Intercollegiate Studies Institute
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes conservative thought on college campuses.[1][2]
For other uses, see ISI.Abbreviation
ISI
22 June 1953
23-6050131
education
- 3901 Centerville Rd
- Wilmington, Del. 19807-1938
- United States
John A. Burtka IV[a]
Thomas E. Lynch
$7,078,238[b]
$6,195,894[b]
It was founded in 1953 by Frank Chodorov with William F. Buckley Jr. as its first president.[3] It sponsors lectures and debates on college campuses, publishes books and journals, provides funding and editorial assistance to a network of conservative and libertarian college newspapers, and finances graduate fellowships.[4]
Some financial information about the organization is
published on their website (for FYE 30 June 2021).[5]
However their financials shown on their website differ
somewhat from their filed IRS Form-990.[6]
For their fiscal year ending 30 June 2021[b]:
their donations were $5,809,831;
their revenue was $7,078,238;
and their expenses were $6,195,894.
History[edit]
In 1953, Frank Chodorov founded ISI as the Intercollegiate Society of Individualists, with a young Yale University graduate William F. Buckley Jr. as president.[7][8] E. Victor Milione, ISI's next and longest-serving president, established publications, a membership network, a lecture and conference program, and a graduate fellowship program. ISI has been teaching various forms of intellectual conservatism on college campuses ever since.[9]
In the 1980s, ISI and its journal Continuity, edited by Paul Gottfried, were known to feature some neo-Confederate views.[10]
Past ISI president and former Reagan administration official T. Kenneth Cribb led the institute from 1989 until 2011,[11] when Christopher G. Long took over. Cribb is credited with expanding ISI's revenue from one million dollars that year to $13,636,005 in 2005. John A. Burtka IV became president of ISI in September 2020.[12]
ISI lists its core beliefs as limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, the rule of law, free-market economics, and traditional Judeo-Christian values.[3]
Programs and activities[edit]
ISI runs a number of programs on college campuses, including student societies and student papers. It publishes a series of "Student's Guide to..." books, such as A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning.[13] It hosts conferences and other events featuring conservative speakers and academics, and provides funding for students to attend. In this funding capacity ISI is affiliated with the Liberty Fund.
ISI administers the Collegiate Network, which provides editorial and financial outreach to conservative and libertarian student journalists.[14][15]
