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Remember PRI in your 2024 year-end giving
There’s nothing more contagious than a bad idea
Since our founding 45 years ago, PRI has established itself as one of the leading free-market think tanks in America. We fight against an overreaching government that thinks it should have more control over our lives than we do. Our work would not be possible without the support of individuals ...
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Support PRI on Giving Tuesday
Support PRI This Giving Tuesday
At the Pacific Research Institute, we are excited to participate in Giving Tuesday not just because of our status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, but because we know that nonprofits are often at the forefront of innovative solutions to pressing social problems – problems that government bureaucracies are inadequately prepared ...
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Remember PRI in your year-end giving
Your Gift is a Critical Investment in PRI’s Future
As the year draws to a close, the Pacific Research Institute team has taken time to reflect on all that we have accomplished this year. In 2023, our research centers focused on crafting and promoting free-market policies that preserve our nation’s culture of innovation and economic growth, without the suffocating ...
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Your Support Makes Our Work Possible
Support PRI on Giving Tuesday 2023
As we celebrate #GivingTuesday and the start of the holiday season, all of us at the Pacific Research Institute have a lot to be thankful for. We are particularly grateful for the generosity of our supporters across the nation who have partnered with us in 2023 to advance personal freedom ...
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Reclaiming Liberty by Supporting PRI in Your End of Year Giving
As 2022 draws to a close, I cannot help but look back on all that we have accomplished this past year at the Pacific Research Institute. PRI is influencing the debate and having impact in a number of key policy areas, including health care, education, economic growth, poverty, homelessness, and ...
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Reclaiming Liberty on Giving Tuesday
Standing together, we are spreading the message of limited government, free enterprise, and personal responsibility far and wide throughout our state and nation. Our supporters powered our successes in 2022— from blocking single-payer health care in California to exposing the failures of disastrous initiatives on homelessness and climate change. Today ...
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Support PRI’s Campaign for America’s Future on Giving Tuesday
Today marks Giving Tuesday—a global movement to inspire generosity around the world. At the Pacific Research Institute, we are grateful to all our donors who have generously supported our work to advance market-driven policies that fulfill our mission to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all Americans. We certainly ...
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Supreme Court Considers Threat to Donor Privacy
The rise of “cancel culture” and increasing hostility toward those with opposing viewpoints have ignited important debates over free speech and association – particularly where social media platforms are concerned. In recent years, the harassment of Americans who do not march in lockstep with – and support – a particular ...
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PRI Advances Free Market Policy Victories in Challenging, Turbulent Year
This year has been a challenging one for our nation – and a particularly turbulent time in PRI’s home state of California. 2020 ushered in weeks of rioting and protesting, devastating wildfires, pandemic restrictions and draconian lockdowns, a worsening homelessness crisis, and unaccountable social services. We saw a continued exodus ...
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PRI is Reclaiming the American Dream on Giving Tuesday 2020
“To restrain the growth and the power of government to deprive people of personal freedom. That is what PRI is all about. And it’s why this organization admirably fights so far above its weight.” That’s what former California Governor Pete Wilson said at the Pacific Research Institute’s Annual Thatcher Gala ...
Remember PRI in your 2024 year-end giving
There’s nothing more contagious than a bad idea
Since our founding 45 years ago, PRI has established itself as one of the leading free-market think tanks in America. We fight against an overreaching government that thinks it should have more control over our lives than we do. Our work would not be possible without the support of individuals ...
Support PRI on Giving Tuesday
Support PRI This Giving Tuesday
At the Pacific Research Institute, we are excited to participate in Giving Tuesday not just because of our status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, but because we know that nonprofits are often at the forefront of innovative solutions to pressing social problems – problems that government bureaucracies are inadequately prepared ...
Remember PRI in your year-end giving
Your Gift is a Critical Investment in PRI’s Future
As the year draws to a close, the Pacific Research Institute team has taken time to reflect on all that we have accomplished this year. In 2023, our research centers focused on crafting and promoting free-market policies that preserve our nation’s culture of innovation and economic growth, without the suffocating ...
Your Support Makes Our Work Possible
Support PRI on Giving Tuesday 2023
As we celebrate #GivingTuesday and the start of the holiday season, all of us at the Pacific Research Institute have a lot to be thankful for. We are particularly grateful for the generosity of our supporters across the nation who have partnered with us in 2023 to advance personal freedom ...
Reclaiming Liberty by Supporting PRI in Your End of Year Giving
As 2022 draws to a close, I cannot help but look back on all that we have accomplished this past year at the Pacific Research Institute. PRI is influencing the debate and having impact in a number of key policy areas, including health care, education, economic growth, poverty, homelessness, and ...
Reclaiming Liberty on Giving Tuesday
Standing together, we are spreading the message of limited government, free enterprise, and personal responsibility far and wide throughout our state and nation. Our supporters powered our successes in 2022— from blocking single-payer health care in California to exposing the failures of disastrous initiatives on homelessness and climate change. Today ...
Support PRI’s Campaign for America’s Future on Giving Tuesday
Today marks Giving Tuesday—a global movement to inspire generosity around the world. At the Pacific Research Institute, we are grateful to all our donors who have generously supported our work to advance market-driven policies that fulfill our mission to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all Americans. We certainly ...
Supreme Court Considers Threat to Donor Privacy
The rise of “cancel culture” and increasing hostility toward those with opposing viewpoints have ignited important debates over free speech and association – particularly where social media platforms are concerned. In recent years, the harassment of Americans who do not march in lockstep with – and support – a particular ...
PRI Advances Free Market Policy Victories in Challenging, Turbulent Year
This year has been a challenging one for our nation – and a particularly turbulent time in PRI’s home state of California. 2020 ushered in weeks of rioting and protesting, devastating wildfires, pandemic restrictions and draconian lockdowns, a worsening homelessness crisis, and unaccountable social services. We saw a continued exodus ...
PRI is Reclaiming the American Dream on Giving Tuesday 2020
“To restrain the growth and the power of government to deprive people of personal freedom. That is what PRI is all about. And it’s why this organization admirably fights so far above its weight.” That’s what former California Governor Pete Wilson said at the Pacific Research Institute’s Annual Thatcher Gala ...
