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The '''Show-Me Institute''' is a Missouri-based [[think tank]] which states that its work is "rooted in the American tradition of free markets and individual liberty. The Institute’s scholars seek to move beyond the 20th-century mindset that every problem has a government solution. Instead, they develop policies that respect the rights of the individual, encourage creativity and hard work, and nurture independence and social cooperation."<ref name="Show-Me About">[http://showmeinstitute.org/about/ "About the Show Me Institute"], accessed March 2008.</ref> It is a state think tank member of the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN).It was founded in 2005 by billionaire right-wing political donor [[Rex Sinquefield]].<ref name="WSJ"/>
==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==
In its 2006 annual report the [[Cato Institute]] stated that it provided a grant of $50,000 to the Show-Me Institute.<ref>Cato Institute, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/237/432/2006-237432162-02d95084-9.pdf 2006 Annual Report], pages 19-23.</ref>
==Personnel==
* Brenda Talent, Executive Director
* Joseph Haslag, Former Executive VP<ref name="Guidestar">Guidestar.org, [http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=20-1957878 Show-Me Institute], online IRS filings and other organizational information, accessed December 2012.</ref>
===Board of Directors===
* [[Rex Sinquefield]], President and Co-Founder<ref name="WSJ">Naomi Schaefer Riley, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203897404578078551936968168.html Meet One of the Super-PAC Men], ''Wall Street Journal'', October 26, 2012.</ref>
* R. Crosby Kemper III, Chairman
* Bevis Schock, Secretary
* Joseph Forshaw, Treasurer
* Stephen Brauer
* James Forsyth
* Louis Griesemer
* Robert Heller
* Michael Podgursky
* Gerald Reynolds
* Kevin Short<ref name="Guidestar"/>
==Contact Details==
* [[State Policy Network]]
* [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
===External Articles===
* Naomi Schaefer Riley, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203897404578078551936968168.html Meet One of the Super-PAC Men], ''Wall Street Journal'', October 26, 2012.
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