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| Established | 1989 |
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| Founder | Charles S. Quilhot and Byron S. Lamm |
| Type | Nonprofit501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Expandingfree-market principles in Indiana |
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Area served | Indiana |
Executive Director | T. Craig Ladwig |
| Revenue | $95,865[1] (2016) |
| Expenses | $89,189[1] (2016) |
| Website | www |
TheIndiana Policy Review Foundation(IPR) is an Indianafusion conservative and libertarian,free marketthink tank. According to its web site, the IPR's mission is to "marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the state and municipal level." The IPR publishes theIndiana Policy Review. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, it is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.
IPR is a member of theState Policy Network,[2] an umbrella organization of conservative and libertarian think tanks operating at the state level.
IPR was co-founded by its board chairman, Charles S. Quilhot, editor, T. Craig Ladwig, Stephen E. Williams and Byron S. Lamm, in 1989.[3] U.S. Vice President and former Indiana governorMike Pence was its president from 1991 to 1994,[4][5]
In a speech toThe Heritage Foundation in 2008, then RepresentativeMike Pence said, "I was part of what we called the seed corn Heritage Foundation was spreading around the country in the state think tank movement. We actually called our little foundation in Indiana the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, very much as a homage toPolicy Review magazine of Heritage, and we modeled on the state level what Heritage had done before."[6]
The institute supports policy positions rooted in individual liberty, personal responsibility,private property rights,free-market principles, andlimited government. It explicitly does not address social issues often identified with modern conservatism.
The Indiana Policy Review Foundation publishes theIndiana Policy Review, a quarterly journal to promote IPR's mission "to marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the state and municipal levels."[7]
IPR's staff and scholars supply columns to newspapers throughout the state. Staff and scholars also conduct research on a range of public policy issues and offer analysis and proposals through reports and publications to public servants, citizens, and the media.
Adjunct scholars