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| Established | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Byron S. Lamm |
| Type | Nonprofit 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Expanding free-market principles in Indiana |
| Location | |
Area served | Indiana |
Executive Director | T. Craig Ladwig |
Revenue (2015) | $131,105 |
| Expenses (2015) | $138,468 |
| Website | www |
The Indiana Policy Review Foundation (IPR) is an Indiana libertarian, free market think tank. According to its web site, the IRP's mission is to "marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the state and municipal level." The IRP publishes the Indiana Polic Review. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, it is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.
IRP is a member of the State Policy Network,[1] an umbrella organization of conservative and libertarian think tanks operating at the state level.
History
[edit]IPR was co-founded by its board president, Byron S. Lamm, in 1989.[2] Vice President and former Indiana governor Mike Pence was its president from 1991 to 1994,[3] and claimed at a campaign event in 2012 that he helped found it.[4]
In a speech to the Heritage Foundation in 2008, then-Representative Pence said, "I was part of, what we called the seed corn Heritage Foundation was spreading around the country in the state think tank movement. We actually called our little foundation in Indiana the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, very much as a homage to Policy Review Magazine of Heritage, and we modeled on the state level what Heritage had done before."[5]
Policy positions
[edit]The institute supports policy positions rooted in individual liberty, personal responsibility, private property rights, free-market principles, and limited government. It explicitly does not address social issues often identified with modern conservatism.
Organization and activities
[edit]The Indiana Policy Review Foundation publishes the Indiana Policy Review, a quarterly journal to promote IPR's mission "to marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the state and municipal levels."[6]
IPR's staff and scholars supply columns to newspapers throughout the state. Staff and scholars also conduct research on a range of public policy issues and offer analysis and proposals through reports and publications to public servants, citizens, and the media.
Adjunct scholars
- Jeff Abbott
- Joshua Claybourn
- Ryan Cummins
- John Kessler
- Lisa Snell
- Darcy Owens
- Andrea Neal
- Fred McCarthy
- Eric Schansburg
- Maryann Keating
- T. Norman Van Cott
- John Pickerill
References
[edit]- ^ "Directory SPN Members". State Policy Network. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ Guidestar.org, Indiana Policy Review Foundation, Inc., online charity profile, accessed September 2012.
- ^ Mike Pence, Politico "Arena" biography, accessed November 2013.
- ^ Background, The Pence Plan for Indiana website in opposition to Governor Pence, based on book Indiana Mandate: an Agenda for the 1990's, accessed November 2013.
- ^ Heritage Foundation, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) Discusses Conservative Principles, speech, November 17, 2008.
- ^ Indiana Policy Review, Fall 2016, Indiana Policy Review, Fall 2016.