SPN Members

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. 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.

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.'"

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.

Please see State Policy Network for more.

There are 64 "Affiliate Members" and 98 "Associate Members" in SPN as of October 2019. 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." 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."

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."

"Affiliate Members"

"Affiliate Members" include, as of October 2019:

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

"Associate Members"

"Associate Members" include, as of October 2019:

• 1851 Center for Constitutional Law
• 1889 Institute
• Acton Institute
• America's Future Foundation
• American Conservative Union
• American Consumer Institute
• American Council of Trustees and Alumni
• American Enterprise Institute
• American Legislative Exchange Council
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation
• Americans for Tax Reform Foundation
• Archbridge Institute
• Ashbrook Center
• Association of American Educators Foundation
• Atlas Network
• Beacon Hill Institute
• Becket
• Benjamin Rush Institute
• Bill of Rights Institute
• Capital Research Center
• Cato Institute
• Centennial Institute
• Center for Education Reform
• Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State
• Center for Independent Thought
• Charles Koch Institute
• Citizens Against Government Waste
• Citizens Council for Health Freedom
• College Fix
• Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation
• Donors Trust
• EdChoice
• Energy & Environment Legal Institute
• Equal Justice Coalition
• ExcelinEd
• Families Against Mandatory Minimums
• Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
• For Kids & Country
• Foundation for Economic Education
• Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
• Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
• Fraser Institute
• Free State Foundation
• Free to Choose Network
• Freedom Center of Missouri
• FreedomWorks
• Fund for American Studies
• Galen Institute
• Heartland Institute
• Heritage Foundation
• Independent Institute
• Independent Women's Forum
• Institute of Economic Affairs
• Institute for Family Studies
• Institute for Free Speech
• Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University
• Institute for Justice
• Institute for Policy Innovation
• Intellectual Takeout
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
• Jesse Helms Center
• Judicial Watch Inc.
• Leadership Institute
• Leadership Program of the Rockies
• Lincoln Network
• Lone Star Policy Institute
• Louisiana Family Forum
• Lucy Burns Institute
• Leadership Program of the Rockies
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
• Mercatus Center at George Mason University
• Mountain States Legal Foundation
• National Review Institute
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
• National Tax Limitation Committee
• National Taxpayers Union Foundation
• New Civil Liberties Alliance
• Next Generation Freedom Fund
• Pacific Legal Foundation
• Philanthropy Roundtable
• Policy Circle
• Principles that Matter
• Prison Fellowship
• Property & Environment Research Center
• R Street Institute
• Reason Foundation
• School Choice Wisconsin
• Speech First
• Steamboat Institute
• Students for Liberty
• Tax Foundation
• Texans for Education Opportunity
• Think Freely Media
• Truth in Accounting
• Young America's Foundation
• Young Voices

Former Members

• Accuracy In Media
• Advocates for Self-Government
• Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
• Alliance for School Choice
• American Association of Small Property Owners
• American Majority
• American Principles Project
• American Tradition Institute
• Americans for Limited Government
• Arkansas Center for Research in Economics
• Atlantic Legal Foundation
• Ayn Rand Institute
• Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights
• Bastiat Society
• Bastiat Society of Charleston
• Bastiat Society of Charlotte
• Bastiat Society of Colorado Springs
• Bastiat Society of Indianapolis
• Bastiat Society of Portland
• Bastiat Society of Sacramento
• Bastiat Society of San Jose
• Bastiat Society of Wichita
• Bastiat Society of Wilmington
• Better Government Project
• Calvert Institute for Policy Research
• Center for Civic Renewal
• Center for Competitive Politics
• Center for Individual Freedom Foundation
• Center for Independent Employees
• Center for the Study of Popular Culture
• Centro de Investigación y Política Pública
• Ceterus
• Citizens' Council on Health Care
• Citizens in Charge Foundation
• Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
• Claremont Institute
• Coalition for Connecticut (CFC)
• Common Sense Institute
• Compact for America Educational Foundation
• Cornerstone Policy Research
• David Horowitz Freedom Center
• DCI Group
• EFoundation
• Excellent Education for Everyone
• Eye on Sacramento
• Fairness Center
• Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability
• Foundation for Excellence in Education
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
• Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment (FREE)
• Foundation for Self-Government
• Free the People
• Friends of Universidad Francisco Marroquin
• Frontier Lab
• Headspring Group
• Indiana Family Institute
• Institute of the North
• John William Pope Center for Higher Education
• Just Facts

• Landmark Legal Foundation
• Liberty Foundation of America
• Liberty Justice Center
• Limited Government Forum
• Lexington Institute
• Liberty Institute
• Maine Public Policy Institute
• Minnesota Free Market Institute
• Moving Picture Institute
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• National Center for Public Policy Research
• National Institute for Labor Relations Research
• National Legal and Policy Center
• National Taxpayers Union
• NFIB Small Business Legal Center
• New Jersey Family Policy Council
• New Jersey Family Research Council
• North Carolina Institute For Constitutional Law
• North Dakota Policy Council
• Ocean State Policy Research Institute
• Opportunity Ohio
• Oregon Capital Watch Foundation
• Parents in Charge Foundation
• Progress & Freedom Foundation
• Promethius Foundation
• Public Interest Legal Foundation
• Public Interest Institute
• Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia
• Public Policy Institute of New York
• Reclaim New York
• Regular Folks United
• Sam Adams Alliance
• Small Business Hawaii
• Solutions for New Jersey, Inc.
• Southeastern Legal Foundation
• South Carolinians for Smaller Government
• South Carolina Policy Council
• Spark Freedom
• State Budget Solutions
• Taxpayers Network Incorporated
• Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute
• Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
• Tuerck Foundation For the Study of Economics, Law, and Humanities
• Utah Taxpayers Foundation
• Wyoming Policy Institute
• Youth Entrepreneurs

Other organizations in its directory

As of August 2016, SPN no longer maintains a directory of other organizations on its website.

• American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) Center for Policy Research
• Accuracy in Academia
• Adams Report
• Alliance Defense Fund
• Alliance for Choice in Education(ACE)
• Alliance for Maine's Future
• American Association of Small Property Owners
• American Center for Law & Justice
• American Council on Science and Health
• American Dream Coalition
• American Institute for Full Employment
• American Land Rights Association
• Americans for Fair Taxation
• Americans for Free Choice in Medicine
• Americans for Limited Government Foundation
• Americans for Prosperity - Arizona
• Americans for Prosperity - Colorado
• Americans for Prosperity - Georgia
• Americans for Prosperity - Illinois
• Americans for Prosperity - Michigan
• Americans for Prosperity - Missouri
• Americans for Prosperity - NC
• Americans for Prosperity - NJ
• Americans for Prosperity - North Dakota
• Americans for Prosperity - Oklahoma
• Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina
• Americans for Prosperity - South Dakota
• Americans for Prosperity - Texas
• Americans for Prosperity - Topeka, Kansas
• Americans for Prosperity - Virginia
• Americans for Prosperity - Wichita, Kansas
• Americans for Prosperity - Wisconsin
• Americans United for Life
• Building Excellent Schools
• California Common Sense
• CalWatchDog
• Center for Union Facts
• Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
• Christian Coalition of Alabama
• Citizen Outreach Foundation
• Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania
• Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA)
• Citizens for Limited Taxation
• Club for Growth
• Concerned Women for America
• Congressional Institute
• Consumers for Health Care Choices
• DC Progress
• DCI Group Inc.
• Eagle Forum
• Educate New Mexico
• Education Advancement Fund International
• Education Liberty Watch
• Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Family Action Council of Tennessee
• Family Research Council
• Florida TaxWatch
• Foundation for Free Enterprise
• Future of Freedom Foundation
• Houston Property Rights Association
• Indiana Family Institute
• Innosight Institute
• Institute for Health Freedom
• Iowa Taxpayer Association
• John Jay Institute
• Justice Foundation
• Kansas Taxpayers Network
• Let Freedom Ring
• Liberty Fund
• Liberty on the Rocks
• Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.
• Lincoln Legal Foundation
• Maryland Taxpayers Association Inc.
• Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA)
• Montana Taxpayers Association
• National Taxpayers United of Illinois
• Nebraska Tax Research Council
• Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom
• Nevada Taxpayers Association
• Open Government Institute of California
• Oregonians in Action
• Patrick Henry Center
• Pennsylvania Leadership Conference
• Performance Institute
• Philanthropy Roundtable
• Property and Environment Research Center
• Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
• Public Service Research Foundation
• REACH
• Religious Freedom Coalition
• Research Institute for Hawaii
• Rocky Mountain Foundation
• Sagamore Institute for Policy Research
• San Diego Institute for Policy Research
• Searle Freedom Trust
• Students in Free Enterprise
• Susan B. Anthony List
• Taxpayer Association of Oregon
• Taxpayers Federation of Illinois
• Teach New York State (Teach NYS)
• Tennessee for Tax Reform
• Tennessee Tax Revolt
• Tennessee Taxpayers Association
• Texas for Fiscal Responsibility
• The Atlas Society
• The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College
• The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
• Victims of the Endangered Species Act (VESA)
• Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
• Wyoming Heritage Foundation

Contact Details

State Policy Network
1655 N. Fort Myer St., Suite 360
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (703) 243-1655
Fax: (703) 740-0314
Email: info@spn.org
Web: http://www.spn.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StatePolicy
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Articles and Resources

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• State Policy Network:
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    • SPN 2009 Funding
  • SPN Agenda
  • SPN Founders, History, and Staff
  • SPN Members
  • SPN Ties to ALEC
  • Thomas A. Roe
  • Tracie Sharp
  • Byron S. Lamm
  • Roe Foundation
• American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
  • ALEC Non-Profits
• DonorsTrust
• Donors Capital Fund
• Koch Family Foundations
• Koch Industries
• Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
• Heritage Foundation
• Think tanks
• Whitney Ball
• Adam Meyerson
• Bridgett Wagner

Related PRWatch Articles

• Brendan Fischer, Why Are the Franklin Center's "Wisconsin Reporter" and "Watchdog.org" Attacking the John Doe?, PRWatch.org, December 19, 2013.
• Rebekah Wilce, The State Policy Network's Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco, PRWatch.org, December 16, 2013.
• Rebekah Wilce, Did ALEC Found SPN? 1991 Report Suggests So, Exposes SPN Agenda, PRWatch.org, December 12, 2013.
• Rebekah Wilce, Guardian Documents Expose State Policy Network Groups' Intent to Lobby, PRWatch.org, December 5, 2013.
• Rebekah Wilce, State Policy Network: The Stealth Network Dramatically Influencing State Law, PRWatch.org, December 5, 2013.
• Rebekah Wilce, Tracie Sharp: Bursar of Mystery Money and "IKEA Model" Materials to Stink Tanks, PRWatch.org, November 19, 2013.
• Center for Media and Democracy, Reports Expose Extreme Pressure Groups Masquerading as Think Tanks, press release, November 13, 2013.
• Rebekah Wilce, A Reporters’ Guide to the "State Policy Network": the Right-Wing Think Tanks Spinning Disinformation and Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States, PRWatch.org, April 4, 2013.
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External Resources

• Wall Street Journal, The Spoils of the Republican State Conquest, December 9, 2016, archived by CMD here.
• DeSmog Blog, Stink Tanks: Historical Records Reveal State Policy Network Was Created by ALEC, December 9, 2013.
• The Guardian, State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax, December 5, 2013.
• Portland Press Herald, "Washington County residents have mixed reactions to plan to eliminate taxes," December 5, 2013.
• The Texas Observer, "The Money Behind the Fight to Undermine Medicaid," December 5, 2013.
• Media Matters, North Carolina Newspapers Largely Ignore Conservative Funding Of Sham Think Tanks, December 3, 2013.
• Shepherd Express, Masters of Manipulation: Right-wing Billionaires, Corporations and the Bradley Foundation Pay for Junk Studies that Prop up Their Agenda, November 27, 2013.
• "Moyers & Company," How a Shadowy Network of Corporate Front Groups Distorts the Marketplace of Ideas, November 19, 2013.
• MSNBC "Rachel Maddow Show," November 18, 2013.
• Free Speech TV "Ring of Fire," Facebook, Microsoft, AT&T and Others Supporting Right Wing Propaganda Machine, November 18, 2013.
• Topeka Capital-Journal, Trabert dismisses report tying KPI to Koch agenda, November 16, 2013.
• The New Yorker (Jane Mayer), Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?, November 15, 2013.
• Salon, Ted Cruz and Koch brothers embroiled in shadowy Tea Party scheme, November 15, 2013.
• St. Louis Business Journal, Beyond Sinquefield: Who else is funding the Show-Me Institute?, November 15, 2013.
• The Guardian, Facebook and Microsoft help fund rightwing lobby network, report finds, November 14, 2013.
• Huffington Post, Meet The Little-Known Network Pushing Ideas For Kochs, ALEC, November 14, 2013.
• CBS St. Louis, Show-Me Institute’s Ties Questioned in New Report, November 14, 2013.
• Talking Points Memo, Florida Conservative Group Helping Muck Up Obamacare In Alaska, November 14, 2013.
• Mint Press News, Reports Reveal SPN’s Secret Corporate Agenda Through Use ‘Expert’ Testimony, November 14, 2013.
• Media Matters, Shadowy Right-Wing Group Generates Media Coverage For Conservative Policy From Coast To Coast, November 14, 2013.
• The Institute for Southern Studies, Are conservative think tanks breaking lobbying laws?, November 14, 2013.
• Nonprofit Quarterly, Corporate Money in Network of Right-Wing State Policy Think Tanks, November 14, 2013.
• The Progressive, Right-Wing Think Tanks Push Privatization in the States, November 13, 2013.
• Politico, Report: Think tanks tied to Kochs, November 13, 2013.
• Lawrence Journal-World, Reports released by progressive groups are critical of Kansas Policy Institute, November 13, 2013.
• Maine Insights, Report: Maine Heritage Policy Center’s funding connection to Koch Brothers, November 13, 2013.
• The Florida Current, Liberal groups bemoan lobbying by conservative think tanks, November 13, 2013.
• The Oregonian, Cascade Policy Institute benefits from secretive donor group but says it operates independently, November 13, 2013.
• 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.
• Arizona Working Families and CMD, A Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.
• Progress Florida and CMD, Lawmaking Under the Influence of Very Special Interests: Understand the role of Florida ‘think tanks’ in driving a Koch-fueled, ALEC-allied corporate agenda, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• Maine's Majority Education Fund, Fooling Maine: How national conservative groups infiltrated Maine politics by founding and funding the Maine Heritage Policy Center, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• Progress Michigan, Who's Running Michigan? The Far-Right Influence of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• Alliance for a Better Minnesota, Who's in Charge: How Nationalized Corporate-Run Think Tanks Influence Minnesota Politics, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• Progress Missouri, What Missourians Need to Know About the Show-Me Institute, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.
• Granite State Progress, Bad Bartlett: The Josiah Bartlett Center and NH Watchdog Answer the Call of the Koch Brothers, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• ProgressOhio, Smoke Screen: The Buckeye Institute, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• Keystone Progress, Think tanks or corporate lobbyist propaganda mills?, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• Progress Texas, TPPF + ALEC, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• One Wisconsin Now, S is for Shill: Inside the Bradley Foundation's Attack on Public Education, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
• Muncie Voice, Pence and Right-Wing Are Taking Over Public Education, November 13, 2013.
• The Spokesman-Review, Shawn Vestal: Idaho Freedom Foundation pushes limits of word ‘charity’, November 2, 2013.
• AZ Central, When this ‘watchdog’ pitches, taxpayers strike out, October 12, 2013.
• IndyStar, Daniels says speech to partisan group was a mistake, October 10, 2013.
• Muncie Voice, Indiana Policy Review: Not an Independent News Source, October 2, 2013.
• The Spokesman-Review, Idaho Freedom Foundation's charitable status scrutinized, September 15, 2013.
• CounterSpin, Lee Fang on 'The Right Leans In', April 5, 2013.
• FireDogLake, State Policy Network, an umbrella coordinating ALEC, Heritage, Heartland and others, April 4, 2013.
• Thom Hartmann with Lee Fang on MSNBC, The conservative State Policy Network is sneaking into your state & will change America, March 29, 2013.
• Current TV "War Room", Lee Fang discussing the State Policy Network, March 28, 2013.
• The Nation, The Right Leans In, March 26, 2013.
• Democracy Now, Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret, February 19, 2013.
• Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity, Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states, Consider the Source, February 14, 2013.
• John R. Mashey, Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2, DeSmog Blog report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.
• Urban Milwaukee, Stealth Conservatives, October 11, 2012.
• Rome News-Tribune, ANALYSIS: Georgia leaders depend on the same well for ideas, October 2012.
• Andy Kroll, The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions, Mother Jones, April 25, 2011.
• Guidestar, State Policy Network, IRS filings and other organizational information about SPN.
• Center for Policy Alternatives, ALEC and the Extreme Right-Wing Agenda, organizational brochure about ALEC and SPN.
• John J. Miller, Fifty Flowers Bloom: Conservative think tanks — mini–Heritage Foundations — at the state level, National Review, November 19, 2007.
• Bridge Project, State Policy Network, online resource listing grants to SPN and SPN's connections to other groups.
• People for the American Way, State Policy Network, RightWingWatch.org, organizational resource.
• Greenpeace, Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group: State Policy Network (SPN), organizational resource.

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