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The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy (TJI) is a state-based think tank in Virginia "dealing with the issues of improving education, government reform, economic development and environmental stewardship."[1] The Institute states as its mission "to provide Virginia's political, business, academic, community and media leadership with thoughtful, realistic, useful and non-partisan analysis of public policy issues confronting our Commonwealth."[2]. Its "alternative policy ideas focus on state and local issues and are based on the Institute's belief in free markets, limited government and individual responsibility," according to the organization's website.[2]
The group was founded in 1985[3] and is a member of the State Policy Network (SPN).
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Personnel
Board
- Michael W. Thompson, Chairman and President
- Randal C. Teague, Secretary, Treasurer and Counsel
- John Alderson
- William W. Beach
- James Beamer
- W. Stephen Cannon
- Stephan Q. Cassaday
- Rebecca Donatelli
- James W. Dyke, Jr
- Keith Fulton
- Robert v. L. Hartwell
- Alan I. Kirshner
- Jay Poole
- Joseph Ragan
- Hon. John Rust
- John G. Ryan
- Robert W. Shinn
- Mr. Todd A. Stottlemyer
- Dr. Robert F. Turner
- Robert W. Woltz, Jr.
Staff
- Michael W. Thompson, Chairman and President
- Christian N. Braunlich, vice president (also Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs for the National Association of Manufacturers, president of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, and vice president of the Center for Education Reform)
- Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow on Government Reform (Director of Government Reform at Reason Foundation)
- David Schnare, Director of TJI's Center for Environmental Stewardship (also American Tradition Institute attorney)
Funding
The organization brings in between $200k and $300k/year[4], but the origins of most of these funds are obscure - MediaMatters only shows about $300k from 1998 to 2009, the bulk from the Jaquelin Hume Foundation ($170k) and Roe Foundation ($103k)[5], and no funds reached it from the Sarah Scaife Foundation, at least for 2009 and 2010.
Core Financials
2011[6]
- Total Revenue: $259,018
- Total Expenses: $277,803
- Net Assets: $32,094
2010[7]:
- Total Revenue: $306,376.00
- Total Expenses: $298,312.00
- Net Assets: $50,869.00
2009[8]:
- Total Revenue: $224,363.00
- Total Expenses: $266,545.00
- Net Assets: $42,815.00
Contact Details
9035 Golden Sunset Lane
Springfield, VA 22153
Phone: (703) 440 9447
Fax: (703) 455 1531
Email: info at thomasjeffersoninst.org Website: thomasjeffersoninst.org
Articles and Resources
Related SourceWatch Articles
- State Policy Network:
- American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
- 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
- Randal C. Teague
- David W. Schnare of American Tradition Institute
Related PRWatch Articles
- 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.
- Sara Jerving, ALEC and Heartland Aim to Crush Renewable Energy Standards in the States, PRWatch.org, November 27, 2012.
- Connor Gibson, Meet the Network Hiding the Koch Money: "Donors Trust" and "Donors Capital Fund", PRWatch.org, October 29, 2012.
- Brendan Fischer, Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC, PRWatch.org, May 2, 2012.
- Sara Jerving, Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source, PRWatch.org, October 31, 2011.
External Resources
- Center for Media and Democracy and Arizona Working Families, A Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know, organizational report, March 14, 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.
- 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.
References
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Institute, Staff Scholars, organizational website, accessed December 8, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Jefferson Institute, Mission, organizational website, accessed December 2012.
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, GuideStar.org, accessed April 2013.
- ↑ "www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com"
- ↑ "mediamattersaction.org"
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, IRS Form 990, 2011, organizational tax filing, August 13, 2012.
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, 2010. GuideStar.
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, IRS form 990, 2009. GuideStar.
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