Cato Institute
American libertarian think tank
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Summary
Cato Institute is a think tank[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of think tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,267 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: education policy[3], energy policy[4], environmental policy[5], monetary policy[6], foreign policy[7], fiscal policy[8], economic policy[9], health policy[10], tax policy[11], commercial policy[12], information policy[13], climate change denial[14]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[15]
- Country: United States[16]
- Instance of: nonprofit organization[17]
- Founder: Ed Crane[18], Murray Rothbard[19], Charles Koch[20]
- Named after: Cato's Letters[21]
- Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[22]
- Part of the series: list of think tanks in the United States[23]
- Commons category: Cato Institute[24]
- Chairperson: Robert A. Levy[25]
- Inception: 1974[26]
- Location of formation: San Francisco[27]
- Significant event: lawsuit[28]
- Official website: https://www.cato.org/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cato Institute[30]
- Described at URL: https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cato_Institute[31]
- Political ideology: libertarianism[32]
- Motto text: Individual Liberty, Free Markets, and Peace[33]
- Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[34]
- Total revenue: 36,889,645 US dollars[35], 32,506,528 US dollars[36], 30,261,118 US dollars[37], 36,679,802 US dollars[38], 45,929,682 US dollars[39], 43,021,209 US dollars[40], 71,927,807 US dollars[41], 57,666,559 US dollars[42], 33,097,063 US dollars[43], 22,006,365 US dollars[44], 28,350,110 US dollars[45], 36,069,847 US dollars[46], 27,869,293 US dollars[47]
- Total assets: 116,844,158 US dollars[48], 103,817,347 US dollars[49], 172,218,520 US dollars[50], 135,047,209 US dollars[51], 67,083,178 US dollars[52], 60,639,117 US dollars[53], 64,520,251 US dollars[54], 72,934,328 US dollars[55], 71,182,786 US dollars[56], 78,534,414 US dollars[57], 84,854,531 US dollars[58], 84,375,877 US dollars[59], 85,585,362 US dollars[60]
Why It Matters
Cato Institute has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]