Niskanen Center

For Research On Clean Infrastructure, Industrial Finance, And The Struggling Regions Initiative

  • Amount
    $750,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    11/1/2021
  • Term
    12.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Program
Overview
This grant will support the Niskanen Center in its efforts to promote the ambitious use of industrial and energy-transmission policies to accelerate decarbonization and develop the economies of struggling regions in the U.S. The Niskanen Center is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank founded in 2015 by former libertarians who were interested in developing a center-right alternative to neoliberalism and promoting an open society to counter right-wing populism and its nationalist vision of the country’s future. Two separate Niskanen departments — Climate Policy and Poverty and Welfare Policy — will undertake the proposed work as a joint initiative. Specific research, communications, and policy development efforts will be designed to overcome the substantial coordination and information failures that prevent the economy from decarbonizing and reaching its full potential. Changes to the way the U.S. approaches economic development and energy transmission will be developed, with an emphasis on providing benefits to the country’s struggling regions. In this way, Niskanen aims to address regional inequalities, while building support and reducing political resistance to decarbonization. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy).
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)

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