Niskanen Center
For General Operating Support
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Amount$1,000,000
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Program
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Date Awarded1/17/2019
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
The Niskanen Center is a think tank that works to promote an open society: a market open to consumer choice and producer competition; a culture open to the free exchange of ideas; a community open to cultural diversity; a border open to people; an economy open to trade; a society open to the downtrodden; a polity open to free speech and a free media; a people open to the value of science and knowledge; a nation open to the rule of law; and a government that protects these freedoms while advancing the cause of open societies around the world.
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)
