Pacific Research Institute
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy | |
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| Abbreviation | PRI |
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| Formation | 1979 |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Purpose | public policy analysis |
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President | Sally C. Pipes[b] |
Chairman | Clark S. Judge[c] |
Revenue(2020) | $5,623,603[2] |
| Expenses(2020) | $4,448,062[2] |
| Website | pacificresearch |
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ThePacific Research Institute for Public Policy(PRI) is aCalifornia-basedfree-marketthink tankwhich promotes "the principles ofindividual freedomand personal responsibility "through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, andlimited government.[3]PRI was founded in 1979 by British philanthropistAntony Fisherand a San Francisco businessman James North.[4][5]The organization is headquartered inPasadena, California,with an additional office inSacramento.[1]
Policy areas
[edit]The organization is active in the policy areas of education, economics, health care, the environment, and water supply.[6][7]It operates the Center for California's Future, which has a goal of "reinvigorating California's entrepreneurial, self-reliant traditions" and the Laffer Center, which is "focused on educating people on free-markets andsupply-side economics."[8]
From 1996 through 2009, the organization published an annualIndex of Leading Environmental Indicators,which tracked environmental trends worldwide. PRI started theCenter for Medicine in the Public Interest,a New York-based think tank focusing on health policy.[9]
In 2022, Pipes opposed federal efforts to capcopaymentsat $35 forinsulin,and PRI opposed plans by California to back generic manufacturing of the drug.[10]
PRI is a member of the advisory board ofProject 2025,[11]a collection ofconservativeandright-wingpolicy proposals from theHeritage Foundationto reshape theUnited States federal governmentand consolidateexecutive powershould theRepublicannominee win the2024 presidential election.[12]
Staff
[edit]Sally C. Pipes has been president of the institute since 1991.[13][14]She writes a regular column forForbes,focusing on health care in the United States.[15]In 2008 she founded the Benjamin Rush Institute as a conservative association for medical students with 20 chapters at medical schools across America.[14]She is originally fromCanadaand became a U.S. citizen in 2006.[14]She opposessingle-payer health caresystems.[10]
The current chairman of the board of trustees Clark S. Judge (since 2005) is also a cofounder of the White House Writers Group.[16]
Finances
[edit]PRI's total revenues in 2020 were $5.6 million, according toProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer database. [2] TheLilly Endowment,connected toEli Lilly and Company,is a donor, contributing $175,000 a year in grants to PRI since 2015, according toThe Intercept.[10]
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Contact".PRI.Retrieved4 April2023.
- ^abc"Nonprofit Explorer - Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy".ProPublica.16 August 2021.Retrieved12 April2023.
- ^Hanner, Ken (9 January 2011)."Conservative Spotlight: Pacific Research Institute".Human Events.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^Butler, Eamonn (28 June 2015)."Antony Fisher, herald of freedom".Adam Smith Institute.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^"History".PRI.Retrieved4 April2023.
- ^Barringer, Felicity (28 February 2013)."In California, What Price Water?".New York Times.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^Connolly, Ceci (29 September 2009)."In Rationing Health Care, More Not Always Better, Experts Say".Washington Post.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^Izumi, Lance (13 July 2015)."California should follow Nevada in offering education savings accounts".San Francisco Chronicle.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^Eggen, Dan (7 January 2010)."How interest groups behind health-care legislation are financed is often unclear".Washington Post.Retrieved10 January2015.
- ^abcFang, Lee (10 August 2022)."Eli Lilly Charity Finances Groups That Oppose Insulin Price Caps Under the Auspices of" Community Development "".The Intercept.Retrieved30 August2022.
- ^"Advisory Board".The Heritage Foundation.Archivedfrom the original on 19 November 2023.Retrieved8 July2024.
- ^Mascaro, Lisa (29 August 2023)."Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan to Dismantle the US Government and Replace It with Trump's Vision".Associated Press News.Archivedfrom the original on 22 September 2023.Retrieved8 July2024.
- ^Barbaro, Michael; Strom, Stephanie (8 September 2006)."Wal-Mart Finds an Ally in Conservatives".New York Times.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^abc"Sally C. Pipes".Pacific Research Institute.26 April 2008.Retrieved7 July2021.
- ^"Sally Pipes".Forbes.Retrieved7 July2021.
- ^"Clark S. Judge".White House Writers Group.Retrieved9 April2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "Pacific Research Institute Internal Revenue Service filings".ProPublicaNonprofit Explorer.
- Organizational Profile–National Center for Charitable Statistics(Urban Institute)
- AppearancesonC-SPAN
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