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{{#badges:SPN|AEX}}The '''Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives''' is a right-wing pressure group based in Pennsylvania that calls itself a "[[think tank]]." Commonwealth says that it "crafts free-market policies, convinces Pennsylvanians of their benefits, and counters attacks on liberty."<ref>Commonwealth Foundation, [http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/about/ Mission & Values], organizational website, accessed December 2012.</ref> The Commonwealth Foundation is a member of the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN). An August 2013 ALEC board document obtained by ''The Guardian'' lists Commonwealth as a "former SPN member,"<ref name="ALECboard">American Legislative Exchange Council, [https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/841593/alec-docs.pdf ALEC 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting Board Meeting packet], organizational documents, August 6, 2013, released by ''The Guardian'' December 3, 2013.</ref> but the SPN website still lists Commonwealth as a full member as of December 2013July 2014,<ref>State Policy Network, [http://www.spn.org/directory/stid.46/organizations.asp Directory: Pennsylvania], organizational website, accessed December 2013July 2014.</ref> and a July 2013 Commonwealth fundraising proposal to [[Searle Freedom Trust]] was included in a packet of SPN proposals in August 2013.<ref>State Policy Network, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/842271-spn-budget-proposals-state-by-state.html Searle Tax and Budget Grant Proposals], organizational fundraising proposal packet, July 29, 2013, obtained and released by ''The Guardian'' December 5, 2013.</ref>