List of think tanks in the United States

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Brookings Institution, founded in 1916 in Washington, D.C.
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The Heritage Foundation, founded in 1973 in Washington, D.C.

This is a list of think tanks in the United States. [1]

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Politics and economy

US-based Think Tanks focused on Politics and Economy
NameLocationBias/AffiliationFounded Date
CityState
Acton Institute Grand Rapids Michigan Conservative/Libertarian1990
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Conservative1995
American Action Forum Washington, D.C. Conservative2009
American Civil Rights Union Alexandria Virginia Conservative1998
American College of Pediatricians Gainesville Florida Socially Conservative2002
American Enterprise Institute Washington, D.C. Center-Right1938
American Institute for Economic Research Great Barrington Massachusetts Conservative/Libertarian1933
Atlas Network Arlington Virginia Conservative/Libertarian1981
Ayn Rand Institute Santa Ana California Center-Right/Libertarian1985
Beacon Center of Tennessee Nashville Tennessee Free market/Libertarian2004
Beacon Hill Institute Medway Massachusetts Free market/Libertarian1991
Berggruen Institute Los Angeles California Liberal2010
Bipartisan Policy Center Washington, D.C. Bipartisan2007
Brookings Institution Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1916
Buckeye Institute Columbus Ohio Free market1989
Caesar Rodney Institute Newark Delaware Right-wing2008
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1910
Cascade Policy Institute Portland Oregon Libertarian1991
Cato Institute Washington, D.C. Libertarian1977
Center for a Just Society* Washington, D.C. Conservative2004
Center for American Progress Washington, D.C. Liberal2003
Center for Automotive Research Ann Arbor Michigan Nonpartisan2003
Center for Development and Strategy Buffalo New York Nonpartisan2014
Center for Economic and Policy Research Washington, D.C. Left-leaning1999
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Alexandria Virginia Conservative
Center for Governmental Research Rochester New York Nonpartisan1915
Center for Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. Right-wing1986
Center for International Policy Washington, D.C. Progressive1975
Center for Media and Democracy Madison Wisconsin Progressive1993
Center for National Policy Washington, D.C. Center1981
Center for Public Integrity Washington, D.C. Independent1989
Center for Public Justice Washington, D.C. Christian1977
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Washington, D.C. Independent1983
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1965
Center of the American Experiment Golden Valley Minnesota Conservative1990
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Washington, D.C. Progressive1983
Century Foundation New York New York Progressive1919
Claremont Institute Claremont California Conservative1979
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1981
Committee for Economic Development New York New York Nonpartisan1942
Competitive Enterprise Institute Washington, D.C. Libertarian1984
Concord Coalition Arlington Virginia Nonpartisan1992
Conference Board New York New York Nonpartisan1916
Constitution Project Washington, D.C. Bipartisan1997
Council on Competitiveness Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1986
Demos New York New York Liberal2000
Drum Major Institute New York New York Progressive1961
Economic Opportunity Institute Seattle Washington Liberal1998
Economic Policy Institute Washington, D.C. Left-leaning1986
Employment Policies Institute Washington, D.C. Conservative1991
Eno Center for Transportation Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1921
Every Texan Austin Texas Nonpartisan1985
Federation for American Immigration Reform Washington, D.C. Right-wing1979
Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy Gainesville Florida Nonpartisan
Foundation for Economic Education Atlanta Georgia Conservative/Libertarian1946
Future of American Democracy Foundation Nonpartisan
Goldwater Institute Phoenix Arizona Conservative/Libertarian1988
Gravel Institute New York New York Left-leaning2020
Group of Thirty Washington, D.C. Free market1978
Guttmacher Institute New York New York Liberal1968
Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement Des Moines Iowa Nonpartisan2013
Heartland Institute Arlington Heights Illinois Conservative/Libertarian1984
Heritage Foundation Washington, D.C. Conservative1973
Hispanic American Center for Economic Research Washington, D.C. Center-Right1996
Hoover Institution Stanford California Free market/Libertarian1919
Hudson Institute Washington, D.C. Conservative1961
Idaho Freedom Foundation Boise Idaho Conservative/Libertarian2009
Independence Institute Denver Colorado Libertarian1985
Independent California Institute Carlsbad California Independent2018
Independent Institute Oakland California Libertarian1986
Institute for New Economic Thinking New York New York Liberal2009
Institute for Policy Studies Washington, D.C. Progressive1963
Institute for Women's Policy Research Washington, D.C. Progressive1987
Institute on Religion and Democracy Washington, D.C. Conservative/Christian1981
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Washington, D.C. Liberal1980
International Food Policy Research Institute Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1975
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Houston Texas Nonpartisan1993
James Madison Institute Tallahassee Florida Free market1987
John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy Union Township New Jersey Nonpartisan
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1970
Kansas Policy Institute Wichita Kansas Free market1996
Levy Economics Institute New York New York Nonpartisan1986
Lexington Institute Arlington Virginia Center-Right1998
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Cambridge Massachusetts Nonpartisan1946
Lugar Center Washington, D.C. Bipartisan
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Midland Michigan Free market1987
Maine Policy Institute Portland Maine Free market2002
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research New York New York Conservative1978
MassINC Boston Massachusetts Nonpartisan1995
McCain Institute Washington, D.C. Center-Right2012
Mercatus Center Arlington Virginia Free market/Libertarian1980
Migration Policy Institute Washington, D.C. Center-Left2001
Milken Institute Santa Monica California Independent1991
Mises Institute Auburn Alabama Free market/Libertarian1982
National Association of Scholars New York New York Conservative1987
National Bureau of Asian Research Seattle Washington Nonpartisan1989
National Bureau of Economic Research Cambridge Massachusetts Center-Right1920
National Center for Policy Analysis Dallas Texas Free market/Libertarian1983
National Endowment for Democracy Washington, D.C. Free market1983
National Policy Institute Alexandria Virginia Right-wing, Extremist2005
New America Washington, D.C. Center-Left1999
New Democrat Network Washington, D.C. Center1996
Niskanen Center Washington, D.C. Liberal2015
Oklahoma Policy Institute Tulsa Oklahoma Nonpartisan2008
Oregon Center for Public Policy Portland Oregon Nonpartisan1995
Pacific Research Institute Pasadena California Free market/Libertarian1979
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Providence Rhode Island Nonpartisan1981
People's Policy Project Washington, D.C. Left-leaning2017
Peterson Institute for International Economics Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan1981
Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. Nonpartisan2004
Philadelphia Society Grand Rapids Michigan Conservative/Libertarian1964
Pioneer Institute Boston Massachusetts Free market1988
Policy Matters Ohio Cleveland Ohio Progressive2000
Population Research Institute Front Royal Virginia 1989
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Arlington Virginia Independent1994
Progressive Policy Institute Washington, D.C. Center-Left1989
Prosperity Now Washington, D.C. Center-Left1979
Public Citizen Washington, D.C. Progressive1971
Public Policy Institute of California San Francisco California Independent1994
R Street Institute Washington, D.C. Center-Right2012
RAND Corporation Santa Monica California Nonpartisan1948
Reason Foundation Los Angeles California Libertarian1978
Reform Institute Alexandria Virginia Center2001
Ripon Society Washington, D.C. Conservative1962
Rockefeller Institute of Government Albany New York Nonpartisan1981
Rockford Institute Rockford Illinois Conservative1976
Rockridge Institute Berkeley California Progressive1997
Rocky Mountain Institute Basalt Colorado Nonpartisan1982
Roosevelt Institute New York New York Liberal1987
Seven Pillars Institute Kansas City Missouri Nonpartisan2010
Show-Me Institute St. Louis Missouri Free market2014
Social Science Research Council Brooklyn New York Independent1923
SRI International Menlo Park California Nonpartisan1946
Sunwater Institute North Bethesda Maryland Nonpartisan2017
Tax Foundation New York New York Center1937
Texas Public Policy Foundation Austin Texas Conservative1989
Third Way Washington, D.C. Center-Left2005
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Washington, D.C. Conservative2007
Urban Institute Washington, D.C. Liberal1968
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo Michigan Nonpartisan1945
Washington Policy Center Seattle Washington Nonpartisan
Yankee Institute for Public Policy Hartford Connecticut Conservative1984

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References

  1. Wilczek, Keely. "Research Guides: Think Tank Search: U.S. Think Tanks". guides.library.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-08.