User:Reross3/Pelican Institute for Public Policy

The Pelican Institute for Public Policy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan research and education organization that conducts scholarly research and analysis of Louisiana public policy.[1]

Mission

The mission of the Institute "is to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Louisiana by educating and affecting policy makers and the Louisiana public policy debate with academically sound research and outreach."[2] They aim to fulfill this though a variety of outlets including regularly published commentaries and reports, public forums, legislative outreach, and media outreach.

Volunteers and Staff

The Pelican Institute relies on voluntary support from individuals and private foundations and businesses. It does not accept government funding and does not conduct contract research. They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. The Staff of the Pelican Institute are as follows:[3]