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{{#badges:AEX|SPN|CoalSwarm}}The '''Civitas Institute''' (formerly the John William Pope Civitas Institute) is a [[501(c)(3)]] tax-exempt nonprofit right-wing pressure group based in North Carolina and launched in 2005 to "facilitate the implementation of conservative policy solutions." It calls itself a "[[think tank]]." It gets most of its funding from North Carolina businessman and politician [[Art Pope]] (John William Pope's son). A 2010 ''Facing South'' comparison of the tax records filed by the Civitas Institute and the [[John Williams Pope Foundation]] -- which Art Pope chairs -- reveals that Pope's backing has constituted [http://www.southernstudies.org/assets_c/2010/10/Pope%20Funding%20of%20Civitas%20Institute%20Chart.html more than 99 percent] of all the grants, donations and gifts that Civitas has received between 2005 and 2009. '''Civitas Action''' is its [[501(c)(4)]] sister organization, in which Pope is also a founding member.<ref name=ck>Chris Kromm, [http://www.southernstudies.org/2010/10/blessed-to-have-a-pope.html "Blessed to have a Pope"], ''Facing South'', October 14, 2010.</ref> According to its website, Civitas' vision is "of a North Carolina whose citizens enjoy liberty and prosperity derived from limited government, personal responsibility and civic engagement.<ref name="about">Civitas Institute, [http://www.nccivitas.org/about/ "About"], organizational website, accessed November 2012.</ref> The Civitas Institute is a member of the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN).

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