Who’s the publisher?

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)

Who runs it: “We are a nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone — regardless of income, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, ZIP code, immigration status, or disability status — has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.” About page

What data it collects (privacy policy):

• “Like most organizations, when you use our website CBPP collects non-personally identifiable data in an aggregated and anonymous form.”
• “CBPP does not collect personal information about website visitors without their consent.”

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Who runs it: “The American Enterprise Institute is a public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world.” About page

What data it collects (privacy policy):

• “AEI uses cookies, pixels, beacons, and other reporting technologies across its web properties.”
• “These tools only collect aggregate, anonymous data unless you have already registered with AEI.”

Brennan Center for Justice

Who runs it: “The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law is an independent, nonpartisan law and policy organization that works to reform, revitalize, and defend our country’s systems of democracy and justice.” About page

What data it collects (privacy policy):

• “Automatically Collected Data: We automatically collect and store IP addresses and domain names of computers from visitors to our website.”
• “Cookies; Tracking Mechanisms: The Brennan Center uses cookies to prepopulate forms for users, to auto-populate forms, and to track user patterns on the Site.”

Manhattan Institute

Who runs it: “The Institute is a public policy think tank, the publisher of City Journal, and a network of emerging leaders.” About page

“The Manhattan Institute is governed by an independent board of trustees.”

What data it collects (privacy policy):

• “It includes information such as your name, mailing address, Internet Protocol (IP) address, phone number or email address.”
• “This website utilizes technologies such as cookies and scripts to enable essential site functionality, as well as for analytics, personalization, and targeted advertising.”

Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

Who runs it: “EPI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.” About page

What data it collects: We couldn’t load EPI’s privacy policy when we checked on 2026-10-13, so we don’t describe what data it collects. Look for the privacy link in the footer of epi.org.

The Heritage Foundation

Who runs it: “The Heritage Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Trustees.” About page

What data it collects (privacy policy):

• “We collect IP addresses and how visitors use, access and/or navigate throughout our Websites, including how you accessed our Websites.”
• “We collect information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, contact information, and general demographic and financial information (“identifying information”) from you when you provide it to us by filling out forms on our Websites, which includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Websites, subscribing to our service, making a donation, posting material including comments, or requesting further services.”

Cato Institute

Who runs it: “The Cato Institute is an assiduously nonpartisan and independent public policy research organization—or think tank—that creates a presence for and promotes libertarian ideas in policy debates.” About page

What data it collects (privacy policy):

• “Log Files, which may collect information such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, geographic location, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/​exit pages, operating system, date/​time stamp and clickstream data.”