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{{#badges:SPN|AEX}}SPN 2011 Funding is a breakout of the article on the State Policy Network (SPN). Please see State Policy Network for more.
Below is information from SPN's 2011 IRS Form 990:[1]
Revenue: $5,160,138
Expenses: $5,031,961
Net Assets: $3,641,643
However, combined incomplete revenues of SPN itself along with its (then) 59 member state think tanks was $83.2 million, according to a review of the groups' IRS forms 990 by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) in November 2013. See the chart below for more. When combined with the revenue of Heartland Institute, an SPN associate member that also focuses largely on state issues, the combined revenue in 2011 was $87.8 million.
| State | Think Tank | 2011 Total Revenue | 2011 Total Expenses | 2011 Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL | State Policy Network | $5,160,138 | $5,031,961 | $3,641,643 |
| Alabama | Alabama Policy Institute | $1,148,661 | $1,219,046 | $506,497 |
| Alaska | Alaska Policy Forum | $57,664 | $102,715 | $120,042 |
| Arizona | Goldwater Institute | $4,190,522 | $3,764,908 | $4,795,651 |
| Arkansas | Advance Arkansas Institute | $195,410 | $117,685 | $77,725 |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Policy Foundation | $125,157 | $123,862 | $2,487 |
| California | Pacific Research Institute | $4,706,288 | $4,904,662 | $3,450,596 |
| Colorado | Independence Institute | $1,718,687 | $1,845,951 | $4,702,527 |
| Connecticut | Yankee Institute for Public Policy | $495,526 | $545,081 | $173,980 |
| Delaware | Caesar Rodney Institute | $145,592 | $228,098 | $17,054 |
| Florida | Foundation for Government Accountability | $212,194 | $151,739 | $60,455 |
| Florida | James Madison Institute | $1,966,419 | $1,297,246 | $1,758,565 |
| Georgia | Georgia Public Policy Foundation | $660,671 | $571,124 | $138,779 |
| Hawaii | Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | $189,566 | $394,440 | $30,766 |
| Idaho | Idaho Freedom Foundation | $355,673 | $350,348 | $294,580 |
| Illinois | Illinois Policy Institute | $2,875,519 | $2,643,618 | $408,532 |
| Indiana | Indiana Policy Review Foundation | $136,520 | $134,446 | $9,663 |
| Iowa | Public Interest Institute | -$90,340 | $465,209 | $6,101,339 |
| Kansas | Kansas Policy Institute | $608,340 | $598,576 | $193,545 |
| Kentucky | Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions | $329,547 | $466,950 | $77,751 |
| Louisiana | Pelican Institute for Public Policy | $428,000 | $509,574 | $8,626 |
| Maine | Maine Heritage Policy Center | $716,761 | $855,821 | $77,883 |
| Maryland | Calvert Institute for Policy Research | |||
| Maryland | Free State Foundation | $666,039 | $491,034 | $1,007,425 |
| Maryland | Maryland Public Policy Institute | $323,314 | $409,051 | $196,326 |
| Massachusetts | Pioneer Institute | $2,204,323 | $1,616,241 | $2,628,329 |
| Michigan | Mackinac Center for Public Policy | $5,778,257 | $3,925,505 | $9,523,575 |
| Minnesota | Center of the American Experiment | $799,736 | $770,575 | $6,327 |
| Minnesota | Freedom Foundation of Minnesota | $418,957 | $420,735 | $4,154 |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Center for Public Policy | $709,890 | $723,635 | $343,565 |
| Missouri | Show-Me Institute | $1,434,730 | $1,383,822 | $468,189 |
| Montana | Montana Policy Institute | $251,487 | $436,855 | $84,291 |
| Nebraska | Platte Institute for Economic Research | $394,830 | $422,697 | $105,667 |
| Nevada | Nevada Policy Research Institute | $603,803 | $791,558 | $872,043 |
| New Hampshire | Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy | $247,808 | $301,301 | $34,217 |
| New Jersey | Common Sense Institute | $193,023 | $218,157 | $106,758 |
| New Jersey | Solutions for New Jersey | $5,000 | $15,134 | $197 |
| New Mexico | Rio Grande Foundation | $363,912 | $342,854 | $66,509 |
| New York | Empire Center for New York State Policy (project of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research) | $14,873,971 | $13,417,313 | $14,754,647 |
| North Carolina | John Locke Foundation | $3,446,927 | $3,401,906 | $600,823 |
| North Carolina | John William Pope Civitas Institute | $1,583,410 | $1,489,622 | $474,655 |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Policy Council | |||
| Ohio | Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions | $491,340 | $623,952 | $224,511 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs | $3,060,027 | $1,806,961 | $3,456,211 |
| Oregon | Cascade Policy Institute | $943,525 | $984,233 | $442,438 |
| Pennsylvania | Commonwealth Foundation | $1,951,566 | $1,671,566 | $709,983 |
| Rhode Island | Ocean State Policy Research Institute]] | $218,854 | $77,867 | $140,987 |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Policy Council | $1,014,882 | $1,197,673 | $607,216 |
| South Dakota | Great Plains Public Policy Institute | |||
| Tennessee | Beacon Center of Tennessee | $527,219 | $536,835 | $279,211 |
| Texas | Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute | $705,481 | $915,387 | $398,747 |
| Texas | Texas Public Policy Foundation | $5,756,074 | $4,948,598 | $4,235,880 |
| Utah | Sutherland Institute | $1,309,705 | $1,511,379 | $144,874 |
| Vermont | Ethan Allen Institute | $173,781 | $113,223 | $93,805 |
| Virginia | Thomas Jefferson Institute | $259,018 | $277,803 | $32,094 |
| Virginia | Virginia Institute for Public Policy | $126,638 | $138,274 | $82,385 |
| Washington | Freedom Foundation of Washington | $2,148,032 | $2,908,106 | $502,865 |
| Washington | Washington Policy Center | $1,513,481 | $1,860,653 | $1,810,517 |
| West Virginia | Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia | $51,501 | $36,942 | $17,679 |
| Wisconsin | MacIver Institute for Public Policy | $632,359 | $504,410 | $406,404 |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | $695,036 | $942,350 | $2,146,242 |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Liberty Group | $1,043,750 | $973,058 | $12,783 |
| TOTAL | SPN + 59 | $83,254,201 | $78,930,325 | $73,671,215 |
(Data is based on organizations' IRS tax filing years, which may or may not correspond to calendar years.)
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References
- ↑ State Policy Network, 2011 Form 990, form filed with the IRS, Guidestar non-profit organizational profile, accessed November 2012.
