Acton Institute
The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is an American research and educational institution,[2] or think tank, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, (with an office in Rome) whose stated mission is "to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles".[3] Its work supports free market economic policy framed within Judeo-Christian morality.[4][5] It has been alternately described as conservative[6][7][8] and libertarian.[9][10][11] Acton Institute also organizes seminars "to educate religious leaders of all denominations, business executives, entrepreneurs, university professors, and academic researchers in economics principles."[12]
Formation
1990
- Robert A. Sirico
- Kris Alan Mauren
38-2926822
civil policy think tank
- 98 E Fulton St
- Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-3280
- United States
- Rome, Italy
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kris Alan Mauren
David Humphreys
$9,931,504[1]
$10,887,803[1]
Affiliations[edit]
The Acton Institute is a member of the State Policy Network, a network of free-market oriented think tanks in the United States.[27]
The Acton Institute has built a network of international affiliations including Centro Interdisciplinar de Ética e Economia Personalista, Brazil, Europa Institut, Austria, Institute for the Study of Human Dignity and Economic Freedom, Zambia and Instituto Acton Argentina Organization.[28]
Personnel[edit]
Besides Sirico, people associated with the institute include Anthony Bradley,[51] Jordan Ballor,[52] Stephen Grabill,[53] Michael Matheson Miller,[54] Marvin Olasky,[55] Kevin Schmiesing,[56] and Jonathan Witt.[57] The institute's director of research is Samuel Gregg, author of the prize-winning book The Commercial Society.[58] Andreas Widmer is a research fellow in entrepreneurship for the research department.[59]
Current and former members of the institute's board of directors include Alejandro Chafuen, former president of the Atlas Network; Gaylen Byker, president emeritus of Calvin College; Sean Fieler, Equinox Partners; Leslie Graves, president of the Lucy Burns Institute; Frank Hanna III of Hanna Capital; and Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute.[60]
