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* {{wp/alt|Bradley Foundation}}[http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/17273-a-gop-funder-thats-bigger-and-darker-than-the-koch-brothers] - foundation, founded 1942 | * {{wp/alt|Bradley Foundation}}[http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/17273-a-gop-funder-thats-bigger-and-darker-than-the-koch-brothers] - foundation, founded 1942 | ||
* [[Cato Institute]] -- more [[libertarian]] than Americonservative, although they were taken over by the [[Koch brothers]] in late 2012 | * [[Cato Institute]] -- more [[libertarian]] than Americonservative, although they were taken over by the [[Koch brothers]] in late 2012 | ||
| + | * ''[[Capitol Hill Daily]]'' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/10/obama-wrecked-the-stock-market/] | ||
* [[Century Strategies]] founded in 1997 by [[Ralph Reed]] (Ralph E. Reed Jr.); provides campaign consulting for [[US Republican|Republican]] candidates | * [[Century Strategies]] founded in 1997 by [[Ralph Reed]] (Ralph E. Reed Jr.); provides campaign consulting for [[US Republican|Republican]] candidates | ||
| + | * [[Citizens United]] ([[wikipedia:Citizens United (organization)|W]]) founded 1988 | ||
* [[Free Enterprise Fund]] (FEF) | * [[Free Enterprise Fund]] (FEF) | ||
* [[Heartland Institute]] -- focused on [[global warming denialism]] in the 2000s; prior to that, helped promote the idea that smoking is healthy | * [[Heartland Institute]] -- focused on [[global warming denialism]] in the 2000s; prior to that, helped promote the idea that smoking is healthy | ||
Revision as of 22:25, 10 May 2013
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)
- Americans for Tax Reform [W] founded 1985 by Grover Norquist
- American Legislative Exchange Council [W] (ALEC) SourceWatch
- Bradley Foundation [W][1] - foundation, founded 1942
- Cato Institute -- more libertarian than Americonservative, although they were taken over by the Koch brothers in late 2012
- Capitol Hill Daily [2]
- Century Strategies founded in 1997 by Ralph Reed (Ralph E. Reed Jr.); provides campaign consulting for Republican candidates
- Citizens United (W) founded 1988
- Free Enterprise Fund (FEF)
- 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:
- Alliance Defending Freedom [W] (formerly Alliance Defense Fund): legal defense group, founded 1994 by Bill Bright (founder, Cru), Larry Burkett (co-founder, Crown Financial Ministries), James Dobson (founder, Focus on the Family), D. James Kennedy (founder, Coral Ridge Ministries), Marlin Maddoux (president, International Christian Media), and Donald Wildmon (founder, American Family Association)
- 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 [3]
- Cru [W] (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) founded 1951 by Bill Bright
- Christian Coalition of America [W] founded 1989 by Pat Robertson
- Concerned Women for America [W]
- Coral Ridge Ministries [W] founded 1960 by D. James Kennedy
- Crown Financial Ministries [W] formed by 2000 merger of Christian Financial Concepts (founded 1976 by Larry Burkett) and Crown Ministries (founded 1985 by Howard Dayton).
- Eagle Forum [W] founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972; has close ties to Conservapedia
- Faith and Freedom Coalition [W] founded 2009 by Ralph Reed
- Family Research Council [W] founded 1981 by James Dobson
- Focus on the Family [W] founded 1977 by James Dobson
- International Christian Media founded by Marlin Maddoux [4]
- 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]
- Traditional Values Coalition [W] founded 1984; designated an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for spreading false information
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