Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
AbbreviationFIRE
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
FounderAlan Charles Kors
Harvey Silverglate
04-3467254
Headquarters510 Walnut Street, Suite 900 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′53″N 75°09′05″W / 39.9481°N 75.1513°W / 39.9481; -75.1513
President
Greg Lukianoff
Websitethefire.org

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), formerly called the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is a 501(c)(3)[1] non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the mission of protecting freedom of speech on college campuses in the United States.[2][3][4] FIRE changed its name in June 2022, when it broadened its focus from colleges to freedom of speech throughout American society.[5]

  1. ^ "Foundation For Individual Rights And Expression Inc". projects.propublica.org. ProPublica. May 9, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Powell, Michael (June 6, 2021). "Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis". The New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Capuzzi Simon, Cecilia (August 1, 2016). "Fighting for Free Speech on America's Campuses". The New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2019. FIRE receives funding from the Bradley Foundation, the Sarah Scaife Foundation and the Charles Koch Institute.
  4. ^ Rutz, David (February 3, 2022). "Ilya Shapiro controversy: Georgetown Law students speak out against liberal intolerance, cancel culture". Fox News. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
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