Cascade Policy Inst

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The <b>Cascade Policy Institute</b> is an Oregon-based think tank.

 update:</p><p>The <b>Cascade Policy Institute</b> is an Oregon-based think tank and member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>

(SPN). Cascade states as its mission "to develop and promote public

policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal

responsibility and economic opportunity."<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Funding">Funding</span></h2>

<p>In its 2006 annual report, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a> contributed $25,000 to the Cascade Policy Institute.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Ties_to_the_Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity">Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</span></h2>

<p>The Cascade Policy Institute hosts writers from the ALEC-connected <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a>, which screens potential reporters on their “free market” views as part of the job application process.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup> The Franklin Center funds reporters in over 40 states.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup>

Despite their non-partisan description, many of the websites funded by

the Franklin Center have received criticism for their conservative bias.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup> On its website, the Franklin Center claims it "provides 10 percent of all daily reporting from state capitals nationwide."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup></p>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Franklin_Center_Funding">Franklin Center Funding</span></h3>

<p>Franklin Center Director of Communications Michael Moroney told the

Center for Public Integrity (CPI) in 2013 that the source of the

Franklin Center's funding "is 100 percent anonymous." But 95 percent of

its 2011 funding came from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust">DonorsTrust</a>, a spin-off of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philanthropy_Roundtable" title="Philanthropy Roundtable">Philanthropy Roundtable</a>

that functions as a large "donor-advised fund," cloaking the identity

of donors to right-wing causes across the country (CPI did a review of

Franklin's Internal Revenue Service records).<sup id="cite_ref-Abowd_7-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-Abowd-7">[8]</a></sup> <i>Mother Jones</i> called DonorsTrust "the dark-money ATM of the conservative movement" in a February 2013 article.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup> Franklin received DonorTrust's second-largest donation in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Abowd_7-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-Abowd-7">[8]</a></sup>

The Franklin Center also receives funding from the Wisconsin-based <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation" title="Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation">Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-9">[10]</a></sup> a conservative grant-making organization.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-10">[11]</a></sup>

The Franklin Center was launched by the Chicago-based <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sam_Adams_Alliance" title="Sam Adams Alliance">Sam Adams Alliance</a> (SAM),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-11">[12]</a></sup> a 501(c)(3) devoted to pushing free-market ideals. SAM gets funding from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-12">[13]</a></sup> which is partially funded by The Claude R. Lambe Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-13">[14]</a></sup> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch" class="mw-redirect">Charles Koch</a>, one of the billionaire brothers who co-own Koch Industries, sits on the board of this foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-14">[15]</a></sup> SAM also receives funding from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rodney_Fund" title="Rodney Fund">Rodney Fund</a>.</p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Ties_to_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</span></h2>

<p>The Cascade Policy Institute has ties to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC) through their former vice president, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Todd_Wynn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Todd Wynn (page does not exist)">Todd Wynn</a>, who is currently the director of the ALEC <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Energy,_Environment_and_Agriculture_Task_Force" title="Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force">Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-15">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-16">[17]</a></sup></p>

<table style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #C9D7F0;"><tbody><tr><th style="background:#2966B8; font-size:140%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #407FD4; text-align:left; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">About ALEC</th></tr><tr><td style="color:#000000;">

is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it

is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state

legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations

fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task

forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with

elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for

Media and Democracy's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alecexposed.org/">ALECexposed.org</a>, and check out breaking news on our <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.PRWatch.org">PRWatch.org site</a>.</div>

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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Criticism">Criticism</span></h2>

<p>At least one Cascade Policy Institute critic points out that the

particular formulations of "individual liberty, personal responsibility,

and economic opportunity" promoted by the institute are similar or

identical to agendas commonly favored among large business interests and

wealthy individuals. Also noted is the apparent irony of how notions

like "free markets and limited government," as promoted by organizations

like Cascade Policy Institute, often translate into support for

"billions in pork-ridden expenditure, insurance mandates, heavy-handed

central planning initiatives, property seizures..., metastatic

bureaucracy at local, state and federal levels and massive expansions in

law enforcement."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-17">[18]</a></sup></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Personnel">Personnel</span></h2>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Staff">Staff</span></h3>

<ul><li>Steve Buckstein, Senior Policy Analyst</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_A.Charles,Jr." title="John A. Charles, Jr.">John A. Charles, Jr.</a>, President and CEO</li><li>Kathryn Hickok, Publications Director and Development Coordinator</li><li>Tina Pisenti, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer</li><li>Sarah Ross, Communications Coordinator</li></ul>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Board_of_Directors">Board of Directors</span></h3>

<ul><li>Michael L. Barton, Ph.D.</li><li>William B. Conerly, Ph.D., chairman of the board</li><li>Lawrence “Larry” W. Dennis, Sr.</li><li>Gilion C. Dumas</li><li>Jon Egge</li><li>David Gore, co-founder</li><li>William Udy, finance director</li></ul>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Core_Financials">Core Financials</span></h2>

<ul><li>Total Revenue: $943,525</li><li>Total Expenses: $984,233</li><li>Net Assets: $442,438</li></ul>

<ul><li>Total Revenue: $988,404.00</li><li>Total Expenses: $976,227.00</li><li>Net Assets: $483,146.00</li></ul>

<ul><li>Total Revenue: $912,019.00</li><li>Total Expenses: $981,683.00</li><li>Net Assets: $470,969.00</li></ul>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Information">Contact Information</span></h2>

<p>4850 SW Scholls Ferry Road

Suite #103

Portland, Oregon 97225

Phone: (503) 242-0900

Fax: (503) 242-3822

Email: info AT cascadepolicy.org

Website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cascadepolicy.org/index.php">http://www.cascadepolicy.org/index.php</a></p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Resources">Articles and Resources</span></h2>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Articles">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network">State Policy Network</a>:

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Funding" title="SPN Funding">SPN Funding</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Agenda" title="SPN Agenda">SPN Agenda</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff" title="SPN Founders, History, and Staff">SPN Founders, History, and Staff</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Members" title="SPN Members">SPN Members</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Ties_to_ALEC" title="SPN Ties to ALEC">SPN Ties to ALEC</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A.Roe" title="Thomas A. Roe">Thomas A. Roe</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tracie_Sharp" title="Tracie Sharp">Tracie Sharp</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Byron_S.Lamm" title="Byron S. Lamm">Byron S. Lamm</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation" title="Roe Foundation">Roe Foundation</a></li></ul>

</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC)

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Non-Profits" title="ALEC Non-Profits">ALEC Non-Profits</a></li></ul>

</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust">DonorsTrust</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donors_Capital_Fund" title="Donors Capital Fund">Donors Capital Fund</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Family_Foundations" title="Koch Family Foundations">Koch Family Foundations</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Industries" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tanks" title="Think tanks">Think tanks</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Whitney_Ball" title="Whitney Ball">Whitney Ball</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Adam_Meyerson" title="Adam Meyerson">Adam Meyerson</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bridgett_Wagner" title="Bridgett Wagner">Bridgett Wagner</a></li></ul>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Related_PRWatch_Articles">Related PRWatch Articles</span></h3>

<ul><li>Rebekah Wilce, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/node/11909/">A

Reporters’ Guide to the "State Policy Network": the Right-Wing Think

Tanks Spinning Disinformation and Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, April 4, 2013.</li><li>Sara Jerving, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11878/alec-and-heartland-aim-crush-renewable-energy-standards-states">ALEC and Heartland Aim to Crush Renewable Energy Standards in the States</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, November 27, 2012.</li><li>Connor Gibson, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11819/meet-network-hiding-koch-money-donors-trust-and-donors-capital-fund">Meet the Network Hiding the Koch Money: "Donors Trust" and "Donors Capital Fund"</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 29, 2012.</li><li>Brendan Fischer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11490/koch-funded-mackinac-center-brings-wisconsin-act-10-provisions-alec">Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, May 2, 2012.</li><li>Sara Jerving, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source">Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source</a>, <i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 31, 2011.</li></ul>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_Resources">External Resources</span></h3>

<ul><li>Center for Media and Democracy and Arizona Working Families, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/files/Report_on_the_Goldwater_Institute_final.pdf">A Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know</a>, organizational report, March 14, 2013.</li><li>Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/14/12181/donors-use-charity-push-free-market-policies-states">Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states</a>, <i>Consider the Source</i>, February 14, 2013.</li><li>John R. Mashey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/fake2.pdf">Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2</a>, <i>DeSmog Blog</i> report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.</li><li>Andy Kroll, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/state-policy-network-union-bargaining">The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions</a>, <i>Mother Jones</i>, April 25, 2011.</li><li>Guidestar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=57-0952531">State Policy Network</a>, IRS filings and other organizational information about SPN.</li><li>Center for Policy Alternatives, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecwatch.org/cpabrochure.pdf">ALEC and the Extreme Right-Wing Agenda</a>, organizational brochure about ALEC and SPN.</li><li>John J. Miller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heymiller.com/2009/09/fifty-flowers-bloom/">Fifty Flowers Bloom: Conservative think tanks — mini–Heritage Foundations — at the state level</a>, <i>National Review</i>, November 19, 2007.</li><li>Bridge Project, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=275641&tab=grants">State Policy Network</a>, online resource listing grants to SPN and SPN's connections to other groups.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way">People for the American Way</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/state-policy-network">State Policy Network</a>, <i>RightWingWatch.org</i>, organizational resource.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/state-policy-network-spn/">Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group: State Policy Network (SPN)</a>, organizational resource.</li></ul>

<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3><p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Funding"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Funding</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Ties_to_the_Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Funding_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Funding</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Contact_Details"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Contact Details</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Criticism"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Criticism</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Sources"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#Related_SourceWatch_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#External_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">External Articles</span></a></li>

</ul>

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</ul>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Funding</span></h2>

<p>In its 2006 annual report the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a> contributed $25,000 to the Cascade Policy Institute.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Ties to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a></span></h2>

<p>The Pacific Research Institute is listed as a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a> "Statehouse News Bureau." <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup> The Franklin Center funds reporters in over 40 states.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup> Despite their non-partisan description, many of the websites funded by the Franklin Center have received criticism for their conservative bias.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup> On it's website, the Franklin Center clams that it "provides 10 percent of all daily reporting from state capitals nationwide." <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a></sup>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Funding</span></h3>

<p><b>The Franklin Center was launched by the Chicago-based </b><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sam_Adams_Alliance" title="Sam Adams Alliance"><b>Sam Adams Alliance</b></a><b> (SAM),</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-6" title=""><b>[7]</b></a></sup><b> a 501(c)(3) devoted to pushing free-market ideals. SAM gets funding from the </b><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network"><b>State Policy Network</b></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-7" title="">[8]</a></sup> which is partially funded by The Claude R. Lambe Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-8" title="">[9]</a></sup> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch" class="mw-redirect">Charles Koch</a>, one of the billionaire brothers who co-own Koch Industries, sits on the board of this foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-9" title="">[10]</a></sup> SAM also receives funding from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Fund" title="Rodney Fund">Rodney Fund</a>. The Franklin Center also receives funding from the Wisconsin-based <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation" title="Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation">Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-10" title="">[11]</a></sup> a conservative grant-making organization.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-11" title="">[12]</a></sup>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Personnel</span></h2>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_A.Charles,Jr." title="John A. Charles, Jr.">John A. Charles, Jr.</a>, President</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tina_Pisenti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tina Pisenti (page does not exist)">Tina Pisenti</a>, Vice President</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Steve_Buckstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steve Buckstein (page does not exist)">Steve Buckstein</a>, Program Director — Oregon Economic Opportunity Project</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sreya_Sarkar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sreya Sarkar (page does not exist)">Sreya Sarkar</a>, Program Director — Wheels to Wealth Project</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bina_Patel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bina Patel (page does not exist)">Bina Patel</a>, Program Director — Oregon Asset Policy Initiative</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Matt_Wingard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matt Wingard (page does not exist)">Matt Wingard</a>, Program Director — School Choice Project</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kathryn_Hickok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kathryn Hickok (page does not exist)">Kathryn Hickok</a>, Director, Children’s Scholarship Fund — Portland and Publications Director/Development Coordinator</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nancy_Wheaton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nancy Wheaton (page does not exist)">Nancy Wheaton</a>, Administrative Assistant/Media Relations</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eric_D._Dixon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric D. Dixon (page does not exist)">Eric D. Dixon</a>, Webmaster</li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Contact Details</span></h2>

<p>4850 SW Scholls Ferry Road

Suite #103

Portland, Oregon 97225

Phone: (503) 242-0900

Fax: (503) 242-3822

Email: info AT cascadepolicy.org

Website: <a href="http://www.cascadepolicy.org/index.php" class="external free" title="http://www.cascadepolicy.org/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.cascadepolicy.org/index.php</a>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Criticism</span></h2>

<p>At least one Cascade Policy Institute critic points out that the particular formulations of "individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity" promoted by the institute are similar or identical to agendas commonly favored among large business interests and wealthy individuals. Also noted is the apparent irony of how notions like "free markets and limited government," as promoted by organizations like Cascade Policy Institute, often translate into support for "billions in pork-ridden expenditure, insurance mandates, heavy-handed central planning initiatives, property seizures..., metastatic bureaucracy at local, state and federal levels and massive expansions in law enforcement."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_note-12" title="">[13]</a></sup>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Articles and Resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Sources</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> Cato Institute, <a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/237/432/2006-237432162-02d95084-9.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/237/432/2006-237432162-02d95084-9.pdf" rel="nofollow">2006 Annual Report</a>, pages 19-23.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/e/e4/Franklin_Center_Statehouse_News_Bureaus.jpg" class="external text" title="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/e/e4/Franklin_Center_Statehouse_News_Bureaus.jpg" rel="nofollow">Statehouse News Bureaus</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org" class="external text" title="http://www.sourcewatch.org" rel="nofollow">Source Watch</a>, accessed March 23, 2012</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity. <a href="http://www.franklincenterhq.org/2376/think-tank-journalism-the-future-of-investigative-reporting/" class="external text" title="http://www.franklincenterhq.org/2376/think-tank-journalism-the-future-of-investigative-reporting/" rel="nofollow">Think tank Journalism: The Future of Investigative Journalism</a>. Organizational website. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> The Portland Press Herald. <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/watchdog-website-puts-a-new-spin-on-politics_2010-10-02.html" class="external text" title="http://www.pressherald.com/news/watchdog-website-puts-a-new-spin-on-politics_2010-10-02.html" rel="nofollow">'Watchdog' website puts a new spin on politics'</a>. News website. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-4" title="">↑</a> Truthout. <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/koch-spider-web/1312231636" class="external text" title="http://www.truth-out.org/koch-spider-web/1312231636" rel="nofollow">The Koch Spider Web</a>. News website. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-5" title="">↑</a> Sara Jerving, <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source" class="external free" title="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source" rel="nofollow">http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source</a>, <a href="http://www.prwatch.org" class="external text" title="http://www.prwatch.org" rel="nofollow">PR Watch</a>, October 27, 2011</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-6" title="">↑</a> Sam Adams Alliance. <a href="http://www.samadamsalliance.org/media/5148/sam_adams_alliance_media_kit.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.samadamsalliance.org/media/5148/sam_adams_alliance_media_kit.pdf" rel="nofollow">Sam Adams Alliance Media Kit</a>. Organizational PDF. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-7" title="">↑</a> Media Matters Action Network. <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Sam_Adams_Alliance/funders" class="external text" title="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Sam_Adams_Alliance/funders" rel="nofollow">Sam Adams Alliance</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-8" title="">↑</a> Media Matters Action Network. <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/State_Policy_Network/funders" class="external text" title="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/State_Policy_Network/funders" rel="nofollow">State Policy Network</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-9" title="">↑</a> Media Matters Action Network. <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Claude_R_Lambe_Charitable_Foundation" class="external text" title="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Claude_R_Lambe_Charitable_Foundation" rel="nofollow">Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-10" title="">↑</a> The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/127259723.html" class="external text" title="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/127259723.html" rel="nofollow">Franklin Center boss wants apology from Democratic staffer</a>. News website. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-11" title="">��</a> The Bradley Foundation. <a href="http://www.bradleyfdn.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.bradleyfdn.org/" rel="nofollow">The Bradley Foundation</a>. Organizational website. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-12" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://zachdundas.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/cyclists-vs-libertarians-in-portland/" class="external text" title="http://zachdundas.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/cyclists-vs-libertarians-in-portland/" rel="nofollow">Cyclists vs ‘Libertarians’ in Portland</a></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3>

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<p>

Founded in 1991, Cascade’s stated mission is "to develop and promote public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility and economic opportunity. Cascade promotes property rights, incentives, markets and decentralized decision-making"</p>

<p>

<span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">CPI fights against action on climate change.  Their official policy states: "The truth is that the science of climate change is far from settled and there exists no consensus on the causes, effects, or future of climate change."</span>

<span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Source: Cascade Policy Institute Website</span>

http://www.cascadepolicy.org/2010/12/21/renewable-energy-woes/</p>

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CPI participates in the Charles G Koch Summer Fellow Program, funded by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch

Source: Cascade Policy Institute Website

<a href="http://www.cascadepolicy.org/2010/12/21/renewable-energy-woes/">http://www.cascadepolicy.org/2010/12/21/renewable-energy-woes/</a>

Vice President

Source: Cascade Policy Institute

<a href="http://www.cascadepolicy.org/">http://www.cascadepolicy.org/</a></p>

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<table><tbody><tr><th>Funder : Purpose</th><th>Amount</th><th>Date</th></tr><tr><td><a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Cascade_Policy_Institute/funders#" onclick="tog(237486); return false;"> <img src="/0c6f0285-7e4d-59f3-83a1-66f373bb3e07.png"/></a> <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Castle_Rock_Foundation">Castle Rock Foundation</a></td><td>$140,000</td><td> </td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Cascade_Policy_Institute/funders#" onclick="tog(237648); return false;"> <img src="/8423e3dc-799f-5a8b-a614-10f2ac529e50.png"/></a> <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/The_JM_Foundation">JM Foundation</a></td><td>$100,000</td><td> </td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Cascade_Policy_Institute/funders#" onclick="tog(237649); return false;"> <img src="/75fe06cf-22da-5a19-9f4a-bad321644b1d.png"/></a> <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Jaquelin_Hume_Foundation">Jaquelin Hume Foundation</a></td><td>$210,000</td><td> </td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Cascade_Policy_Institute/funders#" onclick="tog(237653); return false;"> <img src="/78864ee2-8b16-5311-bd6f-4fb2a8578daa.png"/></a> <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/The_Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation">Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation</a></td><td>$15,000</td><td> </td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Cascade_Policy_Institute/funders#" onclick="tog(237669); return false;"> <img src="/c979f9ac-cada-5bfb-a07f-3f0cd03f4fa8.png"/></a> <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Roe_Foundation">Roe Foundation</a></td><td>$210,000</td><td> </td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Cascade_Policy_Institute/funders#" onclick="tog(237670); return false;"> <img src="/37048e8e-ad35-52ff-a0bc-623eac9484e7.png"/></a> <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Ruth_and_Lovett_Peters_Foundation">Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation</a></td><td>$145,000</td><td> </td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Cascade_Policy_Institute/funders#" onclick="tog(237580); return false;"> <img src="/6c3b0490-ea67-5830-b821-7e61559a65a5.png"/></a> <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/State_Policy_Network">State Policy Network</a></td><td>$72,322</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table>

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