TheJohn K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy is a Wisconsin-based conservativethink tank.[5][6] According to the organization, the MacIver Institute promotes free markets, individual freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government.[2] It is a member of theState Policy Network.
One of the MacIver Institute's primary donors is theBradley Foundation.[7] As of November 2014, the Bradley Foundation had given the MacIver Institute $890,000 since the MacIver Institute's 2008 launch.[1]
In 2011, the MacIver Institute andAmericans for Prosperity purchased more than $500,000 worth of television ads in Wisconsin supportingScott Walker's budget proposals.[8]
In 2014, a Wisconsin appeals court sided with the MacIver Institute, ruling that Democratic State SenatorJon Erpenbach must turn over 2,600 emails sent to him during the political battle overScott Walker's2011 Wisconsin Act 10.[9][10][11]
