Reason Foundation
The Reason Foundation is a conservative libertarian think tank which challenges strict environmental regulations: "A national research and education organization that explores and promotes public policy based on rationality and freedom."[1]
About Reason Foundation
From the Reason Foundation web pages:
"For 22 years, Reason Foundation has led the fight for freedom in America. Our unique combination of a top-tier, well-respected think tank, Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI), and a major political and cultural commentary magazine, Reason Magazine, gives us an unmatched pair of platforms from which to champion liberty and its essential role in human progress. Through Reason Public Policy Institute, with its emphasis on empirical results, practical innovation, and a burgeoning national reputation, we get new policy ideas implemented. Through Reason Magazine, with its growing and increasingly influential audience, we shape public opinion in favor of individual liberty in all areas of human activity.
"As the new century begins, dominant assumptions about government, popular culture, and many social and business institutions are in transition. Some of these shifts reinforce traditional American ideas about liberty and limited government. But the backlash against free markets and increased choices is gaining ground in many quarters.
"As a result, the debate about economic and civil liberties, regulation, innovation, and progress has never been more heated--or more urgently in need of articulate, forceful, and persuasive champions. By leveraging the capabilities of Reason Public Policy Institute and Reason Magazine, Reason Foundation makes an unparalleled contribution to the cause of liberty."
Board of Trustees
- Harry E. Teasley Jr., Chairman
- William A. Dunn, Chairman-elect and Vice Chairman, Dunn Capital Management
- Thomas E. Beach, Beach Investment Counsel, Inc.
- David W. Fleming, Latham & Watkins
- C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
- James D. Jameson
- Manuel S. Klausner, Law Offices of Manuel S. Klausner
- David H. Koch, Koch Industries
- James Lintott, Sterling Foundation Management, LLC
- Stephen Modzelewski, Maple Engine, LLC
- Sarah O'Dowd, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
- Robert W. Poole Jr., Reason Foundation
- Randall N. Smith, InSite MediaCom, LLC
- Al St. Clair, Procter & Gamble
- Walter E. Williams, George Mason University
- Frank Bond, Trustee Emeritus
Funding
Between 1985 and 2001, the Foundation received $5,214,712 in 106 separate grants from only eleven foundations.[2]
- Earhart Foundation
- JM Foundation
- Koch Family Foundations (David H. Koch Foundation, Charles G. Koch Foundation, Claude R. Lambe Foundation)
- John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
- Scaife Foundations (Scaife Family, Sarah Mellon Scaife, Carthage)
- Smith Richardson Foundation
Contact
George Passantino<pr>
Director of Public Affairs
Reason Public Policy Institute
3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Office 310-391-2245
Mobile 310-292-2382
Fax 310-391-4395
gpassantino@reason.org
URL: http://www.reason.org
