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This article is a breakout from the main article on the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN).
 
This article is a breakout from the main article on the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN).
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'''Please see [[State Policy Network]] for more.'''
 
'''Please see [[State Policy Network]] for more.'''
  
There are 66 "Affiliate Members" of SPN as of March 2017.<ref name="Members"/> Below are lists of SPN member state think tanks, associate members, and former members.  In the past, SPN had a list of other organizations listed in its directory, but it no longer displays this on its website.
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There are 64 "Affiliate Members" and 98 "Associate Members" in SPN as of October 2019.<ref name="Members"/> Below are lists of SPN member state think tanks, associate members, and former members.  In the past, SPN had a list of other organizations listed in its directory, but it no longer displays this on its website.
  
 
The SPN website states, "Membership in State Policy Network is voluntary and by invitation-only."<ref name="Membership">State Policy Network, [http://www.spn.org/members/pageID.64/default.asp SPN Membership Information], organizational site, accessed August 2011</ref> There are regular members and associate members.
 
The SPN website states, "Membership in State Policy Network is voluntary and by invitation-only."<ref name="Membership">State Policy Network, [http://www.spn.org/members/pageID.64/default.asp SPN Membership Information], organizational site, accessed August 2011</ref> There are regular members and associate members.
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=="Affiliate Members"==
 
=="Affiliate Members"==
  
"Affiliate Members" include, as of June 2017:<ref name="Members">State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/directory/ Directory], organizational website, accessed March 2017.</ref>
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'''Iowa'''<br>
 
'''Iowa'''<br>
[[Public Interest Institute]]<br>
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[[Tax Education Foundation]]<br>
http://www.limitedgovernment.org<br>
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https://www.tefiowa.org/<br>
319-385-3462
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563-264-80804
  
 
'''Kansas'''<br>
 
'''Kansas'''<br>
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http://www.bipps.org<br>
 
http://www.bipps.org<br>
 
270-782-2140
 
270-782-2140
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[[Pegasus Institute]]<br>
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https://www.pegasuskentucky.org/<br>
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270-617-3627
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'''Louisiana'''<br>
 
'''Louisiana'''<br>
 
[[Pelican Institute|Pelican Institute for Public Policy]]<br>
 
[[Pelican Institute|Pelican Institute for Public Policy]]<br>
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'''Maryland'''<br>
 
'''Maryland'''<br>
[[Calvert Institute for Policy Research]]<br>
 
http://www.calvertinstitute.org<br>
 
410-752-5887
 
 
 
[[Maryland Public Policy Institute]]<br>
 
[[Maryland Public Policy Institute]]<br>
 
http://www.mdpolicy.org<br>
 
http://www.mdpolicy.org<br>
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https://www.nccivitas.org<br>
 
https://www.nccivitas.org<br>
 
919-834-2099<br>
 
919-834-2099<br>
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'''North Dakota'''<br>
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[[Roughrider Policy Center]]<br>
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https://www.roughriderpolicy.org<br>
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701-354-3934
  
 
'''Ohio'''<br>
 
'''Ohio'''<br>
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http://www.BuckeyeInstitute.org<br>
 
http://www.BuckeyeInstitute.org<br>
 
614-224-4422
 
614-224-4422
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'''Oklahoma'''<br>
 
'''Oklahoma'''<br>
 
[[Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs]]<br>
 
[[Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs]]<br>
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http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org<br>
 
http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org<br>
 
717-671-1901<br>
 
717-671-1901<br>
 
'''Puerto Rico'''<br>
 
[[Centro de Investigación y Política Pública]]<br>
 
http://www.cipp-pr.org<br>
 
787-567-7292<br>
 
  
 
'''Rhode Island'''<br>
 
'''Rhode Island'''<br>
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'''South Carolina'''<br>
 
'''South Carolina'''<br>
[[South Carolina Policy Council]]<br>
 
http://www.scpolicycouncil.org<br>
 
803-779-5022
 
 
 
[[Palmetto Promise Institute]]<br>
 
[[Palmetto Promise Institute]]<br>
 
https://palmettopromise.org<br>
 
https://palmettopromise.org<br>
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http://www.cardinalinstitute.com<br>
 
http://www.cardinalinstitute.com<br>
 
304-561-7634<br>
 
304-561-7634<br>
 
[[Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia]]<br>
 
https://www.ppfwv.org/<br>
 
304-282-8249<br>
 
  
 
'''Wisconsin'''<br>
 
'''Wisconsin'''<br>
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608-237-7290
 
608-237-7290
  
[[Wisconsin Policy Research Institute]]<br>
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[[Badger Institute]]<br>
http://www.wpri.org<br>
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http://www.badgerinstitute.org<br>
 
414-225-9940
 
414-225-9940
  
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=="Associate Members"==
 
=="Associate Members"==
  
"Associate Members" include, as of June 2017:<ref name="Members"/>
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"Associate Members" include, as of October 2019:<ref name="Members"/>
 
 
 
*[[1851 Center for Constitutional Law]]
 
*[[1851 Center for Constitutional Law]]
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*[[1889 Institute]]
 
*[[Acton Institute]]
 
*[[Acton Institute]]
 
*[[America's Future Foundation]]
 
*[[America's Future Foundation]]
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*[[American Conservative Union]]
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*[[American Consumer Institute]]
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*[[American Council of Trustees and Alumni]]
 
*[[American Enterprise Institute]]
 
*[[American Enterprise Institute]]
 
*[[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
 
*[[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
 
*[[Americans for Prosperity Foundation]]
 
*[[Americans for Prosperity Foundation]]
 
*[[Americans for Tax Reform|Americans for Tax Reform Foundation]]
 
*[[Americans for Tax Reform|Americans for Tax Reform Foundation]]
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*Archbridge Institute
 
*[[Ashbrook Center]]
 
*[[Ashbrook Center]]
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*[[Association of American Educators Foundation]]
 
*[[Atlas Network]]
 
*[[Atlas Network]]
*[[Ayn Rand Institute]]
 
 
*[[Beacon Hill Institute]]
 
*[[Beacon Hill Institute]]
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*[[Becket]]
 
*[[Benjamin Rush Institute]]
 
*[[Benjamin Rush Institute]]
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*[[Bill of Rights Institute]]
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*[[Capital Research Center]]
 
*[[Cato Institute]]
 
*[[Cato Institute]]
 
*[[Centennial Institute]]
 
*[[Centennial Institute]]
*[[Center for Competitive Politics]]
 
 
*[[Center for Education Reform]]
 
*[[Center for Education Reform]]
*[[Center for Independent Employees]]
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*[[Center for Growth and Opportunity]] at Utah State
*[[Ceterus]]
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*[[Center for Independent Thought]]
 
*[[Charles Koch Institute]]
 
*[[Charles Koch Institute]]
 
*[[Citizens Against Government Waste]]
 
*[[Citizens Against Government Waste]]
 
*[[Citizens Council for Health Freedom]]
 
*[[Citizens Council for Health Freedom]]
*[[Compact for America Educational Foundation]]
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*[[College Fix]]
 
*[[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
 
*[[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
 
*[[Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation]]
 
*[[Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation]]
 
*[[Donors Trust]]
 
*[[Donors Trust]]
 
*[[EdChoice]]
 
*[[EdChoice]]
*[[EFoundation]]
 
 
*[[Energy & Environment Legal Institute]]
 
*[[Energy & Environment Legal Institute]]
 
*[[Equal Justice Coalition]]
 
*[[Equal Justice Coalition]]
*[[Eye on Sacramento]]
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*[[ExcelinEd]]
 
*[[Families Against Mandatory Minimums]]
 
*[[Families Against Mandatory Minimums]]
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*[[Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies]]
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*[[For Kids & Country]]
 
*[[Foundation for Economic Education]]
 
*[[Foundation for Economic Education]]
*[[Foundation for Excellence in Education]]
 
 
*[[Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity]]
 
*[[Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity]]
 
*[[Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity]]
 
*[[Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity]]
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*[[Fraser Institute]]
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*[[Free State Foundation]]
 
*[[Free to Choose Network]]
 
*[[Free to Choose Network]]
*[[Free State Foundation]]
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*Freedom Center of Missouri
*[[Friends of Universidad Francisco Marroquin]]
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*[[FreedomWorks]]
 
*[[Fund for American Studies]]
 
*[[Fund for American Studies]]
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*[[Galen Institute]]
 
*[[Heartland Institute]]
 
*[[Heartland Institute]]
 
*[[Heritage Foundation]]
 
*[[Heritage Foundation]]
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*[[Independent Women's Forum]]
 
*[[Independent Women's Forum]]
 
*[[Institute of Economic Affairs]]
 
*[[Institute of Economic Affairs]]
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*Institute for Family Studies
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*[[Institute for Free Speech]]
 
*[[Institute for Humane Studies]] at [[George Mason University]]
 
*[[Institute for Humane Studies]] at [[George Mason University]]
 
*[[Institute for Justice]]
 
*[[Institute for Justice]]
 
*[[Institute for Policy Innovation]]
 
*[[Institute for Policy Innovation]]
 
*[[Intellectual Takeout]]
 
*[[Intellectual Takeout]]
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*Intercollegiate Studies Institute
 
*[[James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal]]
 
*[[James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal]]
 
*[[Jesse Helms Center]]
 
*[[Jesse Helms Center]]
 
*[[Judicial Watch Inc.]]
 
*[[Judicial Watch Inc.]]
 
*[[Leadership Institute]]
 
*[[Leadership Institute]]
*[[Liberty Foundation of America]]
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*[[Leadership Program of the Rockies]]
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*[[Lincoln Network]]
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*[[Lone Star Policy Institute]]
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*Louisiana Family Forum
 
*[[Lucy Burns Institute]]
 
*[[Lucy Burns Institute]]
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*[[Leadership Program of the Rockies]]
 
*[[Manhattan Institute for Policy Research]]
 
*[[Manhattan Institute for Policy Research]]
 
*[[Mercatus Center]] at [[George Mason University]]
 
*[[Mercatus Center]] at [[George Mason University]]
*[[Moving Picture Institute]]
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*[[Mountain States Legal Foundation]]
*[[National Legal and Policy Center]]
 
 
*[[National Review Institute]]
 
*[[National Review Institute]]
 
*[[National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation]]
 
*[[National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation]]
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*[[National Tax Limitation Committee]]
 
*[[National Taxpayers Union Foundation]]
 
*[[National Taxpayers Union Foundation]]
*[[NFIB Small Business Legal Center]]
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*[[New Civil Liberties Alliance]]
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*[[Next Generation Freedom Fund]]
 
*[[Pacific Legal Foundation]]
 
*[[Pacific Legal Foundation]]
 
*[[Philanthropy Roundtable]]
 
*[[Philanthropy Roundtable]]
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*Policy Circle
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*Principles that Matter
 
*[[Prison Fellowship]]
 
*[[Prison Fellowship]]
 
*[[Property & Environment Research Center]]
 
*[[Property & Environment Research Center]]
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*[[Reason Foundation]]
 
*[[Reason Foundation]]
 
*[[School Choice Wisconsin]]
 
*[[School Choice Wisconsin]]
*[[Spark Freedom]]
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*[[Speech First]]
 
*[[Steamboat Institute]]
 
*[[Steamboat Institute]]
 
*[[Students for Liberty]]
 
*[[Students for Liberty]]
 
*[[Tax Foundation]]
 
*[[Tax Foundation]]
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*Texans for Education Opportunity
 
*[[Think Freely Media]]
 
*[[Think Freely Media]]
 
*[[Truth in Accounting]]
 
*[[Truth in Accounting]]
 
*[[Young America's Foundation]]
 
*[[Young America's Foundation]]
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*Young Voices
  
 
==Former Members==
 
==Former Members==
Former Members include:<ref>State Policy Network, [http://www.spn.org/directory/ Member Directory], organizational site, accessed August 18, 2011. The organization has changed its website, and pages listing these members are no longer available.</ref>
 
  
 
*[[Accuracy In Media]]
 
*[[Accuracy In Media]]
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*[[Alliance for School Choice]]
 
*[[Alliance for School Choice]]
 
*[[American Association of Small Property Owners]]
 
*[[American Association of Small Property Owners]]
*[[American Council of Trustees and Alumni]]
 
 
*[[American Majority]]
 
*[[American Majority]]
 
*[[American Principles Project]]
 
*[[American Principles Project]]
 
*[[American Tradition Institute]]
 
*[[American Tradition Institute]]
 
*[[Americans for Limited Government]]
 
*[[Americans for Limited Government]]
*[[Association of American Educators Foundation]]
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*[[Arkansas Center for Research in Economics]]
 
*[[Atlantic Legal Foundation]]
 
*[[Atlantic Legal Foundation]]
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*[[Ayn Rand Institute]]
 
*[[Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights]]
 
*[[Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights]]
 
*[[Bastiat Society]]
 
*[[Bastiat Society]]
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*Bastiat Society of Wilmington
 
*Bastiat Society of Wilmington
 
*[[Better Government Project]]
 
*[[Better Government Project]]
*[[Bill of Rights Institute]]
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*[[Calvert Institute for Policy Research]]
*[[Capital Research Center]]
 
 
*[[Center for Civic Renewal]]
 
*[[Center for Civic Renewal]]
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*[[Center for Competitive Politics]]
 
*[[Center for Individual Freedom Foundation]]
 
*[[Center for Individual Freedom Foundation]]
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*[[Center for Independent Employees]]
 
*[[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]]
 
*[[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]]
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*[[Centro de Investigación y Política Pública]]
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*[[Ceterus]]
 
*[[Citizens' Council on Health Care]]
 
*[[Citizens' Council on Health Care]]
 
*[[Citizens in Charge Foundation]]
 
*[[Citizens in Charge Foundation]]
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*[[Coalition for Connecticut (CFC)]]
 
*[[Coalition for Connecticut (CFC)]]
 
*[[Common Sense Institute]]
 
*[[Common Sense Institute]]
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*[[Compact for America Educational Foundation]]
 
*[[Cornerstone Policy Research]]
 
*[[Cornerstone Policy Research]]
 
*[[David Horowitz Freedom Center]]
 
*[[David Horowitz Freedom Center]]
 
*[[DCI Group]]
 
*[[DCI Group]]
*[[Education Action Group Foundation]]
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*[[EFoundation]]
 
*[[Excellent Education for Everyone]]
 
*[[Excellent Education for Everyone]]
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*[[Eye on Sacramento]]
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*[[Fairness Center]]
 
*[[Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability]]
 
*[[Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability]]
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*[[Foundation for Excellence in Education]]
 
*[[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]
 
*[[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]
 
*[[Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment]] (FREE)
 
*[[Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment]] (FREE)
 
*Foundation for Self-Government
 
*Foundation for Self-Government
*[[Fraser Institute]]
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*Free the People
*[[FreedomWorks]]
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*[[Friends of Universidad Francisco Marroquin]]
 
*[[Frontier Lab]]
 
*[[Frontier Lab]]
*[[Galen Institute]]
 
 
*[[Headspring Group]]
 
*[[Headspring Group]]
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*[[Indiana Family Institute]]
 
*[[Institute of the North]]
 
*[[Institute of the North]]
*Intercollegiate Studies Institute
 
 
*[[John William Pope Center for Higher Education]]
 
*[[John William Pope Center for Higher Education]]
 
*Just Facts
 
*Just Facts
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<br><br>
 
*[[Landmark Legal Foundation]]
 
*[[Landmark Legal Foundation]]
*[[Leadership Program of the Rockies]]
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*[[Liberty Foundation of America]]
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*Liberty Justice Center
 
*Limited Government Forum
 
*Limited Government Forum
 
*[[Lexington Institute]]
 
*[[Lexington Institute]]
 
*[[Liberty Institute]]
 
*[[Liberty Institute]]
*Louisiana Family Forum
 
 
*[[Maine Public Policy Institute]]
 
*[[Maine Public Policy Institute]]
 
*Minnesota Free Market Institute
 
*Minnesota Free Market Institute
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*[[Moving Picture Institute]]
 
*[[National Center for Policy Analysis]]
 
*[[National Center for Policy Analysis]]
 
*[[National Center for Public Policy Research]]
 
*[[National Center for Public Policy Research]]
 
*[[National Institute for Labor Relations Research]]
 
*[[National Institute for Labor Relations Research]]
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*[[National Legal and Policy Center]]
*[[National Tax Limitation Committee]]
 
 
*[[National Taxpayers Union]]
 
*[[National Taxpayers Union]]
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*[[NFIB Small Business Legal Center]]
 
*[[New Jersey Family Policy Council]]
 
*[[New Jersey Family Policy Council]]
 
*New Jersey Family Research Council
 
*New Jersey Family Research Council
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*[[Progress & Freedom Foundation]]
 
*[[Progress & Freedom Foundation]]
 
*Promethius Foundation
 
*Promethius Foundation
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*[[Public Interest Legal Foundation]]
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*[[Public Interest Institute]]
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*[[Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia]]
 
*[[Public Policy Institute of New York]]
 
*[[Public Policy Institute of New York]]
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*Reclaim New York
 
*Regular Folks United
 
*Regular Folks United
 
*[[Sam Adams Alliance]]
 
*[[Sam Adams Alliance]]
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*[[Southeastern Legal Foundation]]
 
*[[Southeastern Legal Foundation]]
 
*South Carolinians for Smaller Government
 
*South Carolinians for Smaller Government
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*[[South Carolina Policy Council]]
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*[[Spark Freedom]]
 
*[[State Budget Solutions]]
 
*[[State Budget Solutions]]
 
*[[Taxpayers Network Incorporated]]
 
*[[Taxpayers Network Incorporated]]
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*Tuerck Foundation For the Study of Economics, Law, and Humanities
 
*Tuerck Foundation For the Study of Economics, Law, and Humanities
 
*Utah Taxpayers Foundation
 
*Utah Taxpayers Foundation
*[[Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc.]]
 
 
*[[Wyoming Policy Institute]]
 
*[[Wyoming Policy Institute]]
 
*[[Youth Entrepreneurs]]
 
*[[Youth Entrepreneurs]]
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*[[American Association of Small Property Owners]]
 
*[[American Association of Small Property Owners]]
 
*[[American Center for Law & Justice]]
 
*[[American Center for Law & Justice]]
*[[American Conservative Union]]
 
 
*[[American Council on Science and Health]]
 
*[[American Council on Science and Health]]
 
*[[American Dream Coalition]]
 
*[[American Dream Coalition]]
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*[[Family Action Council of Tennessee]]
 
*[[Family Action Council of Tennessee]]
 
*[[Family Research Council]]
 
*[[Family Research Council]]
*[[Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies]]
 
 
*[[Florida TaxWatch]]
 
*[[Florida TaxWatch]]
 
*[[Foundation for Free Enterprise]]
 
*[[Foundation for Free Enterprise]]
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*[[Michigan Association of Public School Academies]] (MAPSA)
 
*[[Michigan Association of Public School Academies]] (MAPSA)
 
*[[Montana Taxpayers Association]]
 
*[[Montana Taxpayers Association]]
*[[Mountain States Legal Foundation]]
 
 
*[[National Taxpayers United of Illinois]]
 
*[[National Taxpayers United of Illinois]]
 
*[[Nebraska Tax Research Council]]
 
*[[Nebraska Tax Research Council]]
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<references/>
  
[[Category: ALEC Exposed]][[Category:Think tanks]][[category:foundations]][[category:education]][[Category:ALEC Non-Profits]][[Category:ALEC Members]][[Category:SPN Exposed]]
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 30 October 2019

SPN Members:

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

SPN is a web of right-wing “think tanks” and tax-exempt organizations in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Canada, and the United Kingdom. As of October 2019, SPN's membership totals 162. Today's SPN is the tip of the spear of far-right, nationally funded policy agenda in the states that undergirds extremists in the Republican Party. SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told the Wall Street Journal in 2017 that the revenue of the combined groups was some $80 million, but a 2019 analysis of SPN's main members IRS filings by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that the combined revenue is over $120 million.[1] Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, the Center for Media and Democracy's in-depth investigation, "EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government," reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right-wing network of funders.[2]

In response to CMD's report, SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told national and statehouse reporters that SPN affiliates are "fiercely independent." Later the same week, however, The New Yorker's Jane Mayer caught Sharp in a contradiction. In her article, "Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?," the Pulitzer-nominated reporter revealed that, in a recent meeting behind closed doors with the heads of SPN affiliates around the country, Sharp "compared the organization’s model to that of the giant global chain IKEA." She reportedly said that SPN "would provide 'the raw materials,' along with the 'services' needed to assemble the products. Rather than acting like passive customers who buy finished products, she wanted each state group to show the enterprise and creativity needed to assemble the parts in their home states. 'Pick what you need,' she said, 'and customize it for what works best for you.'" Not only that, but Sharp "also acknowledged privately to the members that the organization's often anonymous donors frequently shape the agenda. 'The grants are driven by donor intent,' she told the gathered think-tank heads. She added that, often, 'the donors have a very specific idea of what they want to happen.'"[3]

A set of coordinated fundraising proposals obtained and released by The Guardian in early December 2013 confirm many of these SPN members' intent to change state laws and policies, referring to "advancing model legislation" and "candidate briefings." These activities "arguably cross the line into lobbying," The Guardian notes.[4]

Please see State Policy Network for more.

There are 64 "Affiliate Members" and 98 "Associate Members" in SPN as of October 2019.[5] Below are lists of SPN member state think tanks, associate members, and former members. In the past, SPN had a list of other organizations listed in its directory, but it no longer displays this on its website.

The SPN website states, "Membership in State Policy Network is voluntary and by invitation-only."[6] There are regular members and associate members.

Affiliate 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."[6]

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."[6]

"Affiliate Members"

"Affiliate Members" include, as of October 2019:[5]

Alabama
Alabama Policy Institute
http://www.alabamapolicy.org
205-870-9900

Alaska
Alaska Policy Forum
http://www.alaskapolicyforum.org
907-334-5853

Arizona
Goldwater Institute
http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org
602-462-5000

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

Arkansas Policy Foundation
http://www.arkansaspolicyfoundation.org
501-537-0825

California
California Policy Center
http://californiapolicycenter.org
714-573-2201

Pacific Research Institute
http://www.pacificresearch.org
415-989-0833

Colorado
Independence Institute
http://www.i2i.org
303-279-6536

Connecticut
Yankee Institute for Public Policy
http://www.yankeeinstitute.org
860-282-0722

Delaware
Caesar Rodney Institute
http://www.caesarrodney.org
302-273-0080

Florida
Foundation for Government Accountability
https://thefga.org
239-244-8808

James Madison Institute
http://www.jamesmadison.org
866-340-3131

Georgia
Georgia Public Policy Foundation
http://www.georgiapolicy.org
404-256-4050

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

Hawaii
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
http://new.grassrootinstitute.org
808-591-9193

Idaho
Idaho Freedom Foundation
http://idahofreedom.org
208-258-2280

Illinois
Illinois Policy Institute
https://www.illinoispolicy.org
312-346-5700

Indiana
Indiana Policy Review Foundation
http://www.inpolicy.org
260-417-4094

Iowa
Tax Education Foundation
https://www.tefiowa.org/
563-264-80804

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

Kentucky
Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions
http://www.bipps.org
270-782-2140




Pegasus Institute
https://www.pegasuskentucky.org/
270-617-3627

Louisiana
Pelican Institute for Public Policy
pelicaninstitute.org
504-267-9404

Maine
Maine Heritage Policy Center
http://www.mainepolicy.org
207-321-2550

Maryland
Maryland Public Policy Institute
http://www.mdpolicy.org
240-686-3510

Massachusetts
Pioneer Institute
http://www.pioneerinstitute.org
617-723-2277

Michigan
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
http://www.mackinac.org
989-631-0900

Minnesota
Center of the American Experiment
http://www.americanexperiment.org
612-338-3605

Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
http://freedomfoundation.publishpath.com
612-354-2160

Mississippi
Empower Mississippi
http://empowerms.org
601-980-1897

Mississippi Center for Public Policy
http://www.mspolicy.org
601-969-1300

Missouri
Show-Me Institute
http://www.showmeinstitute.org
314-454-0647

Montana
Montana Policy Institute
http://www.montanapolicy.org
(406)480-1269

Nebraska
Platte Institute for Economic Research
http://www.platteinstitute.org
402-452-3737

Nevada
Nevada Policy Research Institute
http://www.npri.org
702-222-0642

New Hampshire
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
http://www.jbartlett.org
603-224-4450

Granite Institute
http://www.graniteinstitute.org
603-728-8257

New Jersey
Garden State Initiative
http://gardenstateinitiative.org/
908-400-9688

New Mexico
Rio Grande Foundation
http://www.riograndefoundation.org
505-264-6090

New York
Empire Center for Public Policy
http://www.empirecenter.org
518-434-3100

North Carolina
John Locke Foundation
http://www.johnlocke.org
919-828-3876

Civitas Institute
https://www.nccivitas.org
919-834-2099




North Dakota
Roughrider Policy Center
https://www.roughriderpolicy.org
701-354-3934

Ohio
The Buckeye Institute
http://www.BuckeyeInstitute.org
614-224-4422

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
http://www.ocpathink.org
405-602-1667

Oregon
Cascade Policy Institute
http://www.CascadePolicy.org
503-242-0900

Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Foundation
http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org
717-671-1901

Rhode Island
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
http://www.rifreedom.org
401-429-6115

South Carolina
Palmetto Promise Institute
https://palmettopromise.org
803-708-0673

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

Tennessee
Beacon Center of Tennessee
http://www.beacontn.org
615-383-6431

Texas
Texas Public Policy Foundation
http://www.texaspolicy.com
512-472-2700

Utah
Libertas Institute
http://libertasutah.org
801-901-0310

Sutherland Institute
http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org
801-355-1272

Vermont
Ethan Allen Institute
http://www.ethanallen.org
802-695-1448

Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Institute
http://www.thomasjeffersoninst.org
703-440-9447

Virginia Institute for Public Policy
http://www.virginiainstitute.org
540-245-1776

Washington
Freedom Foundation
http://www.freedomfoundation.com
360-956-3482

Washington Policy Center
http://www.washingtonpolicy.org
360-705-6543

West Virginia
Cardinal Institute
http://www.cardinalinstitute.com
304-561-7634

Wisconsin
MacIver Institute for Public Policy
http://www.maciverinstitute.com
608-237-7290

Badger Institute
http://www.badgerinstitute.org
414-225-9940

Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
http://www.will-law.org
414-727-9455

Wyoming
Wyoming Liberty Group
http://www.wyliberty.org
307-632-7020[7]

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References

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  2. Rebekah Wilce, Center for Media and Democracy, EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
  3. Jane Mayer, Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?, The New Yorker, November 15, 2013.
  4. Ed Pilkington and Suzanne Goldenberg, State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax, The Guardian, December 5, 2013.
  5. Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 5.2 State Policy Network, Directory, organizational website, accessed March 2019.
  6. Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 6.2 State Policy Network, SPN Membership Information, organizational site, accessed August 2011
  7. State Policy Network, Directory, organizational member directory, accessed August, 2016