Conservatism/US/org

Note

Eventually, US conservatism will be moved to Americonservatism, but I don't have time to update all the links right now -- so I'm saving that move for later. Also, maybe this should be /organizations or /advocacy instead of /think-tanks; some of these are lobbying orgs, some are think-tanks... need to get some clarity on what the different types are and how to distinguish between them.

List

Active

• American Enterprise Institute [W] (AEI)
• Americans for Prosperity [W] (AFP)
• American Legislative Exchange Council [W] (ALEC) SourceWatch
• Cato Institute -- more libertarian than Americonservative, although they were taken over by the Koch brothers in late 2012
• Heartland Institute -- focused on global warming denialism in the 2000s; prior to that, helped promote the idea that smoking is healthy
• Heritage Foundation -- predicted in 2001 that the Bush tax cuts would pay down the federal deficit by 2010; in 2011, Paul Ryan based his budget proposal on numbers they provided
• John Locke Foundation -- mainly operates in North Carolina; part of Art Pope's empire
• United States Chamber of Commerce [W] (USCC)
• pro-patriarchy:
  • American Decency Association [W] (ADA) founded in 1999 by former elementary school teacher, Bill Johnson; formerly Michigan chapter of AFA
  • American Family Association [W] (AFA) founded in 1977 by Donald Wildmon as the National Federation for Decency
  • Center for Marriage Policy [1]
  • Concerned Women for America [W]
  • Eagle Forum [W] founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972; has close ties to Conservapedia
  • Family Research Council [W] founded 1981 by James Dobson
  • Focus on the Family [W] founded 1977 by James Dobson
  • Liberty Counsel [W] provides free legal assistance in defense of "Christian religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the traditional family."
  • National Center for Law & Policy [W]
  • National Organization for Marriage [W]

Defunct

• Moral Majority [W] founded by Jerry Falwell in 1979 and dissolved in the late 1980s.
• Project for the New American Century [W] (PNAC): infamously called for a new Pearl Harbor prior to 9/11