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{{stub}}{{#badges:AEX}}The '''Pioneer Institute''' (PI) is a conservative right-wing pressure group headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that describes itself as a "[[think tank]] " that describes itself as is "committed to individual freedom and responsibility, limited and accountable government, and the application of free market principles to state and local policy".<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/ Pioneer Institute], organizational website, accessed 2012</ref> Lovett Peters founded the Pioneer Institute and the [[Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation]] contributes over $100,000 a year to the Institute, according to Annual Reports available on its website.<ref name="ar">Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/annual-reports/ Annual Reports], ''Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research'', 2016.</ref> The Pioneer Institute houses and runs the Center for School Reform,<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/pioneers-staff/ Staff], organizational website, accessed February 2013.</ref> the Shamie Center for Better Government,<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/tag/shamie-center-for-better-government/ Shamie Center for Better Government], organizational website, accessed February 2013.</ref> and the Center for Economic Opportunity.<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/center-for-economic-opportunity/ Center for Economic Opportunity], organizational website, accessed February 2013.</ref> It is known for having a staff that has served in various positions in the recent Republican Massachusetts governors' administrations (Weld, Cellucci, Swift,<ref>Paul Dunphy and Mark Umi Perkings, Political Research Associates, ''[http://www.publiceye.org/libertarian/pioneer-institute/pi-summ.html The Pioneer Institute: Privatizing the Common Wealth]'', book published by research organization, July 2002.</ref> and Romney).<ref name="Globe2">Yvonne Abraham, [http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4857-DSH0-00SX-Y1NT&csi=8110&oc=00240&perma=true Pioneer Group’s Voice Grows Stronger, Think Tank’s Influence Seen In Romney’s Plan] (sub. req'd.), ''Boston Globe'', March 17, 2003.</ref> The Pioneer Institute is a member of the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN).{{About_SPN}} __TOC__==New and Controversies== ===Former PI Executive Director Charlie Baker Takes Office as Governor of Massachusetts===On January 8, 2015, Charlie Baker (R) was inaugurated as Governor of the state of Massachusetts.<ref name="baker">Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/featured/congratulations-to-gov-charlie-baker/ Congratulations to Gov. Charlie Baker], ''Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research'', January 8, 2016.</ref> Gov. Baker was an executive director of PI for many years and the organization highlighted this on its website on the day he assumed office, "Our confidence stems in part from the fact that the new Governor was one of this organization’s first executive directors, and played a role in a number of research initiatives since that time. Our founder, the late Lovett C. “Pete” Peters, is surely smiling down on today’s Inauguration with a great deal of pride."<ref name="baker"/> ===Strong Connection to Former Gov. Mitt Romney=== The following are known connections between the Pioneer Institute and 2012 U.S. presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]]: * Charles Chieppo, the institute’s current Senior Media Fellow and former director of the Pioneer Institute’s Shamie Center for Restructuring Government, was Romney’s Policy Director in the Executive Office of Administration and Finance.<ref name="Globe2"/>* Jim Peyser, the institute’s Executive Director from 1993-2000, is a member of Romney’s 2012 campaign’s education policy advisory committee, was chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Education during Romney’s administration, and was an education advisor to Romney during his time as governor.<ref name="Globe2"/>* Steve Poftak, the institute’s current Research Director, was head of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance in the Romney administration, where he oversaw the state budget.<ref>Steve Urbon, [http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120415/NEWS/204150354 Old foe resurfaces as law school pursues accreditation], ''South Coast Today'', April 15, 2012.</ref>* Charles Baker, former executive director of the Pioneer Institute, was a Romney advisor in 2003 and chaired his transition advisory committee on healthcare before he became governor.<ref>Farah Stockman, [http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=47YM-VHC0-00SX-Y0DG&csi=8110&oc=00240&perma=true ROMNEY REDRAWS 'MAZE' MAP AGENCIES BRACING FOR CONSOLIDATION OF HUMAN SERVICES] (sub. req'd.), ''Boston Globe'', February 17, 2003.</ref> Baker would go on to be the Republican Party’s gubernatorial nominee in 2010. * Kerry Healey, Romney’s Lieutenant Governor, is a current member of the Pioneer Institute’s Board of Directors.<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/board-of-directors/ Board of Directors], organizational website, accessed February 2013.</ref>* Peter Nessen simultaneously served on the Pioneer Institute’s Board of Directors<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2002/222/632/2002-222632081-1-9.pdf 2002 Form 990], organizational IRS filing, August 14, 2003.</ref> and as the chief education advisor to Romney during his time as governor.<ref>Sabrina Siddiqui, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/03/mitt-romney-bain-massachusetts-higher-education_n_1560962.html Mitt Romney's Bain Experience Failed For Massachusetts Higher Education], ''Huffington Post'', June 6, 2012.</ref>* Erin Blake Elefante, Pioneer Institute’s development director, worked on Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign.<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/erin-blake/ Erin Blake], organizational biography, accessed February 2013.</ref>* Mary Z. Connaughton, Pioneer Institute’s Director of Finance and Administration, was appointed by then-Governor Romney to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board of directors.<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/mary-z-connaughton-cpa/ Mary Z. Connaughton, CPA], organizational biography, accessed February 2013.</ref>* Josh Archambault, current Director of Health Care Policy at the Pioneer Institute, was a senior legislative aide in the Massachusetts Governor’s Office during the Romney administration.<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/joshua-archambault/ Joshua Archambault], organizational biography, accessed February 2013.</ref>* Former District Court Judge Daniel B. Winslow, who served as then-Gov. Romney’s chief legal counsel,<ref>Michael Levenson, [http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/02/06/dan-winslow-former-judge-and-romney-aide-moves-toward-senate-run/P9sPcRxXctIubeGa2JIkwL/story.html Former Romney aide close to run for Senate seat], ''Boston Globe'', February 6, 2013.</ref> won the institute’s “Better Government” competition for proposals to reform the judiciary.<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/better-government-competition/ Better Government Competition], organizational website, accessed February 2013.</ref> ===2003 Massachusetts Board of Education Ethics Tangle=== The Pioneer Institute was the subject of controversy when the state Ethics Commission investigated several members of the Massachusetts Board of Education in 2003. As the board was getting ready to vote on 11 proposed charter schools, board member Charles D. Baker asked the state Ethics Commission if he should recuse himself due to the fact he sat on the Pioneer Institute’s Board of Directors, and six of the 11 charter proposals were submitted by people who received training, support, and a $50,000 stipend (each) from the Pioneer Institute. Baker had previously recused himself of charter school votes in 2002. Two other members of the nine-person board of education also had ties with the Pioneer Institute: Abigail Thernstorm, who was an academic advisor to the institute; and Chairman James Peyser, who was the institute’s former executive director. Peyser did not ask for the Ethics Commission’s opinion, and Thernstorm was cleared to vote by the commission as long as she disclosed her relationship with the Pioneer Institute to the governor’s office (Mitt Romney). Baker ended up not attending the voting meeting, and therefore did not vote, due to a scheduling conflict.<ref>Steve LeBlanc, [http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=480X-MMC0-009F-S36P&csi=304481&oc=00240&perma=true Ethics panel weighing whether board members should withdraw from charter vote] (sub. req'd.), ''Associated Press'', February 24, 2003.</ref> The matter was later brought up in court when the city of North Adams sued the Board of Education, the state’s education commissioner, and the attorney general over the constitutionality of charter schools since they are both publicly funded and privately run. The lawsuit claimed that there was a conflict of interest in the approval of several charter schools due to their connections, present and past, to the Pioneer Institute. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court in 2004.<ref>Ken Maguire, [http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4873-SVG0-009F-S0MJ&csi=304481&oc=00240&perma=true Lawsuit challenges state's charter school system] (sub. req'd.), ''Associated Press'', March 25, 2003.</ref> ==Ties to the Bradley Foundation==In 2014 the Pioneer Institute received [[Contributions of the Bradley Foundation | $50,000]] from the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]. Bradley detailed the most recent grants in internal documents examined by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Below is a description of the grant prepared by CMD. The quoted text was written by Bradley staff. '''2014''': $50,000 to support its distribution of its study on the impact of the Common Core State Standards. “Faced with the prospect of the Common Core Initiative overwhelming its successful K 12 reform effort, the Pioneer Institute produced a series of white papers from 2010 13 in the US Department of Education’s promotion of the CCSSI. These papers found the following: that under the Common Core high performing states such as Massachusetts, California, Indiana, Georgia and New Hampshire would see a significant reduction in student exposure to classic works of literature, higher level math and history and civics courses; that under the Common Core the federal government was in violation of laws prohibiting the US Department of Education from directing K 12 curricula, curricular materials, and instructional practice in the states; and that under the Common Core some $16 billion in unfunded mandates will be placed on the states.” Pioneer planned to use the grant to publish its findings, authored by Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars. “Pioneer will work with strategic partners such as Heritage, Cato, the American Principles Project and SPN and certain key attorneys general to provide testimony on the Core and to develop a public policy at the state level for the adoption of K 12 state curricular standards.”{{Bradley}}==Ties to the Koch Brothers==The Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research has strong ties to the Koch Brothers. PI is a "partner organization" in the [[Charles Koch Institute]]'s Liberty@Work program, which places students at its Institute in non-profits aligned with Koch interests across the country.<ref>Charles Koch Institute, [https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/professional-education/partner-organizations/ Partner Organizations], ''Charles Koch Institute'', 2016.</ref> In addition, [[David Koch]] has contributed over a $100,000 a year nearly every year between 1998 and 2014.<ref name="ar"/> {{Template:KochConnection}}

PI is also The Pioneer Institute has ties to the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC). It has been listed as a new member of the ALEC [[Education Task Force]].<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/35_day_mailing_ed_stfs2012(1).pdf Education Task Force Meeting, Spring Task Force Summit, The Westin Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 11, 2012], organizational meeting agenda, May 11, 2012, document obtained and released by Common Cause.</ref><ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/press_releases/rejection-of-anti-common-core-model-legislation-a-sad-end-to-a-bizarre-process/ Rejection of Anti-Common Core Model Legislation a Sad End to Bizarre Process], organizational press release, November 29, 2012.</ref> and the [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]. An August 2013 ALEC board document obtained by ''The Guardian'' suggests that the Pioneer Institute terminated its ALEC membership on file with CMDMarch 18, 2013 after it was "kicked out of ALEC (?) because of education issue"<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>(presumably a resolution in opposition to Common Core that passed the Education Task Force twice but was voted down by ALEC's board).<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/press_releases/rejection-of-anti-common-core-model-legislation-a-sad-end-to-a-bizarre-process/ Rejection of Anti-Common Core Model Legislation a Sad End to a Bizarre Process], organizational press release, November 29, 2012.</ref> SPN is also a private sector member of ALEC. '''See [[SPN Ties to ALEC]] for more.''' 

{{Template:Franklin Ties}} ==History=Funding= The Pioneer Institute was founded with a $160,000 grant (and matching grants requested from personal friends)<ref name="Globe">Joan Vennochi, [http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3SJD-VDF0-0038-832T&csi=8110&oc=00240&perma=true Pioneer Institute, which has the ear of the new governor, emerged from the rubble of conservative think tanks] (sub. req'd.), ''Boston Globe'', December 11, 1990.</ref> in 1988 by businessman Lovett C. Peters (1913-2010), who made his millions in the oil and gas industry, including at Energy Ventures, Conoco, and Bankers Trust. Civil rights attorney Harvey A. Silverglate told the ''Boston Globe'' upon Peters' death in 2010, "His creature, the Pioneer Institute, follows Pete’s lead . . ." Peters' son Daniel runs the Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation, a major donor to the cause of education privatization.<ref>J.M. Lawrence, [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/11/19/lovett_pete_peters_founder_of_pioneer_institute_at_97/?page=The Franklin full Obituaries: Lovett ‘Pete’ Peters, founder of Pioneer Institute; at 97], ''Boston Globe'', November 19, 2010.</ref> Peters received the "Roe Award" -- named after SPN founder [[Thomas A. Roe]] -- from SPN and the "Champions of Freedom Award" from SPN member the [[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]] in Michigan. He was launched a member of the [[Mont Pelerin Society]]<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100110211041/http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/about_lovett_c_peters.php About: Pioneer's Staff: Lovett C. Peters], organizational website, archived by the ChicagoWayBack Machine January 10, 2010.</ref> (a right-based wing "free market" organization convened in 1947 by economist [[F.A. Hayek]] that counts among its current and former members [[Charles G. Koch]]<ref>[[Mercatus Center]], [http://mercatus.org/charles-koch Charles Koch], organizational biography, accessed February 2013.</ref> and [[Sam Adams AllianceThomas A. Roe]] (SAM),.<refname="CRC">Sam Adams AllianceJohn J. Miller, [httphttps://www.samadamsalliancecapitalresearch.org/mediapubs/5148pdf/sam_adams_alliance_media_kitv1185478634.pdf Sam Adams Alliance Media KitSafeguarding a Conservative Donor’s Intent: The Roe Foundation at 39], ''Foundation Watch'', Capital Research Center publication, May 2007, accessed September 2012</ref> According to the ''Boston Globe'', "the Shamie Foundation . . . is actually the forebear of the Pioneer Institute, which took over its registration number with the secretary of state's office and the attorney general's division of public charities. [Prominent Massachusetts Republican politician Raymond] Shamie is a contributor to Pioneer." Shamie was chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party when Pioneer was founded in 1988. The Institute spent the two years between its founding and the election of Massachusetts' first Republican governor in 16 years, [[William F. Weld]], "trash[ing]state programs," and the ''Globe'' called the organization "an agenda-setting forum for the administration" of then-Governor-elect Weld.<ref name="Globe"/> The Institute has focused on charter schools and education reform in Massachusetts since the early 1990s. Organizational PDF<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute. Accessed August 19org/pioneers-record-of-achievement/ Pioneer's "Record of Achievement]," organizational website, 2011accessed February 2013.</ref> The organization also focuses on government transparency, privatization, economic development, government spending, and healthcare. ==Funding== SPN think tanks do not as a 501general rule publicly disclose their donors. Pioneer, however, does list select donors (cwithout specific donation amounts)(3) devoted in its [http://pioneerinstitute.org/annual-reports/ annual reports], which show that David Koch has given at least $100,000 a year directly to pushing freethe organization in most years since 1998.<ref>Pioneer Institute, [http://pioneerinstitute.org/annual-market idealsreports/ Annual Reports], organizational website, accessed November 2013. SAM gets funding from </ref> CMD has also discovered that [[David Koch]] gave $125,000 directly to the Massachusetts-based SPN member think tank [[State Pioneer Institute for Public Policy NetworkResearch]]in 2007,making him (individually) the largest donor that year. A list of 2007 funders that was disclosed to the IRS was inadvertently made public. That list of funders -- featuring Pennsylvania-based Sovereign Bank, oil and gas magnate Lovett C. Peters, banker William Edgerly, retired Blue Seal Feeds CEO Dean Webster (former director of the right-wing think tank Capital Research Center), Mitt Romney's lieutenant governor Kerry Healey, and textile heir Roger Milliken in addition to David Koch -- provides an important case study in how SPN's member think tanks are funded, and by whom.<ref>Media Matters Action Network. Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [http://mediamattersactionwww.guidestar.org/transparencyFinDocuments/2007/organization222/Sam_Adams_Alliance632/2007-222632081-040b0d54-9.pdf 2007 Form 990], organizational IRS filing, April 28, 2008, Schedule B on file with CMD.</ref> Other known funders Sam Adams Allianceof the Pioneer Institute include: * [[Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation]]: $641,000 (1997-2006)<ref>Center for Media and Democracy, [[Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation 990s]], review of foundation's IRS filings, 1997-2006. Conservative Transparency</ref>* [[David H. Koch Foundation]]: $300,000 (1995-2001)<ref>Center for American Progress Action Fund, [http://www.scribd. Accessed August 19com/doc/52309945/Koch-Brothers The Koch Brothers: What You Need to Know About the Financiers of the Radical Right], organizational report, April 2011, p. 9.</ref> which is partially funded by The Claude R<ref>Center for Media and Democracy, [[Koch Family Foundations]], review of IRS Form 990s for Koch family foundations, including the David H. Lambe Koch Charitable Foundation, accessed February 2013.</ref><ref>Media Matters Action Network. National Education Association, "[http://mediamattersactionweb.archive.org/transparencyweb/20020215020529/http://www.nea.org/organizationpubliced/State_Policy_Networkpaycheck/funders paychkj.html State Policy NetworkMembers]," ''The Real Story Behind 'Paycheck Protection': The Hidden Link Between Anti-Worker and Anti-Public Education Initiatives: An Anatomy of the Far Right'', organizational report, 1998. Conservative Transparency</ref>*[[Jacqueline Hume Foundation]]: $309,500 (1999-2011)<ref>Center for Media and Democracy, [[Jacqueline Hume Foundation 990s]], ''SourceWatch. Accessed August 19org'', review of foundation's IRS Form 990s, 1999-2011, accessed February 2013.</ref> * [[Charles KochSmith Richardson Foundation]]: $50,000 (1996)<ref>Media Transparency, [http://web.archive.org/web/20090224000825/http://mediatransparency.org/recipientsoffunder.php?funderID=6 recipients by amount granted from: Smith Richardson Foundation], one of research website, archived by the billionaire brothers who coWayBack Machine on February 24, 2009.</ref>* [[Roe Foundation]]: $83,000 (1998-own Koch Industries2011)<ref>Center for Media and Democracy, [[Roe Foundation#Forms 990]], sits on the board review of this foundation's IRS filings, 1998-2011.</ref>* [[Walton Family Foundation]]: $479,650 (1998-2001 and 2011)<ref>Walton Family Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/1998/133/441/1998-133441466-1-F.pdf 1998 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, November 11, 1999.</ref><ref>Walton Family Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2000/133/441/2000-133441466-1-F.pdf 2000 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, November 13, 2001.</ref><ref>Walton Family Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2001/133/441/2001-133441466-1-9.pdf 2001 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, November 12, 2002.</ref><ref>Walton Family Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/133/441/2011-133441466-08bac74b-F.pdf 2011 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, November 14, 2012.</ref>* [[John M. Olin Foundation]]: $2,000 (1992)<ref>Media Matters Action NetworkTransparency, [http://web.archive. [org/web/20100615134301/http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Claude_R_Lambe_Charitable_Foundation Claude RJohn_M_Olin_Foundation/grants John M. Lambe Charitable Olin Foundation: Grants], research website, archived by the WayBack Machine on June 15, 2010.</ref>* Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation (family foundation of Pioneer's founder, Lovett Peters, with money made in energy industry): $423,100 (1999-2011)<ref>Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation, [http://www.guidestar. Conservative Transparencyorg/FinDocuments/1999/046/748/1999-046748820-1-F. Accessed pdf 1999 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, August 1915, 20112000.</ref> SAM also receives funding from the <ref>Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2007/046/748/2007-046748820-03f6a004-F.pdf 2007 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, May 5, 2008.</ref><ref>Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation, [Rodney Fundhttp://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2009/208/934/2009-208934367-06801598-F.pdf 2008 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, November 4, 2010.</ref><ref>Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2010/208/934/2010-208934367-07651dff-F.pdf 2010 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, August 12, 2011. The Franklin Center also receives funding from the Wisconsin</ref><ref>Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/208/934/2011-208934367-08b3eec6-based F.pdf 2011 Form 990], foundation's IRS filing, November 12, 2012.</ref>*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]: [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Contributions_of_the_Bradley_Foundation $50,000] (2014) *[[Donors Trust]] and [[Donors Capital Fund]]: [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust_and_Donors_Capital_Fund_Grant_Recipients $246,400] (2010-2013) ==Core Financials== '''<big>2015</big>'''<ref>The Milwaukee Journal SentinelPioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [http://pdfs.citizenaudit.org/2017_05_EO/22-2632081_990_201609.pdf 2015 Form 990], organizational annual IRS filing, April 27, 2017. </ref>* Total Revenue: $2,333,932* Total Expenses: $2,030,653* Net Assets: $3,589,105 '''<big>2014</big>'''<ref>Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [http://wwwpdfs.citizenaudit.org/2014_05_EO/22-2632081_990_201309.jsonlinepdf 2014 Form 990], organizational annual IRS filing, April 8, 2016.com</ref>* Total Revenue: $2,178,130* Total Expenses: $1,822,097* Net Assets: $3,002,082 '''<big>2013</big>'''<ref>Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [http:/blogs/newspdfs.citizenaudit.org/1272597232014_05_EO/22-2632081_990_201309.html Franklin Center boss wants apology from Democratic stafferpdf 2013 Form 990], organizational annual IRS filing, May 15, 2015.</ref>* Total Revenue: $1,588,496* Total Expenses: $1,655,532* Net Assets: $2,646,048 '''<big>2012</big>'''<ref>Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [http://pdfs.citizenaudit. News websiteorg/2014_05_EO/22-2632081_990_201309.pdf 2012 Form 990], organizational annual IRS filing, March 31, 2014. Accessed August 19</ref>* Total Revenue: $1,672,604* Total Expenses: $1,622,706* Net Assets: $2,678, 229 '''<big>2011.</big>'''<ref> a conservative grantPioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, [https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2013_03_EO/22-making organization2632081_990_201209.pdf 2011 Form 990], organizational annual IRS filing, February 21, 2013.</ref>The Bradley Foundation* Total Revenue: $2,204,323* Total Expenses: $1,616,241* Net Assets: $2,628,329 '''<big>2010</big>'''<ref>Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, IRS form 990, 2010. [http://www.bradleyfdnguidestar.org/ The Bradley FoundationGuideStar]. Organizational website</ref>:*Total Revenue: $1,255,039*Total Expenses: $1,475,754*Net Assets:$2,040,246 '''<big>2009</big>'''<ref>Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, IRS form 990, 2009. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar]. Accessed August 19</ref>:*Total Revenue: $1,255,039*Total Expenses: $1,475,754*Net Assets: $2,040,246 '''<big>2008</big>'''<ref>Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, IRS form 990, 20112008. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar].</ref>:*Total Revenue: $1,372,090*Total Expenses: $1,342,630*Net Assets: $1,715,824

*Mary Z. Connaughton, Director of Government Transparency & Director of Finance and Administration*Joshua ArchambaultBarbara Anthony, Director of Health Care Policy and Program ManagerSenior Fellow in Healthcare*Tom Birmingham, Middle Cities InitiativeDistinguished Senior Fellow in Education

*Erin ElefanteRebekah Paxton: Research Assistant*Gregory Sullivan, Research Director, Director of the Centers for Better Government and Economic Opportunity*Chase Bosworth, Communications Assistant*Lauren Corvese, DevelopmentCoordinator and Research Assistant

*Iliya AtanasovGeorge Parker, Director of Individual Giving*Joshua Archambault, Senior Fellow*Cara Candal, Senior Fellow on Financein Education

*Amy LischkoIliya Atanasov, Senior Fellow on Health CareFinance*Lovett C. Peters Fellow in Healthcare*John Sivolella, Senior Fellow in Law and Policy 

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