Manhattan Institute

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The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is an influential New York City-based free market think tank established in 1978. Their self-described mission is to "develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility." The Institute, known for its advocacy of free market-based solutions to policy problems, supports and publicizes research on taxes, welfare, crime, the legal system, urban life, race, education and immigration among others.Their message is communicated through books, articles, interviews, speeches, op-ed’s and through the institute's quarterly publication City Journal, targeted at policymakers, politicians, scholars and journalists.

The Institute was influential with New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani during his tenure, providing many of the ideas and direction for New York City's policies in the 1990s. The Manhattan Institute continues to shape the American political landscape through market oriented policies that as the New York Times said in May of 1997, "turn intellect into influence."

The Manhattan Institute received $19,470,416 in grants from 1985-2005, from foundations such as the Koch Family Foundations, the John M. Olin Foundation, Inc., the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Scaife Foundations, and the Smith Richardson Foundation. ^[1] The Manhattan Institute does not disclose its corporate funding, but the Capital Research Center listed its contributors as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Exxon Mobil, Chase Manhattan, Cigna, Sprint, Reliant Energy, Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, and Merill Lynch. ^[2]

People affiliated with the Manhattan Institute include:

Lawrence Mone, president
Brian C. Anderson, senior editor for City Journal
David Asman, former official, now anchor for FOX News Channel
Herman Badillo, senior fellow
J. Michael Barrett, senior fellow, Center for Policing Terrorism
Timothy Connors, director, Center for Policing Terrorism
James R. Copland, director, Center for Legal Policy
Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor, City Journal
R.P. Eddy, senior fellow, Center for Policing Terrorism
Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake, adjunct fellow Center for Civic Innovation
Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor, City Journal
Edward Glaeser, senior fellow
David Gratzer [web page], senior fellow, Center for Medical Progress
Jay P. Greene, senior fellow, Center for Civic Innovation
Regina Herzlinger, senior fellow, Center for Medical Progress
Peter W. Huber, senior fellow, Center for Legal Policy
Howard Husock, contributing editor, City Journal
Kay S. Hymowitz, contributing editor, City Journal
Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow
Stefan Kanfer, contributing editor, City Journal
George L. Kelling, senior fellow, Center for Civic Innovation
Heather Mac Donald, senior fellow and contributing editor, City Journal
Myron Magnet, editor, City Journal
Steven Malanga, senior fellow and contributing editor, City Journal
Edmund J. McMahon, senior fellow, Center for Civic Innovation
John McWhorter, senior fellow
Walter K. Olson, senior fellow, Center for Legal Policy
James Piereson, senior fellow, director, Center for the American University
Peter Salins, senior fellow, Center for Civic Innovation
Max Schulz, senior fellow
Sol Stern, contributing editor, City Journal
William J. Stern, contributing editor, City Journal
Abigail Thernstrom, senior fellow
Stephan Thernstrom, senior fellow
Julia Vitullo-Martin, senior fellow, director, Center for Rethinking Development
Benjamin Zycher, senior fellow, Center for Medical Progress

Notable members of the board of trustees [1] include: William Kristol, The Weekly Standard; Peggy Noonan, of The Wall Street Journal;Robert Rosenkranz, CEO, Delphi Financial Group, Inc.