Lucy Burns Institute

Lucy Burns Institute
Motto "Connecting people to politics"
Formation 2006
Type Educational
Legal status Non-profit
Purpose "To empower our audience to engage in democracy by delivering exceptionally high quality information."[1]
Headquarters 8383 Greenway Blvd S.600
Location
Coordinates 43°03′59″N 89°23′20″W / 43.0665°N 89.3888°W / 43.0665; -89.3888Coordinates: 43°03′59″N 89°23′20″W / 43.0665°N 89.3888°W / 43.0665; -89.3888
Region served
United States
President
 Leslie Graves
Key people
 Board of Directors:
Tim Dunn
Dan Liljenquist
Affiliations Ballotpedia
Revenue (2013)
$3,054,365[2][3]
Staff
60[4]
Website www.lucyburns.org

The Lucy Burns Institute (LBI) is an American nonprofit, nonpartisan[5][6] educational organization. Founded in 2006, LBI publishes Ballotpedia, an online wiki-style encyclopedia about the U.S. political and judicial systems.[7][8][9] The organization reported revenue of just over $3 million in 2014.[3]

Organization

LBI was founded in December 2006 by the group's current president, Leslie Graves.[4][10][11] The group is named after Lucy Burns, co-founder of the National Woman's Party.[12] The group is headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin.

LBI publishes Ballotpedia, an encyclopedia about American politics and elections.[13] It covers the U.S. Congress, state executive officials, state legislatures, ballot measures, recall elections, school board elections, candidate ballot access, public policy, municipal government, and the federal and state judiciaries.[12][14] Ballotpedia has been referenced in Politico,[15] the Washington Times,[16] the Wall Street Journal,[17] the Washington Post,[18] the Chicago Tribune,[8] the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[19] and Bloomberg Businessweek.[20]

The Wall Street Journal described Ballotpedia as "a nonpartisan organization that collects election data."[21] According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Ballotpedia publishes "nonprofit wiki encyclopedias that use nonpartisan collaboration to gather political info for sharing."[22] The Las Vegas Review-Journal described LBI as "a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that promotes education about local government."[23]

Projects

In 2012, LBI published a study analyzing the quality of official state voter guides based on six criteria. According to the study, only nine states were rated “excellent” or “very good," while 24 states received a “fair” or “poor” rating.[5]

In May 2014, the Center for American Progress used Ballotpedia data to analyze the immigration policy stances of Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Mission". Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)
  3. 1 2 "Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax" (PDF). GuideStar. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Frequently Asked Questions". Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 Scott, Dylan (2012-09-14). "States Have Room for Improvement in Voter Guides". Governing Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Mahtesian, Charles (2012-10-16). "The best races you've never heard of". Politico. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Povich, Elaine (2014-06-10). "Lawmakers Defer to Voters on Tax, Budget Issues". Stateline. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Illinois elections officials need to side with voters". Chicago Tribune. 2014-05-30. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Christensen, Lance (2014-07-22). "Lucy Burns Institute Launches Policypedia". Reason Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Mildenberg, David (February 8, 2012). "El Paso Mayor Fighting Ouster on Gay Rights Vote Counts Rising Legal Bill". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  11. ↑ Murphy, Bruce (June 12, 2014). "The mystery of Eric O'Keefe". Isthmus. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Nonprofit Group Offers Free Judicial Profiles Online at Judgepedia.com". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. December 21, 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  13. ↑ Geiselman, Bruce (June 24, 2015). "Want to recall a mayor? Easier in Cleveland, though happening more all over". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ballotpedia:About". Ballotpedia. Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  15. ↑ Weinger, Mackenzie (August 5, 2014). "Maruca: Companies should not fear OECD BEPS project — So what's next for the IRS LB&I division? — Missouri to vote on raising taxes". Politico. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  16. ↑ Howell, Kellan (July 10, 2014). "Nude photos of Kendall Jones reportedly sought by Virginia Democrat". Washington Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  17. ↑ Moore, Stephen (November 5, 2013). "Ten Election Day Ballot Measures". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  18. ↑ Weiner, Rachel (August 8, 2012). "The death of the Kansas moderate?". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  19. ↑ Wingfield, Kyle (April 9, 2014). "Are Georgia Republicans mostly satisfied with the taxes they pay? Hmmm". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  20. ↑ Oldham, Jennifer (April 27, 2014). "Colorado Pot Vote Prompts Ballot Push on Guns, Fracking". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  21. ↑ Seib, Gerald (September 23, 2013). "How to Understand House Republicans". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  22. ↑ McGraw, Carol (October 14, 2013). "Amendment 66 deemed a big issue nationally". Colorado Springs Gazette. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  23. ↑ Spillman, Benjamin (July 29, 2013). "Cost to appeal Las Vegas Planning Commission decision called prohibitive". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  24. ↑ Fernandez, Henry; Wolgin, Philip (2014-05-19). "House Republicans Have Nothing to Fear from Supporting Immigration Reform". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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