National Center for Policy Analysis

NCPA was founded by British businessman Antony Fisher{{cite news |author=May, John Allan |date=January 19, 1984 |title=A quiet Briton whose think tanks back a free market |work=The Christian Science Monitor |page=9 |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0119/011934.html}}
{{cite news |author=Henderson, Keith |date=May 3, 1985 |title=Think tanks spread free-market ideas worldwide |work=The Christian Science Monitor |page=23 |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1985/0503/datlas.html}} together with Dallas businessmen Russell Perry (CEO of Republic Financial Services),{{cite news |author=Jennings, Diane |date=November 30, 1986 |title=Russell Perry – A transplanted Yankee combines his understanding of business and the community to become a major fund-raiser in his adopted city of Dallas |work=The Dallas Morning News |page=1E |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=Russell%20Perry%20AND%20date(11/30/1986%20to%2011/30/1986)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=11/30/1986%20to%2011/30/1986)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Russell%20Perry)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no}}
{{cite web |author=Aycock, Thomas Matthew |date=January 18, 2008 |title=Republic Financial Services |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/djruq}} Wayne Calloway (CEO of Frito-Lay), John F. Stephens (CEO of Employers Insurance of Texas),{{cite news |author=Simnacher, Joe |date=May 6, 2004 |title=John F. Stephens - Veteran, executive, civic activist |work=The Dallas Morning News |page=9B |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_text_label-1=John%20F.%20Stephens&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=headline(John%20F.%20Stephens)%20AND%20date(05/06/2004%20to%2005/06/2004)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=05/06/2004%20to%2005/06/2004)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no}} and Jere W. Thompson (CEO of the Southland Corporation).

Its founding president was libertarian economist John C. Goodman. Its first offices were at the University of Dallas. The organization later had offices in Dallas and Washington, D.C.. An NCPA website is being maintained by a former board member at [http://NCPAThinkTank.org NCPAThinkTank.org].[http://ncpathinktank.org] NCPAThinkTank.org Publications have been archived at [http://www.ncpathinktank.org/pdfs/ www.ncpathinktank.org/pdfs].[http://www.ncpathinktank.org/pdfs/] www.ncpathinktank.org/pdfs/ A history of the organization and summary of its accomplishments may be found at [http://goodmaninstitute.org Goodmaninstitute.org] [http://goodmaninstitute.org] The Goodman Institute

In June 2014, the NCPA board and Goodman accused each other of misconduct, and Goodman left the organization.[http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/380231/john-goodman-knows-wehbycare-wont-work-ramesh-ponnuru#! Ramesh Ponnuru – "John Goodman Knows Wehbycare Won’t Work"], June 12, 2014

Leadership of the NCPA included:

• Steve Ivy, Chairman of the Board. July 1, 2016
• James H. Amos Jr., President and CEO July 1, 2016
• Allen West, Executive Director, July 1, 2016

Its first offices were at the University of Dallas. The organization later had offices in Dallas and Washington, D.C.

Media attention focused on the NCPA (for example, U.S. News & World Report,[http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/planning-to-retire/2009/06/30/the-case-against-401k-automatic-enrollment The Case Against 401(k) Automatic Enrollment], June 30, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225109/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2006-08-23/business/0608220351_1_automatic-enrollment-retirement-plans-pension-protection-act Look For Law To Boost Defined Contribution Plans by Humberto Cruz], August 23, 2006 Orange County Register[http://articles.ocregister.com/2006-09-04/business/24761710_1_automatic-enrollment-defined-contribution-retirement-plans Pension Protection Act puts the onus on you], September 4, 2006) for recommending pension reform legislation including automatic enrollment into companies' 401(k) plans.

The NCPA was a member of the Cooler Heads Coalition, an organization created by the now-defunct non-profit group Consumer Alert that described itself as "an alliance of some two dozen non-profit public policy groups concerned about the implications of the Kyoto Protocol for consumers," and which generally rejected the scientific basis for anthropogenic global warming.{{cite web|url=http://www.nonprofitwatch.org/edf/ncppr.php|title=Testimony of David A. Ridenour Before the House Subcommittee on National Economic Growth| date=1999-07-15| publisher=nonprofitwatch.org}} NCPA has also attempted to debunk peak oil claims.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

NCPA's revenues for the fiscal year ending 9/30/14 were $5,281,913 against expenses of $4,544,953;National Center for Policy Analysis IRS Form 990, available at www.charitynavigator.org for the fiscal year ending 9/30/10 were $4,222,403 against expenses of $5,888,951; for the fiscal year ending 9/30/09 were $4,222,403 against expenses of $7,569,793; for the fiscal year ending 9/30/08 they were revenues of $6,603,905 against expenses of $4,898,261.National Center for Policy Analysis IRS Form 990, available at www.guidestar.com As of November 2013, the organization's web site reported that for 2011 its funding breakdown was 52% from foundations, 21% from individuals and 22% from corporations.[http://www.ncpa.org/about/financial-statistics "Financials NCPA"], National Center for Policy Analysis [http://www.ncpa.org/ website], accessed November 11, 2013 The press release it issued in July 2017 announcing its dissolution attributed the Board's decision to cease operations immediately as necessitated by three years of financial difficulty.

According to Greenpeace, the NCPA received at least $570,000 from Koch Industries in the eleven-year period ending in 2008.{{cite web| url=http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/national-center-for-policy-ana/| title=National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) – Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group| publisher=greenpeace.org}}

In 1992, The New York Times reported that the NCPA was partially funded by the insurance industry.{{cite news |author=Kolata, Gina |date=March 8, 1992 |title=The philosophical fight over what insurance should be |work=The New York Times |page=E5 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/weekinreview/ideas-trends-the-philosophical-fight-over-what-insurance-should-be.html?pagewanted=all}}

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• [http://www.ncpathinktank.org/ NCPA website]
• [http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/751804932/popup/1 Organizational Profile] – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)

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