Welcome"], Heartland Institute, accessed May 2009.</ref>

}}</ref>,<ref>Scott Denning, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111017192028/http://www.viddler.com/explore/heartland/videos/369/ Video of Scott Denning's June 2011 talk], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref>

Heartland opposes the [[Great Lakes Water Resources Compact]], which was signed into affect in December of 2005 by the governors of eight states that border the great lakes, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York, and the premiers of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. As of 2008, the compact was ratified by all of the eight state legislatures. The compact was proposed in light of the unprecedented low levels of water in the lakes, which are now at the bottom end of the historical fluctuation range of 4-6 feet. In order to mitigate diminishing water levels, The compact will limit the consumption of water from the Great Lakes to areas within these eight states, or to areas outside of the boundary only by petition subject to strict regulation. <ref> Council of Great Lakes Governors, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090801052441/http://www.cglg.org/projects/water/CompactImplementation.asp "Compact Implementation"] Council of Great Lakes Governors , ''Archive.org website'' Accessed August 29, accessed May 20092017. </ref> This new regulation also stemmed from proposals to ship water from the Great Lakes to other states like Arizona, or even out of the country into Asian water markets. <ref> Dennis Cauchon [https://web.archive.org/web/20070107211414/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-10-great-lakes-debate_x.htm "Great Lakes Compact at the Center of Great Debate"] , ''USA Today'', December 10, 2006. </ref> In a research and commentary report released in March of 2007, the Heartland Institute criticized the compact, claiming water should be regulated through the market rather than through the government. <ref name="Heartland Report">Heartland Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090510155343/http://www.heartland.org/article/20851/The_Great_Lakes_Compact.html "The Great Lakes Compact"]. ''Heartland Institute website'', March 2007. </ref> In this report, Heartland, as is typical of a free market think tank, contends that water is a commodity just like other resources, and should thus be regulated through market mechanisms. The report cites [[Terry Anderson]], Director of the [[Property and Environment Research Center]], arguing that "water rights should be allocated and traded in the marketplace, even if that means shipping water to Asia at the right price. It's no different than shipping out cars or iron ore." <ref name="Heartland Report"/> ==About==On its website Heartland states that, "The Heartland Institute is a nonprofit organization recognized as a tax-exempt charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We are nonpartisan and most of our work is strictly educational. We very rarely lobby, and when we do, we follow strict guidelines. We focus on issues in education, environmental protection, health care, budgets and taxes, and constitutional reform.<ref>Heartland Institute, [https://www.heartland.org/about-us/index.html About Us: What We Do], ''Heartland Institute Website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref> ===Founding===The institute was founded in 1984 by [[David H. Padden]], now the President of [[Padco Lease]] Corporation, and [[Joseph L. Bast]], Heartland's President and CEO.<ref>Heartland Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106145930/http://www.heartland.org/about/faqs.html "Q: What is the history of The Heartland Institute?"], Heartland Institute website, accessed February 2009.</ref> : "Heartland grew out of David H. Padden’s [[Loop Libertarian League]], a group that met monthly at the Union League Club in downtown Chicago to discuss politics and philosophy. The idea was to create a think tank in Chicago that would emulate larger D.C. think tanks--national organizations that produce excellent original research. Today, we ... fill a unique niche in the free-market movement as the only think tank that directly markets free-market ideas to the nation’s legislators and opinion leaders."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Heartland Institute|title=26th Anniversary Benefit Dinner|url=http://www.heartland.org/events/Benefit2010/|accessdate=2011-04-02|author=Joseph L. Bast|date=Summer 2010}}</ref> ===Nonprofit status===The Institute is a 501(c)(3), EIN #363309812, ruling date 12/1984.[http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=363309812&Cobrandid=0] ==== A public charity, *barely* ====Heartland barely misses being classed more restrictively as a private foundation - according to its 2009 Form 990, "public support" made up just 33% of contributions for 2009 and 36% for 2008. (The bulk of support would have come from large donors.)(If public support falls below 33 1/3% for 2 years, it becomes a private foundation.)

In ====A no-show in Illinois nonprofits database====The Institute did not appear in a research and commentary report released in March mid-2011 search of 2007the [http://www.ag.state.il.us/charities/disclaimer.html Illinois Attorney General's Charitable Database], the Heartland for as yet unknown reasons. ===Audience and products=======Main audience is lawmakers====The Institute criticized sees its primary audience as "the compactnation’s 8,300 state and national elected officials and approximately 8, claiming water should be regulated through the market rather than through the 400 local governmentofficials. "<ref name="2008AR"/> ====5 publications and a documents database====For five of the Institute's priority policy areas, Heartland Reportproduces 20-page tabloid-sized monthly newspapers which are primarily distributed to elected officials, journalists and donors. (The five publications are ''Budget & Tax News'', ''[[Environment & Climate News]]'', ''Health Care News'', ''Infotech & Telecom News'' and ''School Reform News''.<ref name="2008AR"/> Heartland also hosts ''PolicyBot'', which it refers to as the "Internet's most extensive clearing-house for the work of free-market [[think tanks]]." The database contains 22,000 documents from 350 U.S. right-wing think tanks and advocacy groups.<ref>PolicyBot, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080605225513/http://www.heartland.org/article/20851/The_Great_Lakes_Compactpolicybot.html "Great Lakes Compact"cfm Search PolicyBot] Heartland Institute Research and Commentary, March 2007''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 29, 2017. </ref> In this report Heartland's publications such as Health Care News publish three months after events, and rely on college students and other freelance writers to develop content and obtain data and expert quotes without oversight.{{fact}} ===Mission===According to Heartlandwebsite, as its mission is typical of a "to discover and promote free -market think tanksolutions to social and economic problems".<ref>Joseph L. Bast, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630130937/http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=10582 "Welcome to The Heartland Institute!"], Heartland Institute, contends that water is a commodity just like other resourcesApril 13, and should thus be regulated through market mechanisms2007. </ref> The report cites Institute campaigns in support of: * "Common-sense environmentalism", such as opposition to the the [[Terry AndersonKyoto Protocol]], Director aimed at countering global warming* Genetically engineered crops and products;* The privatization of public services;* The introduction of school vouchers; * The deregulation of the health care insurance; and against: * What it refers to as "[[Property and Environment Research Centerjunk science]]" (science that that could indicate a need for regulation); * Tobacco control measures such as tobacco tax increases (the Institute denies the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke);  A version of its mission stated, current until 2006, arguing stated that Heartland was "devoted to turning ideas into social movements that empower people". Another think tank link to Heartland used a slightly different version of its mission statement: "water rights should be allocated and traded Heartland's mission is to help build social movements in support of ideas that empower people."<ref>Institute of Public Affairs, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703004031/http://www.ipa.org.au/links/index.asp "Links"], accessed March 2008.</ref> In a statement submitted to the marketplacecharity research group, Guidestar, even Heartland states that "people devote time to learn about subjects only if that means shipping water they believe acquiring specific knowledge will benefit them personally. Often, this seems unlikely. Consequently, most people choose rationally to Asia at remain ignorant about many public policy issues. The Heartland Institute has overcome the problem of 'rational ignorance' by inventing publications busy elected officials and the right pricepublic will actually read and come to trust. It's no different than shipping out cars or iron oreOur publications are highly effective and inexpensive vehicles for communicating messages on public policy." <ref name>[http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=guidestar&npoId=262095 "Heartland ReportInstitute"], ''Guidestar.org'', accessed March 2008.</ref> Heartland is holding its first [http://americafirstenergyconference.com/ '''America First Energy Conference'''] on November 9th, 2017. [http://americafirstenergyconference.com/] ==Lobbying==In both 2011 and 2012, the Institute reported having lobbying expenditures. It spent $415,935 on lobbying in 2011, and it spent $350,348 on lobbying in 2012. <ref>ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/363309812 Heartland Institute, Forms 990 2011 & 2012], ''ProPublica website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref>

''Media Transparency'' lists Heartland as having received grants from a range of foundations between 1986 and 2009. Of these foundations, by far the largest donor has been the foundation of Chicago industrialist [[Barre Seid]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Media Matters|title=Action Network - Heartland Institute - Funders - All Years (1986-2009)|url=, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110427044706/http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Heartland_Institute/funders|accessdate=2011-03-22|author=No byline|date=undated}}Recipients: Heartland Institute], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref>, maker of Tripp Lite surge protectors.* [[Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation]] : $1,037,977 * [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] $648,000 * [[Exxon Mobil]] $531,500 * [[Walton Family Foundation]] : $400,000 * [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] : $325,000 * [[Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust]] : $190,500 * [[Jaquelin Hume Foundation]] : $166,000 * [[Rodney Fund]] : $135,000 * [[JM Foundation]] : $82,000 * [[Castle Rock Foundation]] : $70,000 * [[Roe Foundation]] : $41,500 * [[John M. Olin Foundation]] $40,000 * [[Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation]] : $40,000 * [[Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation]] $37,578 * [[Armstrong Foundation]] : $30,000 * [[Hickory Foundation]] : $13,000 * [[Carthage Foundation]] : $10,000

According to spokesman Jim Lakely, Heartland received $736,500 from Exxon Mobil between 1998 and 2006.<ref> Juliet Eilperin, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/climate-skeptic-group-works-to-reverse-renewable-energy-mandates/2012/11/24/124faaa0-3517-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_print.html "Climate skeptic group works to reverse renewable energy mandates"], ''The Washington Post'', accessed November 26Accessed August 29, 20122017.</ref>

Greenpeace's ''ExxonSecrets'' website lists some of these transactions.<ref>ExxonSecrets.org, [http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=41 "Factsheet: Heartland Institute, Heartland"], ''ExxonSecrets.orgwebsite'', accessed March 2008Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref> (As mentioned above, Heartland insists that Exxon has not contributed to the group since 2006.)<ref name="reply"/>

:"For many years, we provided a complete list of Heartland's corporate and foundation donors on this Web site and challenged other think tanks and advocacy groups to do the same. To our knowledge, not a single group followed our lead. However, critics who couldn’t or wouldn’t engage in fair debate over our ideas found the donor list a convenient place to find the names of unpopular companies or foundations, which they used in ad hominem attacks against us. Even reporters from time to time seemed to think reporting the identities of one or two donors--out of a list of hundreds--was a fair way of representing our funding or our motivation in taking the positions expressed in our publications. After much deliberation and with some regret, we now keep confidential the identities of all our donors."<ref name="Bast WiFi">Joseph Bast, [http://wifinetnews.com/archives/004765.html Response to "Sock Puppets of Industry"], ''Wi-Fi News'', February 21, 2005. (Scroll to </ref> It has also claimed that "by not disclosing our donors, we keep the foot of focus on the page for the note that Bast posted in response issue."<ref name="reply">Heartland Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090107063705/http://www.heartland.org/about/truthsquad.html "Reply to the articleOur Critics"], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.)</ref>

Heartland stated that "in 2007 it received 71 percent of its income from foundations, 16 percent from corporations, and 11 percent from individuals. No corporate donor gave more than 5 percent of its annual budget ... ExxonMobil has not contributed to Heartland since 2006. Indeed, gifts from all energy companies - coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear - combined did not exceed 5 percent of Heartland’s budget in 2007."<ref name="reply"/> (Heartland states that its 2007 revenue was approximately $5.2 million.<ref name="reply"/> Based on this Heartland statement, in 2007 foundations provided approximately $3.69 million, corporations contributed $832,000 and approximately 1,600 individuals<ref>Joseph L. Bast, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090709212444/http://www.heartland.org/about/ "Welcome to the Heartland Institute"], Heartland Institute''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 29, accessed February 20092017.</ref> Energy companies -- "coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear" -- contributed approximately 5% or around $260,000.)

A single donor provided 35% of Heartland's revenue in 2009 and 58% in 2008<ref>Heartland Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120112153427/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/charities/readpdf.aspx?DocID=124014 page 9Audited Financial Statements: Year Ended December 31, note 42009 and 2008], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref>, and 38% in 2007.<ref>ProPublica, [httphttps://207projects.153propublica.189.83org/nonprofits/EINSorganizations/363309812/363309812_2007_044DB1FF.PDF 2007 Form 990] Note 6, concentration of credit risk''ProPublica website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref>

Heartland's 2009 Form 990 reports over $120,000 in donations of software, apparently from a single source.<ref>ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/363309812 2009 Form 990], ''ProPublica website'', Schedule MAccessed August 29, line#252017.</ref>

In its 2008 annual report to supporters, Heartland outlines that corporate sponsorships start out at $10,000, with the next rung up being "silver" sponsors which contribute $25,000, "gold" sponsors donating $50,000 and "platinum" sponsors kicking in $100,000.<ref name="2008AR">Heartland Institute. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081022202748/http://www.heartland.org/about/PDFs/HeartlandProspectus.pdf Heartland Institute 2008 Annual ReportProspectus], Heartland Institute, page 18. (Pdf)</ref>

In May 2012, DeSmog Blog reported that the [[Heartland Institute]] had added the Illinois Coal Association (ICA) as a new "Gold Sponsor" for its 2012 [[ICCC]]-7 climate conference. ICA joined following the Heartland's leaked documents and Unabomber billboard campaign. In Heartland's leaked 2012 Fundraising plan, [[Murray Energy]] gave $100,000 in 2010 and was expected to give $40,000 in 2012; the company's subsidiary, The American Coal Company, is a member of the ICA.<ref>John Mashey, [httphttps://swww.ttdesmogblog.com/1bNZt "illinois-coal-association-emerges-heartland-denial-palooza-sponsor Illinois Coal Association Emerges As Heartland Denial-a-Palooza Sponsor],"] ''Desmogblog'', May 14, 2012.</ref>

Phil Gonet, the chief lobbyist for ICA, said of the support for Heartland, "We support the work they are doing and so we thought we would finally make a contribution to the organization ... I made a contribution mainly in support of a conference that is designed to make balanced information available to the public on the issue of global warming ... In general, the message of the Heartland Institute is something the Illinois Coal Association supports."<ref>Suzanne Goldenberg, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/20/heartland-institute-future-staff-cash "Heartland Institute facing uncertain future as staff depart and cash dries up"] Suzanne Goldenberg, ''The Guardian'', May 20, 2012.</ref>

Heartland has likely continued to fund these groups; Heartland's Form 990s report it is still giving money to unnamed organizations outside the U.S.<ref>ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/363309812 2008 IRS Form 990], ''ProPublica website'', Schedule FAccessed August 29, Page 22017.</ref>, and the 2009 990 identifies the donees' region as "East Asia and the Pacific"<refname="2009 990 Form">ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/363309812 2009 IRS Form 990], ''ProPublica website'', Accessed August 29, Schedule F2017.</ref> but it too leaves the "name" field blank. (It's not clear whether Heartland monitors how these groups spend the money: according to the 990 "the organization [Heartland] is "friends of" the grant recipients therefore no major tracking is necessary"<refname="2009 990 Form"/> ==Core Financials=='''<big>2017</big>'''<ref name="2017 990">Heartland Institute, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6007271-Heartland-Institute-2017-990.html 2017 IRS Form 990], organizational tax filing, June 21, 2018, p. 1.</ref><br>* Total Revenue: $5,994,969* Total Expenses: $5,471,048* Net Assets: $1,541,278 '''<big>2016</big>'''<ref name="2016 990">Heartland Institute, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6007270-Heartland-Institute-2016-990.html 2016 IRS Form 990], organizational tax filing, August 24, 2017, p. 1.</ref><br>* Total Revenue: $5,480,656* Total Expenses: $5,524,414* Net Assets: $1,017,357 '''<big>2015</big>'''<ref name="2015 990">Heartland Institute, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6007269-Heartland-Institute-2015-990.html 2015 IRS Form 990], organizational tax filing, August 4, 2016, p. 1.</ref><br>* Total Revenue: $4,398,175* Total Expenses: $5,770,366* Net Assets: $1,061,115 '''<big>2014</big>'''<ref name="2014 990">Heartland Institute, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6007268-Heartland-Institute-2014-990.html 2014 IRS Form 990], organizational tax filing, June 30, 2015, p. 1.</ref><br>* Total Revenue: $6,738,428* Total Expenses: $4,393,358* Net Assets: $2,433,306 '''<big>2013</big>'''<ref name="2013 990">2009 Heartland Institute, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/363/309/2013-363309812-0a57aff0-9.pdf 2013 IRS Form 990], organizational tax filing, April 24, 2014 p. 1.</ref><br>* Total Revenue: $4,783,310* Total Expenses: $4,422,355* Net Assets: $88,236 '''<big>2012</big>'''<ref name="2013 990"/><br>* Total Revenue: $5,329,115* Total Expenses: $5,444,312* Net Assets: -$272,719 ==Personnel==As of May 2019: '''Staff'''<ref> Heartland Institute, [https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/?type=staff Who We Are: Staff], ''Heartland Institute website'', Accessed May 2019.</ref> *Billy Aouste, New Media Specialist*Joe Barnett, Research Fellow and Managing Editor*Tim Benson, Policy Analyst *H. Sterling Burnett, Senior Fellow and Managing Editor, Environment & Climate News*Gwendalyn Carver, Director of Development*Nikki Comerford, Associate Publisher and Events Manager*Wanda L. Davis, Executive Vice President*Joseph Davis, Librarian*Keely Drukala, Deputy Director of Communications*Matthew Glans, Senior Policy Analyst*Bette Grande, Research Fellow*Justin Haskins, Executive Editor and Research Fellow*Christina Herrin, Campaign Manager, Free to Choose Medicine*Robert G. Holland, Senior Fellow, Education*Edward Hudgins, Research Director*Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D., President*George Jamerson, Director of Government Relations*Lennie Jarratt, Project Manager, Center for Transforming Education*S.T. Karnick, Director of Publications*Donny Kendal, Graphic Designer*Jim Lakely, Communications Director*Kevin Leonard, Creative Director*Latreece Reed, Vice President of Administration*AnneMarie Schieber, Research Fellow and Managing Editor*Andy Singer, New Media Specialist*Aaron D. Stover, Director of Federal Government/Corporate Relations*Lindsey Stroud, State Government Relations Manager*Christopher Talgo, Editor*James Taylor, Senior Fellow, Environment and Energy Policy*Scott Walsh, Foundation Manager*Anthony Watts, Senior Fellow*Arianna Wilkerson, State Government Relations Manager '''Former Staff'''*Diane Bast, Executive Editor and Finance Manager*Joseph Bast, CEO*Peter Ferrara, Senior Fellow, Entitlement and Budget Policy*Veronica Harrison, Marketing Manager*Jesse Hathaway, Research Fellow and Managing Editor, Budget & Tax News*Jay Lehr, Science Director*Teresa Mull, Research Fellow and Managing Editor, School Reform News*John Nothdurft, Director of Government Relations*Isaac Orr, Research Fellow*Frederick D. Palmer, Senior Fellow, Energy and Climate*Latreece Reed, Executive Vice President '''Board of Directors''' <ref>Heartland Institute, Schedule F pt IV[https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/?page=1&type=board-directors&q=&view=20 Who We Are: Board of Directors], ''Heartland Institute website'', Accessed May 2019.</ref>*William S. Armistead, Duluth, Georgia*[[Joseph Bast]], Director and Senior Fellow*[[Robert J. Buford]], Chicago, Illinois*[[Jeré C. Fabick]], Milwaukee, Wisconsin*Paul Fisher, Senior Fellow, Legal Affairs*[[Dan Hales]], Winnetka, Illinois*Tim Huelskamp, President*[[James L. Johnston]], Senior Fellow, Economic Policy*Jeffrey Madden, Chicago, Illinois*Harley Moody, Corpus Christi, Texas*[[Arthur B. Robinson]], Senior Fellow and Cofounder, Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine*[[Brian Singer]], Chicago, Illinois*Hilary Till, Principal of Premia Risk Consultancy '''Former Directors'''*[[Chuck Lang]], Indianapolis, Indiana*[[Jeffrey Madden]], Chicago, Illinois*[[Herbert J. Walberg]], Senior Fellow, Education '''Policy Experts''' (Pages 1-55)<ref>Heartland Institute, [https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/?type=policy-experts Who We Are: Policy Experts], ''Heartland Institute website'', Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref> ==="Global warming experts"===''See Heartland's "global warming experts" list at [[Heartland Institute/Global warming experts]].''

==2010 Form 990==Heartland's 2010 Form 990 reports that the organization pays its president(As a group, [[Joseph Bast], $145,135 in Heartland Institute/Global warming experts |"reportable compensationGlobal warming experts" for a 40-hour work week, although "Other Salaries and Wages" amounted to $1]] who minimize the risks of climate change have less expertise than those who don't.2 million<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Skeptical Science|title=How many climate scientists are climate skeptics?|url=http://www. Stated revenue was $6skepticalscience.07 millioncom/How-many-climate-scientists-are-climate-skeptics. html|accessdate=2011-04-03|author=John Cook|date=2010-06-22}}</ref>) The Heartland Institute made grants to the 's Environmental "expert," [[Pacific Research InstituteJames M. Taylor]] ($50,000) is a lawyer based in Florida. Despite presenting a veneer of scientific expertise in their Environmental advocacy, the Council for Affordable Health Heartland lacks any{{fact}} scientists trained to understand climate issues. ==Contact Information==Employer Identification Number ($20,000EIN) and the [[Galen : 36-3309812 The Heartland Institute]] ($43<br>3939 North Wilke Road<br>Arlington Heights,000). Illinois 60004<br>Phone: 312-377-4000<br>Fax: 312-277-4122<refbr>Heartland Institute [httpWeb: https://heartland.org/media-library<br>Facebook: https:/pdfs/2010-IRS-Form-990www.facebook.pdf 2010 IRS Form 990], IRS Filing, accessed January 18, 2012com/HeartlandInstitute<br>Twitter: https://reftwitter.com/heartlandinst<br>

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* [http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Heartland_Institute/funders Media Matters funding info]; and [http://old.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=152 old MediaTransparency page] for 2006-and-earlier info* [http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=363309812&Cobrandid=0 IRS Form 990 filings] from ERIthe Economic Research Institute

* John Stauber, [httphttps://www.prwatch.org/node/4800 Food Flack Nation Attacks Journalist Eric Schlosser], ''PRWatch'', May 11, 2006.

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