R Street Institute

R Street Institute
Formation2012
TypeThink tank
Headquarters1212 New York Ave. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Location
President
Eli Lehrer
Revenue (2015)
$4,164,948[1]
Expenses (2015)$3,471,241[1]
Websitewww.rstreet.org

The R Street Institute is an American center-right think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C.[2] The institute's stated mission is to "engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government."[3] R Street was established in 2012 when its founders split from the Heartland Institute out of disagreement with Heartland's public denial of the scientific consensus on climate change.[4] It has branch offices across the U.S.[5]

  1. ^ a b "R Street Institute" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  2. ^ Hounshell, Blake (2022-11-22). "Does Fusion Voting Offer Americans a Way Out of the Partisan Morass?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. ^ Self-description on Why R Street?
  4. ^ Graves, Lucia "Heartland Institute's Insurance Project To Depart After Controversial Billboard Campaign ", Huffington Post, 05/11/2012.
  5. ^ "Connect with R Street". R Street Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-08.