Rockford Institute
The Rockford Institute was an American conservative think-tank associated with paleoconservatism, based in Rockford, Illinois.[2] Founded in 1976, it ran the John Randolph Club[3] and published the magazine Chronicles. In 2018 the Rockford Institute merged with the Charlemagne Institute (renamed from Intellectual Takeout in 2018), which became the new publisher of Chronicles.[4] The Charlemagne Institute describes itself as "leading a cultural movement to defend and advance Western Civilization, the foundation of our American republic."[5]
Named after
Charlemagne Institute
Charlemagne Institute
1976
John A. Howard
2018
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cultural advocacy
- Rockford, IL
- United States
Revenue: $467,026
Expenses: $1,148,857
(FYE June 2016)[1]
Chronicles, the Rockford Institute, and since 2018 the Charlemagne Institute have been described as central to the paleoconservative intellectual movement.[6] Chronicles peaked in the 1990s[7] and helped shape the paleoconservative revival that accompanied Patrick Buchanan's 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns.[8] At its peak, it had 15,000 subscribers.[7] As of September 2016 there were 6,700 subscribers.[9]