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The '''Institute for Humane Studies''' (IHS) is a non-profit hosted by [[George Mason University]] that acts as a [[libertarian]] recruitment firm, identifying, developing, and supporting "talented students, scholars, and other intellectuals who share an interest in liberty and in advancing the principles and practice of freedom," according to its mission statement.<ref name="about">Institute for Humane Studies, [https://www.theihs.org/history-mission History and Mission], organizational website, accessed July 8, 2014.</ref> The IHS has close ties to billionaire [[Charles Koch]], who has funded the Institute since the late 1960s.<ref>Lisa Graves, "The Koch Cartel: Their Reach, Their Reactionary Agenda, and Their Record," ''The Progressive'', July/August 2014.</ref>
According to its website, the IHS awards more than $1,000,000 in scholarships to students from universities around the world.<ref name="about"/> However, its tax filings from 2010-2012 report giving around $700,000-$800,000 in scholarship grants each year.<ref name="2012 990"/>
Along with the [[State Policy Network]],<ref>State Policy Network, [http://www.spn.org/transparency/page/spn-ihs-charles-g-koch-summer-fellow-program SPN / IHS Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program], organizational website, accessed July 2014.</ref> the IHS formerly hosted the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program, a paid summer public policy internship for undergraduate and graduate students funded by the [[Charles G. Koch Foundation]].<ref name="summer fellow">Institute for Humane Studies, "[https://www.theihs.org/koch-summer-fellow-program Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program]," organizational website, accessed May 27, 2014.</ref> HS is an "associate" member of the State Policy Network.<ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/directory/ Directory], ''State Policy Network'', 2016.</ref>
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