Digital Citizenship/Advocacy Groups/National Center for Public Policy Research

The National Center for Public Policy Research, founded in 1982, is a self-described conservative think tank in the United States. It's primary focus seems to be lobbying for the deregulation of various industries.

The organization's web site reported that its funding breakdown was 94% from individuals, 4% from foundations and less than 2% from corporations. However, DeSmogBlog, using public records, shows millions of dollars of donations from a variety of corporations and right-wing organizations. Increasingly, funding is being run through DonorsTrust, which makes it hard to track the source of donations, but the amounts the funding of very wealthy individuals.

The center has worked on a number of issues since the 1990s, but has been most known recently for its work against environmental regulation. The center also initially supported the tobacco industry, but now concentrates on fighting the regulation of vaping.