Charles Koch Institute
{{Short description|Libertarian-oriented public policy research organization}}
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The Charles Koch Institute is a libertarian-oriented public policy research, programming, grant-making, and fellowship-funding organization based in Virginia. Named after Charles Koch, its founder and primary financier, it pursues conservative economic policies and a non-interventionist foreign policy that has been characterized as anti-neoconservative.
History
The Charles Koch Institute was established in 2011 and is housed in a building which it shares with the Charles Koch Foundation.{{cite news|title=How the Koch network rivals the GOP|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/koch-brothers-network-gop-david-charles-217124|access-date=23 July 2016|work=Politico|date=30 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=Charles Koch Institute – Company Profile|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/1325787D:US-charles-koch-institute|website=bloomberg.com|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=23 July 2016}} According to Charles Koch, the institute is the beneficiary of a majority of his personal political donations, or those separate from what originates from Koch Industries.{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Daniel|title=Exclusive Interview: Charles Koch On How To Save America|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2015/09/29/exclusive-interview-charles-koch-on-saving-america/#44bf786357b2|access-date=23 July 2016|work=Forbes|date=29 September 2015}}
Governance
The institute is governed by a board of directors composed of Charles Koch, Chase Koch, Elizabeth Koch, and Richard Fink. Its president is Brian Hooks.
Programs
=Domestic policy=
According to the institute, it funds "research that furthers an understanding of how cronyism and corporate welfare affect individual and societal well-being".{{cite web|title=Corporate Welfare|url=https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issues/cronyism-corporate-welfare/|website=charleskochinstitute.org|publisher=Charles Koch Institute|access-date=23 July 2016}}
In 2015 the organization partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union to study the implications of legislation limiting asset forfeiture in New Mexico.{{cite news|title=Forfeiture reform aligns likes of billionaire Charles Koch, ACLU|url=http://cjonline.com/news/2015-10-15/forfeiture-reform-aligns-likes-billionaire-charles-koch-aclu#|access-date=23 July 2016|work=Topeka Capital-Journal|date=15 October 2015}} The institute has also developed a Prison Entrepreneurship Program that sponsors business classes and a business plan competition for U.S. prison inmates.{{cite news|last1=Bush|first1=Bridget|title=Reform could cut prison population|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/07/05/bush-council-could-thin-prison-population/86701876/|access-date=23 July 2016|work=Courier-Journal|date=14 July 2016}}
=Foreign policy=
The institute finances research, forums, and speaking tours regarding U.S. foreign policy, describing its worldview as one that "emphasizes the need to defend our territorial integrity from aggression, promote free trade, peacefully engage with the world, and serve as an exemplar of liberal values".{{cite web|title=Foreign Policy|url=https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issues/foreign-policy/|website=charleskochinstitute.org|publisher=Charles Koch Institute|access-date=23 July 2016}}
In 2016 The Intercept described the institute's foreign policy agenda as emblematic of "how foreign policy no longer neatly aligns with party politics", observing one event the organization hosted that appeared more like "a left-wing anti-war rally than a gathering hosted by a longtime right-wing institution".{{cite news|last1=Jilani|first1=Zaid|title=Neocon-Bashers Headline Koch Event as Political Realignment on Foreign Policy Continues|url=https://theintercept.com/2016/05/18/neocon-bashers-headline-koch-event-as-political-realignment-on-foreign-policy-continues/|access-date=23 July 2016|work=The Intercept|date=18 May 2017}} The same year it hosted a conference headlined by Chas Freeman, Stephen Walt, and John Mearsheimer.{{cite news|last1=Lake|first1=Eli|title=Koch Brothers Give a Megaphone to the Anti-Israel Fringe|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-05-17/koch-brothers-give-a-megaphone-to-the-anti-israel-fringe|access-date=23 July 2016|work=Bloomberg|date=17 May 2016}}
=Professional education=
According to the organization, it underwrites several professional education programs, including the "Koch Associate Program", a fellowship which funds the placement of selected applicants into management positions at partner organizations, which include the Acton Institute, the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, the James Madison Institute, and others.{{cite web|title=Partner Organizations|url=https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/professional-education/partner-organizations/|website=charleskochinstitute.org|publisher=Charles Koch Institute|access-date=23 July 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{ProPublicaNonprofitExplorer|274967732}}
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Category:Libertarian organizations based in the United States
Category:Libertarian think tanks
Category:Organizations established in 2011
Category:Political and economic think tanks in the United States