Fraser Institute

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Fraser Institute

Summary

Fraser Institute is a think tank^[1]. It draws 174 Wikipedia views per month (think_tank category, ranking #24 of 207).^[2]

Key Facts

Fraser Institute's field of work was economic policy^[3].
A notable work attributed to Fraser Institute is Tax Freedom Day^[4].
Fraser Institute was a member of Atlas Network^[5].
Fraser Institute is in the country of Canada^[6].
Fraser Institute's instance of is recorded as think tank^[7].
Fraser Institute's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[8].
Fraser Institute's founder is recorded as Michael Walker^[9].
Fraser River is named after Fraser Institute^[10].
Fraser Institute's logo image is recorded as Fraser Institute logo.svg^[11].
Fraser Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Vancouver^[12].
Fraser Institute's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404769466^[13].
Fraser Institute's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125449046^[14].
Fraser Institute's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA02868624^[15].
+1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fraser Institute^[16].
Fraser Institute's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pc8_^[17].
Fraser Institute's official website is recorded as https://www.fraserinstitute.org/^[18].
Fraser Institute's sponsor is recorded as ExxonMobil^[19].
Fraser Institute's sponsor is recorded as Koch, Inc.^[20].
Fraser Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+39'}^[21].
Fraser Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+48'}^[22].
Fraser Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+57'}^[23].
Fraser Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+66'}^[24].
Fraser Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+72'}^[25].
Fraser Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+97'}^[26].
Fraser Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+90'}^[27].

Body

Founding

Fraser Institute's founder is recorded as Michael Walker^[9]. +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[16].

Operations

Fraser Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Vancouver^[12].

Industry

Fraser Institute's field of work was economic policy^[3].

Why It Matters

Fraser Institute draws 174 Wikipedia views per month (think_tank category, ranking #24 of 207).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

⭐ Popularity Graph

1/100 established

🌐 Wiki Languages

13 / 423 langs

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 171h

390/mo 599/yr

🔗 Readers Also Explored · clickstream

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Atlas Network

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Quick Facts

Instance of think tank, nonprofit organization

Field of work economic policy

Notable work Tax Freedom Day

Inception 1974

Founder Michael Walker

Headquarters location Vancouver

Country Canada

Official website www.fraserinstitute.org

Country Canada

Website www.fraserinstitute.org

Inception 1974

Member of Atlas Network

Founded by Michael Walker

Instance of think tank, nonprofit organization

Headquarters Vancouver

Field of work economic policy

Properties

Donations 2.8M (1.7M–10.0M, n=25)

Employees 63 (39–97, n=19)

Employees amount: +39, amount: +48, amount: +57, amount: +66, amount: +72, amount: +97, amount: +90, amount: +71, amount: +68, amount: +73, amount: +55, amount: +52, amount: +70, amount: +51, amount: +50, amount: +47, amount: +54, amount: +65, amount: +63

Funder Peter Munk

Interested in privatization

Legal form 501(c)(3) organization

Member of Atlas Network

Named after Fraser River

Notable work Tax Freedom Day

Organisation tax status charitable organization in Canada

Political ideology libertarianism, conservatism, right-libertarianism, conservatism in Canada

Revenue 16.8M (6.3M–16.8M, n=25)

Significant person Antony Fisher, Sally C Pipes

Social media followers 35k (17k–35k, n=10)

Sponsor ExxonMobil, Koch, Inc.

Total assets 19.3M (4.2M–20.3M, n=25)

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External References (30)

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Scilit organization id 59045

Viaf cluster id 125449046

X (twitter) username fraserinstitute

Youtube channel id UCf5Ow5haYUhnADeYTzdsF-g

🌐 Available in 11 languages

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🏷️ Also known as

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🔗 Connections

← Affiliated with 5

Andrew Sixsmith, Param Joshi, Parminder Singh Kalsi, Pooya Taheri, Su Hong Kim

Political ideology 3

conservatism, libertarianism, right-libertarianism

Created notable works 2

Antony Fisher, Michael Walker

Instance of 2

nonprofit organization, think tank

Sponsor 2

ExxonMobil, Koch, Inc.

Country 1

Canada

Edited works 1

Economic Freedom of the World

Field of work 1

economic policy

Founder 1

Michael Walker

Funder 1

Peter Munk

Headquarters location 1

Vancouver

Interested in 1

privatization

Legal form 1

501(c)(3) organization

Member of 1

Atlas Network

Named after 1

Fraser River

Notable work 1

Tax Freedom Day

Significant person 1

Antony Fisher

← Affiliation 1

Atlas Network

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Fraser Institute

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