The Heartland Institute

American conservative and libertarian public policy think tank
Organization nonprofit_organization Q3151745
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Summary

The Heartland Institute is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Heartland Institute's field of work was climate change denial[3].
  • The Heartland Institute was a member of Cooler Heads Coalition[4].
  • The Heartland Institute was a member of The Free Speech Alliance[5].
  • The Heartland Institute is in the country of United States[6].
  • The Heartland Institute's image is recorded as Heartland Building Front.jpg[7].
  • The Heartland Institute's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[8].
  • The Heartland Institute's instance of is recorded as think tank[9].
  • The Heartland Institute's founder is recorded as David Padden[10].
  • The Heartland Institute's founder is recorded as Joseph Bast[11].
  • The Heartland Institute's headquarters location is recorded as One South Wacker[12].
  • The Heartland Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[13].
  • The Heartland Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Arlington Heights[14].
  • The Heartland Institute's ISNI is recorded as 0000000417925229[15].
  • The Heartland Institute's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123358345[16].
  • The Heartland Institute's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 173124001[17].
  • The Heartland Institute's GND ID is recorded as 10183775-6[18].
  • The Heartland Institute's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88154196[19].
  • The Heartland Institute's Commons category is recorded as The Heartland Institute[20].
  • The Heartland Institute's chairperson is recorded as Joseph A Morris[21].
  • +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Heartland Institute[22].
  • The Heartland Institute's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.14738888888889, 'lon': -88.00405555555555}[23].
  • The Heartland Institute's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07cn1b[24].
  • The Heartland Institute's location of formation is recorded as Arlington Heights[25].
  • The Heartland Institute's ISIL is recorded as OCLC-ILHLI[26].
  • The Heartland Institute's official website is recorded as https://heartland.org[27].

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Founding

Founders include David Padden[10] and Joseph Bast[11]. +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Heartland Institute[22]. Its location of formation is recorded as Arlington Heights[25].

Leadership

The Heartland Institute's chairperson is recorded as Joseph A Morris[21]. Directors / managers include H. Sterling Burnett[28], James M. Taylor[29], and Jim Lakely[30].

Operations

Headquarters locations include One South Wacker[12], a skyscraper[31], in United States[32], founded in 1982[33]; Chicago[13], a city of Illinois[34], in United States[35]; and Arlington Heights[14], a village of Illinois[36], in United States[37], founded in 1887[38].

Industry

The Heartland Institute's field of work was climate change denial[3].

Why It Matters

The Heartland Institute ranks in the top 5% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . heartland.org. Retrieved . heartland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . heartland.org. Retrieved . heartland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] ↑ . mrc.org. mrc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . heartland.org. heartland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . projects.propublica.org. projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . heartland.org. heartland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . heartland.org. heartland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . heartland.org. heartland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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