Badger Institute

{{Short description|Wisconsin-based free-market think tank}} {{Infobox organization | name = Badger Institute | native_name = | named_after = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | predecessor = | merged_into = | successor = | formation = 1987 | founder = | founding_location = | extinction = | merger = | type = Nonprofit public policy think tank | tax_id = | registration_id = | status = | purpose = Promote free market economic policies in Wisconsin | headquarters = | location = Milwaukee, Wisconsin | coordinates = | region_served = | services = | products = | methods = | fields = | membership = | num_members_year = | language = | owner = | secretary_general = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Mike Nichols | leader_title2 = Chairman | leader_name2 = Thomas J. Howatt | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = | parent_organization = | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = State Policy Network | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = $867,318<ref name=financials>{{cite web |title=Badger Institute Inc - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/391592727 |website=ProPublica |access-date=19 December 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}</ref> | revenue_year = 2024 | disbursements = | expenses = $1.2 million<ref name=financials/> | expenses_year = 2024 | endowment = | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | website = {{URL|http://www.badgerinstitute.org}} | remarks = | former_name = Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | footnotes = }} The '''Badger Institute''', formerly the '''Wisconsin Policy Research Institute''', is a nonprofit policy research organization based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<ref name=stills>{{cite news|last1=Still|first1=Tom|title=Tom Still: How to harness the power of UW System for economic growth|url=http://host.madison.com/business/tom-still-how-to-harness-the-power-of-uw-system/article_2829a63c-9d42-5b72-b766-3b8156302d1b.html|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=Wisconsin State Journal|date=June 6, 2015}}</ref> It supports free markets and limited government.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Boulton|first1=Guy|title=With millions of dollars at stake, Wisconsin leaders hold fast in opposition to Obamacare|url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/as-federal-dollars-disappear-wisconsin-leaders-hold-fast-in-opposition-to-obamacare-b99543586z1-320402122.html|accessdate=27 August 2015|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=August 1, 2015}}</ref> It played a prominent role in the development of the state's school voucher program and has formulated recommendations for the state's higher education system.<ref name=stills/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Healey|first1=Patrick|last2=Davey|first2=Monica|title=Behind Scott Walker, a Longstanding Conservative Alliance Against Unions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/us/politics/behind-scott-walker-a-longstanding-conservative-alliance-against-unions.html|accessdate=10 June 2015|work=New York Times|date=June 8, 2015}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Conservatism}} * MacIver Institute

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.badgerinstitute.org}}

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Category:Political and economic think tanks in the United States Category:Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Category:Conservative organizations in the United States Category:Non-profit organizations based in Wisconsin Category:501(c)(3) organizations