The Lincoln Square Institute was founded in 2006 by a group of public policy scholars. It is a non-profit public policy research institute headquartered in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. The institute and the neighborhood square where it resides is named after Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

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The Institute's Mission

The Lincoln Square Institute seeks to broaden the public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of respect for government, liberty, and peace. The institute strives to achieve greater public involvement in questions of public policy and the role of government.

Publications

The Lincoln Square Institute publishes the online "Campaign Power Rating 2008." The report has been featured on numerous Sunday morning talk programs and updates its online rating of 2008 presidential candidates periodically.

Funding

In order to maintain its independence, the institute accepts no government funding, instead it receives 100 percent of its funding from individuals.

Associates

Policy Scholar

• Jim Bottorff, founder and CEO

Policy Fellows

• Jeffrey T. Bottorff
• Richard D. Bottorff
• Sheila J. Bottorff
• Scott J. Walker
• Rachel N. Pozner
• Michelle J. Tuft
• Amber Lee

External links

• The Lincoln Square Institute official Web site
• Campaign Power Rating 2008