Niskanen Center
For General Operating Support
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Amount$400,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/22/2016
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
The Niskanen Center is a newly founded libertarian policy advocacy organization that works to change public policy through direct and pragmatic engagement in the policymaking process. The center’s four areas of concentration include climate change, immigration, defense and foreign policy, and civil liberties and technology. This grant for general operating support will enhance its capacity to carry out its mission and respond to new opportunities as they arise.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
niskanencenter.org
Address
1201 New York Ave NW, Suite 200B, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Niskanen Center is a nonprofit public policy organization dedicated to strengthening liberal democratic governance and promoting widespread prosperity and opportunity. It works to articulate, promote, and defend liberal democracy, drawing on philosophy, history, political science, and political economy.
for the State Capacity Project
The Niskanen Center is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) think tank that works to promote an open society. This grant supports the Center's new State Capacity Initiative. The initiative will bring attention and change to the neglected issues surrounding policy implementation, which too-often lead to a bureaucratic culture that stymies policy goals. (Sub-strategy: Executive Branch).
for financial planning
This organizational effectiveness grant will help Niskanen Center to improve its financial management systems. The goals of this work include improving financial reporting, compliance, budgeting, accounting, and financial planning. (Substrategy: Philanthropic Capacity)
