List of think tanks in the United States

This is a list of think tanks in the United States.

Politics and economy

• Acton Institute
• Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
• America First Policy Institute
• American Action Forum
• American Civil Rights Union
• American College of Pediatricians
• American Enterprise Institute
• American Institute for Economic Research
• Atlas Network
• Ayn Rand Institute
• Beacon Center of Tennessee
• Beacon Hill Institute
• Berggruen Institute
• Bipartisan Policy Center
• Brookings Institution
• Buckeye Institute
• Caesar Rodney Institute
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Cascade Policy Institute
• Cato Institute
• Center for a Just Society
• Center for American Progress
• Center for Automotive Research
• Center for Development and Strategy
• Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Center for Freedom and Prosperity
• Center for Governmental Research
• Center for Immigration Studies
• Center for Media and Democracy
• Center for National Policy
• Center for Public Integrity
• Center for Public Justice
• Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
• Center of the American Experiment
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Claremont Institute
• Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
• Committee for Economic Development
• Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Concord Coalition
• Constitution Project
• Copenhagen Consensus Center
• Council on Competitiveness
• Demos
• Discovery Institute
• Drum Major Institute
• Economic Opportunity Institute
• Economic Policy Institute
• Evergreen Freedom Foundation
• Employment Policies Institute
• Eno Center for Transportation
• Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Every Texan
• Federation for American Immigration Reform
• Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy
• Foundation for Economic Education
• Future of American Democracy Foundation
• Goldwater Institute
• Group of Thirty
• Guttmacher Institute
• Hispanic American Center for Economic Research
• Hoover Institution
• Hudson Institute
• Independence Institute
• Independent Institute
• Institute for New Economic Thinking
• Institute for Policy Studies
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• Institute on Religion and Democracy
• Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
• International Food Policy Research Institute
• James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
• James Madison Institute
• John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy
• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Kansas Policy Institute
• Levy Economics Institute
• Lexington Institute
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Lugar Center
• Mackinac Center for Public Policy
• Maine Policy Institute
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
• MassINC
• McCain Institute
• Mercatus Center at George Mason University
• Migration Policy Institute
• Milken Institute
• Mises Institute
• National Association of Scholars
• National Bureau of Asian Research
• National Bureau of Economic Research
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• National Endowment for Democracy
• National Policy Institute
• New America
• New Democrat Network
• Niskanen Center
• Oklahoma Policy Institute
• Oregon Center for Public Policy
• Pacific Research Institute
• Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University
• People's Policy Project
• Peterson Institute for International Economics
• Pew Research Center
• Philadelphia Society
• Pioneer Institute
• Policy Matters Ohio
• Population Research Institute (PRI)
• Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
• Progressive Policy Institute
• Prosperity Now
• Public Citizen
• Public Policy Institute of California
• R Street Institute
• RAND Corporation
• Reason Foundation
• Regional Plan Association
• Ripon Society
• RMI
• Rockefeller Institute of Government
• Rockford Institute
• Rockridge Institute
• Roosevelt Institute
• Seven Pillars Institute
• Show-Me Institute
• Social Science Research Council
• SRI International
• Tax Foundation
• Texas Public Policy Foundation
• The Century Foundation
• The Conference Board
• The Gravel Institute
• The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement
• The Heartland Institute
• The Heritage Foundation
• The Independent Institute
• The Reform Institute
• Third Way
• Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• Urban Institute
• W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
• Washington Policy Center
• World Sindhi Institute

• Virginia Interfaith Power and Light

International relations and security

• 38 North
• American Foreign Policy Council
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee
• American Security Council Foundation
• American Security Project
• American–Iranian Council
• Arctic Institute
• Asia Society
• Aspen Institute
• Atlantic Council
• Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Carter Center
• Center on International Cooperation
• Center for a New American Security
• Center for Advanced Defense Studies
• Center for Global Development
• Center for International Development
• Center for International Policy
• Center for International Security and Cooperation
• Center for Naval Analysis
• Center for Security and Emerging Technology
• Center for Security Policy
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Center for the National Interest (The Nixon Center)
• Center for Transatlantic Relations
• Center on Global Interests
• Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Committee on the Present Danger
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Defense Priorities
• East-West Center
• EastWest Institute
• Foreign Policy Research Institute
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Gatestone Institute
• German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Global Trade Watch
• GlobalSecurity.org
• Henry L. Stimson Center
• Institute for the Study of War
• Institute for Defense Analyses
• Institute for Indo-Pacific Security
• Institute for Science and International Security
• Inter-American Dialogue
• International Crisis Group
• Islands Society
• Israel Policy Forum
• J Street
• Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
• Middle East Forum
• Middle East Institute
• National Committee on American Foreign Policy
• National Security Network
• Open Society Foundations
• Pacific Council on International Policy
• Pacific Forum CSIS
• Peterson Institute for International Economics
• Project for the New American Century
• RTI International
• Sikh Coalition
• Special Competitive Studies Project
• Strategic Studies Institute
• Streit Council for a Union of Democracies
• Tellus Institute
• Jamestown Foundation
• The Stimson Center
• Truman National Security Project
• United States Institute of Peace
• Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• World Affairs Council
• World Resources Institute

Environment, science and technology

• Battelle Memorial Institute
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
• Center for Ethical Solutions
• Earth Institute
• Energy Innovation
• Fusion Energy Foundation
• Global Development and Environment Institute
• GTRI Office of Policy Analysis and Research
• Hastings Center
• Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
• Keck Institute for Space Studies
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council
• New England Complex Systems Institute
• Noblis
• Pacific Institute
• Property and Environment Research Center
• Resources for the Future
• RTI International (Research Triangle Institute)
• Santa Fe Institute
• Scripps Research Institute
• Watson Institute at Brown University
• Institute for Progress

• Virginia Interfaith Power and Light

Arts and humanities

• Americans for the Arts
• Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
• Center for Excellence in Higher Education
• Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement
• Foundation for Excellence in Education
• Foundation for Rational Economics and Education
• International Center for Research on Women
• International Intellectual Property Institute
• New Teacher Center
• Urban Land Institute

See also

• List of think tanks

References