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This article contains the names of think tanks and other non-profit organizations that are known to be, or have been, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) members or supporters. For for-profit corporations, law firms and government groups involved with ALEC, see the list here. For corporate trade groups involved with ALEC, see the list here.
This is a partial list. You can add to it, if you cite your source.
Those groups known to be currently involved with ALEC, as of July 2011, appear in bold.
A
- Alabama Policy Institute
- ALCOA Foundation[1] (Aluminum Co. of America)
- Allegheny Foundation[1] (part Scaife Foundations)
- Alliance Defense Fund, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- American Civil Rights Institute and Coalition, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- American Enterprise Institute President Arthur C. Brooks spoke at a "Leadership Dinner" during ALEC's 2011 Annual Meeting[3]
- American Federation for Children, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($5,000 in 2010)[5]
- American Principles Project, ALEC Education Task Force member[6]
- American Stewards of Liberty (a private property rights organization)[7]
- Americans for Tax Reform, Member[8] and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2] - Government Affairs Manager Kelly William Cob spoke on the "Exploring ALEC positions on E-commerce and E-taxes" panel at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.[9]
- Americans United for Life (pro-life advocacy group), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Anheuser-Busch Foundation[1]
- Atlantic Bridge [10]
B
- Better Education for Kids (B4K) (a 501(c)4 advocacy group whose tax exempt status was revoked by the IRS June 9, 2011[11]) - Derrell Bradford, Executive Director, spoke on "Enacting a Comprehensive K-12 Education Reform Agenda" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting on August 3, 2011[6]
C
- Capitol Commission (a non-profit that "exists... to be a vehicle of God in transforming the hearts and lives of elected officials with the gospel of Jesus Christ"), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Cato Institute, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference; Cato Institute fellow Tucker Carlson also spoke at a Plenary Session of the conference sponsored by Takeda, along with Takeda Head of Government and External Affairs David L. Dieter[2]
- Center of the American Experiment, ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member[12]
- Center for Competitive Politics, Public Safety and Elections Task Force Executive Committee member[13] and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Center for Education Reform[14]
- Center for Energy and the Environment[15]
- Center for Energy Studies (at big oil-funded Louisiana State University) - Director of Policy Analysis Dr. David Dismukes spoke on "A Smarter Approach to Improving our Environment: Addressing the Costs of Proposed EPA Regulations on Energy Affordability," sponsored by the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[16]
- Center for Security Policy, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Center for Tenth Amendment Studies[17]
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[16]
- Citizens in Charge[13]
- Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, hosted director of the ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force, Christie Herrera[18]
- Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Council for Affordable Health Insurance[19]
D
- Doctor Patient Medical Association (DPMA), Member, ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force[20]
E
- E&M Charities[14] (dissolved in 2010)[21]
- Electricity Consumers Research Council[14]
- European Conservatives and Reformists ("multinational grouping of 56 Members of the European Parliament"), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
F
- Family Research Council, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Florida Justice Reform Association, ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member[22]
- Foundation for Excellence in Education (a Florida 501(c)3 focusing on education reform[23]) - Senior Advisor for Policy and Research, Matthew Ladner, spoke on "Enacting a Comprehensive K-12 Education Reform Agenda" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting on August 3, 2011[6]
- Foundation for Fair Civil Justice[24]
- Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($25,000 in 2010)[5]
- Fraser Institute Global Resource Center', ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[16]
- Freedom Foundation, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[25] and Public Safety and Elections Task Force member[26] and recipient of ALEC's 2011 Private Sector Member of the Year Award[3]
- Free State Foundation - Research Fellow Seth Cooper is former director of the ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force and currently serves as Amicus Counsel for ALEC.[27][28]Senior Fellows and Staff, organizational website, accessed September 2012</ref> spoke on the "Exploring ALEC positions on E-commerce and E-taxes" panel at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.[9]
- Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2][29]
G
- Goldwater Institute,[30] ALEC Education Task Force,[6] Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[31] and International Relations Task Force member[7]
H
- Heartland Institute[32], Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference,[2] Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member,[33] Education Task Force member,[6] Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Financial Services Subcommittee member[34] and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[16]
- Heritage Foundation, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Institute for Humane Studies [35]
I
- Idaho Freedom Foundation
- Illinois Policy Institute[36] ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member[31]
- Independence Institute, ALEC International Relations Task Force member,[7] Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member
- Innosight Institute (in its own words, "a not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank whose mission is to apply Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen’s theories of disruptive innovation to develop and promote solutions to the most vexing problems in the social sector"[37]), ALEC Education Task Force member[6]
- Institute for Energy Research, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[16]
- Institute for Justice, ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member[26]
- Institute for Policy Innovation[38]
- Intermountain Healthcare (a non-profit hospital and clinic system based in Salt Lake City, UT), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting[35]
- Iowans for Tax Relief (lobbying group, PAC and foundation[39]), State corporate co-chair of Iowa[2]
J
- John Locke Foundation, research staff are members of ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[40] and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force.[41]
K
- Kansas Policy Institute (KPI), member of ALEC's Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force (represented by KPI president Dave Trabert).[42] KPI is also a member of the State Policy Network (SPN), which also has [[#S|ALEC ties].
- Kraft Foundation[1]
- Krieble Institute (an educational project of Paul Weyrich's Free Congress Foundation[43])[1]
L
- Lumina Foundation for Education ("private, independent foundation... committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college"[44]), "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($50,000 in 2010)[5] and sponsor of the August 4th, 2011, Plenary Session speech of former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise of the Alliance for Excellent Education[45] - A Lumina spokesperson told CMD in May 2012 that it is no longer a member.[46] See Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation[1]
M
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[47]
- Maine Heritage Policy Center, hosted director of ALEC's Health and Human Services Task Force, Christie Herrera, at an event in Portland: “ObamaCare: How Maine Can Fight Back.”[48]
- Manhattan Institute [49]
- Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
N
- National Association of Charter School Authorizers[50], ALEC Education Task Force member[6] and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2] and Education Task Force member[6]
- National Organization for Marriage, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- National Popular Vote (a non-partisan 501(c)(4) devoted to guaranteeing the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states while retaining the Electoral College; ALEC has published model legislation specifically opposed to the national popular vote, but in August 2011 hosted a debate on "Electoral College v. National Popular Vote"), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member[26] and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- National Rifle Association,[1] former co-chair of ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force in 2011,[51] "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($25,000 in 2010)[5]
- National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (the lobbying arm of the NRA), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (the largest anti-abortion (framed as pro-life) organization in the U.S.), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- National Right to Work Committee, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- National Taxpayers Union[52][8]
- New Hope Foundation ("dedicated to the treatment of adults and adolescents affected with alcohol, drug and gambling addiction"[53])[1]
O
P
- Pacific Research Institute (PRI) - PRI's Director of Health Care Studies, John R. Graham, spoke at a workshop entitled "Rationing By Any Other Name: Medicare's Independent Payment Advisory Board" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Pelican Institute for Public Policy - ALEC is a sponsor of the institute's Policy Orientation for the Louisiana Legislature and sits on panels [54][55]
- Prison Fellowship Ministries[13]
- ProFamily Legislative Network (a subdivision of David Barton's WallBuilders), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
Q
R
- Reason Foundation, ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force[56] and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member[33]
- The Republican Legislative Campaign Committee (dedicated exclusively to electing more Republicans to state legislatures), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- RestoringFreedom.org, Inc. (Texas nonprofit corporation proposing a Constitutional amendment "which imposes economic discipline to stop our decline into economic failure, and makes our government more accountable, open, and transparent"[57]), "Trustee" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($5,000 in 2010)[5]
- Roe Foundation (private foundation started by Thomas A. Roe that funds SPN think tanks and other conservative groups), granted $28,500 to ALEC from 2000-2011[58]
- Romill Foundation (foundation associated with Roger Milliken of Milliken & Co. in Spartan, SC)[1]
S
- Science and Public Policy Institute, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[16]
- The Seniors Coalition[1]
- The Solar Alliance ("works with state administrators, legislators and utilities to establish cost effective solar policies"), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- State Budget Solutions, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- State Policy Network (SPN), "Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($50,000 in 2010),[5] sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC.[59]
- Stop Child Predators[60]), Corporate Co-chair[61]
- Sunmark Foundation (foundation funded by Menlo Smith's Sunmark Capital Corp.-- Menlo Smith is also on the Board of Directors of the Mercatus Center)[1]
- Sutherland Institute (Utah think tank, member of ALEC-member State Policy Network), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting[35]
T
- Tax Foundation, ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member[31] and Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Texas Public Policy Foundation[62]
U
- United Services Automobile Association (USAA) ("a diversified financial services group of companies [providing] financial planning, insurance, investments and banking products to members of the U.S. military and their families"[63]), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($5,000 in 2010)[5][1]
- UPS Foundation[1]
- U.S. English Foundation ("a nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based 501 (c)(3) educational foundation that disseminates information on English teaching methods, sponsors educational programs, develops English instructional materials, represents the interests of Official English advocates before state and federal courts and promotes opportunities for people living in the United States to learn English"[64])[1]
V
- Van Der Aa Foundation[1]
W
- Walton Family Foundation, "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($50,000 in 2010);[5] program consultant Lori Drummer (former Director of ALEC's Education Task Force) spoke on "Enacting a Comprehensive K-12 Education Reform Agenda" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting on August 3, 2011[6]
- WallBuilders (founded by "Christian historical revisionist" David Barton), Exhibitor and advertiser at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[2]
- Washington Policy Center[65] , State corporate co-chair of Washington[2] and Public Safety and Elections Task Force member[26]
- Where's the Line America? Foundation, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
- Windway Foundation (Windway Capital Corp., a Kohler family corporation headquartered in Sheboygan, WI, is the parent company of Vollrath, which manufactures commercial-grade pots and pans; and North Sails, which makes high-tech racing sails, including those used by America’s Cup winners[66])[1]
- Workers Compensation Fund (WCF; non-profit mutual insurance company based in Salt Lake City, UT), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting[35]
X
Y
- Youth Villages, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[2]
Z
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, project of the Environmental Working Group, Information on American Legislative Exchange Council, archived organizational profile, archived by Wayback Machine December 2, 2000, accessed August 19, 2011
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 4, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 American Legislative Exchange Council, Sponsorship Opportunities at ALEC's Annual Meeting, organizational website, 2010, accessed August 4, 2011
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Education Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, International and Federal Relations Task Force meeting and Federal Relations Working Group, meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Noble Ellington, National Chairman Of ALEC Responds To Report, "Fresh Air" Interview with Terry Gross, NPR, July 21, 2011
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Exploring ALEC positions on E-commerce and E-taxes," panelist biographies and materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD
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- ↑ Guidestar, B4K Inc., online charity report, accessed September 2, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council 35 Day Mailing, Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force, July 18, 2011
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 American Legislative Exchange Council Public Safety and Elections Task Force Private Sector Executive Committee, organization website, accessed June 2, 2011
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, "Corporations and Trades Associations that Fund ALEC," Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States: The Untold Story Behind the American Legislative Exchange Council, online report, 2003
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Inside ALEC Nov.-Dec. 2010, organizational newsletter, November-December 2010
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 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
- ↑ Ibid., p. 19
- ↑ "CSINJ Healthcare Summit 12/20/11"
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Keeping the Promise: Making Health Care Accessible and Affordable for All Americans, January 1993
- ↑ Doctor Patient Medical Association, Kathryn Serkes, organization biography, accessed December 20, 2011
- ↑ Iowa Nonprofit Research Center, University of Iowa, "E&M Charities," Iowa Grants Guide, online profile, accessed July 2, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Civil Justice Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ Foundation for Excellence in Education, About Us, organizational site, accessed September 2, 2011
- ↑ Foundation for Fair Civil Justice Partner Organizations: American Legislative Exchange Council, organization website, accessed June 11, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force, organization website, accessed May 28, 2011
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Public Safety and Elections Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ "Senior Fellows and Staff", organizational website, accessed November 2012
- ↑ "Meet Our Staff"
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Sep./Oct. 2009, organization newsletter, September/October 2009, p. 6
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Apr. 2009, organization newsletter, April 2009, p. 20
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Jun. 2010, organization newsletter, June 2010, p. 21
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, 39th Annual Meeting Agenda, organizational document, July 25-28, 2012, on file with CMD
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Apr. 2010, organization newsletter, April 2010, p. 11
- ↑ Innosight Institution, Our Mission, organizational site, accessed September 1, 2011
- ↑ Telecommunications and Information Technology, ALEC website, Accessed May, 2011
- ↑ Iowans for Tax Relief, About, organizational website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ ["About JLF Research: Daren Bakst", organizational website, accessed November 2012
- ↑ "About JLF Research: Fergus Hodgson", organizational website, accessed November 2012
- ↑ Kansas Policy Institute, About Us: Staff, organizational website, accessed September 2012
- ↑ Morton C. Blackwell, The United States and Russia -- An Odd Couple of Friends, The Leadership Institute (Virginia based training organisation for potential conservative political leaders), March 25, 1996, accessed August 23, 2011
- ↑ Lumina Foundation, About Us, organizational website, accessed August 8, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ Rebekah Wilce, [2], PRWatch.org, May 22, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Jan. 2011, organization newsletter, January 2011, p. 15
- ↑ Maine Heritage Policy Center, "Portland Event - ObamaCare: How Maine Can Fight Back", organizational website, accessed November 2012]
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, 39th Annual Meeting Agenda, organizational document, July 25-28, 2012, on file with CMD
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Nov./Dec. 2009, organization newsletter, November/December 2009, p. 24
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Tara Mica," organization website, accessed May, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Jan. 2011, organization newsletter, January 2011, p. 4
- ↑ New Hope Foundation, New Hope Foundation, organizational site, accessed August 23, 2011
- ↑ "Sponsors", organizational website, accessed November 2012
- ↑ Pelican Institute for Public Policy, "Pelican Institute For Public Policy Announces Inaugural Policy Orientation for the Louisiana Legislature", organizational website, accessed November 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC May 2011, organization newsletter, May 2011, p. 17
- ↑ RestoringFreedom.org, Inc., About, organizational website, accessed August 8, 2011
- ↑ Center for Media and Democracy, Roe Foundation, SourceWatch.org, ALEC funding data from IRS Form 990s, accessed September 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Sponsors", organizational document, 2012 SNPS Agenda on file with CMD.
- ↑ Stop Child Predators About Us - Executive Team, organization website, accessed May 28, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Public Safety and Elections Task Force, organization website, accessed May 28, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Feb. 2011, organization newsletter, February 2011, p. 21
- ↑ USAA, Fact Sheets, corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011
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