Editing Institute for Humane Studies (section)

{{Short description|American libertarian non-profit organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox organization
| image = Institute for Humane Studies logo 2015.svg
| type = [[501(c)(3)]] public charity
| key_people = President and CEO [[Emily Chamlee-Wright]]
| footnotes =
| name = Institute for Humane Studies
| founder = [[F. A. Harper]]<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard" />
| founded_date = {{Start date|1961}}<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard" />
| location = [[Arlington, Virginia]]
| tax_id = 941623852<ref name="charity navigator">{{cite web|title=Institute for Humane Studies|url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7916|work=Charity Navigator|publisher=Charity Navigator|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{Coord|38.8844|N|77.1009|W|display=title}}
| origins =
| area_served = [[United States]]
| focus = [[Classical liberalism]]
| method = Education<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard" />
| revenue = $17.2 million (2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon |title=Institute For Humane Studies - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941623852 |website=ProPublica |access-date=18 March 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}</ref>
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| homepage = {{URL|theihs.org}}
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The '''Institute for Humane Studies''' ('''IHS''') is a [[non-profit organization]] that promotes the teaching and research of [[classical liberalism]] in [[higher education in the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vyse |first1=Graham |title=Bernie Sanders is often called a liberal. He'd beg to differ. Who is actually a liberal? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/bernie-sanders-is-often-called-a-liberal-hed-beg-to-differ-who-is-actually-a-liberal/2021/01/28/16e283b4-5a7d-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html |access-date=18 June 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> IHS offers funding opportunities, programs, and events for faculty and graduate students seeking careers in academia as well as various fellowships.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /><ref name="The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism">{{cite encyclopedia |last= Wilkinson|first= Will|author-link= Will Wilkinson |editor-first=Ronald |editor-last=Hamowy |editor-link=Ronald Hamowy |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism |title= Harper, Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' (1905–1973) |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC  |year=2008 |publisher= [[SAGE Publishing|Sage]]; [[Cato Institute]] |location= Thousand Oaks, CA |doi=10.4135/9781412965811.n130 |isbn= 978-1412965804 |oclc=750831024| lccn = 2008009151 |pages= 217–218 |url-access= subscription }}</ref><ref name="I Chose Liberty by Block">{{cite book|title=I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians|publisher=Ludwig von Mises Institute|year=2010|isbn=978-1610160025|location=Auburn, AL|page=429|author=Block, Walter|author-link=Walter Block}}</ref><ref name="Scholarship Scouting Report by Kaplan">{{cite book|title=The Scholarship Scouting Report: An Insider's Guide to America's Best Scholarships|publisher=HarperResource|year=2003|isbn=978-0060936549|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/scholarshipscout00kapl/page/357 357]|author=Kaplan, Benjamin R|url=https://archive.org/details/scholarshipscout00kapl/page/357}}</ref>

Founded by [[F. A. Harper|F. A. "Baldy" Harper]] in 1961,<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard">{{cite news | url=http://mises.org/daily/2634 | title=Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP | work=Mises Daily Index | date=August 17, 2007 | access-date=29 December 2011 | author=Rothbard, Murray N | location=Auburn, Alabama}} Quote: "and he moved to transfer the bulk of the Volker funds to a new Institute for Humane Studies, which would expand the Volker concept and would provide a permanent home for libertarian fellowships, scholarship, conferences, and publications."</ref> the organization later began an association with [[George Mason University]]<ref name="Koch by Bogardus" /> and in 1985<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert">{{cite book | title=Libertarianism Today | publisher=ABC-CLIO | author=Huebert, Jacob H | year=2010 | location=Santa Barbara, CA | page=18 | isbn=978-0313377549| quote=The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), founded by F.A. Harper in 1961 to promote libertarian scholarship....}}</ref><ref name="Waging the War of Ideas by Blundell">{{Cite book | publisher = Institute of Economic Affairs | isbn = 978-0255365475 | last = Blundell | first = John | title = Waging the War of Ideas | year = 2003 }}</ref> moved to [[Fairfax, Virginia]]. The institute is currently located at 3434 Washington Blvd. on the [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]] campus of George Mason University.<ref name="Koch by Bogardus">{{cite news | title=Koch's low profile belies political power | work=Center for Public Integrity's iwatch news | date=July 15, 2004 | author=Bogardus, Kevin | location=Washington, DC|url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2004/07/15/5967/kochs-low-profile-belies-political-power}}</ref> It is partially funded by the [[Koch family foundations|Charles Koch Foundation]].<ref name="CPIcourse" />