This #GivingTuesday, we invite you to join Independent Institute in advancing our mission: to boldly advance peaceful, prosperous, and free societies grounded in a commitment to human worth and dignity.


Because of your generosity, our work for liberty is thriving. While many think tanks are held hostage to partisan interests and narrow right-versus-left thinking, your support allows us to stand above the fray and set our sights high.


That’s why this #GivingTuesday, we’re turning again to our greatest champion for liberty–you.


Our independent thinking, creativity, and rigorous scholarship place us in a league of our own, but it’s your support that enables us to lead public discourse with truly innovative solutions tailor-made for the pressing issues of our time. This is your chance to amplify your impact and make sure that people–not big government–remain at the heart of meaningful change.  

Together, we can unleash an era of unparalleled human flourishing! Will you support our mission this #GivingTuesday?

Every dollar you give today will directly support our mission. True to our enterprising purpose, our operations are focused and efficient. Each year, at least 82 cents of every dollar from our supporters goes directly to our programs. Your #GivingTuesday gift will help broaden the reach of these initiatives:

  • BeyondHomeless.org: This is your chance to be a vital champion for innovative, community-led solutions to homelessness, including the incubation of campus model solutions in Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose.


  • Comparative Cultures Ethnic Studies Curriculum: Help us share this comprehensive course nationwide and teach students the balanced and positive history of America’s diversity.


  • ElIndependent.org (our Spanish-language site): Be a crucial part of our international reach across Latin America at this critical moment in history, when Latin Americans battle between collectivism and individual liberty. With our highest number of website visitors coming from Venezuela, your support will help us amplify our message and bring the principles of liberty to even broader audiences hungry for our voces de libertad.


  • Inspire the next generation with the principles of liberty through engaging initiatives like our satirical Love Gov series, with its fourth season coming soon! We’re reaching young audiences with humor and insight and sparking conversations about freedom and personal responsibility.


  • Spark intellectual curiosity and help fund the rigorous research behind our books, journals, research papers, and policy reports—work that informs policy, creates meaningful dialogue, and advances the cause of liberty.

Friend, you and I know that a world with more liberty and less government is a better world–not just for Americans, but for people around the globe.


Will you stand by me and ensure a better, freer future for all?

What Our Supporters Say About Us

“The research aspect of the Independent Institute provides leaders and citizens with a framework of how perennial social and economic issues can be solved through cooperation.”

—David C. Humphreys, President and Chief Executive Officer at TAMKO


“Regarding homelessness, the government has failed to solve this tragic problem.  The solution is not simply giving people a home, but is rather helping them regain their agency and improve their lives.  Mary Theroux and others are advancing promising alternatives to the government-driven status quo that encourage recovery and life transformation.”

—Christopher J. Rufer, Founder and President of The Morning Star Company


“Dr. John Goodman’s market-based solutions for healthcare reform and the Center on Educational Excellence are especially important. My involvement deepened when Independent launched its Love Gov video series, aimed at engaging young people with the notion of a seemingly benevolent big government imposing its views on unsuspecting young people.”

—David Nicholson