This is a list of think tanks in the United States.[1]
Name | Location | Bias/Affiliation | Founded Date |
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Acton Institute | Grand Rapids, MI | Conservative/Libertarian | 1990 |
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy | Pittsburgh, PA | Conservative | 1995 |
American Action Forum | Washington, D.C. | Conservative | 2009 |
American Civil Rights Union | Alexandria, VA | Conservative | 1998 |
American College of Pediatricians | Gainesville, FL | Socially Conservative | 2002 |
American Enterprise Institute | Washington, D.C. | Center-Right | 1938 |
American Institute for Economic Research | Great Barrington, MA | Conservative/Libertarian | 1933 |
Atlas Network | Arlington, VA | Conservative/Libertarian | 1981 |
Ayn Rand Institute | Santa Ana, CA | Center-Right/Libertarian | 1985 |
Beacon Center of Tennessee | Nashville, TN | Free-Market/Libertarian | 2004 |
Beacon Hill Institute | Medway, MA | Free-Market/Libertarian | 1991 |
Berggruen Institute | Los Angeles, CA | Liberal | 2010 |
Bipartisan Policy Center | Washington, D.C. | Bipartisan | 2007 |
Brookings Institution | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1916 |
Buckeye Institute | Columbus, OH | Free-Market | 1989 |
Caesar Rodney Institute | Newark, DE | Right-Wing | 2008 |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1910 |
Cascade Policy Institute | Portland, OR | Libertarian | 1991 |
Cato Institute | Washington, D.C. | Libertarian | 1977 |
Center for a Just Society* | Washington, D.C. | Conservative | 2004 |
Center for American Progress | Washington, D.C. | Liberal | 2003 |
Center for Automotive Research | Ann Arbor, MI | Nonpartisan | 2003 |
Center for Development and Strategy | Buffalo, NY | Nonpartisan | 2014 |
Center for Economic and Policy Research | Washington, D.C. | Left-leaning | 1999 |
Center for Freedom and Prosperity | Alexandria, VA | Conservative | |
Center for Governmental Research | Rochester, NY | Nonpartisan | 1915 |
Center for Immigration Studies | Washington, D.C. | Right-wing | 1986 |
Center for Media and Democracy | Madison, WI | Progressive | 1993 |
Center for National Policy | Washington, D.C. | Center | 1981 |
Center for Public Integrity | Washington, D.C. | Independent | 1989 |
Center for Public Justice | Washington, D.C. | Christian | 1977 |
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | Washington, D.C. | Independent | 1983 |
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1965 |
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Washington, D.C. | Progressive | 1983 |
Claremont Institute | Claremont, CA | Conservative | 1979 |
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1981 |
Committee for Economic Development | New York, NY | Nonpartisan | 1942 |
Competitive Enterprise Institute | Washington, D.C. | Libertarian | 1984 |
Concord Coalition | Arlington, VA | Nonpartisan | 1992 |
Constitution Project | Washington, D.C. | Bipartisan | 1997 |
Council on Competitiveness | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1986 |
Demos | New York, NY | Liberal | 2000 |
Drum Major Institute | New York, NY | Progressive | 1961 |
Economic Opportunity Institute | Seattle, WA | Liberal | 1998 |
Economic Policy Institute | Washington, D.C. | Left-leaning | 1986 |
Employment Policies Institute | Washington, D.C. | Conservative | 1991 |
Eno Center for Transportation | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1921 |
Every Texan | Austin, TX | Nonpartisan | 1985 |
Federation for American Immigration Reform | Washington, D.C. | Right-wing | 1979 |
Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy | Gainesville, FL | Nonpartisan | |
Foundation for Economic Education | Atlanta, GA | Conservative/Libertarian | 1946 |
Future of American Democracy Foundation | Nonpartisan | ||
Goldwater Institute | Phoenix, AZ | Conservative/Libertarian | 1988 |
Group of Thirty | Washington, D.C. | Free-Market | 1978 |
Guttmacher Institute | New York, NY | Liberal | 1968 |
Hispanic American Center for Economic Research | Washington, D.C. | Center-Right | 1996 |
Hoover Institution | Stanford, CA | Free-Market/Libertarian | 1919 |
Hudson Institute | Washington, D.C. | Conservative | 1961 |
Idaho Freedom Foundation | Boise, Idaho | Conservative/Libertarian | 2009 |
Independence Institute | Denver, CO | Libertarian | 1985 |
Independent California Institute | Carlsbad, CA | Independent | 2018 |
Institute for New Economic Thinking | New York, NY | Liberal | 2009 |
Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, D.C. | Progressive | 1963 |
Institute for Women's Policy Research | Washington, D.C. | Progressive | 1987 |
Institute on Religion and Democracy | Washington, D.C. | Conservative/Christian | 1981 |
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | Washington, D.C. | Liberal | 1980 |
International Food Policy Research Institute | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1975 |
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy | Houston, TX | Nonpartisan | 1993 |
James Madison Institute | Tallahassee, FL | Free-Market | 1987 |
John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy | Union, NJ | Nonpartisan | |
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1970 |
Kansas Policy Institute | Wichita, KS | Free-Market | 1996 |
Levy Economics Institute | New York, NY | Nonpartisan | 1986 |
Lexington Institute | Arlington, VA | Center-Right | 1998 |
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy | Cambridge, MA | Nonpartisan | 1946 |
Lugar Center | Washington, D.C. | Bipartisan | |
Mackinac Center for Public Policy | Midland, MI | Free-Market | 1987 |
Maine Policy Institute | Portland, ME | Free-Market | 2002 |
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research | New York, NY | Conservative | 1978 |
MassINC | Boston, MA | Nonpartisan | 1995 |
McCain Institute | Washington, D.C. | Center-Right | 2012 |
Mercatus Center | Arlington, VA | Free-Market/Libertarian | 1980 |
Migration Policy Institute | Washington, D.C. | Center-Left | 2001 |
Milken Institute | Santa Monica, CA | Independent | 1991 |
Mises Institute | Auburn, AL | Free-Market/Libertarian | 1982 |
National Association of Scholars | New York, NY | Conservative | 1987 |
National Bureau of Asian Research | Seattle, WA | Nonpartisan | 1989 |
National Bureau of Economic Research | Cambridge, MA | Center-Right | 1920 |
National Center for Policy Analysis | Dallas, TX | Free-Market/Libertarian | 1983 |
National Endowment for Democracy | Washington, D.C. | Free-Market | 1983 |
National Policy Institute | Alexandria, VA | Right-Wing, Extremist | 2005 |
New America | Washington, D.C. | Center-Left | 1999 |
New Democrat Network | Washington, D.C. | Center | 1996 |
Niskanen Center | Washington, D.C. | Liberal | 2015 |
Oklahoma Policy Institute | Tulsa, OK | Nonpartisan | 2008 |
Oregon Center for Public Policy | Portland, OR | Nonpartisan | 1995 |
Pacific Research Institute | Pasadena, CA | Free-Market/Libertarian | 1979 |
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women | Providence, RI | Nonpartisan | 1981 |
People's Policy Project | Washington, D.C. | Left-leaning | 2017 |
Peterson Institute for International Economics | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 1981 |
Pew Research Center | Washington, D.C. | Nonpartisan | 2004 |
Philadelphia Society | Grand rapids, MI | Conservative/Libertarian | 1964 |
Pioneer Institute | Boston, MA | Free-Market | 1988 |
Policy Matters Ohio | Cleveland, OH | Progressive | 2000 |
Population Research Institute | Front Royal, VA | 1989 | |
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | Arlington, VA | Independent | 1994 |
Progressive Policy Institute | Washington, D.C. | Center-Left | 1989 |
Prosperity Now | Washington, D.C. | Center-Left | 1979 |
Public Citizen | Washington, D.C. | Progressive | 1971 |
Public Policy Institute of California | San Francisco, CA | Independent | 1994 |
R Street Institute | Washington, D.C. | Center-Right | 2012 |
RAND Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | Nonpartisan | 1948 |
Reason Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Libertarian | 1978 |
Ripon Society | Washington, D.C. | Conservative | 1962 |
RMI | Basalt, CO | Nonpartisan | 1982 |
Rockefeller Institute of Government | Albany, NY | Nonpartisan | 1981 |
Rockford Institute | Rockford, IL | Conservative | 1976 |
Rockridge Institute | Berkeley, CA | Progressive | 1997 |
Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | Liberal | 1987 |
Seven Pillars Institute | Kansas City, MO | Nonpartisan | 2010 |
Show-Me Institute | St. Louis, MO | Free-Market | 2014 |
Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | Independent | 1923 |
SRI International | Menlo Park, CA | Nonpartisan | 1946 |
Sunwater Institute | North Bethesda, MD | Nonpartisan | 2017 |
Tax Foundation | New York, NY | Center | 1937 |
Texas Public Policy Foundation | Austin, TX | Conservative | 1989 |
The Century Foundation | New York, NY | Progressive | 1919 |
The Conference Board | New York, NY | Nonpartisan | 1916 |
The Gravel Institute | New York, NY | Left-leaning | 2020 |
The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement | Des Moines, IA | Nonpartisan | 2013 |
The Heartland Institute | Arlington Heights, IL | Conservative/Libertarian | 1984 |
The Heritage Foundation | Washington, D.C. | Conservative | 1973 |
The Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | Libertarian | 1986 |
The Reform Institute | Alexandria, VA | Center | 2001 |
Third Way | Washington, D.C. | Center-Left | 2005 |
Thomas B. Fordham Institute | Washington, D.C. | Conservative | 2007 |
Urban Institute | Washington, D.C. | Liberal | 1968 |
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | Kalamazoo, MI | Nonpartisan | 1945 |
Washington Policy Center | Seattle, WA | Nonpartisan | |
Yankee Institute for Public Policy | Hartford, CT | Conservative | 1984 |